Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended							3 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2012 Crediamigo [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2012 Crediamigo [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] Store Asset Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] Internally developed software [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] US [Member] Store	Dec. 31, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member] Foreign [Member] Store	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Stock Store Asset	Dec. 20, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Internally developed software [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] US [Member] Store	Dec. 31, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Foreign [Member] Store
Acquisition of domestic and foreign locations
Number of asset purchase acquisitions			0							1
Number of stock purchase acquisitions			2							0
Total stores acquired	45		32					12	20	0					0	0
Consideration:
Cash			$ 15,318							$ 0
Equity instruments			10,929							27,718	27,718
Deferred consideration			1,000							23,000
Fair value of total consideration transferred			27,247							50,718	50,718
Cash acquired			3,040							0
Total purchase price			24,207							50,718
Current assets:
Pawn loans, net		0	5,659	6,781						0
Consumer loans, net		8,935	0	3,641						129
Service charges and fees receivable, net		18,844	400	1,940						23
Inventory, net		0	2,496	5,911						0
Deferred tax asset		0		238
Prepaid expenses and other assets		3,543	508	204						120
Total current assets		31,322	9,063	18,715						272
Property and equipment, net		2,326	1,064	4,061						863
Goodwill		99,486	17,127	99,747						37,359
Non-current consumer loans, net		56,120		0
Intangible Assets		16,400	96	3,980						12,315
Other assets		7,497	313	294						0
Total assets		213,151	27,663	126,797						50,809
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		6,853	517	5,496						91
Customer layaway deposits		0	103	808						0
Current maturities of long-term debt		22,810		0
Other current liabilities		0		257
Total current liabilities		29,663	620	6,561						91
Long-term debt, less current maturities		86,872		0
Deferred tax liability		171		113
Total liabilities		116,706	620	6,674						91
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		36,300	2,836	9,557						0
Net assets acquired	60,145	60,145	24,207	110,566						50,718
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes			0							37,359
Indefinite lived intangible assets acquired:
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Asset, Amount							0							215
Definite lived intangible assets acquired:
Definite lived intangible assets					$ 30	$ 66						$ 0	$ 12,100