May 26, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Meta Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASH) said it will pay a cash dividend of $0.13 per share for the third fiscal quarter of 2010.  This dividend will be payable on or about July 1, 2010 to shareholders of record as of June 14, 2010.  

At March 31, 2010, Meta posted total assets of $981.9 million and shareholders' equity of $61.1 million.

Iowa-based Meta Financial is the holding company for MetaBank and Meta Trust Co. MetaBank is a federally-chartered savings bank with four market areas:  Northwest Iowa Market, Brookings Market, Central Iowa Market, Sioux Empire Market; and the Meta Payment Systems prepaid card division. 

The bank has twelve retail banking offices and one administrative office supporting customers throughout northwest and central Iowa, and in Brookings and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

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