ACE Cash Express Joins the Green Dot Reload Network, Adding 1,500 Locations

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

ACE Cash Express, Inc. (ACE) and Green Dot Corporation GDOT have signed a distribution agreement, making ACE an authorized retailer for the Green Dot Reload Network. Beginning this month, any cardholder with a Green Dot Network-enabled prepaid card can now reload cash to their card at any of ACE's 1,500 locations in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Additionally, in 2015, Green Dot will begin selling other Green Dot-branded products at ACE locations.

Green Dot owns and operates the nation's largest reload network. More than 200 programs representing millions of cardholders utilize Green Dot's network for reload services through approximately 100,000 retail locations nationwide. Green Dot's recent expansion into leading financial services center (FSC) retailers throughout the U.S. has met with strong retailer and consumer demand. In just the past twelve months, Green Dot has gone from no distribution in this important customer channel to now, with the addition of ACE, nearly 3,000 FSC locations coast to coast selling its products and services.

About ACE Cash Express

ACE Cash Express, Inc. is a leading retailer of financial services, including payday loans, installment loans, title loans, check cashing, bill payment, wire transfer, money orders and prepaid debit card services. ACE is the largest owner and operator of check cashing stores in the United States and the second largest owner and operator of short-term consumer loan stores in the United States. ACE focuses on serving consumers, many of whom seek alternatives to traditional banking relationships in order to gain convenient and immediate access to financial services. For additional information about ACE Cash Express, visit www.acecashexpress.com.

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About Green Dot Corporation

Green Dot Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary bank, Green Dot Bank, are focused exclusively on serving Low and Moderate Income American families with modern, fair and feature-rich financial products and services, including prepaid cards, checking accounts and cash processing services distributed through a network of some 100,000 retail stores, neighborhood financial service centers and via digital channels. The Company is headquartered in Pasadena, California with Green Dot Bank located in Provo, Utah.