- EZCorp
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company_name = EZCorp
company_type = Public (nasdaq|EZPW)
foundation = 1989
location =Austin, Texas | num_employees = 3,200 (2008) | industry =Retail ,Financial services
key_people =Joe Rotunda , CEOSterling Brinkley , ChairmanDaniel Tonissen , CFO |John Thedford homepage = [http://www.ezcorp.com ezcorp.com]
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US$ 875.45 Million ("2008")EZCorp (NASDAQ|EZPW) is a publicly traded company based in
Austin, Texas . The company is primarily involved withretail , payday lending, signature loans, and pawn lending. [http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyProfile?symbol=EZPW.O]The company was founded in 1989 with 16 pawn shops and now operates over 670 stores in 13 states and Mexico under the names of EZPAWN, EZMONEY Loan Services, EZMONEY Payday Loans and EZ Loan Services brand names. [http://www.ezcorp.com/corp.php "Corporate Information"] , EZCorp company website] EZCORP also holds approximately 29 percent of the outstanding shares of Albemarle & Bond Holdings
EZCorp has always been interested in the purchasing of other loan providers, recently (September 2008) they announced a new agreement to aquire Value Financial (the worlds largest privately owned credit provider). [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Ezcorp to buy Value Financial for $79.8M |url=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/09/17/ap5436672.html |format= |work= |publisher=Forbes |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=
2008-09-17 |accessdate=2008-09-20 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] Around a week before announcing that deal EZCorp informed the public about their purchase of Pawn Plus and ASAP Pawn (two large Las Vegas based loan providers). These three purchases will increase their store count by around 100.Fact|date=September 2008References
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/smallBusinessNews/idUSBNG20099520080811 EZCorp's acquisition of Value Financial terminated] by Reuters
ee also
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Cash America International External links
* [http://www.ezcorp.com/index.php Official website]
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