−Removed: Founded in 1999, Green Dot Corporation (“we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Green Dot Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries) is a financial technology and registered bank holding company committed to giving all people the power to bank seamlessly, affordably, and with confidence.
−Removed: Our technology platform enables us to build products and features that address the most pressing financial challenges of consumers and businesses, transforming the way they manage and move money, and making financial empowerment more accessible for all.
+Added: Founded in 1999, Green Dot Corporation (“we,” “our,” or “us” refer to Green Dot Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries) is a financial technology platform and registered bank holding company that builds banking and payment solutions to create value, retain and reward customers, and accelerate growth for businesses of all sizes.
+Added: For more than two decades, we have delivered financial tools and services that address the most pressing financial needs of consumers and businesses, and that transform the way people and businesses manage and move money.
As the regulated entity and issuing bank for the substantial majority of products and services we provide, whether our own or on behalf of our partners, we are directly accountable for all aspects of each program’s integrity, inclusive of ensuring the program’s compliance with all applicable banking regulations, state and federal law and our various internal governance policies and procedures, in addition to deploying enterprise-class risk management practices and procedures to ensure each program’s initial and ongoing safety and soundness.
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Our Products and Services
−Removed: We offer a broad set of financial services to consumers and businesses including debit, checking, credit, prepaid, and payroll cards, as well as robust money movement services, such as tax refunds, cash deposits and disbursements.
−Removed: We offer several deposit account programs, including:
+Added: We offer a broad spectrum of financial products to consumers and businesses through our portfolio of brands, including:
+Added: GO2bank, a leading digital and mobile bank account offering simple, secure and useful banking for Americans living paycheck to paycheck;
+Added: the Green Dot Network of more than 90,000 retail distribution and cash access locations nationwide;
+Added: Arc by Green Dot, the single-source embedded finance platform combining all of our secure banking and money processing capabilities to power businesses at all stages of growth;
+Added: wage and disbursements solutions, providing pay card and earned wage access services to more than 6,000 businesses and their employees;
+Added: and Santa Barbara TPG (“SBTPG”), our tax division, which processes roughly 14 million tax refunds annually.
+Added: Through our brands, we offer several deposit account programs, including:
• Innovative consumer and small business checking account products that allow customers to acquire and manage their checking account entirely through a mobile application available on smartphone devices;
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We earn revenues from these deposit account programs primarily through:
−Removed: • Fees assessed to merchants for purchase transactions initiated by our cardholders (commonly known as interchange);
−Removed: • Card revenues and other fees, principally consisting of fees charged to cardholders for certain transactions and usage of our products, and platform management fees we earn from our partners for use of our technology platform and our program management capabilities;
+Added: • Fees assessed to merchants for purchase transactions initiated by our accountholders (commonly known as interchange);
+Added: • Card revenues and other fees, principally consisting of fees charged to accountholders for certain transactions and usage of our products, and program management service fees we earn from our partners for use of our technology platform and our program management capabilities;
• Interest income earned from the investment of deposits held at Green Dot Bank.
Our deposit account programs are generally issued by Green Dot Bank, but we also manage programs issued by third-party issuing banks as a result of several acquisitions we made several years ago.
−Removed: While we continue to offer several legacy branded deposit programs, since 2021 we have focused our consumer deposit account programs on our flagship product, GO2bank, offering consumers simple and accessible mobile banking designed to help improve financial health over time.
+Added: While we continue to offer several legacy branded deposit programs, we focus our consumer deposit account programs on our flagship product, GO2bank, offering consumers simple and accessible mobile banking designed to help improve financial health over time.
GO2bank offers features such as consumer friendly overdraft protection, high-value rewards, high-interest savings, and opportunities to establish, build, and track credit, regardless of credit history.
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• Cash transfer services that enable consumers to deposit or pick up cash and pay bills with cash at the point-of-sale at any participating retailer.
