Green Dot Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

Company Delivers Another Quarter of Solid Performance as It Makes Progress Modernizing Its Platform and Optimizing Its Balance Sheet in Preparation for Acquisition by Smith Ventures and CommerceOne

PROVO, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT) ("Green Dot"), a financial technology and bank holding company that delivers seamless banking and payments solutions to consumers and businesses of all sizes, today reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

“The business continues to make headway in strengthening the foundation and optimizing our balance sheet, and we are seeing those efforts pay off,” said William I Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Green Dot Corporation. “We are pleased to deliver another solid quarter as we prepare for our next chapter with Smith Ventures and CommerceOne.”

Consolidated Results Summary

Cash at the holding company was approximately $56 million as of June 30, 2026.

Key Metrics

The following table shows Green Dot's quarterly key business metrics for each of the last six calendar quarters on a consolidated basis and by each of its reportable segments. Please refer to Green Dot’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for a description of the key business metrics, as well as additional information regarding how Green Dot organizes its business by segment.

"It was a solid second quarter, coming in modestly ahead of our internal expectations, with several of our divisions generating better-than-expected operating income. Adjusted EBITDA was lower year over year due to the timing of tax revenues and up 5% year to date," said Jess Unruh, Chief Financial Officer of Green Dot. "The returns on our investments to support and drive growth are becoming more evident, and I am equally proud of the team for building a culture of cost containment and efficiency.”

Proposed Transactions with CommerceOne Financial Corporation and Smith Ventures, LLC

On November 24, 2025, Green Dot announced that it entered into agreements to be acquired by affiliates of Smith Ventures, LLC (“Smith Ventures”) and CommerceOne Financial Corporation (“CommerceOne”). Upon closing of these proposed transactions, Smith Ventures will acquire and privatize Green Dot’s non-bank financial technology business assets and operations (the “FinTech business”), which will continue running as an independent and growth-focused fintech and embedded finance company. Additionally, upon closing of these proposed transactions, CommerceOne will acquire Green Dot Bank and its associated assets and operations, and the combined organization will serve as the FinTech business’s exclusive sponsor bank.

The closing of the transactions remains subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions. The parties received the required shareholder approvals as well as early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, and have filed regulatory applications with all applicable U.S. federal and state bank authorities.

As a result of Green Dot’s proposed transactions with CommerceOne and Smith Ventures, Green Dot will not be hosting an earnings conference call nor providing 2026 financial guidance in conjunction with this earnings release. For further detail and discussion of Green Dot’s financial performance, please refer to the additional materials made available in the Investor Relations section of Green Dot's website at http://ir.greendot.com/ and Green Dot’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended.

Discussion of Segment Results

On a consolidated basis, total operating revenues were $591.3 million for the second quarter of 2026, compared with $501.2 million in the prior-year period, an increase of 18%. Adjusted EBITDA was $40.2 million, compared with $45.4 million in the prior-year period, a decrease of 12%. The decrease reflects higher earnings in the tax processing business in the first quarter of 2026 rather than the second quarter, as it did in the prior year, as well as continued headwinds in the Consumer Services segment. On a year-to-date basis, adjusted EBITDA was $142.6 million, up 5% year-over-year, driven by strong growth in the tax processing business, continued growth in BaaS and improved returns from ongoing optimization of the balance sheet.

Over the last several years, Green Dot has made strategic investments to strengthen its foundation for sustainable growth, and it is beginning to see those efforts pay off in meaningful ways, particularly in the tax and BaaS businesses, and as Green Dot launches new partners and helps existing partners grow. Investments to enhance Green Dot’s platform and improve enterprise operations are intended to position the FinTech business, composed of its Consumer, B2B and Money Movement businesses and related operations, to be a growth-enabled organization following the proposed acquisition by Smith Ventures, and as a valuable partner to Green Dot Bank and CommerceOne for years to come.

Over the past twelve months, Green Dot added new partnerships across its B2B, Money Movement and Consumer segments. In the second quarter of 2026, Green Dot maintained a strong pipeline of prospective partners that continues to present substantial growth opportunities via fee-based transaction revenues and through deposits that are strategically invested in high-quality, interest-bearing assets. Optimizing balance sheet profitability remained an area of focus, and progress in this area is reflected in its year-to-date results. Green Dot sees additional opportunities to continue strengthening its earnings profile and balance sheet as it enhances its investment mix and grows deposits from its embedded finance offerings, particularly in its BaaS business.

As revenue momentum improved, Green Dot continued making progress in its multi-year efforts to strengthen its operating and regulatory infrastructures and drive improved efficiency. The team remains focused on strengthening its technology platform and simplifying its operations to make Green Dot a more innovative, nimble platform and partner. Green Dot also remains committed to investing in its regulatory infrastructure and believes it is seeing the benefits of that work materialize in its pipelines as prospective partners prioritize compliance and regulatory support when selecting a platform partner.

