Awards and honors
In 2024[44] and 2023, Pathward earned a Great Place to Work® certification.
In 2024, Forbes named Pathward to its 2024 list of America's Best Banks,[45] Nacha named Pathward one of the Top 50 financial institution originators and receivers of ACH payments in the country,[46] and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. named Pathward Financial to the KBW Bank Honor Roll.[47]
Pathward, N.A., ranks among Investor's Business Daily's (IBD) list of 100 Best ESG Companies for 2023.[48]
Newsweek ranked Pathward among America's Greatest Workplaces; Greatest Workplaces for Women; Greatest Workplaces for Diversity; and Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families in 2023.
Pathward was included among the Sandler O’Neill and Partners "Bank and Thrift Sm-All Stars – Class of 2012", which ranked the top 25 performing small-cap banks in the country.[49] MetaBank was also named fifth in the nation among top-performing, mid-size banks by the American Banking Association Journal in 2013.[50] MetaBank ranked among the top 25 among the nation's community banks and thrifts, according to American Banker magazine, in 2013[51] and was named to the Top 200 Community Banks and Thrifts list again in 2014.[52]
Pathward was named one of the top performing banks with assets of $1B to $10B by American Banker in 2015.[53] AFS/IBEX division was selected by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) to be its exclusive premium finance company of choice in 2015.[54] In 2016, Bank Director Magazine named MetaBank the number one top growth bank of 7,000 banks nationwide.[55] Pathward received an investment grade rating by Kroll Bond Rating Agency in 2016.[56] EPS was named "Business of the Year (25–100 employees) by Lehigh Valley Business in 2016.[57]
Meta Payment Systems division cofounder and Pathward President Brad Hanson received a 2009 Industry Achievement Award from Paybefore in 2009.[58] Pathward's Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer John Hagy was named among the Top 10 Payments Lawyers by Paybefore in 2015.[59]
