DATE: October 8,
2006
FiSCA Names Ian MacKechnie, of
Amscot Financial, Check Casher of the Year
Hackensack, NJ – The Financial Service Centers of
America (FiSCA) today recognized Ian MacKechnie, founder and chief
executive officer of Amscot Financial, as its 2006 Check Casher of the
Year. The award was presented during FiSCA’s 18th Annual
Conference and Exhibition at the Atlantis Hotel in the Bahamas.
“Ian MacKechnie represents everything that is good and positive
about our industry,” said Gary Dachis, Chairman of FiSCA.
“He runs a phenomenally successful and fast-growing business while
at the same time serving as a textbook example of what it means to be a
good corporate citizen.”
The company has grown from a single location in Tampa to 140
locations in 14 Florida counties stretching from the state’s
Atlantic coast to the Gulf coast. Amscot currently opens a new location
every 12 days. The company also has a well-established and widely
recognized philanthropy program. Partnering with state and local
government, as well as other companies, each year Amscot donates tens of
thousands of dollars in money, goods and services to child-focused
programs. These include the Salvation Army and the Missing Children
Awareness Foundation. Amscot also is a company that people like to work
for. It was recently recognized as one of the “Best Places to
Work” by a local business journal.
“Within FiSCA, Ian has demonstrated true industry leadership.
Most recently serving as a founding member of the Coalition for
Financial Choice as well as a member of FiSCA’s Board of
Directors,” continued Dachis. “Our industry’s overall
reputation … and the stature of our industry in his home state
… are that much stronger because of his leadership.”
FiSCA, founded in 1986, is the national trade association for more
than 6,000 individual financial service centers across the United
States. FiSCA members provide a wide variety of financial services and
products to their communities, including check cashing, money orders,
money transfers, and electronic bill payment services, automatic teller
machine access, government benefit and payroll payments, payday
advances, electronic tax preparation, prepaid debit cards, deposit
acceptance services, public transportation fare and token sales, motor
vehicle license plate and title distribution, postage stamp sales and
numerous other services. For more information, please visit www.fisca.org.
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