−Removed: We offer this service to our deposit account programs and any third-party bank or program manager (which we refer to as network acceptance members) that has enabled its cards to accept funds through our processing system.
+Added: We offer this service to our deposit account programs and any third-party bank or program manager (which we refer to as network acceptance members) that has enabled
+Added: its cards to accept funds through our processing system.
We refer to this retail cash transaction network as the Green Dot Network;
−Removed: • Simply Paid Disbursement services that enable wages and any type of authorized funds disbursement to be sent to our deposit account programs and accounts issued by any third-party bank or program manager.
+Added: • Disbursement services that enable wages and any type of authorized funds disbursement to be sent to our deposit account programs and accounts issued by any third-party bank or program manager.
Our tax processing services are designed for participants in the tax industry and include:
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• Fast Cash Advance, a consumer-friendly loan that enables tax refund recipients utilizing our tax processing services the opportunity to receive a portion of their expected tax refund amount in advance of receiving their actual tax refund.
−Removed: We earn revenues primarily through fees charged to consumers on a per transaction basis for cash transfer services, tax refund transfers and Simply Paid disbursements.
+Added: We earn revenues primarily through fees charged to consumers on a per transaction basis for cash transfer services, tax refund transfers and disbursements.
Our Distribution Strategy
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Our B2B Services segment consists of revenues and expenses derived from (i) our partnerships with prominent consumer and technology companies that make our banking products and services available to their consumers, partners and workforce through integration with our banking platform (the "Banking-as-a-Service", or "BaaS channel"), and (ii) a comprehensive payroll platform that we offer to corporate enterprises (the "Employer channel"), to facilitate payments for today’s workforce.
−Removed: Our products and services in this segment include deposit account programs, such as consumer and small business checking accounts and prepaid cards, as well as our Simply Paid Disbursements services utilized by our partners.
+Added: Our products and services in this segment include deposit account programs, such as consumer and small business checking accounts and prepaid cards, as well as disbursements services utilized by our partners.
In our BaaS channel, our partners make our banking products and services available to their consumers, partners and workforce in the United States through integration with our banking platform, expanding our addressable market to a broader spectrum of consumers as well as small businesses.
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Our largest customers include Apple, Inc., Intuit, Inc., and Amazon.com, Inc., among others.
−Removed: In our Employer channel, we offer a comprehensive payroll platform to corporate enterprises to facilitate payments made for today’s workforce, including:
+Added: In our Employer channel, we offer a comprehensive platform to corporate enterprises to facilitate payments made for today’s workforce, including:
• PayCard programs that help corporate enterprises eliminate paper checks, reduce costs and improve efficiency;
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Our money processing services, such as cash deposit and disbursements, are marketed to third-party banks, program managers, and other companies seeking cash deposit and disbursement capabilities for their customers.
−Removed: Those customers, including our own cardholders, can access our cash deposit and disbursement services at any of the locations within our network of retail distributors and neighborhood Financial Service Centers.
+Added: Those customers, including our own accountholders, can access our cash deposit and disbursement services at any of the locations within our network of retail distributors and neighborhood Financial Service Centers.
We market our tax related financial services through a network of tax preparation franchises, independent tax professionals and online tax preparation providers, which are sometimes referred to as electronic return originators, or “EROs.” We also offer these consumers the option to deposit their tax refund proceeds onto one of our debit account products, which further expands the reach of our deposit account programs.
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Regulatory enforcement and fines have also increased across the banking and financial services sector.
−Removed: Many of these changes occurred as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and its implementing regulations, most of which are now in place.
+Added: Many of these changes occurred as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and its implementing regulations.
We expect that our business will remain subject to extensive regulation and supervision.
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A BHC qualifies to become an FHC if it and its subsidiary depository institutions are “well-capitalized” and “well managed” and its subsidiary depository institutions have a rating under the Community Reinvestment Act (the “CRA”) of at least “Satisfactory” at their most recent examination.
