In 1983, Cash America founder Jack Daugherty opened the first Cash America Pawn in Irving, Texas, with hopes to build a company that would serve the under-banked population—those who could not get financial help from traditional financial lenders. After just a few years, he took the company public and has since expanded Cash America to become one of the largest pawnshop chains in the country.

Cash America International, Inc. is celebrating its 30-year anniversary of providing small loans to individuals since 1984. Today the Company offers a variety of specialty financial services to customers, with an emphasis on pawn lending through its storefront operations. As of December 31, 2014, the Company operated 943 total locations offering specialty financial services to consumers, which included the following:

• 859 lending locations in 21 states in the United States primarily under the names “Cash America Pawn,” “SuperPawn,” “Cash America Payday Advance,” and “Cashland;” and
• 84 check cashing centers (all of which are unconsolidated franchised check cashing centers) operating in 12 states in the United States under the name “Mr. Payroll.”