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The Motley Fool July 28, 2006 Rich Duprey	Advance America Retreats The payday lender's stock gets hammered under the weight of analyst expectations and tougher regulations.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Rich Duprey	Year in Review: Advance America The point man for attacks on the payday lending business still rings up profits. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 28, 2006 Rich Duprey	Advance America's Keystone Kops Pennsylvania sues the nation's largest payday lender.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 Rich Duprey	Previewing 2007: Advance America Without question, the leading payday lender has a few mine fields to navigate through. It's what has kept the company's share price from rising like the competition has.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2006 Rich Duprey	First Cash Drives Ahead Pawnshop operators are profitable investments that remain hidden because of their unsavory reputation. But First Cash jumped more than 8% on the news that it had bought a car dealership.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Rich Duprey	I Love Payday Lenders Payday lenders are good investments. They're disliked by large swaths of people, and they have a high ick factor, but they provide a necessary and highly profitable service.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Rich Duprey	First Cash Cashing In Payday lender and pawnshop operation continues to report a record string of profits. Investing in payday lenders is not for the faint of heart because of the uncertain regulatory environment.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Payday Lenders Strike Back They counter the FDIC's move with a new product. Will it pay off for shareholders?
The Motley Fool February 7, 2007 Rich Duprey	Will Bubba Bring Back Payday Loans? Georgia's legislature debates permitting cash advances three years after banning them. It would be a product unique to the state, but would undoubtedly still draw the industry players, like Advance America.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Rich Duprey	Easy-Peasy EZCORP The pawnshop operator boosts guidance as it makes profits and opens more stores. Yet there are some concerns for investors.
The Motley Fool August 4, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Dueling Fools: Payday Loans Bull Don't be swayed by the negative press put out by anti-PDLers about people who get "sucked into the payday-lending treadmill." For every one of those, you'll find 10 who are thankful the industry exists.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Rich Smith	Quick Take: Rise of the Nanny State Legislators in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The sanctimonious state-sponsored witch hunt against payday lenders continues apace.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Advance America, Half Price! The payday lender is trading at half its intrinsic value. Time to buy?
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Rich Duprey	First Cash Not Subprime The pawnshop operator and payday lender notches records despite vaunted subprime market woes. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Rich Duprey	Cash America's Taxing Guidance An easing up on the payday lender's stock price may provide a chance for investors to get in at a reasonable price.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Rich Duprey	Battling for Payday Loans A ban on military payday loans keeps underpaid soldiers even more short of cash.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Rich Duprey	Previewing 2007: First Cash Financial Pawnshop. Payday lender. Used car dealer. Expect First Cash Financial to continue to drive home profits for investors.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Beware of Payday Lending Don't be a victim of highway robbery: Avoid the predatory practices of those who offer paycheck advances.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Rick Steier	Storm Clouds Brewing for Payday Lenders No hyperbole. Consumer Financial Protection Agency bill threatens entire short-term lending industry.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Rich Duprey	Cash America Still Cashing In Pawn loans and sales remain the core driver of earnings for the sub-prime lending sector. Investors, Cash America is not the priciest of the bunch, but it's not cheap, either.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2008 Rich Duprey	Payday Industry in Danger of Default Restrictions continue to mount on specialty financial services firms such as Cash America.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Rich Duprey	Previewing 2007: Cash America Payday loans happen to be more profitable than pawn brokering these days. However, Cash America is richly valued with a ratio in excess of 2, based on trailing revenues.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2008 Rich Duprey	EZCORP Still Making It Look Easy A sour economy drives the pawnshop operator's results.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2004 W.D. Crotty	Advance America: Why the Hot IPO? The cash advancer's stock opens 37% above its initial price.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2006 Rich Duprey	Previewing 2007: EZCORP Will earnings still come easy for the pawnshop operator in the coming year? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 9, 2006 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: EZCORP No Longer Easy Money The pawnshop operator and payday lender will be reporting fourth-quarter 2006 earnings. A month ago, it gave investors updated guidance, boosting its outlook and making it look easy peasy. Can its fulfill that promise?
