FirstCash / Ramsdens Merger Inquiry

We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the anticipated acquisition by FirstCash Holdings Inc. of Ramsdens Holdings PLC. (*) The CMA is inviting comments from any interested party. This case page will be updated when the CMA formally commences its phase 1 investigation. 20 August 2026: The CMA is issuing this ‘invitation to comment’ to allow interested parties to submit to the CMA any initial views on the impact that the transaction could have on competition in the UK. The CMA has not yet launched its formal investigation into this transaction. This invitation to comment is the first part of the CMA’s information-gathering process. To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on the transaction from any interested party. Written representations about any competition issues should be provided by the deadline set out above. The CMA has received the necessary information from the parties to commence pre-notification. Please send written representations about any competition issues to: firstcash.ramsdens@cma.gov.uk Your name and contact details are your personal data. The CMA may collect, use and share personal data for its consumer protection investigation under Part 8 the Enterprise Act 2002. This includes processing personal data for the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how the CMA handles personal information, please see our Personal Information Charter . Contents Is this page useful? Maybe Yes this page is useful No this page is not useful Thank you for your feedback Report a problem with this page Help us improve GOV.UK Do not include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab and requires JavaScript ) .

Source: Original reporting via Competition and Markets Authority