FirstCash operates more than 2,000 pawnshops and cash advance stores in the US, Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala. The company lends money secured by such personal property as jewelry, electronics, tools, sporting goods, musical equipment, and firearms (in select markets). Its First Cash Pawn and Famous Pawn shops sell merchandise forfeited by borrowers. The company's Fast Cash Advance locations offer short-term and payday loans. The company exited the check cashing business in late 2014 when it discontinued its Cash & Go joint venture. The company, then named First Cash Financial Services, merged with US pawn rival Cash America International in September 2016.