Green Dot Corporation

Green Dot Corporation is an American financial technology and bank holding company headquartered in Austin, Texas.[1] It is the world's largest prepaid debit card company[2] by market capitalization. Green Dot is also a payment platform company and is the technology platform used by Apple Cash,[3] 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[4] with a valuation of $2 billion. Since its inception, Green Dot has acquired a number of companies in the mobile, financial, and tax industries including Loopt, AccountNow, AchieveCard, UniRush Financial Services, and Santa Barbara Tax Products Group.