B2B Services Segment

Green Dot’s B2B Services segment includes its BaaS division, powered by ARC, its end-to-end embedded finance platform, and its rapid! employer services business. Revenue growth continues to be led by a significant BaaS partner, along with growth across the broader BaaS portfolio. The rest of Green Dot’s BaaS channel, excluding a significant partner, experienced revenue acceleration and the strongest growth in over a year. Active accounts in the BaaS channel continue to increase as Green Dot works with new and existing partners to launch products and drive engagement. Green Dot expects its pipeline of launches and other opportunities to support continued revenue and deposit growth.

In employer services (rapid!), Green Dot is repositioning the business by aligning the sales force, improving efficiency, lowering expenses, and focusing more on Earned Wage Access (“EWA”), where Green Dot sees meaningful growth potential. Purchase volume in the quarter was flat with last year, the first time in over two years that Green Dot did not experience a decline in this key metric, suggesting these changes are gaining traction. Green Dot has reinvested some cost savings into EWA capabilities, sales support, and integrations with new payroll platforms to pursue additional opportunities. Green Dot remains optimistic about EWA given the sizable market, strong demand and attractive margins.

Overall, B2B segment profit grew year over year, driven by higher demand and activity in BaaS. BaaS margins declined modestly due to its revenue mix, particularly the growth of a significant partner. Margins in Green Dot’s rapid! employer services division declined from the prior year period, primarily due to declines in revenue that modestly outpaced a reduction in operating expenses.

Money Movement Services Segment

Green Dot’s Money Movement Services segment includes its tax processing and money processing businesses. Revenue declined due in large part to a strong first quarter for the tax business and some revenue shifting from the second quarter to the first quarter as compared to the prior year. Despite the decline in the second quarter, year to date revenue in the tax business is up almost 18%, driven by market share gains and the launch of a significant new franchise partner. Green Dot has invested in its tax operations over time to strengthen its position as a technology and service leader, and the successful launch of this new partner reinforces that. The team has also expanded product availability, especially taxpayer advance programs, which continue to see strong momentum and customer adoption.

Green Dot’s money processing business returned to revenue growth for the first time in over a year, driven by an increase in third-party transactions that offset headwinds associated with the softness in the Consumer segment’s active base. After a year of declines in its third-party transactions due to the loss of two low-margin customers for its third-party business, this growth reflects the health of the remaining partner base and continued success in adding partners that value the breadth and convenience of its network.

With money processing and BaaS operations more closely aligned, Green Dot expects to maintain a healthy pipeline of potential partners. Combined with recent cash transfer and digital disbursement launches, a solid schedule of upcoming launches, including Stripe, and moderating declines in the Consumer segment, Green Dot believes the business is well positioned to improve momentum from prior quarters.

Margins in Money Movement Services were affected by profit mix. Both money processing and tax margins remained relatively flat with last year, but a higher percentage of earnings this quarter came from the money processing business which has lower margins.

Consumer Services Segment

The Consumer Services segment continued to face headwinds in retail and from lower marketing spend in its direct business. However, despite pressure on actives and revenue, key metrics such as volume and revenue per active continued to grow in the quarter as a result of improved consumer engagement with features such as overdraft.

Green Dot’s retail channel continues to face pressure as consumers shift to digital banking apps instead of purchasing cards at retail locations. Green Dot has reduced some of that pressure by focusing on Financial Service Centers (“FSCs”), including the mid-2024 launch of PLS Financial Services, which helped moderate declines in actives and revenue. With FSC partners, Green Dot is introducing digital and embedded solutions that align more closely with its BaaS offerings and support deeper customer relationships. Green Dot is launching several new FSC partners in 2026 that it expects to further offset traditional retail headwinds.

Green Dot is also seeing an increased interest from traditional retail partners in digital and embedded solutions, which Green Dot believes can improve engagement and activity across the retail customer base. As well, Green Dot continues to see improvement in engagement, particularly in its overdraft product, which has helped offset the secular headwinds.

The decline in direct channel revenue was largely driven by declines in active accounts as Green Dot pulled back its marketing in the last two years and focused on returns while investing to modernize the user experience and add new features. Green Dot is nearing the completion of the first phase of this modernization and believes the improved user experience, added functionality, and a more consistent marketing cadence can position the business to return to growth.

Segment profit and margins declined year-over-year due to lower revenue and revenue mix.

