UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  July 21, 2005
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                         Money Centers of America, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

         Delaware                      000-49723                23-2929364
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(State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)                File Number)          Identification No.)

700 South Henderson Road, Suite 325, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania      19406
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           (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (610) 354-8888
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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     Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     Effective July 21, 2005, we entered into a Settlement  Agreement and Mutual
Release (the "Settlement Agreement") with Chex Services,  Inc., the wholly owned
operating  subsidiary of FastFunds Financial  Corporation  ("Chex") and Equitex,
Inc.  ("Equitex"),  pursuant to which the parties  agreed to resolve all pending
litigation  between them and release all claims related to such litigation.  The
subject  litigation  is described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended  December  31, 2004.  No party to the  Settlement  Agreement  admitted any
wrongdoing or liability related to the litigation.  The litigation was dismissed
with prejudice on July 22, 2005.

     Under the  Settlement  Agreement,  Equitex  and Chex  agreed to cancel  our
outstanding  $2,000,000  principal liability under a $2,000,000  promissory note
from us to Chex, dated January 6, 2004, as well as any liability for accrued but
unpaid  interest  under that  promissory  note.  We agreed to pay Chex  $500,000
within 60 days of July 21, 2005. To secure our obligations  under the Settlement
Agreement,  we entered into a Security  Agreement with Chex and Equitex pursuant
to which we granted Chex and Equitex a junior security interest in substantially
all of our assets.  In addition,  Money  Centers  agreed to deliver to Fastfunds
Financial, Inc., Chex's corporate parent, a contingent warrant to purchase up to
500,000 shares of our common stock at a purchase  price of $0.50 per share.  The
warrant is not  exercisable  until we achieve  $1,000,000 in net income during a
fiscal year.























                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                    MONEY CENTERS OF AMERICA, INC.


Date:  July 28, 2005                By: /s/ Jason P. Walsh
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                                        Jason P. Walsh
                                        Chief Financial Officer