Purchased Receivables - Allowance on Net Purchase Receivables (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Purchased Receivable Allowance for Loan Loss Reserve [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 181	$ 289
Balance at end of period	169	265
Purchased Receivable
Purchased Receivable Allowance for Loan Loss Reserve [Roll Forward]
Recoveries	0	30
Charge-offs net of recoveries	0	30
Reserve for (recovery from) purchased receivables	$ (12)	$ (54)

Purchased Receivable Allowance for Loan Loss Reserve [Roll Forward]

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Reserve For Purchased Receivable Gains Losses

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the allowance for doubtful accounts.

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Amount of recoveries of receivables doubtful of collection that were previously charged off.

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Amount of expense related to write-down of receivables to the amount expected to be collected. Includes, but is not limited to, accounts receivable and notes receivable.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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