A new check cashing business was granted conditional use to open in a Bristol Township shopping center.
Bristol Township Council last month voted to approve a conditional use request for Global Currency Services of PA LLC to operate a check cashing business at 4025 Veterans Highway.
The business will occupy approximately 1,080 square feet in the shopping center that includes Madison Cafe and Tap Sports Bar. The business will be located next to the Boost Mobile store.
Global Currency Services plans to lease the vacant unit that has been empty for an extended period.
The approval comes with a condition prohibiting amusement or skill games on the property.
Bryce McGuigan, the attorney representing Global Currency, told council the business is “purely financial in scope and caters to folks who don’t have a relationship with traditional bank or financial institution.”
The company already operates up to 10 locations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including one in Bristol Township on State Road in Croydon.
The business model focuses exclusively on financial services without pawn services, tobacco sales, or retail operations.
The hours of operation are approximately 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., six days a week, with the business closed on Sundays. Fridays might see extended hours.
The council placed a condition that there is to be no transactions past 8 p.m.
The establishment will employ one person during regular hours and potentially two employees during busier periods.
Councilmember Patrick Antonello raised concerns about potential skill games at the location, citing safety issues for customers and the loitering.
“I’m thinking about the safety of the individuals going in there to cash checks, and then you have individuals that are hanging out at games and you only have one employee,” he said.
Antonello noted ongoing issues with similar operations in the township, adding that residents “are not appreciative of that operation happening at a particular location.”
Antonello requested that the prohibition on skill games be written into the conditional use approval, which Council President Craig Bowen agreed to do.
Kim Jacobs, one of the owners of Global Currency Services, confirmed that skill games were not part of the proposal.
The business required a variance from the township’s zoning hearing board because it operates within 1,000 feet of residential properties across the street.
The zoning hearing board granted the variance with the condition that the business operate only as a check cashing facility without pawn shop services.
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