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Momentum Financial Services Group, formerly Dollar Financial Group doing business as Money Mart Financial Services, is a financial services company with omnichannel locations in Canada and the United States and financial technology offerings. The company offers a range of financial services, including lending, check cashing, direct deposit debit, pre-paid debit, currency exchange, mortgage loans, money transfers through a partnership with Western Union, and small business financial services. Momentum Financial Services Group serves the financially underserved consumer.

Momentum Financial Services Group operates under several brands. In Canada, the company has Money Mart and Insta-Chèques brands. In the United States, it has Money Mart, The Check Cashing Store, and Momentum Financial Services brands. Each of the brands has in store, online, and mobile app financial solutions to give their customers access to the financial services they need, where and when they need them. Momentum Financial Services Group also has a fintech brand, centz which offers loans and other financial service products.

History
Founded in 1979 as Monetary Management Corporation, the company changed its name to Momentum Financial Services Group in 2022. In 1996, it purchased Money Mart, which was founded as an entrepreneurial venture in 1982 in Edmonton, Alberta. Money Mart Financial Services was purchased by a private equity fund manager in 2014, which took the company private. Momentum Financial Services Group is still private as of 2022.

Products
Momentum Financial Services Group offers the following products:

•	Financial Services •	Lending •	Check Cashing •	Direct Deposit Debit •	Currency Exchange •	Small Business Financial Services •	Western Union •	Pre-Paid Debit Cards

Associations
Momentum Financial Services Group is a member of the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA). Momentum Financial Services Group Canadian subsidiary is a member of the [Consumer Finance Association] (CCFA).