EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

        THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY AND BINDING ARBITRATION



      This Employment  Agreement  (the "Agreement")  is  entered into  as  of

 December 31,  2004  (the  "Effective  Date"),  by  and  between  First  Cash

 Financial Services, Inc. (the "Company"),  a Delaware corporation, and  Rick

 L. Wessel (the "Executive").



      WHEREAS, Executive is presently employed by the Company pursuant to  an

 employment agreement  entered into  as of  September 30,  2000, between  the

 parties  (said  agreement  and   all  previous  amendments  and/or   addenda

 hereinafter referred to as the "Old Employment Agreement"), and the  parties

 desire to  terminate the  Old  Employment Agreement  and  enter into  a  new

 agreement based on the terms and conditions set forth below.



      NOW,  THEREFORE,  in   consideration  of  the   mutual  covenants   and

 obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:



      1.   TERMINATION OF OLD EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.



      The parties agree that the Old Employment Agreement shall be terminated

 concurrently with  the Effective  Date of this Agreement and shall be  of no

 further force or effect  thereafter.  The parties  hereto waive and  release

 all rights  they may  have under  the  Old Employment  Agreement as  of  the

 Effective Date.



      2.   EMPLOYMENT.



      The Company  desires  to continue  to  employ the  Executive,  and  the

 Executive agrees to continue to work in the employ of the Company, according

 to the following terms and conditions.



      3.    DUTIES.



      (a) The Company will continue to  employ the Executive as President  of

 the Company.



      (b) The Executive will serve in the Company's employ in that position.



      (c) Under the direction of either the Board of Directors of the Company

 ("Board")  or  the  Chairman  of  the  Board,  the  Executive  shall perform

 such  duties,  and  have  such  powers,  authority,  functions,  duties  and

 responsibilities  for  the  Company  and  corporations  and  other  entities

 affiliated with the Company commensurate and consistent with his  employment

 in the position of President. The Executive also shall have such  additional

 powers, authority, functions, duties and responsibilities as may be assigned

 to him by the Board; provided that, without the Executive's written consent,

 those additional powers, authority,  functions, duties and  responsibilities

 shall not be  materially inconsistent or  interfere with,  or detract  from,

 those vested herein, or  otherwise then being performed  for the Company  by

 the Executive. In the event of an increase in the Executive's duties, beyond

 the duties of President, the Board  may review the Executive's  compensation

 and benefits  to determine  if an  adjustment in  compensation and  employee

 benefits commensurate  with  the Executive's  new  duties is  warranted,  in

 accordance with the Company's compensation policies.



      4.    TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.



      The term  of employment  of Executive  is  through December  31,  2009.

 Subject to  the  provisions  of  Section 9,  the  term  of  the  Executive's

 Employment hereunder shall commence on December 31, 2004.  At the discretion

 of the  Board,  the  term  of employment  may  be  extended  for  additional

 successive periods of 1  year, each year beginning  on January 1, 2006,  and

 each anniversary date  thereafter, provided that  during the previous  year,

 the Executive met  the stipulated  performance criteria  established by  the

 Board.  All such  extensions, if any,  must be in  writing, approved by  the

 Board, and  signed by  Executive and  an  authorized representative  of  the

 Company.



      5.    EXTENT OF SERVICES.



      The Executive shall not at any time during his Employment engage in any

 other business related activities unless  those activities do not  interfere

 materially with the Executive's duties  and responsibilities to the  Company

 at that time. The foregoing, however, shall not preclude the Executive  from

 engaging in appropriate civic, charitable, professional or trade association

 activities or  from serving  on one  or more  other boards  of directors  of

 public or private companies, as long as such activities and services do  not

 conflict with his responsibilities to the Company.



      6.    NO FORCED RELOCATION.



      The Executive shall  not be  required to  move his  principal place  of

 residence from the Arlington, Texas area  or to perform regular duties  that

 could reasonably be expected to require either such move against his wish or

 to spend amounts of time each  week outside the Arlington, Texas area  which

 are unreasonable  in relation  to the  duties  and responsibilities  of  the

 Executive hereunder,  and  the  Company agrees  that,  if  it  requests  the

 Executive to make such a move  and the Executive declines that request,  (a)

 that declination shall  not constitute any  basis for a  termination of  the

 Executive's Employment  and  (b) no  animosity  or prejudice  will  be  held

 against Executive.



      7.    COMPENSATION.



      (a) SALARY.



       An annual base salary shall be payable to the Executive by the Company

 as a guaranteed minimum amount under  this Agreement for each calendar  year

 during the  period from  January 1,  2005  to the  termination date  of  the

 Executive's Employment. That annual  base salary shall  (i) accrue daily  on

 the basis  of a  365-day year,  (ii)  be payable  to  the Executive  in  the

 intervals consistent with the Company's normal payroll schedules (but in  no

 event less  frequently than  semi-monthly) and  (iii) be  payable  beginning

 January 1, 2005  at an  initial annual rate  of $550,000.   The  Executive's

 annual  base salary shall  not be decreased.  The compensation committee  of

 the Board may determine such other  adjustments, which are not  inconsistent

 with the foregoing  terms, as may  be appropriate based  on the  Executive's

 performance during the  most recent performance  period, in accordance  with

 the Company's compensation policies.



      (b) BONUS.



      At the  discretion of  the  Board's compensation  committee,  Executive

 shall be  eligible to  be paid  an  annual bonus  by  the Company  for  each

 calendar year during the period from January 1, 2005 to the termination date

 of the Executive's Employment.  That annual bonus shall  be payable at  such

 rate and in such  amount as is determined  by the compensation committee  of

 the Board. The Executive's annual bonus, if any, shall be adjusted  annually

 in each  December  to reflect  such  adjustments,  if any,  as  the  Board's

 compensation committee  determines  appropriate  based  on  the  Executive's

 performance during the  most recent performance  period, in accordance  with

 the Company's  compensation  policies.  A failure  of  the  Company  to  pay

 Executive an annual bonus shall not constitute a breach or violation of this

 Agreement by the Company.



      (c) OTHER COMPENSATION.



      The Executive  shall be  entitled to  participate in  all  Compensation

 Plans from time to time  in effect while in  the Employment of the  Company,

 regardless of whether the Executive is  an Executive Officer. All awards  to

 the Executive  under  all  Incentive  Plans  shall  take  into  account  the

 Executive's positions with  and duties and  responsibilities to the  Company

 and its subsidiaries  and affiliates.   The Company  shall supply  Executive

 with an automobile, the make and model  of which is subject to the  approval

 of the  compensation committee  of the  Board, and  be responsible  for  all

 expenses related thereto throughout the term  of this Agreement.   Executive

 may select an automobile  of his own choosing  which is reasonable in  cost,

 appearance  and  function,  taking  into  account  the  powers,   authority,

 functions, duties  and  responsibilities  of Executive,  and  the  financial

 position and condition of  the Company. In consideration  and in support  of

 Executive's  duties  under  this  Agreement,  which  include  fostering  the

 goodwill, growth and earnings  of the Company, the  Company shall pay for  a

 private club  membership for  Executive, for  such amount  as is  reasonable

 taking  into   account  the   powers,  authority,   functions,  duties   and

 responsibilities of  Executive,  subject  to approval  of  the  compensation

 committee of the Board.

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