Pathward Financial, Inc. and Pathward®, N.A. announced that Neeraj Mehta has been appointed as an independent member of the Board of Directors, effective February 27, 2024. Mehta will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and Governance, Nominating and Sustainability Committee of the Pathward Financial, Inc. and Pathward, N.A. boards. Mehta has served as chief executive officer at DigniFi, a FinTech company looking to refine vehicle financing by removing barriers everyday people encounter, since 2021.

Prior to that, he served as executive vice president, chief executive officer, Payment Solutions and chief commercial officer at Synchrony from 2018 to 2021, and as executive vice president, Corporate Strategy and Development from 2014 to 2018. From 1996 to 2014, Mehta held various roles of increasing responsibility at G.E Capital, which culminated in his position as president and chief executive officer, Commercial Distribution Finance. He received a B.S. degree in Social Sciences from the University of California, Irvine, and a M.B.A. degree from Syracuse University.