Pathward Financial (CASH) 8-K Meta Financial Group, Inc.® Declares Cash Dividend

Exhibit 99.1

META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.^® DECLARES CASH DIVIDEND

Sioux Falls, S.D., August 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Meta Financial Group, Inc.^® (Nasdaq: CASH) (the “Company”) announced that the Company will pay a cash dividend of $0.13 per share for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2017. This dividend will be payable on October 2, 2017 to shareholders of record as of September 8, 2017.

At June 30, 2017, the Company had total assets of $4.02 billion and shareholders’ equity of $430.2 million.

This press release and other important information about the Company are available at metafinancialgroup.com.

About Meta Financial Group

Meta Financial Group, Inc. ("MFG") is the holding company for MetaBank^®, a federally chartered savings bank. MFG shares are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market^® under the symbol CASH. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, SD, MetaBank operates in both the Banking and Payments industries through: MetaBank, its traditional retail banking operation; Meta Payment Systems, its electronic payments division; AFS/IBEX, its insurance premium financing division; and Refund Advantage, EPS and SCS, its tax-related financial solutions divisions.

Media Contact:	Investor Relations Contact:
Katie LeBrun	Brittany Kelley Elsasser
Corporate Communications Director	Director of Investor Relations
605.362.5140	605.362.2423
klebrun@metabank.com	bkelley@metabank.com