Add-on Acquisition • Financial Services

FirstCash Acquires H&T Group

On May 14, 2025, FirstCash acquired financial services company H&T Group for 297M GBP

Acquisition Context

This is FirstCash’s 3rd transaction in the Financial Services sector.
This is FirstCash’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
This is FirstCash’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date	May 14, 2025
Target	H&T Group
Sector	Financial Services
Buyer(s)	FirstCash
Deal Type	Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value	297M GBP
Advisor(s)	Canaccord Genuity Shore Capital Markets (Financial)

Target Company

H&T Group

Sutton, United Kingdom

H&T Group is a pawnbroker, a retailer of quality new and pre-owned jewelry and pre-owned watches, and provides a range of financial products tailored for a customer base that has limited access to, or is excluded from, the traditional banking sector. These products include pawnbroking, retail, and foreign currency. H&T Group was founded in 1897 and is based in Sutton, England.

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Buyer

FirstCash

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Category	Company
Founded	1988
Sector	Financial Services
Employees	20,000
Revenue	3.4B USD (2024)

DESCRIPTION

FirstCash is an international operator of retail pawn stores. First Cash focuses on serving cash and credit-constrained consumers through its retail pawn locations, which buy and sell a wide variety of jewelry, electronics, tools and other merchandise, and make small customer pawn loans secured by pledged personal property. FirstCash was founded in 1988 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Deal Context for Buyer	#
Overall	4 of 4
Sector: Financial Services	3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition	3 of 3
Country: United Kingdom	1 of 1
Year: 2025	1 of 1
Size (of disclosed)	2 of 2

PREVIOUS DEAL

DATE	TARGET	DEAL TYPE	VALUE
2021-12-17	American First Finance Dallas, Texas, United States American First Finance offers a flexible payment solution for customers online, in-store, and via text. American First Finance amortizes payment schedules with flexible early payoff options. American First Finance is based in Dallas, Texas.	Buy	-

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2021-12-17

American First Finance

Dallas, Texas, United States

American First Finance offers a flexible payment solution for customers online, in-store, and via text. American First Finance amortizes payment schedules with flexible early payoff options. American First Finance is based in Dallas, Texas.

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