Exhibit 3.1(l)(i)




                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                          CHECK MART OF WISCONSIN, INC.


     Pursuant to Section 180.0202 of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law
     the undersigned hereby executes Articles of Incorporation for the
     purpose of forming a Wisconsin for-profit corporation under Chapter
     180 of the Wisconsin Statutes, repealed and recreated by 1989
     Wisconsin Act 303.

     ARTICLE 1.     The name of the corporation is:

                          CHECK MART OF WISCONSIN, INC.
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     ARTICLE 2.     The corporation shall have authority to issue one
     hundred (100) shares of common stock $.01 par value.

     ARTICLE 3.     The address of its initial registered office in the
     State of Wisconsin is 44 East Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin
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     53703.  The name of its registered agent at such address is CT
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     Corporation System.
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     ARTICLE 4.     The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator
     is as follows:

                                Steven C. Bravato
                   KLEHR, HARRISON, HARVEY, BRANZBURG & ELLERS
                               1401 Walnut Street
                             Philadelphia, PA 19102

     ARTICLE 5.     The names of the individuals constituting the initial
     Board of Directors of the corporation are:

                                  Jeffrey Weiss
                                 Donald Gayhardt


               I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the sole incorporator hereinbefore
     named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the
     Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, do make these articles, hereby
     declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts
     herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this
     14th day of July, 1995.
    

                              /s/ Steven C. Bravato                   
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                              Steven C. Bravato, Sole Incorporator


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