Talk:Green Dot Corporation

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Additional details?

It would be useful if the article had some information on how exactly the card is different from a regular credit card. Phrases like "Pre-loaded" and "pre-paid" create certain impressions on people, but IMO they do not go far enough towards explaining what the point of a green dot card is.

Other topics might include reasons people would opt for a green dot card, and its advantages and disadvantages over normal cards. Pseudomorph 17:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added a paragraph of explanation. There's more in Stored-value card, but that's an ugly article, and probably not a good place for discussion of prepaid credit cards.

I don't like the current "Criticism" quote, but I didn't change it. The author describes the fees as "so egregious that they actually encourage switching to a competitor", but he works for a competitor. I would have been happier with discussion from a social services organization, or other party without a financial interest.

This should really get split into a separate article on pre-paid cards, remittance cards, and similar products in general, distinct from the transit cards and gift cards in stored-value card. 24.91.134.90 05:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Green Dot Discover

I went to the Green Dot website, but find no product that includes the Discover logo. Is this product still offered? If not, should reference to it be removed from the article? mdkarazim (talk) 16:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Direct deposit statement in intro

In the intro, it says

Green Dot also transfers individuals' direct deposit funds (such as Social Security payments) from the US government to personal bank accounts.

What does this mean and how does this work? Why would the individual not have their funds directly deposited into their personal bank account without Green Dot involvement? Or is this sentence trying to say that individuals can arrange for their prepaid Green Dot cards to receive direct deposit funds (as is mentioned further down in the article)? AxelBoldt (talk) 05:38, 31 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A new introductory paragraph

Green Dot Corporation(NYSE:GDOT) is an American financial technology and bank holding company headquartered in Pasadena, CA. It is the worlds largest prepaid debit card company ^[1] by market capitalization ^[2]. Green Dot's payment systems software is the platform used by Apple Pay Cash, Uber, and Intuit. The company was founded in 1999 by Steve Streit as a prepaid debit card for teenagers to shop online. In 2001, the company pivoted to serving the "unbanked" and "underbanked" communities. In 2010, Green Dot Corporation went public with a valuation of $2 billion. Since its inception, Green Dot has started to acquire a number companies in the financial, tax and SaaS industries including Loopt, UniRush, and TPG.

Thecilician (talk) 01:12, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

COI - I work at Green Dot - want the information to reflect correctly

@smartse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thecilician (talk • contribs) 01:14, 14 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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