EZPW - Mergers and acquisitions

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW) ("EZCORP" or the "Company"), a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States and Latin America, announced today the acquisition of a controlling interest in Founders One, LLC ("Founders"). Founders, through its subsidiary, Simple Management Group, Inc. ("SMG"), led by CEO John Thedford, operates 105 pawn stores in the U.S. and 11 additional countries. The stores, which operate predominantly under the names "La Familia Pawn and Jewelry" and "CashWiz," offer traditional pawn loans, buy/sell transactions, and, in Puerto Rico, auto pawn and auto title loans. Lachie Given, Chief Executive Officer, stated: "We are

AUSTIN, Texas, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW), a leading provider of pawn loans in the United States and Latin America, announced today that it has acquired 40 pawn stores across 13 states in Mexico. The stores, operating under the names "Monte Providencia" and "Tu Empeño Efectivo" offer traditional pawn loans, as well as auto pawn transactions, some of which are in stand-alone auto pawn stores. With this acquisition, the Company also takes over the management of 7 additional Monte Providencia stores, which it plans to acquire in the coming months. Lachie Given, Chief Executive Officer, stated: "The Monte Providencia acquisition realizes our strategic objecti

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZPW), a leading provider of pawn transactions in the United States and Latin America, announced that it has acquired 128 pawn stores in Mexico. The stores, operating under the name “Cash Apoyo Efectivo,” are principally located in the Mexico City metropolitan area and enjoy strong brand recognition in that market. The acquisition is the company’s largest to date in terms of store-count. With this acquisition, the company now operates a total of 1,154 pawn stores, 638 (55%) of which are in Latin America, including 503 in Mexico. The initial purchase price of $33.8 million includes cash of $17.3 million, 212,870 shares of the com

EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW) today announced results for its second quarter ended March 31, 2021. All amounts in this release are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") unless otherwise noted. Comparisons shown in this release are to the same period in the prior year unless otherwise noted. CEO COMMENTARY AND OUTLOOK Chief Executive Officer Jason Kulas stated, "We remain focused on meeting our customers' short-term cash needs and providing access to affordable pre-owned general merchandise and jewelry, and we believe we have the right people, platform, footprint and cost structure in place to continue to strengthen and grow our core pawn business. Key hig