Webcast Alert: EZCORP Fiscal 2012 Fourth Quarter Earnings Release

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EZCORP (Nasdaq: EZPW) announces the following Webcast:

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Contact:  Media Relations – EZCORP, Inc. at 512-314-2200.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Web site www.ezcorp.com.

EZCORP is a leading provider of instant cash solutions for consumers.  Through 1,250 company-operated pawn, buy/sell and personal financial services locations in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, we provide a variety of instant cash solutions, including pawn loans, consumer loans, and fee-based credit services to customers seeking loans.  At our pawn and buy/sell stores, we also sell merchandise, primarily collateral forfeited from pawn lending operations and used merchandise purchased from customers.

EZCORP owns controlling interests in Prestaciones Finmart, S.A.P.I. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (doing business under the name "Crediamigo"), a leading provider of payroll deduction loans in Mexico, and in Artiste Holding Limited (doing business under the name "Cash Genie"), a leading provider of online loans in the U.K.  The company also has significant investments in Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC (ABM.L), one of the U.K.'s largest pawnbroking businesses with over 170 full-line stores offering pawnbroking, jewelry retailing, gold buying and financial services; and in Cash Converters International Limited (CCV.L and CCV.ASX), which franchises and operates a worldwide network of over 600 stores that provide personal financial services and sell pre-owned merchandise.

SOURCE EZCORP, Inc.