secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary ====================================== Issuer: PATHWARD FINANCIAL, INC. (CASH) CIK: 0000907471 Form: 8-K Filed at: 2025-12-30T23:59:59+00:00 Accession: 0000907471-25-000118 Event type: other_material Sentiment: negative Materiality: 0.65 Item codes: 4.01, 9.01 LLM model: deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 Pathward Financial dismisses Crowe, appoints KPMG as auditor; discloses material weakness in internal controls -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Crowe dismissed as auditor effective Dec 23, 2025; KPMG appointed for fiscal year ending Sept 30, 2026. - No disagreements or reportable events since 2024, except a material weakness in internal controls for consumer lending program accounting. - Material weakness relates to design and maintenance of controls for evaluating technical accounting and financial reporting of certain consumer lending agreements. - Audit Committee discussed the weakness with Crowe and authorized full response to KPMG inquiries; no prior consultation with KPMG. Source: EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907471/000090747125000118/0000907471-25-000118-index.htm Primary doc: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/907471/000090747125000118/cash-20251223.htm HTML page: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000907471-25-000118 License: Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer