CASH 2018 Special Proxy Statement

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION Meta has filed a registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act that registers the offer and sale to Crestmark shareholders of the shares of Meta common stock to be issued in the merger. The registration statement, of which this joint proxy statement/prospectus is a part, including the attached exhibits and schedules, contains additional relevant information about Meta and its common stock, Crestmark and the combined company. Meta files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy, at prescribed rates, any documents filed by Meta with the SEC at its Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Meta also file these documents with the SEC electronically. You can access the electronic versions of these filings on the SEC’s internet website found at http://www.sec.gov . You may also obtain free copies of the documents Meta has filed with the SEC from Meta’s internet website at http://www.metafinancialgroup.com . These filings will be available as soon as reasonably practicable after Meta electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. The information found on, or that may be accessed through, Meta’s website is not incorporated by reference in this joint proxy statement/prospectus and should not be considered a part of this joint proxy statement/prospectus. The SEC allows Meta to “ incorporate by reference ” information into this joint proxy statement/prospectus, which means that Meta can disclose important information to you about Meta and its financial condition by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information that Meta incorporates by reference is deemed to be a part of this joint proxy statement/prospectus, except for any information that is superseded by information that is included directly in this joint proxy statement/prospectus. This joint proxy statement/prospectus incorporates by reference the documents listed below that Meta has previously filed with the SEC (other than the portions of those documents not deemed to be filed): • Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017; • Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for Meta’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on December 4, 2017 (excluding those portions that were not incorporated by reference into Meta’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017), as supplemented by the supplement to definitive proxy statement filed on January 10, 2018; • Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended December 31, 2017; • Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 2, 2018, January 9, 2018, January 24, 2018 and February 27, 2018; and • The description of Meta common stock set forth in Meta’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed on July 29, 1993, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating any such description. Meta incorporates by reference additional documents that it may file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than portions of the documents that are specifically furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K and exhibits furnished on such form that relate to such items, unless otherwise indicated therein) between the date of this joint proxy statement/prospectus and the date of the applicable special meeting. Those documents include periodic reports such as Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as proxy statements. Meta has supplied all information contained or incorporated by reference in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus relating to Meta. Crestmark has supplied all information contained in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus relating to Crestmark. 145