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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Goik Michael K   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol META FINANCIAL GROUP INC [CASH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) See Remarks (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.,, 5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2018 (Street) SIOUX FALLS, SD 57108 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 08/01/2018   A   4,624 (1) A (1) 4,624 I By Crestmark ESOP (1) Common Stock 08/01/2018   A   15,900 (2) A (2) 15,900 D   Common Stock 08/01/2018   A   42,481 (3) A $ 0 58,381 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Goik Michael K C/O META FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., 5501 SOUTH BROADBAND LANE SIOUX FALLS, SD 57108			See Remarks

Signatures

/s/ Michael K. Goik		08/02/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Meta Common Stock"), of Meta Financial Group, Inc. ("Meta") received in exchange for 1,745 shares of common stock, no par value per share ("Crestmark Common Stock"), of Crestmark Bancorp, Inc. ("Crestmark") held for the reporting person's account under the Crestmark Employee Stock Ownership Plan, which were acquired in exchange for shares of Crestmark Common Stock pursuant to the merger of Crestmark with and into Meta, with Meta continuing as the surviving entity (the "Merger"), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 9, 2018, among, Meta, MetaBank, Crestmark and Crestmark Bank. As of the effective time of the Merger on August 1, 2018 (the "Effective Time"), each share of Crestmark Common Stock automatically converted into the right to receive 2.65 shares of Meta Common Stock along with cash in lieu of any fractional share (the "Merger Consideration").
(2)	Represents shares of Meta Common Stock received by the reporting person in exchange for 6,000 shares of Crestmark Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. As of the Effective Time, each share of Crestmark Common Stock automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
(3)	All of which 42,481 shares of Meta Common Stock are restricted stock granted to the reporting person that will vest in six nearly equal installments on each of August 1, 2019, August 1, 2020, August 1, 2021, August 1, 2022, August 1, 2023 and August 1, 2024.
Remarks: President of the Meta Commercial Finance Division

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