Cash America International, Inc. provides specialty financial services to individuals primarily in the United States and Mexico. Cash America International, Inc. operates in three segments: Pawn Lending, Cash Advance, and Check Cashing. The Pawn Lending segment offers pawn loans through its pawn lending locations, which operate under the names Cash America Pawn and SuperPawn in the United States, and Prenda Facil in Mexico. This segment also sells previously-owned merchandise acquired from customers who do not redeem their pawned goods, as well as sells items purchased from third-parties or customers. The Cash Advance segment offers unsecured cash advances in selected lending locations that are operated under the names Cash America Payday Advance and Cashland in the United States; and short-term cash advances over the Internet under the names CashNetUSA in the United States, QuickQuid in the United Kingdom, and DollarsDirect in the Canada and Australia. Cash America International, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.

CompuCredit Holdings Corp. provides credit and related financial services and products to underserved consumer credit market, a market represented by credit risks that regulators classify as sub-prime, in the United States. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation operates in five segments: Credit Cards, Investments in Previously Charged-Off Receivables, Retail Micro-Loans, Auto Finance, and Internet Micro-Loans. The Credit Cards segment consists of credit card investment and servicing activities conducted with respect to receivables underlying accounts originated and portfolios purchased by the company. CompuCredit Holdings Corporation was formerly known as CompuCredit Corp. and changed its name to CompuCredit Holdings Corp. in June 2009. CompuCredit Holdings was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc., a specialty finance company, engages in purchasing and serving retail automobile contracts originated primarily by franchised automobile dealers and select independent dealers of new and used automobiles, light trucks, and passenger vans in the United States. Consumer Portfolio Services, through its automobile contract purchases, provides indirect financing to the sub-prime customers of dealers, who have limited credit histories, low incomes, or past credit problems. Consumer Portfolio Services serves as an alternative source of financing for dealers, facilitating sales to customers who might not be able to obtain financing from traditional sources. Consumer Portfolio Services also provides services for the automobile contracts from its servicing branches in Virginia, Florida, and Illinois. Consumer Portfolio Services was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.

Cortera, Inc. provides credit risk management software and services to credit and collections professionals. Cortera's online database allows users to make credit and lending decisions quickly by acessing financial infomation on public and private companies. Cortera, Inc. also allows its users to share feedback and rate their unique payment experiences. Cortera also assists with monitoring portfolio risk, resolving credit disputes, and collecting debts. Cortera, Inc., which has about 20,000 users, targets small businesses and large organizations by offering competitive prices and some free data. Venture capital firm Volition Capital holds stake in Cortera, which was founded in 1993.

Credit Acceptance Corporation provides auto loans to consumers primarily in the United States. Credit Acceptance Corporation primarily provides the portfolio and purchase programs. Credit Acceptance Corporation portfolio program comprises advancing money to dealer-partners in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loan; and the purchase program includes buying the consumer loan from the dealer-partner and keeping various amounts collected from the consumer. Credit Acceptance Corporation offers its products through a network of automobile dealers. Credit Acceptance Corporation was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan.

Credit Saison Co., Ltd. is one of Japan's leading credit card companies, issuing Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and affinity cards carrying its Saison brand to some 26 million cardholders. In addition to issuing plastic, Credit Saison provides financial services and products including insurance and asset management. Subsidiary Saison Fundex issues loans, while Atrium provides loan servicing. Other subsidiaries and affiliates provide ticket sales, and collection and staffing services. Credit Saison was founded in 1951 as a retailer specializing in payment plan sales. Credit Saison is merging its credit card operations with Seven & i Holdings.

DBRS Limited issues credit ratings for corporate, financial, and government bonds throughout the world. Canada's largest credit rating agency, DBRS also operates in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. In the US, DBRS is one of the 10 official Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (NRSROs) approved by the SEC; about a dozen European nations have granted the company External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) status. DBRS maintains ratings on more than 43,000 companies. DBRS uses a variety of quantitative methodologies based on the various industries and markets it covers. Chairman and owner Walter Schroeder founded the company in 1976.

Dollar Financial Corp. provides retail financial services to unbanked and under-banked consumers. Dollar Financial Corp. offers cash checking, single-payment consumer loans, longer-term installment loans, electronic tax filing, bill payment, foreign currency exchange, pawnbroking, debit cards and gift cards, photo ID, prepaid local and long-distance phone services, gold buying services, and legal document processing. Dollar Financial Corp. provides its services through its stores, which operate under the names of Money Mart, The Money Shop, Loan Mart, Insta-Cheques, The Check Cashing Store, American Payday Loans, American Check Casher, Check Casher, Payday Loans, Cash Advance, Cash Advance USA, and We The People. As of June 30, 2009, Dollar Financial Corp. had a network of 1,206 stores, including 1,031 company-operated financial services stores and 175 franchised and agent locations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Poland. Dollar Financial Corp., formerly known as DFG Holdings, Inc., was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

Encore Capital Group, Inc. purchases and manages charged-off consumer receivable portfolios. Encore Capital Group, Inc receivable portfolios include unsecured, charged-off domestic consumer credit cards, auto loan deficiency, and telecom receivables purchased from national financial institutions, major retail credit corporations, telecom companies, and resellers. Encore Capital Group, Inc, through its subsidiary, Ascension Capital Group, Inc., also provides bankruptcy services to the finance industry, including negotiating bankruptcy plans, monitoring and managing the consumer's compliance with bankruptcy plans, and recommending courses of action to clients. Encore Capital Group, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Experian Information Solutions, also known as Experian Americas, is the US-based arm of global credit reporting agency Experian plc. The unit provides credit reporting and lead generation services utilizing its database of more than 215 million US consumers and some 15 million US businesses. Clients include retailers, financial services firms, utilities, not-for-profits, and small businesses. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. also provides addresses for more than 20 billion pieces of promotional mail every year. Services include skip tracing and collections, direct marketing, sales prospecting, demographic information, and more. Experian Americas has about a dozen offices across the US.

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