Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2010	Nov. 30, 2010	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Interest income:
Finance charges	$ 178,807	$ 1,653,047	$ 1,683,462	$ 1,859,492
Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment		20,418	2,740
Total interest income	178,807	1,673,465	1,686,202	1,859,492
Interest expense	117,676	978,364	1,060,950	1,258,279
Net interest income	61,131	695,101	625,252	601,213
Provision for finance receivable losses	38,705	444,273	337,603	332,321
Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses	22,426	250,828	287,649	268,892
Other revenues:
Insurance	11,269	113,604	126,423	120,190
Investment	431	37,787	27,792	34,533
Other	19,425	90,138	(46,212)	(2,925)
Total other revenues	31,125	241,529	108,003	151,798
Operating expenses:
Salaries and benefits	31,168	390,255	319,932	359,724
Other operating expenses	26,215	303,066	303,378	342,910
Restructuring expenses			23,503
Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses	4,585	43,576	60,679	41,114
Total other expenses	61,968	736,897	707,492	743,748
Bargain purchase gain	1,469,182
Income (loss) before benefit from income taxes	1,460,765	(244,540)	(311,840)	(323,058)
Benefit from income taxes	(2,139)		(91,154)	(98,335)
Net income (loss)			(220,686)
Successor
Interest income:
Finance charges	178,807		1,683,462	1,859,492
Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment			2,740
Total interest income	178,807		1,686,202	1,859,492
Interest expense	117,676		1,060,950	1,258,279
Net interest income	61,131		625,252	601,213
Provision for finance receivable losses	38,705		337,603	332,321
Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses	22,426		287,649	268,892
Other revenues:
Insurance	11,269		126,423	120,190
Investment	431		27,792	34,533
Other	19,425		(46,212)	(2,925)
Total other revenues	31,125		108,003	151,798
Operating expenses:
Salaries and benefits	31,168		319,932	359,724
Other operating expenses	26,215		303,378	342,910
Restructuring expenses			23,503
Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses	4,585		60,679	41,114
Total other expenses	61,968		707,492	743,748
Bargain purchase gain	1,469,182
Income (loss) before benefit from income taxes	1,460,765		(311,840)	(323,058)
Benefit from income taxes	(2,139)		(91,154)	(98,335)
Net income (loss)	1,462,904		(220,686)	(224,723)
Predecessor
Interest income:
Finance charges		1,653,047
Finance receivables held for sale originated as held for investment		20,418
Total interest income		1,673,465
Interest expense		978,364
Net interest income		695,101
Provision for finance receivable losses		444,273
Net interest income after provision for finance receivable losses		250,828
Other revenues:
Insurance		113,604
Investment		37,787
Other		90,138
Total other revenues		241,529
Operating expenses:
Salaries and benefits		390,255
Other operating expenses		303,066
Insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses		43,576
Total other expenses		736,897
Income (loss) before benefit from income taxes		(244,540)
Benefit from income taxes		(240,086)
Net income (loss)		$ (4,454)