−Removed: We have qualified and elected to be an FHC under the BHC Act, although all the activities we currently conduct are permissible for a BHC as well as for an FHC.
+Added: We have previously qualified and elected to be an FHC under the BHC Act, although all the activities we currently conduct are permissible for a BHC as well as for an FHC.
If at any time we or Green Dot Bank fail to be “well-capitalized” or “well managed,” the Federal Reserve may impose limitations or conditions on the conduct of our activities and we may not commence, or acquire any shares of a company engaged in, any activities only permissible for an FHC, without prior Federal Reserve approval.
The restriction on our ability to commence, or acquire any shares of a company engaged in, any activities only permissible for an FHC, without prior Federal Reserve approval would also generally apply if Green Dot Bank received a CRA rating of less than “Satisfactory.” Currently, under the BHC Act, we may not be able to engage in new activities or acquire shares or control of other businesses.
−Removed: Such restrictions might limit our ability to pursue future business opportunities which we might otherwise consider but which might fall outside the scope of permissible activities.
+Added: Such restrictions might limit our ability to pursue future business opportunities which we might otherwise consider.
Permissible Activities for Banks
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The regulators have the power to, among other things, prohibit unsafe or unsound practices, require affirmative actions to correct any violation or practice, issue administrative orders that can be judicially enforced, direct increases in capital, direct the sale of subsidiaries or other assets, limit dividends and distributions, restrict growth, assess civil monetary penalties, remove officers and directors, terminate deposit insurance, and appoint a conservator or receiver.
−Removed: Engaging in unsafe or unsound practices or failing to comply with applicable laws, regulations and supervisory agreements could subject Green Dot Corporation, its subsidiaries, including Green Dot Bank, and their respective officers, directors and institution-affiliated parties to the remedies described above and other sanctions.
+Added: Engaging in unsafe or unsound practices or failing to comply with applicable laws, regulations and supervisory agreements has in the past and could in the future subject Green Dot Corporation, its subsidiaries, including Green Dot Bank, and their respective officers, directors and institution-affiliated parties to the remedies described above and other sanctions.
In addition, the FDIC may terminate a bank’s deposit insurance upon a finding that the bank’s financial condition is unsafe or unsound or that the bank has engaged in unsafe or unsound practices or has violated an applicable rule, regulation, order or condition enacted or imposed by the bank’s regulatory agency.
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As the percentage of ownership increases, fewer indicia of control are permitted without falling outside of the presumption of noncontrol.
−Removed: These indicia of control include nonvoting equity ownership, director representation, management
−Removed: interlocks, business relationship and restrictive contractual covenants.
+Added: These indicia of control include nonvoting equity ownership, director representation, management interlocks, business relationship and restrictive contractual covenants.
Under the Federal Reserve’s rules, investors can hold up to 24.9% of the voting securities and up to 33% of the total equity of a company without necessarily having a controlling influence.
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Basel III Rules provided that it has a Tier 1 leverage ratio greater than 9% and satisfies other applicable conditions.
−Removed: In 2021, Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank qualified for (including, in the case of Green Dot Bank, through grace periods) and opted to use the community bank leverage ratio framework.
−Removed: We expect that Green Dot Corporation will continue to qualify for and use the community bank leverage ratio framework, and that Green Dot Bank will calculate and disclose its risk-based capital ratios and Tier 1 leverage ratio under the standardized approach of the U.S.
+Added: Green Dot Corporation and Green Dot Bank qualify for and opt into use of the community bank leverage ratio framework.
+Added: We expect that Green Dot Corporation will continue to qualify for and use the community bank leverage ratio framework, and that Green Dot Bank will calculate and disclose its risk-based capital ratios and Tier 1 leverage ratio under standardized approach of the U.S.
Basel III Rules.
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An institution that fails to remain well-capitalized becomes subject to a series of restrictions that increase in severity as its capital condition weakens.
