EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


        In connection with the Annual Report of Cash America International,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Thomas A. Bessant, Jr., Executive Vice President - Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to
my knowledge:


         (1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
                  13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
                  amended; and


         (2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                  all material respects, the financial condition and results of
                  operations of the Company.



/s/  Thomas A. Bessant, Jr.
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Thomas A. Bessant, Jr.
Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 14, 2003