FirstCash Holdings, Inc. is an American pawnshop company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas which operates retail pawn stores in the U.S. and Latin America. It is a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
In September 2016, the company merged with Cash America International, Inc. [1] and in December 2021, the company acquired American First Finance.[2]
Through its wholly owned subsidiary, American First Finance (“AFF”), it also provides lease-to-own (“LTO”) and retail finance payment solutions for consumer goods and services through a nationwide network of active retail merchant partner locations.
History
Jack Daugherty founded Cash America in 1983 (possibly 1984),[3] after prior experience running a pawn shop and a failed venture hunting for oil.[4]