−Removed: Such restrictions may include a prohibition on capital distributions, restrictions on asset growth or restrictions on the ability to receive regulatory approval of applications.
+Added: Such restrictions may include a prohibition on capital distributions, restrictions on asset growth or restrictions on the ability to receive regulatory approval of
+Added: applications.
FDICIA also provides for enhanced supervisory authority over undercapitalized institutions, including authority for the appointment of a conservator or receiver for the institution.
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The FDIC issued a final rule relating to the classification of brokered deposits, with full compliance required in the beginning of fiscal year 2022.
−Removed: The final rule established a framework for analyzing certain provisions of the
−Removed: “deposit broker” definition, including “placing deposits,” “facilitating the placement of deposits” and “primary purpose,” for purposes of the classification of deposits as brokered deposits and exemptions from such a classification.
+Added: The final rule established a framework for analyzing certain provisions of the “deposit broker” definition, including “placing deposits,” “facilitating the placement of deposits” and “primary purpose,” for purposes of the classification of deposits as brokered deposits and exemptions from such a classification.
As a result of the final rule, Green Dot Bank reclassified most of its deposits as non-brokered.
The risks associated with the failure to properly classify deposits are more fully discussed in "Part I, Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors."
+Added: Risk Factors." On July 30, 2024, the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking modifying portions of the final rule.
+Added: However, this proposed rulemaking has not been adopted.
Safety and Soundness Guidelines
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BHCs are also required to consult with the Federal Reserve before materially increasing dividends and must receive approval before redeeming or repurchasing capital instruments.
−Removed: In addition, the Federal Reserve could prohibit or limit the payment of dividends by a BHC if it determines that payment of the dividend would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.
+Added: In addition, the Federal Reserve could prohibit or limit the
+Added: payment of dividends by a BHC if it determines that payment of the dividend would constitute an unsafe or unsound practice.
As a Delaware corporation, Green Dot Corporation is also subject to certain limitations and restrictions under Delaware corporate law with respect to payment of dividends and other distributions.
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Green Dot Corporation is required to serve as a source of financial and managerial strength to Green Dot Bank and, under appropriate conditions, to commit resources to support Green Dot Bank.
−Removed: This support may be required
−Removed: by the Federal Reserve at times when we might otherwise determine not to provide it or when doing so is not otherwise in the interests of Green Dot Corporation or our shareholders or creditors.
+Added: This support may be required by the Federal Reserve at times when doing so is not otherwise in the interests of Green Dot Corporation or our shareholders or creditors.
The Federal Reserve may require a BHC to make capital injections into a troubled subsidiary bank and may charge the BHC with engaging in unsafe and unsound practices if the BHC fails to commit resources to such a subsidiary bank or if it undertakes actions that the Federal Reserve believes might jeopardize the BHC’s ability to commit resources to such subsidiary bank.
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The CRA also requires that all institutions publicly disclose their CRA ratings.
−Removed: Green Dot Bank’s CRA compliance is currently evaluated under a CRA strategic plan.
−Removed: Green Dot Bank is currently seeking regulatory approval for a new strategic plan covering the period from 2024 through 2028.
−Removed: The proposed plan is focused on supporting the credit needs of its defined assessment area primarily through direct community development lending and investment, small business lending, and services in Green Dot Bank’s designated CRA Assessment Area of Utah and Juab Counties, as well as the broader surrounding geographic region.
+Added: Green Dot Bank’s CRA compliance is currently evaluated under an approved CRA strategic plan covering the period of 2024 to 2028.
+Added: The plan is focused on supporting the needs of the bank's defined assessment area primarily through direct community development lending and investment, small business lending, and services in Green Dot Bank’s designated Assessment Area of Utah and Juab Counties, as well as the broader surrounding geographic region.
On October 24, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board joined the FDIC and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in issuing a new final rule seeking to strengthen and modernize the regulations that implement the CRA.
−Removed: As most of the changes implemented by the new rule will not take effect until January 1, 2026, we cannot yet predict what impact such changes will have on our CRA strategic plan.