The Motley Fool November 18, 2004 Lawrence Meyers	The Vig Is Up for First Cash The pawn shop/payday advance outfit may not have a sustainable competitive advantage, since its competitors are equally or better capitalized and have similar strategies. But the company looks very attractive.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Joseph Khattab	Peer-to-Peer Lending Makes Waves A new trend in online lending challenges traditional banking. Peer-to-peer lending sounds like fun and games, but there's always risk involved with lending.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2011 Selena Maranjian	Payday Lending's Not Dead Yet Plenty of companies still profit from charging 400% interest.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2007 Rich Duprey	Legislative Foes Shackle Payday Loans The payday loan industry remains under assault at both the federal and state level.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Rich Duprey	Cash America Clicks With Payday Loans The pawnshop operator completes its acquisition of an online payday lender. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 4, 2009 Stephen Mauzy	When Government Attacks, Value Often Occurs Payday lending is today's tobacco, with its concurrent investment opportunity.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2010 Matthew Brown	Dollar Financial Makes a Buck Diversified products and global presence protect company revenues.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Rich Duprey	QC Holdings' Higher Value Investors, as the payday lender seeks reasonable growth with a more profitable line of branches, focusing on doing one thing especially well, expect QC Holdings to continue improving its performance.
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Rich Duprey	Payday Lenders Getting Stiff-Armed Arkansas's attorney general tells payday lenders like Advance America and EZCORP to get out of his state and stay out.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Rich Duprey	2006 in Review: First Cash Financial Investors, even in spite of the challenges pawnshops and payday lenders, First Cash is seen as a star performer.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 Rich Duprey	Cash America: Cash Everywhere The payday lender and pawnshop operator reports strong gains company-wide. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2006 Rich Duprey	Dollar Financial's Creative Cash Machine The check-cashing leader continues its growth plans via international expansion. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2006 Robert Walberg	EZCORP: All That Glitters ... With macroeconomic conditions expected to remain bullish for the foreseeable future, EZCORP has unsurprisingly upped its guidance for fiscal 2006. Trading near its all-time high, and at less than 50% of its projected growth rate, is this stock a good deal?
U.S. Banker November 2001 John Hackett	Ethically Tainted A number of banks are moving into variations of payday lending, the high-yielding business that some observers would describe as predatory. But those who participate in such lending say they're no different than banks that charge high fees for bounced checks...
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Rich Duprey	Previewing 2007: Dollar Financial The check casher and payday lender is focusing more on operations abroad where its services aren't so controversial. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Cash America's Online Cash Payday The pawnshop operator and payday lender will be reporting its first-quarter 2007 financial results shortly. Investors, here is what you can expect to see.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 Rich Duprey	Easy Payday for First Cash The pawnshop broker and payday lender continues to cash in on diversified business. But next year may prove troublesome to investors.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Can Payday Lenders Survive? In a worst-case scenario, only the strongest payday lenders and pawnshops will withstand new FDIC regulations. Who will it be? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2009 Rich Duprey	Payday Lenders Struck by Virtual Reality An analyst's note on year-old news sends shares spiraling downward at payday lending companies.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Your Rainy Day Is Coming Make sure that your emergency fund ready for anything.
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	EZCORP Excels at Advances Despite lowered expectations for next quarter, the pawnshop operator expands its payday-lending business. While the expansion plans may eat into profits initially, thus accounting for the lowered expectations next quarter, operationally it improves the situation for the long run.
The Motley Fool December 5, 2006 Joseph Khattab	The Year's Best Financial Stocks Here's a look back at the best-performing financial services companies. EZCORP... China Life Insurance... InterContinental Exchange... Dollar Financial... First Marblehead... etc.
Reason April 2002 Mike Lynch	Legal Loan Sharking or Essential Service? The great "payday loan" controversy...