POWER OF ATTOJRNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mary Befh Orson, Justm Schempp, Robin Privette, Michael Hoemer, Chance Huber, Cindy Thomas and Gregory Parisi, signing singly, such person's true and lawful attomey-in-fact to: (1) prepare, execute in such person's name and on such person's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), any documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and passphrases enabling such person to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) or Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any mle or regulation of the SEC; (2) execute for and on behalf of such person, with respect to holdings o£ and transactions m, securities of Pathward Fmancial, Inc. ("Pathward"), Forms 3,4 and 5, and any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section I6(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder; (3) execute for and on behalf of such person any Schedules 13D or 13G, and any amendments •thereto, relating to securities ofPathward, in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules ffaeremider, (4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of such. person which may be uecessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,4 or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and file any such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in comiection witih the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attoraey-in-fact, may be of benefit to, m the best mterest of, or legally required by, such person, it being understood fhat the documents executed by such attomey-in-fact on behalf of such person pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attomey-ia-fact may approve in such attomey-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each attomey-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done m the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocatioa, hereby ratifymg and confinnmg all that such attoraey-in-fact, or such attomey-m-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfally do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attomeys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of such person, is not assuming any of such person's responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a) or Section 13(d) offhe Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney amends and restates in its entirety the Power of Attorney for filings with respect to Form 3,4 or 5 or Schedule I3D or I3G that the undersigned previously signed and delivered to Pathward This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until fee undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, 4 or 5 or Schedule 13D or 13G with respect to the holdings o£ and transactions m, Pathward securities by the undersigned, unless earlier revoked by tiie undersigned in a signed writing delivered to fhe foregoing attomeys-in-fact ^^ IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of1:his'__ day ofNovember, 2023. ^SL\ /s/ - U Douglas J. Hajek

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