+Added: The rule became effective April 1, 2024, with most of its provisions becoming applicable on January 1, 2026.
+Added: However, the rule has been challenged in federal court, which has granted a preliminary injunction on enforcement of the rule.
+Added: The litigation remains pending.
Insurance of Deposit Accounts
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The FDIC has authority to raise or lower assessment rates on insured deposits in order to achieve statutorily required reserve ratios in the DIF and to impose special additional assessments.
−Removed: In October 2022, the FDIC adopted a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules for all FDIC-insured institutions by two basis points, beginning the first quarterly assessment period of 2023.
−Removed: There is a risk that Green Dot Bank’s deposit insurance premiums will further increase if failures of insured depository institutions deplete the DIF or if the FDIC changes its view of the risk Green Dot Bank poses to the DIF or otherwise increases the assessment rate adjustment applicable to Green Dot Bank’s deposits.
+Added: There is a risk that Green Dot Bank’s deposit insurance premiums may increase if failures of insured depository institutions deplete the DIF or if the FDIC changes its view of the risk Green Dot Bank poses to the DIF or otherwise increases the assessment rate adjustment applicable to Green Dot Bank’s deposits.
Relationships with Third-Party Issuing Banks
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It also requires banks to safeguard personal information of consumer customers.
−Removed: Some state laws also protect the privacy of information of state residents and require adequate security for such data, and certain state laws may, in some circumstances, require Green Dot Bank to notify affected individuals of security breaches of computer databases that contain their personal information.
−Removed: These laws may also require Green Dot Bank to notify law enforcement, regulators or consumer reporting agencies in the event of a data breach, as well as businesses and governmental agencies that own data.
−Removed: Data privacy and data security are areas of increasing state legislative focus.
−Removed: For example, effective January 1, 2023, the California Privacy Rights Act (the "CPRA") amended and significantly expanded the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”), which originally provided California residents certain privacy rights in the collection and disclosure of their personal information and required businesses to make certain disclosures and take certain other acts in furtherance of those rights.
−Removed: The CPRA also created a new agency, the California Privacy Protection Agency, authorized to implement and enforce the CCPA and the CPRA, which could result in increased privacy and information security regulatory actions.
−Removed: states have considered and/or enacted similar privacy laws.
−Removed: For example, Virginia, Utah, Connecticut, and Colorado have passed new consumer privacy laws with effective dates in 2023, and Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Texas have passed consumer privacy laws that will become effective in 2024, 2025, or 2026.
+Added: Some state laws also protect the privacy of information of state residents and require adequate security for such data, and certain state laws may, in some circumstances, require Green Dot Bank to notify individuals with impacted information of security breaches of computerized data that contain their personal information.
+Added: These laws may also require Green Dot Bank to notify law enforcement, regulators or consumer reporting agencies in the event of a data breach, as well as businesses and governmental agencies that own affected data.
+Added: Privacy and data security remain areas of state legislative focus.
+Added: By the end of 2024, eight U.S.
+Added: states had consumer privacy laws in effect.
+Added: Similar laws come into effect in eight more states in 2025, and another three states in 2026.
+Added: These laws provide residents of these states certain privacy rights in the collection and disclosure of their personal information and require covered businesses to make certain disclosures and take certain other acts in furtherance of those rights.
+Added: states are considering similar privacy laws.
+Added: State regulators are authorized to implement and enforce existing consumer privacy laws, which has resulted in increased scrutiny on privacy and data security.
In addition, the federal government may also pass data privacy or data security legislation.
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The CFPB Prepaid Rule includes requirements related to treatment of funds on lost or stolen cards, error resolution and investigation, upfront fee disclosures, access to account information, and overdraft features if offered in conjunction with prepaid accounts.
−Removed: On February 1, 2023, the CFPB proposed a rule that, if adopted, would further limit credit card late fees.
