Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), a digital bank and Fintech that offers consumers and businesses banking and payment solutions, this week announced the appointment of Melissa Douros as chief product officer. Douros will lead Green Dot’s product design and development team, with a focus on building useful tools for Green Dot’s customers and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) and embedded finance partners.
“Melissa is a visionary product leader with deep experience in digital transformation strategy that will be instrumental in driving Green Dot forward as we continue building our platform to best serve the financial needs of businesses and consumers,” said George Gresham, chief executive officer of Green Dot Corporation. “Our team will benefit greatly from her ability to translate our product vision and strategy into meaningful solutions for our partners and customers.”
Prior to joining Green Dot, Douros was vice president of digital experience at Discover Financial Services, where she led an enterprise-wide digital transformation for the company during a period of rapid business growth. Prior to Discover, Douros also held senior digital product roles at Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. and E*TRADE.
“The financial products and solutions Green Dot is building are shaping the way people interact with their money and elevate the financial experience for both businesses and consumers,” said Douros. “I feel honored to join the Green Dot team and look forward to contributing to Green Dot’s mission to give all people and businesses the power to bank seamlessly, affordably and with confidence.”
Following the completion of what it called a “comprehensive, multi-year processor conversion to transform the company into a more efficient, nimble and powerful platform company”, Green Dot said it is now focused on operational excellence and growth.
Douros will lead the team building experiences, features and functionality for Green Dot’s wide variety of customers, which includes direct customers of its digital bank GO2bank and its BaaS partners including recent additions Dayforce, Stockpile and Credibly.