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ACE Cash Express Announces Fiscal Year-End Earnings Conference Call

Business Editors

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2002

ACE Cash Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: AACE), the nation's largest check-cashing chain and a significant provider of related retail financial services, will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss year-end results and 2003 outlook on Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3 p.m. Central Time).

ACE invites you to participate in the conference call by dialing (888) 855-5838. The confirmation code to access the call is 587709. Donald H. Neustadt, chief executive officer; Jay B. Shipowitz, president and chief operating officer; and Joe W. Conner, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will present the review.

For your convenience, the conference call will be replayed in its entirety beginning at approximately 7 p.m. EDT on August 29th through 7 p.m. EDT on August 30th. If you wish to listen to a replay of this conference call, dial (888) 203-1112, provide your name and use confirmation number 587709.

This call is being webcast by CCBN and can be accessed at ACE's web site at www.acecashexpress.com

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About ACE Cash Express

ACE Cash Express, Inc. is headquartered in Irving, Texas and is the largest owner, operator and franchiser of check-cashing stores in the United States. The company's website is found at www.acecashexpress.com.