EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

        THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO MANDATORY AND BINDING ARBITRATION





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

 September 30,  2000  (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  dated    May  31,  1992,  between  the  parties  ("Old

 Employment Agreement"), and the parties  desire to terminate that  agreement

 and enter into a new agreement based  on the terms and conditions set  forth

 below, and



      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 execution of this Agreement and shall be of no further

 force or effect.  The parties hereto  waive and release all rights they  may

 have under the Old Employment Agreement as of the date hereof.



      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  and

 Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the Company.



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



      (c) Under the direction of the  Board of Directors of the Company  (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  and CFO.  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 herein vested in,  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 and CFO, the Board shall  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.

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      4.    TERM OF EMPLOYMENT.



      The term  of employment  of Executive  is  through December  31,  2005.

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

 Employment  hereunder  shall  commence  on  September  30,  2000.    At  the

 discretion of  the Board,  the  term of  employment  shall be  extended  for

 additional successive periods of 1 year,  each year beginning on January  1,

 2002, and  each  anniversary  date  thereafter,  provided  that  during  the



 previous  year,  the  Executive  met  the  stipulated  performance  criteria

 established by the Board.



      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 September 30,  2000 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, 20072001 at an initial  annual rate of $250,000. The  Executive's



 annual base salary shall not be decreased, but shall be adjusted annually in

 each December  to reflect  such adjustments,  if  any, as  the  compensation

 committee of  the  Board 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  increase

 the Executive's  annual  base  salary  shall  not  constitute  a  breach  or

 violation of this Agreement by the Company.

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      (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, 2000 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  of directors.  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

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