−Removed: Because Green Dot Bank has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, the Federal Reserve, and not the CFPB, is responsible for examining and supervising Green Dot Bank’s compliance with these and other federal consumer financial laws and regulations.
−Removed: In addition, the Dodd-Frank Act authorizes state attorneys general and state regulators to enforce consumer protection rules issued by the CFPB.
−Removed: State authorities have recently increased their focus on and enforcement of consumer protection rules.
+Added: On March 5, 2024, the CFPB issued a final rule further limiting credit card late fees.
+Added: The rule has also been challenged in federal court and is subject to a preliminary injunction.
+Added: Because Green Dot Bank has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets, the Federal Reserve is responsible for examining and supervising Green Dot Bank’s compliance with these and other federal consumer financial laws and regulations.
+Added: In addition, state attorneys general and state regulators also enforce consumer protection rules.
Money Transmission Licensing and Regulation
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The NCG Committee’s duties in this regard include reviewing and evaluating our programs, policies and practices relating to ESG issues and related disclosures and recommending to our Board of Directors (our "Board of Directors" or "Board") our overall strategy with respect to ESG matters.
−Removed: In 2022, we continued to advance our ESG strategy by establishing a management-level ESG Steering Committee comprised of employees across our company from human resources to legal to business development (the "ESG Steering Committee").
−Removed: The purpose of the ESG Steering Committee is to assist the NCG Committee in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to ESG matters, including by reviewing and approving programs, policies and practices relating to ESG issues and overseeing and monitoring the implementation of our ESG program.
−Removed: We intend to continue to examine the ESG topics that are most relevant for our business and stakeholders as we further develop and advance our ESG strategy.
−Removed: We believe this approach to ESG management helps to enable us to create value for both our stockholders and our other stakeholders, including our customers, partners, employees and communities.
−Removed: We will endeavor to provide transparent disclosures on the progress of this work and to this end we published our inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance Report in 2023.
+Added: We also advance our ESG strategy through our management-level ESG Steering Committee comprised of employees across our company from human resources to legal to business development (the "ESG Steering Committee").
+Added: The purpose of the ESG Steering Committee is to assist the NCG Committee in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities with respect to ESG matters, including by reviewing and approving programs, policies and practices relating to ESG issues.
+Added: We believe our approach to ESG management helps to enable us to create value for both our stockholders and our other stakeholders, including our customers, partners, employees and communities.
+Added: We endeavor to provide transparent disclosures on the progress of this work through our annual ESG report.
More detailed information about the progress of our work can be found in that report located at https://ir.greendot.com/corporate-governance/highlights.
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We strive to maintain a workforce that is representative of the industry we serve, comprised of highly technical individuals, who enjoy pushing the boundaries of what is possible and are individually innovative.
−Removed: We work to retain employees in a number of ways, including having strong leadership and optimizing leaders and managers through effective training and development programs, providing employees the opportunity to learn new skills and to advance their careers, investing in technology, maintaining customer relationships, and providing competitive and equitable total rewards.
−Removed: For fiscal year 2023 our voluntary turnover rate was less than 11%, which we believe demonstrates the strength of our culture and professional development programs.
−Removed: We offer industry specific training regarding regulatory standards and compliance, as well as self-directed learning through LinkedIn’s learning platform.
−Removed: In 2023, we launched a manager specific training that is designed to increase managerial capability in the areas of communication, engagement, coaching, inclusion and diversity, hiring and on-boarding, business skills, and ensuring an ethical and supportive work environment free from bias and harassment.
+Added: We work to retain employees in several ways, including having strong leadership and optimizing leaders and managers through effective training and development programs, providing employees the opportunity to learn new skills and to advance their careers, investing in technology, maintaining customer relationships, and providing competitive and equitable total rewards.
+Added: For the fiscal year 2024, our voluntary turnover rate was less than 8%, which we believe demonstrates the strength of our culture and professional development programs.
