Exhibit 99.1

Cash America Announces Third Quarter Results and Dividend Declared

FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 24, 2013--Cash America International, Inc. (NYSE: CSH) announced today that reported net income attributable to the Company for the third quarter ended September 30, 2013 was $46,186,000 ($1.52 per share) compared to the third quarter of 2012 net income of $11,703,000 (37 cents per share). Both the current period third quarter financial results and the prior year third quarter financial results include significant unusual items. In the third quarter of 2013, the Company recognized a tax benefit of $33.2 million ($1.09 per share) related to the reorganization of its Mexico-based pawn operations, which was completed in the first quarter of 2013. In addition, the Company incurred an $18 million pre-tax expense (37 cents per share after taxes) associated with a negotiated settlement of a class-action lawsuit. These two items combined to create a net benefit to after tax income of $21.9 million (72 cents per share) for the period ended September 30, 2013. The third quarter of 2012 included unusual items of $18.5 million in after-tax costs (59 cents per share) associated with the Company’s reorganization of its Mexico-based pawn operations and $1.9 million after taxes (6 cents per share) related to the write-off of deferred costs and transition expenses associated with the withdrawal of the proposed initial public offering of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Enova International, Inc., during that period. These two items combined to create a total expense after taxes of $20.4 million (65 cents per share) for the period ended September 30, 2012.

Excluding the impact of the 2013 unusual items mentioned above, third quarter 2013 adjusted earnings, a non-GAAP measure, would have been $24.3 million (80 cents per share), which is in line with management’s publicly released earnings per share guidance of between 75 cents per share and 85 cents per share as reported in the Company’s press release dated July 25, 2013. Excluding the impact of the 2012 unusual expenses mentioned above, third quarter 2012 adjusted earnings, a non-GAAP measure, would have been $32.1 million ($1.02 per share).

Consolidated total revenue during the third quarter of 2013 was $437.8 million compared to $439.7 million during the same period in 2012. The Company’s E-Commerce segment reported a 14% increase in total revenue, which reached $198.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013. Commenting on the results for the third quarter, Daniel R. Feehan, President and Chief Executive Officer said, “The growth in our consumer loan products during the third quarter provided revenue growth to our E-Commerce business to compensate for the challenges in our retail services business, which continued to experience soft growth in pawn loans and lower levels of profit from the disposition of merchandise.”

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company reported net income of $115,244,000 ($3.73 per share) compared to $82,990,000 ($2.62 per share) for the same period in 2012. Excluding the unusual items discussed above, adjusted net earnings, a non-GAAP measure, would have been $93.4 million ($3.02 per share) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013. This compares to adjusted net earnings, a non-GAAP measure, of $103.9 million ($3.28 per share) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, when adding back the unusual items discussed above for the 2012 period. Total revenue was $1.3 billion for both the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

Cash America will host a conference call to discuss the third quarter results on Thursday, October 24, at 7:00 AM CDT. A live webcast of the call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s corporate website (http://www.cashamerica.com). To listen to the live call, please go to the website at least fifteen minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. A replay will be available on the Company’s website following the call.

Additionally, the Company announced that the Board of Directors, at its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting, declared a $0.035 (3.5 cents) per share cash dividend on common stock outstanding. The dividend will be paid at the close of business on November 20, 2013 to shareholders of record on November 6, 2013.

Outlook for the Fourth Quarter of 2013 and 2014 Fiscal Year

Management believes that the opportunities for growth in revenue and earnings will be largely associated with customer demand for the credit products provided by the Company, which take the form of pawn loans and consumer loans and the disposition of unredeemed collateral by way of consumer spending on retail sales and the commercial sale of refined gold and diamonds. The fourth quarter, during the seasonally important holiday selling season, represents an important period of retail sales for the Company, and results will be affected by consumer sentiments during the period. There are various other elements that could affect the growth in revenue, such as the regulation of consumer loan products, the development and growth of additional markets for the Company’s e-commerce segment for consumer lending products, and the development and growth of the Company’s Mexico-based pawn operations. As the Company enters the fourth quarter of 2013, management anticipates that demand for the Company’s consumer loan products will continue on a similar pace to the one it has experienced during the first nine months of 2013, with a continued heavier weighting to the consumer loan portfolio and longer term installment and line of credit products. Demand for the Company’s pawn lending products continued to prove challenging in the second and third quarters of 2013, and management expects growth in the Company’s pawn lending business, but its expectations for the balance of 2013 and into 2014 remain below historical growth rates in the pawn lending business.

