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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-14-043952
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20141202
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20141203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20141203

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			META FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000907471
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED [6035]
		IRS NUMBER:				421406262
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22140
		FILM NUMBER:		141262158

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1307
		CITY:			SIOUX FALLS
		STATE:			SD
		ZIP:			57108
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6057821767

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 1307
		CITY:			SIOUX FALLS
		STATE:			SD
		ZIP:			57108

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST MIDWEST FINANCIAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930618
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (12/3/14) &#8211; Meta Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CASH), announces that on December 2, 2014, its bank subsidiary, MetaBank, completed the previously announced acquisition of<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;</font>substantially all of the<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> commercial</font> loan portfolio and related assets<font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> of A</font>FS/IBEX Financial Services, Inc. (&#8220;AFS&#8221;) and has hired the AFS team.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The acquisition, which was announced on October 14, 2014, was concluded following satisfaction of certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.&#160; The all-cash transaction includes the AFS operating platform, other assets, and approximately $77 million of outstanding insurance premium finance loan receivables.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MetaBank CEO J. Tyler Haahr stated, &#8220;The conclusion of this acquisition is a key component of our strategy to better deploy the resources of our national deposit franchise to diversify our business, build our loan portfolio and replace lower yielding securities.&#160; We welcome the 44 new team members of AFS to Meta and look forward to growing the business together.&#8221;</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Upon closing, MetaBank created a new operating division, AFS/IBEX, which will continue to serve businesses and insurance agencies nationwide with commercial insurance premium financing.&#160; According to AFS/IBEX President John Holsan, &#8220;With the capital resources and lending capacity now available as a division of MetaBank, we are excited to work with our existing and new customers to provide an expanded suite of insurance premium financing solutions.&#8221;&#160; AFS/IBEX will be headquartered in Dallas, TX, with a full service office in Southern California.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MetaBank was advised by Sterne, Agee &amp; Leach, Inc. and the law firm of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP. AFS was advised by Colonnade Advisors and the law firms of Whitaker Chalk Swindle &amp; Schwartz PLLC and Bracewell &amp; Giuliani LLP.</div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AFS/IBEX Financial Services, Inc.</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">provided short-term, collateralized financing to facilitate the purchase of insurance for commercial property, casualty and liability risk. Founded in 1986, AFS was one of the top ten insurance premium finance companies in the U.S., originating loans through a network of over 1,300 independent insurance agencies.&#160; AFS originated over $200 million of insurance premium finance loans in 2013.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">About Meta Financial Group<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">&#174;</sup></div>

<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">MetaBank</font><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">&#174;</sup><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, a federally chartered savings bank, is a subsidiary of </font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><u>Meta Financial Group, Inc</u></font>.</font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, MetaBank's primary banking businesses are deposits, loans and other financial products and services to meet the needs of its commercial, agricultural and retail customers. MetaBank operates 11 bank offices in four market areas: Central Iowa; Northwest Iowa; Brookings, S.D.; and Sioux Empire, S.D.&#160; MetaBank's electronic payments division, </font><font style="FONT-VARIANT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><u>Meta Payment Systems (MPS)</u></font><font style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, is a leading provider of prepaid, credit, emerging payments solutions and ACH origination. MPS is also the largest sponsor of ATMs in the United States.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Meta Financial Group, Inc.&#174;, (&#8220;Meta Financial&#8221; or &#8220;the Company&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221;) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, MetaBank&#174; (the &#8220;Bank&#8221; or &#8220;MetaBank&#8221;), may from time to time make written or oral &#8220;forward-looking statements,&#8221; including statements contained in this release, in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;), in its reports to stockholders, and in other communications by the Company, which are made in good faith by the Company pursuant to the &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.</div>

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