Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended								6 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		6 Months Ended							6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Store Asset Stock	Dec. 20, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] US [Member] Store	Mar. 31, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Foreign [Member] Store	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Stock Asset Store	Sep. 30, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] US [Member] Store	Mar. 31, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Foreign [Member] Store
Acquisition of domestic and foreign locations
Number of asset purchase acquisitions		1											0
Number of stock purchase acquisitions		0											2
Total stores acquired		0							0	0	45		32							12	20
Consideration:
Cash		$ 0											$ 15,318
Equity instruments		27,776	27,800										10,929
Deferred consideration		23,000											1,000
Fair value of total consideration transferred		50,776											27,247
Cash acquired		0											3,040
Total purchase price		50,776									60,145		24,207
Current assets:
Pawn loans		0										0	5,714	6,781
Consumer loans, net												8,935		3,641
Service charges and fees receivable, net		23										18,844	400	1,940
Inventory, net		0										0	2,441	5,911
Deferred tax asset												0		238
Prepaid expenses and other assets		120										3,543	508	204
Total current assets		143										31,322	9,063	18,715
Property and equipment, net		268										2,326	1,064	4,061
Goodwill		38,128										99,486	17,126	99,747
Non-current consumer loans, net												56,120		0
Intangible assets		12,315										16,400	96	3,980
Other assets		124										7,497	314	294
Total assets		50,978										213,151	27,663	126,797
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses		202										6,853	517	5,496
Customer layaway deposits		0										0	103	808
Current maturities of long-term debt												22,810		0
Other current liabilities												0		257
Total current liabilities		202										29,663	620	6,561
Long-term debt, less current maturities												86,872		0
Deferred tax liability												171		113
Total liabilities		202										116,706	620	6,674
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		0
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value												36,300	2,836	9,557
Net assets acquired		50,776										60,145	24,207	110,566
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes		38,128											0
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired:
Acquired Indefinite-lived Intangible Asset, Amount								215											0
Definite-lived intangible assets acquired:
Definite lived intangible assets				$ 0	[1]	$ 12,100	[1]								$ 30	[1]	$ 66	[1]
Weighted average useful life	5 years

[1] The weighted average useful life of definite-lived intangible assets acquired is five years.