+Added: We offer industry specific training regarding regulatory standards and compliance, as well as self-directed learning through third-party learning platforms.
+Added: In 2024, we continued to deliver manager specific training designed to increase managerial capability in the areas of communication, engagement, coaching, inclusion and diversity, hiring and on-boarding, business skills, and ensuring an ethical and supportive work environment free from bias and harassment.
As employees advance in their careers, our training framework seeks to build new capabilities with foundational leadership skills.
−Removed: Our leaders have and will continue to be further empowered to design bespoke learning experiences catered to their specific needs.
+Added: Our leaders are empowered to design bespoke learning experiences catered to their specific needs.
Employee Experience
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We embrace an open-door policy where collaboration across all levels of team members and across multiple departments is encouraged.
−Removed: We have historically used annual employee engagement surveys to track and enhance employee sentiment and satisfaction, and in 2023 added monthly climate surveys to better understand employee well-being and leadership opportunities.
−Removed: We continuously seek to identify ways to instill our mission, vision, values, and business objectives throughout our organization, and build a performance-driven culture in a continually evolving remote and virtual environment.
+Added: We have historically used annual employee engagement surveys to track and enhance employee sentiment and satisfaction, and in 2024 conducted a global engagement survey to better understand employee well-being and leadership opportunities.
+Added: We endeavor to identify ways to instill our mission, vision, values, and business objectives throughout our organization, and build a performance-driven culture in a continually evolving remote and virtual environment.
We use these surveys to solicit feedback about members of our senior leadership up to and including our Chief Executive Officer from employees at all levels of our organization.
−Removed: The three highest rated categories were manager respect and trust for their teams, meaningful work, and organizational equality.
+Added: The three highest rated categories were management, organizational alignment and involvement, and work and life blend.
We also believe that ongoing employee performance feedback encourages greater engagement in our business and improved individual performance.
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We believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive working environment with high belonging helps drive our mission and provides our workforce with the best opportunities for success.
−Removed: We are committed to improving representation and inclusion for employees at all levels of the organization.
−Removed: We conducted a DEIB analysis of our workforce in 2022 and since then have been actively working to further enhance recruitment strategies and career development strategies in support of our initiatives.
−Removed: We made additional improvements in closing the gender gap in 2023, ending the year with a workforce comprised of 55% male and 45% female employees.
−Removed: We grew our Employee Resources Group memberships by 24%, and the number of groups increased approximately 29%.
−Removed: We also delivered 10 enterprise-wide events to create new levels of knowledge, empathy and community connection for our people.
−Removed: We focused on furthering diversity through hiring, career development, succession planning and leadership education.
−Removed: We also introduced an educational platform for all employees to access that includes a variety of educational topics related to DEIB.
+Added: We are endeavoring to improve representation and inclusion for employees at all levels of the organization.
+Added: We have been actively working to further enhance recruitment strategies and career development strategies in support of our DEIB initiatives.
+Added: We ended 2024 with a workforce comprised of 53% male and 47% female employees.
+Added: We delivered multiple enterprise-wide events to create new levels of knowledge, empathy and community connection for our people.
+Added: We focused on furthering DEIB goals through recruitment, career development, succession planning and leadership education.
In 2025, we intend to continue to pursue enterprise efforts in DEIB, employee lifecycle design, talent development and culture transformation.
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We offer a comprehensive and tailored set of benefits for employees and their families, providing protection from unexpected losses or medical expenses.
−Removed: Our benefits programs are tailored for the various geographies in which we operate, and include a variety of competitive health plans, in addition to dependent care flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with a company match and auto-enrollment, employee stock purchase plan, and an employee assistance program.
+Added: Our benefits programs are tailored for the various geographies in
+Added: which we operate, and include a variety of competitive health plans, in addition to dependent care flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with a company match and auto-enrollment, employee stock purchase plan, and an employee assistance program.
Organizational Culture and Ethics
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