Corporate and Other Segment

Corporate and Other segment revenue, consisting primarily of interest income net of partner interest sharing, experienced solid growth year over year. Rate cuts over the past year improved the spread between what Green Dot earns on cash and investments and what it shares with partners. Green Dot also continued to optimize its balance sheet by repositioning part of the securities portfolio and investing more cash in high-grade, floating-rate securities with higher yields. Corporate expenses increased modestly as Green Dot made selective investments in areas such as compliance and risk management, but corporate expenses as a percentage of revenue declined year over year.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of, and subject to the protections of, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed to be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, certain plans, expectations, goals, projections, and statements about the benefits or costs of the proposed transactions, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Green Dot, CommerceOne, and affiliates of Smith Ventures, including future financial and operating results (including the anticipated impact of the proposed transactions), statements related to the expected timing of the completion of the proposed transactions, the plans, objectives, expectations and intentions of Compass Sub North, Inc., a newly formed Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of CommerceOne (to be renamed “CommerceOne Financial Corporation” as part of the proposed transactions), following the consummation of the proposed transactions (the “combined company” or “New CommerceOne”) described herein, and other statements that are not historical facts. You can identify these forward-looking statements through the use of words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “projects,” “predicts,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “continues,” “endeavors,” “strives,” “may” and “assumes,” variations of such words and similar expressions of the future or otherwise regarding the outlook for Green Dot’s, CommerceOne’s or the combined company’s future businesses and financial performance and/or the performance of the banking industry and economy in general.

Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Green Dot, CommerceOne or the combined company to be materially different from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the information known to, and current beliefs and expectations of, Green Dot or CommerceOne and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this communication. Many of these factors are beyond Green Dot’s, CommerceOne’s or the combined company’s ability to control or predict, and there is no assurance that any list of risks and uncertainties or risk factors is complete. These factors include, among others, (1) the risk that the cost savings and synergies from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer than anticipated to be realized, (2) disruption to Green Dot’s business and to CommerceOne’s business as a result of the announcement and pendency of the proposed transaction, (3) the risk that the integration of Green Dot’s and CommerceOne’s respective businesses and operations, or the separation of Green Dot’s non-bank fintech businesses from Green Dot Bank, will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected, including as a result of unexpected factors or events, (4) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the closing of the transactions among Green Dot, CommerceOne and Smith Ventures, (5) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the transactions, (6) the ability by each of Green Dot, CommerceOne and Smith Ventures to obtain required governmental approvals of the proposed transactions on the timeline expected, or at all, and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company after the closing of the proposed transaction or adversely affect the expected benefits of the proposed transactions, (7) reputational risk and the reaction of Green Dot’s or CommerceOne’s customers, suppliers, employees or other business partners to the proposed transactions, (8) challenges retaining or hiring key personnel following the proposed transactions, (9) any unexpected delay in closing the proposed transactions or the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement or Separation Agreement, (10) the dilution caused by the issuance of shares of the combined company’s common stock in the transaction, (11) the possibility that the proposed transactions may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events, (12) risks related to management and oversight of the business and operations of the combined company and the separation of Green Dot’s non-bank fintech business from Green Dot Bank and the combined company, (13) the possibility the combined company is subject to additional regulatory requirements or consent orders as a result of the proposed transactions, (14) the outcome of any legal or regulatory proceedings or governmental inquiries or investigations that may be currently pending or later instituted against Green Dot, CommerceOne or the combined company, and (15) general competitive, economic, political, regulatory and market conditions and other factors that may affect future results of Green Dot, CommerceOne and the combined company, including changes in asset quality and credit risk; the inability to sustain or achieve revenue and earnings growth; changes in interest rates and capital markets; inflation; customer borrowing, repayment, investment and deposit practices; the ability to raise or maintain liquidity, funding, and capital; the impact, extent and timing of technological changes; capital management activities; fraudulent or other illegal activity involving the products and services of Green Dot, CommerceOne or the combined company; cybersecurity risks, including cyber-attacks or security breaches; fluctuations in operating results; changes in legislation, regulation, policies or administrative practices and the ability to comply with such changes in a timely manner; and changes in the monetary and fiscal policies of the U.S. Government. Additional factors which could affect future results of Green Dot can be found in Green Dot’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in Green Dot’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, as amended, under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors,” and Green Dot’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations and speak only as of the date that they are made. Green Dot, CommerceOne and Smith Ventures do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as otherwise may be required by law.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement Green Dot's consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), Green Dot uses measures of operating results that are adjusted for, among other things, non-operating net interest income and expense; other non-interest investment income earned by its bank; income tax benefit and expense; depreciation and amortization, including amortization of acquired intangibles; certain legal settlement gains and charges; stock-based compensation and related employer payroll taxes; changes in the fair value of contingent consideration; transaction costs from acquisitions or divestitures; amortization attributable to deferred financing costs; impairment charges; extraordinary severance expenses; earnings or losses from equity method investments; changes in the fair value of loans held for sale; commissions and certain processing-related costs associated with embedded finance products and services where Green Dot does not control customer acquisition; realized gains and losses on available-for-sale investment securities; restructuring and other charges; other charges and income not reflective of ongoing operating results; and income tax effects.

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