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Green Dot Powers Mobile Banking For Stash

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Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the prepaid card and mobile banking giant, is powering the new banking offerings for mobile investing and financial app startup Stash. Stash offers up a mobile app which lets users buy stocks starting as little as $5, with an aim of helping users become more familiar with investing.

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Green Dot's Mobile Bank, GoBank, Goes Live

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GoBank , the mobile-only banking service started by Monrovia''s Green Dot , has gone live, exiting a beta and hitting general availability, Green Dot said today. gobank banking mobile green greendot payment iphone android ipod' Green Dot said its GoBank accounts were specifically "built for the smartphone generation.".

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Green Dot's Mashup Of Mobile Startup, Bank Powers GoBank

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How was Monrovia, California-based Green Dot able to quickly launch itself into the mobile banking category? Green Dot--which launched its mobile banking app and service, GoBank , this week--apparently was positioning itself for the move in 2011, when it acquired a small community bank in Utah, with a mere $35.7M

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Walmart Launches GoBank With Green Dot

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In a move which will not surprise anyone familiar with Monrovia, California-based Green Dot , the company''s mobile banking service, GoBank , has been launched by Walmart.

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Video: Green Dot's GoBank Explained

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Monrovia, California-based Green Dot --which created the entire category of prepaid credit cards when it was just a small, angel funded startup in Southern California--is now looking to turn another industry on its head--banking. READ MORE>>.

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Green Dot Buys GE Capital's Walmart Cards

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Monrovia, California-based prepaid card provider Green Dot has acquired the reloadable prepaid card business of GE Capital , which are marketed under the Walmart brand, the firm said today. The companies said they expect the deal to close in the second half of the year. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Jonathan Cooper, ATMCASH

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Ever since the huge success of Monrovia-based Green Dot in its IPO last year, netting a huge return for local angels, investors here have taken a second look at financial startups. We think ourselves as truly mobile, and our service and call centers operate in four languages. How long has the service been running?

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