Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY

|Name                                                                |  | Jurisdiction of Organization
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|AA AIR, LLC                                                         |  | Delaware                    
|AA CANADA HOLDINGS, INC.                                            |  | Delaware                    
|AA CHALLENGER, LLC                                                  |  | Delaware                    
|AAIC, INC.                                                          |  | Delaware                    
|AARC, INC.                                                          |  | Delaware                    
|ACSO OF MICHIGAN, INC.                                              |  | Delaware                    
|  d/b/a Advance America
  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance     |  |                             
|ACSO OF TEXAS, L.P.                                                 |  | Texas                       
|  d/b/a Advance America
  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance     |  |                             
|ADVANCE AMERICA LEASING SERVICES, INC.                              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA MONEY.COM, INC.                                     |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA SERVICING OF ARKANSAS, INC.                         |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA SERVICING OF GEORGIA, INC.                          |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA SERVICING OF INDIANA, INC.                          |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA SERVICING OF TEXAS, L.P.                            |  | Texas                       
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF ALABAMA, INC.              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF ALASKA, INC.               |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF ARIZONA, INC.              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF ARKANSAS, INC.             |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA, LLC            |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF COLORADO, LLC              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF CONNECTICUT, INC.          |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF DELAWARE, INC.             |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, INC. |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF FLORIDA, INC.              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF GEORGIA, INC.              |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF HAWAII, INC.               |  | Delaware                    
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF IDAHO, INC.                |  | Delaware                    

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|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF ILLINOIS, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
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|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF INDIANA, INC.                                                               |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF IOWA, INC.                                                                  |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF KANSAS, INC.                                                                |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF KENTUCKY, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF LOUISIANA, LLC                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MAINE, INC.                                                                 |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MARYLAND, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC.                                                         |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MICHIGAN, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MINNESOTA, INC.                                                             |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC                                                            |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MISSOURI, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF MONTANA, INC.                                                               |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEBRASKA, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEVADA, INC.                                                                |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC.                                                         |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEW JERSEY, INC.                                                            |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.                                                            |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NEW YORK, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC.                                                        |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF NORTH DAKOTA, INC.                                                          |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF OHIO, INC.                                                                  |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF OKLAHOMA, INC.                                                              |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF OREGON, INC.                                                                |  | Delaware
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, LLC                                                           |  | Delaware
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance
  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance Centers
  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance |  |         
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF PUERTO RICO, INC.                                                           |  | Delaware

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|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF RHODE ISLAND, INC.             |  | Delaware      
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|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.           |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, INC.             |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF TENNESSEE, INC.                |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF TEXAS, INC.                    |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF UTAH, INC.                     |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF VERMONT, INC.                  |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.                 |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF WASHINGTON, LLC                |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC.            |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF WISCONSIN, INC.                |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS OF WYOMING, INC.                  |  | Delaware      
|ADVANCE AMERICA INDUSTRIAL LOAN SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC.               |  | Delaware      
|CASH FOR CHEQUES LIMITED                                                |  | United Kingdom
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                          |  |               
|CASH MART SOUTHEND LIMITED                                              |  | United Kingdom
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                          |  |               
|CHEQUE CONVERTORS LIMITED                                               |  | United Kingdom
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                          |  |               
|CHURCH AND COMMERCE, LLC                                                |  | South Carolina
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF ALABAMA, L.L.C.                               |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF ARKANSAS, LLC                                 |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF COLORADO, LLC                                 |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF INDIANA, LLC                                  |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF IOWA, L.L.C.                                  |  | Tennessee     
|  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance Centers
  d/b/a Advance America |  |               
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF KANSAS, LLC                                   |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF MISSISSIPPI, LLC                              |  | Tennessee     
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                          |  |               

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|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF NEBRASKA, LLC                                                                        |  | Tennessee     
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|  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance Centers
  d/b/a Advance America                                        |  |               
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF NEW JERSEY, L.L.C.                                                                   |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF OHIO, LLC                                                                            |  | Tennessee     
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                                                                 |  |               
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF OREGON, LLC                                                                          |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF WASHINGTON, L.L.C.                                                                   |  | Tennessee     
|MCKENZIE CHECK ADVANCE OF WISCONSIN, LLC                                                                       |  | Tennessee     
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                                                                 |  |               
|NATIONAL CASH ADVANCE LIMITED                                                                                  |  | United Kingdom
|NCA HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                                                           |  | United Kingdom
|NCA NATIONAL CASH ADVANCE (CANADA), ULC                                                                        |  | Nova Scotia   
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                                                                 |  |               
|NCA OF LOUISIANA, LLC                                                                                          |  | Delaware      
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                                                                 |  |               
|NCA OF MISSOURI, INC.                                                                                          |  | Delaware      
|  d/b/a National Cash Advance                                                                                 |  |               
|NCAS OF DELAWARE, LLC                                                                                          |  | Delaware      
|  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance
  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance Centers
  d/b/a Advance America |  |               
|NCAS OF NEW JERSEY, LLC                                                                                        |  | Delaware      
|W.P.S. SYSTEMS, LTD OF NEW ENGLAND                                                                             |  | Rhode Island  
|  d/b/a Advance America, Cash Advance                                                                         |  |               

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