Noncontrolling Interest, Additional Ownership Percentage by Parent

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Payments to Maintain Interest in Subsidiary

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Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Purchase of Subsidiary Shares from Noncontrolling Interest

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Stock Issued During Period, Value, Purchase of Subsidiary Shares from Noncontrolling Interest

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- Definition

Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in the business combination.

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Represents an increase in noncontrolling interest from issuance of additional equity interests to noncontrolling interest holders or the sale of a portion of the parent's controlling interest.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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The cash outflow associated with the purchase of noncontrolling interest during the period.

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Equity impact of the value of new stock issued during the period. Includes shares issued in an initial public offering or a secondary public offering.

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Details Textual) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Nov. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Cash Genie [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Nov. 02, 2012 Renueva Comercial S.A. de C.V [Member]	Nov. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Apr. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Aug. 02, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Cash Genie [Member]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent		95.00%	95.00%	72.00%		60.00%	51.00%	95.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Additional Ownership Percentage by Parent		23.00%
Issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest	$ 10,404,000	$ 10,400,000
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		5.00%				40.00%
Issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest, shares		592,461
Equity offering					15,300,000
Payments to Maintain Interest in Subsidiary					9,200,000
Payments to acquire additional interest in subsidiaries										600,000
Ownership percentage interest									72.00%	100.00%
Equity offering investment, noncontrolling interest shareholders	$ 6,135,000				$ 6,100,000