PLS Promotes Art Sanders to VP Human Resources

CHICAGO, IL—January 12, 2012: Art Sanders has been promoted to Vice President, Human Resources for PLS. Sanders, 58, was previously Director of Human Resources for PLS. He will report to Bob Wolfberg, President, PLS.

“Art joined PLS a year ago with more than 30 years of success as an HR professional and leader,” noted Wolfberg. “Art and his team have made significant contributions to the ‘P’ in PLS, which stands for People – Location – Service. This move is part of PLS’s continuing focus on our people.”

Sanders will oversee all human resources, training, talent acquisition, payroll and benefits initiatives. Sanders and his team are based in the PLS Support Center headquarters in Chicago.


The PLS Group (www.PLShome.com), headquartered in Chicago, is comprised of more than 300 financial services centers in Alabama, Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New York, Texas and Wisconsin, with more than 3,300 employees. PLS is one of the largest, fastest-growing and most distinguished organizations in the check cashing industry, and is a top performer for Western Union, a money transfer network.

PLS has been listed among Inc. magazine’s “5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America” (www.inc.com/inc5000/list) for the past three years, and for three consecutive years has been named one of the “101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in Chicago” by the National Association for Business Resources (www.101bestandbrightest.com). For the past four years, PLS has been named one of Chicago’s Largest Privately Held Companies by Crain’s Chicago Business® (www.chicagobusiness.com), and was listed among Crain’s “Fast 50” (Fastest Growing Companies). Bob and Dan Wolfberg, PLS Presidents, were finalists for Ernst & Young’s 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award (www.ey.com). In 2011, Bob Wolfberg was recognized by Financial Service Centers of America [FiSCA (www.fisca.org)] as its Financial Service Provider of the Year. The company has also been twice honored with the Activa Award from FiSCA in recognition of its charitable efforts.

The PLS Group serves customers through its PLS Check Cashers stores, which offer check cashing, prepaid Visa® debit cards, money transfer services, money orders and bill payments; PLS Loan Store locations, which provide consumer short-term loans, auto insurance and tax-preparation services; and PLS Motor Vehicle Services facilities, which offer vehicle license and registration services.

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