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Meta Financial Group, Inc. ( NASDAQ Global Market: CASH), is the holding company for MetaBank , a federally chartered savings bank, Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, MetaBank operates in both the Banking and Payments industries: MetaBank, its traditional retail banking operation; Meta Payment Systems, its electronic payments division; AFS/IBEX, its insurance premium financing division; and Refund Advantage, its tax refund-transfer software division.
MetaBank, the retail banking division, operates 10 retail branches in four market areas: Central Iowa; Storm Lake, Iowa; Brookings, South Dakota.; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Based in Sioux Falls, MetaBank offers traditional banking services designed to serve the needs of individual, agricultural and business depositors and borrowers.
Meta Payment Systems (MPS) is a recognized leader in the prepaid card industry and provides innovative payment solutions delivered nationally in collaboration with market-leading partners. MPS focuses on offering specific product solutions in the following areas: prepaid cards, credit products, electronic funds transfer and Automated Teller Machine sponsorship.
AFS/IBEX provides short-term, collateralized financing to facilitate the purchase of insurance for commercial property, casualty and liability risk. Based in Dallas, Texas, AFS/IBEX originates loans through a network of independent insurance agencies.
Refund Advantage, based in Louisville, Kentucky, provides tax refund-transfer software for Electronic Return Originators (EROs) and their customers. Their software is used in over 10,000 locations nationwide and processes over one million refund-transfers a year.