CASH 2018 Special Proxy Statement

You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this joint proxy statement/prospectus through Meta or from the SEC through the SEC’s Internet website at http://www.sec.gov . Documents incorporated by reference are available from Meta without charge, excluding any exhibits to those documents unless the exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference as an exhibit in this joint proxy statement/prospectus. You can obtain documents incorporated by reference in this joint proxy statement/prospectus by requesting them in writing or by telephone as specified below: Meta Financial Group, Inc. Attention: Corporate Secretary 5501 South Broadband Lane Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57108 (605) 782-1767 You will not be charged for any of these documents that you request. If you request any incorporated documents, Meta will mail them to you by first-class mail, or another equally prompt means, within one business day after it receives your request. We have not authorized anyone to give any information or make any representation about the merger agreement or the merger or our companies that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this joint proxy statement/prospectus or in any of the materials that Meta has incorporated into this joint proxy statement/ prospectus. Therefore, if anyone does give you information of this sort, you should not rely on it. If you are in a jurisdiction where offers to exchange or sell, or solicitations of offers to exchange or purchase, the securities offered by this joint proxy statement/prospectus or the solicitation of proxies is unlawful, or if you are a person to whom it is unlawful to direct these types of activities, then the offer presented in this joint proxy statement/ prospectus does not extend to you. 146