Webcast Alert: EZCORP Fiscal 2013 First Quarter Earnings Release

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EZCORP (Nasdaq: EZPW) announces the following Webcast:

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

The company also announced that its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been posted on the Investor Relations section of the company's website (www.ezcorp.com).  EZCORP stockholders may obtain a paper copy of the report, free of charge, by sending a request to [email protected] or by calling 1-800-873-7296, ext. 2220.

About EZCORP

EZCORP is a leading provider of instant cash solutions for consumers employing approximately 7,200 teammates and operating over 1,275 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; in Artiste Holding Limited (doing business under the name "Cash Genie"), a leading provider of online loans in the U.K.; and in Renueva Commercial, S.A.P.I. de C.V., an operator of buy/sell stores in Mexico under the name "TUYO."  The Company also has significant investments in Albemarle & Bond Holdings PLC (ABM.L), one of the U.K.'s largest pawnbroking businesses with over 180 full-line stores offering pawnbroking, jewelry retailing, gold buying and financial services; and in Cash Converters International Limited (CCV.ASX), which franchises and operates a worldwide network of almost 700 stores that provide personal financial services and sell pre-owned merchandise.

SOURCE EZCORP, Inc.