Acquisitions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended								9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended									9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012 US [Member] Store	Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Asset Store Stock	Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Contractual Relationship [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] US [Member] Store	Jun. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Foreign [Member] Store	Jan. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2012 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Asset Store Stock	Sep. 30, 2012 Other Acquisitions [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Non-compete Agreements [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Contractual Relationship [Member]		Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Domain Name [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] US [Member] Store	Jun. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Foreign [Member] Store
Acquisition of domestic and foreign locations
Number of asset purchase acquisitions			1												1
Number of stock purchase acquisitions			0												3
Total stores acquired		50	0								0	0	45		38									12	26
Consideration:
Cash			$ 0												$ 17,980
Equity instruments			27,776												10,929
Contingent consideration			0												248
Deferred consideration			23,000												2,872
Fair value of total consideration transferred			50,776												32,029
Cash acquired			0												(3,040)
Total purchase price			50,776										60,100		28,989
Current assets:
Pawn loans			0											0	5,714	6,781
Consumer loans, net			0											8,935	902	3,641
Service charges and fees receivable, net			23											18,844	714	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	10,279	18,715
Property and equipment, net			268											2,326	1,078	4,061
Goodwill			38,128											99,486	17,187	99,747
Non-current consumer loans, net			0											56,120	3,011	0
Intangible assets			12,315											16,400	619	3,980
Other assets			124											7,497	314	294
Total assets			50,978											213,151	32,488	126,797
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses			202											6,853	560	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	663	6,561
Long-term debt, less current maturities														86,872		0
Deferred tax liability														171		113
Total liabilities			202											116,706	663	6,674
Redeemable noncontrolling interest			0											36,300	2,836	9,557
Net assets acquired			50,776											60,145	28,989	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]	$ 0	[1]								$ 30	[1]	$ 66	[1]	$ 523	[1]
Weighted average useful life	5 years

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