Cash America International, Inc.

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Cash America International, Inc. NYSE: CSH is a Fort Worth, Texas, retailer which operates over 450 (as of December 31, 2007) pawn shops in the United States. Founded in 1983 by Jack Daughty (a pawn shop owner who sought to move pawn shops from their stereotypical poor image of being located on dark, seedy corners selling stolen merchandise), the company purports to be the largest operator of pawn shops in the United States, if not the world.^[1]

In addition to operating pawn shops, the company also provides check-cashing services and short-term unsecured loans (commonly referred to as "payday loans") both through its pawn shops as well as in self-standing facilities, and also on the Internet under the name "CashNetUSA".