EXHIBIT 31.1

           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(a) OR 15D-14(a)
             OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AS ADOPTED
         PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      I, Daniel R. Feehan, Chief Executive Officer and President of Cash
America International, Inc. ("registrant"), certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the
            registrant;

      2.    Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain
            any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
            fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
            circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
            with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
            financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
            present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
            operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
            periods presented in this quarterly report;

      4.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible
            for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
            (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
            registrant and we have:

            a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
                  caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed
                  under our supervision, to ensure that material information
                  relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
                  subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
                  entities, particularly during the period in which this
                  quarterly report is being prepared;

            b)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
                  disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
                  quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
                  the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the
                  period covered by this quarterly report based on such
                  evaluation; and

            c)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
                  internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
                  the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has
                  materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially
                  affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
                  reporting.

      5.    The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed,
            based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
            financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit
            committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
            the equivalent function):

            a)    all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
                  the design or operation of internal control over financial
                  reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                  registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                  financial information; and

            b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
                  management or other employees who have a significant role the
                  registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: October 24, 2003


/s/ Daniel R. Feehan
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Daniel R. Feehan
Chief Executive Officer and President