Note 12 - Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Software development costs/fixed assets		$ 108
Goodwill and intangible assets	113	895
Provision for loan loss	36,172	19,479
Equity-based compensation	792	748
Accrued expenses	386	307
Accruals for state taxes and interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits	108	87
Federal net operating loss carry-forward	18,643	44,485
Minimum tax credit carry-forward	520	1,015
Foreign net operating loss carry-forward	537	256
Other	40	151
State tax benefits, primarily from net operating losses	40,937	42,318
Deferred tax assets, gross	98,248	109,849
Valuation allowances	(39,161)	(40,830)
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance	59,087	69,019
Prepaid expenses and other	(1,217)	(210)
Software development costs/fixed assets	(176)
Equity in income of equity-method investee	(1,154)	(1,092)
Credit card fair value election differences	(21,513)	(21,021)
Market discount on loans	(29,834)	(21,749)
Deferred costs	(542)	(469)
Convertible senior notes	(9,309)	(22,106)
Cancellation of indebtedness income		(1,882)
Deferred tax liabilities, gross	(63,745)	(68,529)
Deferred tax liabilities, net	$ (4,658)
Deferred tax (liabilities) assets, net		$ 490