an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message ezcorp inc. type public traded as nasdaq ezpw industry specialty consumer financing founded 1989 founder courtland l. logue jr. headquarters austin texas usa area served united states mexico europe canada key people lachlan given chairman and mark kuchenrither president ceo and cfo 1 products pawn retail short term loans brands ezpawn value pawn ezmoney empe o f cil cash converters and grupo finmart . 2 revenue us 597 million 2009 citation needed number of employees 7 300 website http www.ezcorp.com ezcorp is an american pawn shop operator based in austin texas . 1 it is a publicly traded company listed on the nasdaq stock exchange 3 and the second largest pawn shop operator in the u.s. 4 ezcorp owns controlling interests in prestaciones finmart s.a.p.i. de c.v. sofom e.n.r. doing business under the names crediamigo and adex which is a provider of consumer loans in mexico and in renueva commercial s.a.p.i. de c.v. which is an operator of buy sell stores in mexico under the name tuyo . the company also has an investment in cash converters international limited which franchises and operates a worldwide network of over 750 stores that provide personal financial services and sell pre owned merchandise . 5 contents 1 history 2 description 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1989 . 1 in 1994 the company had grown to operate 234 pawn shops in nine states . the company expanded its business to offer payday loan services in its ezpawn locations in 2001 . the first stand alone payday loan stores were opened and branded ezmoney in 2003 . ezcorp then entered into international markets . ezpawn opened 4 new stores along the texas mexico border and acquired 20 stores in the interior of mexico which were branded empe o f cil in 2007 . in late 2008 ezcorp purchased the las vegas based loan providers pawn plus and asap pawn . 6 in 2009 ezcorp expanded to canada operating under the name cashmax . the company also acquired 30 % interest in cash converters international in november of 2009 . the company reports it acquired value financial services in january 2009 . 7 in 2010 ezcorp increased interest in cash converters international to 33 % . the company was also listed on fortune magazine s 100 fastest growing companies for 2010 . 8 ezcorp acquired the cash converters master franchise rights in canada in 2011 . in 2012 ezcorp acquired a controlling interest in grupo finmart a specialty consumer finance company headquartered in mexico city and operating under the name crediamigo ; and tuyo a company headquartered in mexico city that owns and operates buy sell stores in mexico city and the surrounding metropolitan area . description edit the company offers specialty consumer lending and signature loans . 2 the company operates over 1 400 locations in the u.s. canada the uk and mexico 3 under the names of ezpawn value pawn ezmoney empe o f cil cash converters and grupo finmart . 2 it has 7 300 employees 1 and provides short term credit services and pawn loans . it specialized in non recourse loans collateralized by tangible personal property . the company also offers payday loans and fee based credit services . 1 references edit a b c d e company profile businessweek cite error invalid ref tag ; name businessweek defined multiple times with different content see the help page . a b c ezcorp inc. profile . reuters . retrieved july 28 2014 . a b unknown author ezcorp inc nasdaq ezpw quotes & news google finance maltbie robert 23 november 2008 . own a pawnshop not morningstar . forbes.com . retrieved 10 december 2008 . http www.reuters.com finance stocks companyprofile symbol ezpw.o ezcorp completes acquisition of eleven nevada pawnshops . science letter . nov 25 2008 . retrieved july 27 2014 . press release ezcorp completes value financial services acquisition . reuters . 2009 01 02 . http archive.fortune.com magazines fortune fortunefastestgrowing 2010 full list external links edit ezcorp company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ezcorp & oldid 713847730 categories retail companies of the united statespawn shopscompanies established in 1989companies based in austin texascompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages with reference errorspages with duplicate reference namesarticles with a promotional tone from may 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2014pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 april 2016 at 04 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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