Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)						0 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 SLI	Dec. 31, 2012 SLI	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank of America Secured term loan	Jul. 29, 2013 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	May 30, 2013 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	May 15, 2013 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Apr. 11, 2013 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Sep. 30, 2013 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Dec. 31, 2012 Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Oct. 28, 2013 Subsequent event SFI	Oct. 10, 2013 Subsequent event SFI	Oct. 21, 2013 Subsequent event SHI	Oct. 11, 2013 Subsequent event Springleaf Financial Funding Company Secured term loan	Oct. 17, 2013 Subsequent event Consolidated VIEs Mortgage-backed notes The 2013-3 Trust	Oct. 09, 2013 Subsequent event Consolidated VIEs Mortgage-backed notes The 2013-3 Trust
Subsequent events
Amount of notes sold under private securitization																	$ 270,500,000
Weighted average yield (as a percent)																	3.40%
Proceeds from notes sold under securitization transactions																22,500,000	269,400,000
Notes to be retained by the entity																	228,700,000
Face amount					750,000,000					1,300,000,000	3,800,000,000					22,700,000
Prepayment of secured term loan						235,100,000	500,000,000	500,000,000	714,900,000	1,250,000,000					550,000,000
Proceeds from note receivable from parent												230,000,000	140,000,000
Note receivable from parent	537,989,000	537,989,000	538,000,000	538,000,000								168,000,000
Number of common shares sold in initial public offering														24,201,920
Number of common shares sold to underwriters														3,156,772
Common stock par value (in dollars per share)														$ 0.01
Price per share (in dollars per share)														$ 17.00
Underwriting discount (in dollars per share)														$ 1.105
Estimated offering expenses														$ 19,800,000