Based on management’s views and on the preceding factors, management expects the fourth quarter 2013 net income per share to be between 95 cents and $1.05 per share compared to $1.29 per share in the fourth quarter of 2012, which does not include the unusual costs and other charges incurred in the fourth quarter of 2012 associated with the Company’s reorganization of its Mexico-based pawn operations of $7.0 million after taxes (23 cents per share) and the after-tax impact of the Company’s voluntary refund to certain Ohio customers of $8.4 million (27 cents per share) in the period. The combined amount of the Mexico charges and the refund expense amounted to $15.4 million after taxes (50 cents per share) in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Based on the Company’s results through the first nine months of 2013, management expects its fiscal year 2013 earnings per share to be in a range of between $4.68 and $4.78 per share ($3.96 and $4.06 per share on a non-GAAP adjusted basis, adjusted for the third quarter unusual items discussed above of 72 cents per share) compared to $3.42 per share ($4.57 per share on a non-GAAP adjusted basis when adding back the unusual items for the full year in 2012 of 81 cents per share related to Mexico reorganization charges, 27 cents per share related to the Ohio refund expense and 7 cents per share related to expenses associated with the withdrawal of the proposed initial public offering of Enova International, Inc.) for the twelve-month period of 2012.

In addition, management is initiating its expectations for fiscal year 2014. Based on its current views of the coming year, management establishes its initial anticipated range of earnings per share of between $4.20 to $4.40 for fiscal 2014.

About the Company

As of September 30, 2013, Cash America International, Inc. operated 995 total locations offering specialty financial services to consumers, which included the following:

• 860 lending locations in 22 states in the United States primarily under the names “Cash America Pawn,” “SuperPawn,” “Cash America Payday Advance,” and “Cashland;”
• 47 pawn lending locations in central and southern Mexico under the name “Cash America casa de empeño;” and
• 88 check cashing centers (all of which are unconsolidated franchised check cashing centers) operating in 13 states in the United States under the name “Mr. Payroll.”

Additionally, as of September 30, 2013, the Company offered consumer loans over the Internet to customers:

• in 32 states in the United States at http://www.cashnetusa.com and http://www.netcredit.com;
• in the United Kingdom at http://www.quickquid.co.uk, and http://www.poundstopocket.co.uk;
• in Australia at http://www.dollarsdirect.com.au; and
• in Canada at http://www.dollarsdirect.ca.

For additional information regarding the Company and the services it provides, visit the Company’s websites located at:

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This release contains forward-looking statements about the business, financial condition, operations and prospects of the Company. The actual results of the Company could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements because of various risks and uncertainties including, without limitation: the effect of or changes in domestic and foreign pawn, consumer credit, tax and other laws and governmental rules and regulations applicable to the Company's business or changes in the interpretation or enforcement thereof; the regulatory and examination authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the U.S. and the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK; public perception of the Company’s business, including its consumer loan business and its business practices; changes in the political, regulatory or economic environment in foreign countries where the Company operates or in the future may operate; fluctuations, including a sustained decrease, in the price of gold or deterioration in economic conditions; the effect of any current or future litigation proceedings or any judicial decisions or rule-making that affect the Company, its products or its arbitration agreements; the actions of third parties who provide, acquire or offer products and services to, from or for the Company; changes in demand for the Company’s services, the Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified executive officers; a prolonged interruption in the Company’s operations of its facilities, systems and business functions, including its information technology and other business systems; the ability of the Company to open new locations in accordance with its plans or to successfully integrate newly acquired businesses into the Company’s operations; changes in competition; interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; changes in the capital markets; changes in the Company’s ability to satisfy its debt obligations or to refinance existing debt obligations or obtain new capital to finance growth; security breaches, cyber attacks or fraudulent activity; compliance with laws and regulations applicable to international operations; the implementation of new, or changes in the interpretation of existing, accounting principles or financial reporting requirements; acts of God, war or terrorism, pandemics and other events; the effect of any of such changes on the Company’s business or the markets in which it operates; and other risks and uncertainties indicated in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties are beyond the ability of the Company to control, nor can the Company predict, in many cases, all of the risks and uncertainties that could cause its actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. When used in this release, terms such as “believes,” “estimates,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “plans,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “may,” “forecasts,” “projects” and similar expressions and variations as they relate to the Company or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release.

In addition to reporting consumer loans owned by the Company and consumer loans guaranteed by the Company, which are either generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) items or disclosures required by GAAP, the Company has provided combined consumer loans, which is a non-GAAP measure. In addition, the Company has reported consumer loans written and renewed, which is statistical data that is not included in the Company’s financial statements. The Company also reports allowances and liabilities for estimated losses on consumer loans individually and on a combined basis, which are GAAP measures that are included in the Company’s financial statements.

Management believes these measures, including ratios calculated using these measures, provide investors with important information needed to evaluate the magnitude of potential loan losses and the opportunity for revenue performance of the consumer loan portfolio on an aggregate basis. Management believes the comparison of the aggregate amounts from period to period is more meaningful than comparing only the residual amount on the Company’s balance sheet since both revenue and the consumer loan loss provision are impacted by the aggregate amount of loans owned by the Company and those guaranteed by the Company as reflected in its financial statements.

