UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
                                January 28, 2009

                        CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Texas                      1-9733                 75-2018239
(State of incorporation)      (Commission File No.)        (IRS Employer
                                                          Identification No.)

                              1600 West 7th Street
                             Fort Worth, Texas 76102
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (817) 335-1100

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Item 5.02   Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


Short Term Incentive Plan

On January 28, 2009, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Cash America
International, Inc. (the "Company"), on the recommendation of its Management
Development and Compensation Committee (the "Committee"), approved the 2009
terms and conditions of the Company's short term incentive compensation plan
(the "STI plan"). The STI plan is an annual cash incentive plan available to
many of the Company's employees, including its executive officers. Under the STI
plan, a cash bonus pool may be funded based on the Company's achievement of
certain financial objectives and on other factors that the Committee determines.
The STI plan is administered by the Committee, which considers certain
recommendations by the Company's CEO. Following the end of the year, the
Committee evaluates whether the STI plan criteria have been met and determines
whether or not to pay out that year's STI awards and the amounts of the awards.

The Committee has sole discretion in all matters concerning the STI plan,
including whether to establish terms and conditions for a given year, whether to
pay STI awards with respect to a year, and determining the aggregate amount of
the STI awards to be paid. It sets target bonuses for all STI plan participants,
including the Company's executive officers. The Committee determines the amount
of the cash bonus pool to be allocated to the Company's executive officers and
considers the recommendations of Company management in determining the amount of
the cash bonus pool to be allocated to Company departments, groups and employees
(other than executive officers).

In the 2009 STI plan, the Committee established incentives tied to the
performance of the Company as a whole, and established incentives for employees
of individual operating regions and business units tied to the performance of
their respective regions and business units. The Committee established
performance measures based on the Company's earnings before taxes, excluding any
unusual items (the "EBT"); financial measures consisting of earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"), less certain internal
charges of the Company's Retail Services Division; and the EBITDA for the
Company's Internet Services Division. The Company determined the EBT and EBITDA
goals based on its expectations of Company performance for the coming year.

The STI bonus for the executive officer who oversees the Company's Retail
Services Division will be based both on the Company's EBT and the financial
measures applicable to that Division. The STI bonus for the executive officer
overseeing the Company's Internet Services Division will be based on the
Company's EBT and the financial measures applicable to that Division. The STI
bonuses for the Company's Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and
its other executive officer will be based solely on the Company's EBT.

At its January 28, 2009 meeting, the Board approved the Committee's
recommendations of the target percentage of each employee's base salary that
would be payable as an STI award. The targets for the Company's executive
officers are: 100% for the Company's Chief Executive Officer; and 60% for the
Company's other executive officers. Funding of the Company's cash bonus pool and
the payment of individual cash bonuses to employees will be determined in the
sole discretion of the Committee after the conclusion of the 2009 year.

Long Term Incentive Plan Awards

On January 28, 2009, the Board, on the recommendation of its Management
Development and Compensation Committee, approved forms of a Long Term Incentive
Plan Agreement (the "RSU Agreement") to be used in connection with awards of
restricted stock units ("RSUs") under the Cash America International, Inc. 2004
Long Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Board also approved the
grants of awards under RSU Agreements to Company officers, including the
Company's principal executive officer and principal financial officer and
certain of its other executive officers. The RSU Agreements that will be
provided to the award recipients will identify the number of RSUs that were
awarded to the recipient.

For the Company's executive officers, a portion of the RSUs granted under the
RSU Agreements will vest in four equal annual installments on February 27, 2010,
and on January 31, 2011, 2012 and 2013 (the "Timed RSUs"). The remaining portion
(the "Performance RSUs") will vest subject to the Company achieving a Company



performance target based on the improvement in its earnings per share over the
three year period ending December 31, 2011. Depending on the Company's
performance during that period, 0% to 100% of the Performance RSUs may vest at
January 1, 2012. Other terms of these awards are consistent with previously
disclosed terms of the Plan.

The vesting of all awards under the RSU Agreements is subject to the award
recipient being employed by the Company on the applicable vesting date. An award
recipient who leaves the Company for any reason will forfeit any award (or any
portion of an award) that has not vested at the time of the departure, except in
the event of certain changes in control, or, with respect to the Performance
RSUs, unless the recipient's age plus tenure with the Company as of the
recipient's termination date is at least 65 years. Award recipients may elect to
defer receipt of up to 100% of the shares of Company common stock that are
receivable upon vesting of the RSUs granted under the RSU Agreements.

The Board approved RSU awards for the Company's principal executive officer,
principal financial officer and certain of its other executive officers. Except
for the Company's CEO and the Company's CFO, the Company's other named executive
officers identified in the Company's 2008 Proxy statement did not receive any
RSU awards because they are no longer with the Company. The amounts below
reflect the number of shares issuable upon vesting of each award; the number of
Performance RSUs stated below reflects the maximum number of shares issuable
upon vesting.


                                                           RSU Award
                                                           ---------
             Name                                  Timed RSUs   Performance RSUs
             ----                                  ----------   ----------------
Daniel R. Feehan, President and
 Chief Executive Officer                              18,072         22,586
Thomas A Bessant, Jr., Executive Vice President and
 Chief Financial Officer                              12,620          4,837


                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   CASH AMERICA INTERNATIONAL, INC.


Date: February 3, 2009             By:  /s/ J. Curtis Linscott
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                                        J. Curtis Linscott, Executive Vice
                                        President and Secretary