Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 22,436	$ 16,912
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Share-based compensation expense	2,857	2,314
Depreciation and amortization	4,084	4,572
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs	5,857	5,678
Changes in expected recoveries	12,816	0
Deferred income taxes	(12,755)	(9,994)
Net unrealized foreign currency transactions	24,873	(6,632)
Fair value in earnings for equity securities	(7,566)	(2,139)
Net allowance charges	0	6,095
Other	(135)	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Other assets	(1,242)	550
Other receivables, net	(545)	(1,289)
Accounts payable	221	(548)
Income taxes payable, net	3,835	(13,040)
Accrued expenses	(8,990)	1,553
Other liabilities	994	10,888
Right of use asset/lease liability	66	0
Other, net	0	37
Net cash provided by operating activities	46,806	14,957
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(7,639)	(4,493)
Acquisition of finance receivables	(271,845)	(264,632)
Recoveries applied to negative allowance	236,656	0
Collections applied to principal on finance receivables	0	222,335
Proceeds from/(purchase of) investments	36	(82,616)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments	612	42,940
Business acquisition, net of cash acquired	0	(57,610)
Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries, net	0	31,177
Net cash used in investing activities	(42,180)	(112,899)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from lines of credit	315,118	537,891
Principal payments on lines of credit	(227,459)	(132,486)
Principal payments on notes payable and long-term debt	(2,500)	(305,665)
Payments of origination cost and fees	(8,203)	0
Tax withholdings related to share-based payments	(3,156)	(1,437)
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest	0	(6,877)
Net (decrease)/increase in interest-bearing deposits	(1,658)	16,126
Other financing activities	0	(2,088)
Net cash provided by financing activities	72,142	105,464
Effect of exchange rate on cash	(16,575)	(4,115)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	60,193	3,407
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	123,807	98,695
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	184,000	102,102
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	30,502	25,479
Cash paid for income taxes	12,100	27,293
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reconciliation:
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$ 184,000	$ 102,102