Corporate operations primarily include corporate expenses, such as legal, occupancy, executive oversight, insurance and risk management, public and government relations, internal audit, treasury, payroll, compliance and licensing, finance, accounting, tax and information systems (except for online lending systems, which are included in the e-commerce segment). Corporate income includes miscellaneous income not directly attributable to the Company’s segments. Corporate assets primarily include corporate property and equipment, nonqualified savings plan assets, marketable securities, foreign exchange forward contracts and prepaid insurance.

Retail Services Segment

The following table sets forth the number of domestic and foreign Company-owned and franchised locations in the Company’s retail services segment offering pawn lending, consumer lending, and other ancillary services as of September 30, 2013 and 2012. The Company’s domestic retail services locations operate under the names “Cash America Pawn,” “SuperPawn,” “Cash America Payday Advance,” “Cashland” and “Mr. Payroll.” In addition, certain domestic retail services locations acquired in late 2012 and 2013 that operate under various names that are expected to be changed to “Cash America Pawn” during 2013. The Company’s foreign retail services locations operate under the name “Cash America casa de empeño.”

E-Commerce Segment

As of September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company’s e-commerce segment operated in 32 states in the United States and in three foreign countries:

• in the United States at http://www.cashnetusa.com and http://www.netcredit.com,
• in the United Kingdom at http://www.quickquid.co.uk and http://www.poundstopocket.co.uk,
• in Australia at http://www.dollarsdirect.com.au, and
• in Canada at http://www.dollarsdirect.ca.

Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted Earnings Per Share

In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, the Company has provided adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share, which are non-GAAP measures. Management believes that the presentation of these measures provides investors with greater transparency and facilitates comparison of operating results across a broad spectrum of companies with varying capital structures, compensation strategies, derivative instruments and amortization methods, which provides a more complete understanding of the Company’s financial performance, competitive position and prospects for the future. Management also believes that investors regularly rely on non-GAAP financial measures, such as adjusted earnings and adjusted earnings per share, to assess operating performance and that such measures may highlight trends in the Company’s business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying on financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. In addition, management believes that the adjustments shown below, especially the adjustments related to the Company’s deduction for its tax basis in the stock of one of its subsidiaries in connection with the Mexico Reorganization (as defined below) (the “Creazione Deduction”), the settlement of litigation in 2013 that remains subject to court approval (the “2013 Litigation Settlement”), the withdrawal in July 2012 of the proposed initial public offering of common stock of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Enova International, Inc., (the “Enova IPO”) and the reorganization of the Company's Mexico-based pawn lending operations during 2012 (the “Mexico Reorganization”), are useful to investors in order to allow them to compare the Company's financial results for the current quarter and current nine-month period with the prior year quarter and the prior year nine-month period, respectively.

Adjusted EBITDA

The table below shows adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure that the Company defines as earnings excluding depreciation, amortization, interest, foreign currency transaction gains or losses, equity in earnings or loss of unconsolidated subsidiary and provision for income taxes and including the net income or loss attributable to noncontrolling interests. Management believes adjusted EBITDA is used by investors to analyze operating performance and evaluate the Company’s ability to incur and service debt and its capacity for making capital expenditures. Adjusted EBITDA is also useful to investors to help assess the Company’s liquidity and estimated enterprise value. In addition, management believes that the adjustments shown below, especially the adjustments for charges related to events that occurred during the third quarter of 2013 and the third and fourth quarters of 2012, such as the 2013 Litigation Settlement, the withdrawn Enova IPO, the Mexico Reorganization, and the voluntary reimbursements to Ohio customers (the “Ohio Reimbursements”) are useful to investors in order to allow them to compare the Company’s financial results for the current and prior year trailing 12 months. The computation of adjusted EBITDA as presented below may differ from the computation of similarly-titled measures provided by other companies (dollars in thousands):

Non-GAAP Disclosure

In addition to the financial information prepared in conformity with GAAP the Company provides historical non-GAAP financial information. Management believes that presentation of non-GAAP financial information is meaningful and useful in understanding the activities and business metrics of the Company’s operations. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures reflect an additional way of viewing aspects of the Company’s business that, when viewed with its GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business.

Management provides non-GAAP financial information for informational purposes and to enhance understanding of the Company’s GAAP consolidated financial statements. Readers should consider the information in addition to, but not instead of or superior to, its financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP financial information may be determined or calculated differently by other companies, limiting the usefulness of those measures for comparative purposes.

CONTACT:
Cash America International, Inc.
Thomas A. Bessant, Jr., 817-335-1100