
FORM 10-K ☑ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2025OR (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) 95-4766827 (IRS Employer Identification No.) (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (626)765-2000(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 duringthe preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirementsfor the past 90 days. Yes☑No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes☑No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or anemerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new orrevised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal controlover financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issuedits audit report.☑ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filingreflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation receivedby any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ The aggregate market value of the common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant (assuming for these purposes, but without conceding, that allexecutive officers, directors and 10% or greater stockholders are "affiliates" of the registrant) as of June 30, 2025, the last business day of the registrant'smost recently completed second fiscal quarter, was approximately $589.0 million (based on the closing sale price of the registrant's common stock on thatdate as reported on the New York Stock Exchange). There were 55,567,588 shares of ClassA common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as of January 31, 2026. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEPortions of the registrant’s proxy statement relating to the registrant’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K where indicated. GREEN DOT CORPORATIONTABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. Item 1.Business1Item 1A.Risk Factors15Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments30Item 1C.Cybersecurity30Item 2.Properties33Item 3.Legal Proceedings33Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures33 PART II. Item 5.Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases ofEquity Securities34Item 6.[Reserved]36Item 7.Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations36Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk60Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data62Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure107Item 9A.Controls and Procedures107Item 9B.Other Information107Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections107 PART III. Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance108Item 11.Executive Compensation108Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters108Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence108Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services108 PART IV. Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules109Item 16.Form 10-K Summary112Signature113 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This report contains forward-looking statements regarding future events and our future results that are subject to the safeharbors created under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) and the Securi