type public nyse csh industry retail founded 1984 headquarters fort worth tx united states area served united states key people daniel r. feehan ceo president & chief executive officer 1 services pawnbroker and payday loan services revenue us 1 031m operating income us 149m net income us 81m total assets us 1 187m total equity us 575m website cashamerica.com cash america international inc. is a fort worth texas retailer which operates 859 as of january 2015 pawn shops in the united states . contents 1 operations 2 history 3 global brands list 3.1 united states 4 references 5 external links operations edit 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 . history edit company was founded by jack daugherty in irving texas in 1983 as a single pawnshop . the chain grew through rapid acquisitions finally being listed on the new york stock exchange in 1990 symbol csh . starting in 1995 it started its growth in brick and mortar stores through acquisitions in sweden and uk . in 1998 it created the cash america franchise system . in 2003 it merged with cashland with a combined volume of 5 billion dollars in loans . in 2004 it sold its european brick and mortar store assets and bought the last independent chain stores in united states super cash . in 2006 it purchased enova financial cashnetusa to create an internet based division before spinning it off in 2014 . in 2008 the 500th store was opened along with expansion in mexico with a majority stakeholder status in the second largest pawnshop chain prenda f cil in mexico . in 2010 it acquired maxit financial . 2 as of january 29 2015 cash america international inc. operated 943 total locations offering specialty financial services to consumers which included 859 lending locations in 21 states in the united states primarily under the names cash america pawn superpawn cash america payday advance and cashland as well as 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 . 3 on september 1 2016 cash first completed purchase of cash america for 994 million to form a new merged company . the new company will allow each store to retain its branding and joint operations will be out of the cash advance corporate location . global brands list edit united states edit cash america cashland superpawn 4 mr. payroll payday advance references edit cash america appoints dennis j. weese as president and chief operating officer of its retail services division . cashamerica press release via business wire . july 3 2008 . retrieved 2008 10 01 . cash america completes pawn shop acquisition . . the associated press . october 6 2010 . archived from the original on 2016 03 10 . http www.cashamerica.com aboutus.aspx cash america 2008 annual report . external links edit cash america official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cash america international & oldid 740964295 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangepawn shopscompanies based in fort worth texasretail companies of the united states 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 24 september 2016 at 13 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view