Fintech leader and bank holding company, Green Dot Corporation announced that Brandon Thompson has been appointed Executive Vice President of Retail, Tax and PayCard, effective June 8. Mr. Thompson will be a member of the executive management team and will report to Green Dot President and Chief Executive Officer, Dan Henry. In this role, he will be responsible for developing and delivering product strategy and growth across the company’s retail, tax and paycard divisions.
“Brandon has extensive experience in driving revenue through new products and solutions and I believe he’ll be able to help each division realize even more potential and fuel future growth for our customers.”
“Our tax, paycard and retail divisions are foundational parts of the Company,” said Dan Henry, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Brandon has extensive experience in driving revenue through new products and solutions and I believe he’ll be able to help each division realize even more potential and fuel future growth for our customers.”
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Mr. Thompson brings over 15 years of executive payments industry experience to Green Dot. Most recently, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at EML, a leading global payments solutions provider operating in 28 countries around the world. In this role, he was responsible for the global P&L of the business, global business development, product strategy and technology. During his tenure at the company, EML had record growth with EBITDA up 40% in FY19. In the first nine months of FY20 to March 21, 2020, GDV increased 55 percent year over year, revenue grew 20 percent year over year and EBITDA increased 24% year over year. The company issued in excess of 11M Gift and Incentive Cards and 2M GPR Cards, annually.
Prior to EML, Mr. Thompson served as senior vice president of retail at Netspend Corporation, a subsidiary of Total Systems Limited (TSYS). While at the company, he led the expansion of sales and load locations from 8K to more than 90K, established key partnerships with PayPal and Western Union, and developed a number of General Purpose Reloadable retailer white label programs. Before joining Netspend, he served as the global product director at Euronet Worldwide where he led the prepaid division’s product strategy and development for the US, Europe and Australia.
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