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 Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Apr. 02, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 26, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Nov. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Nov. 02, 2012 TUYO [Member]	Aug. 02, 2013 Cash Genie [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Cash Genie [Member]	Apr. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent					60.00%	60.00%	95.00%	72.00%	51.00%
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	$ 0	$ 0				$ 10,400,000
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners					40.00%		5.00%
Issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest, shares							592,461
Payments to acquire additional interest in subsidiaries										600,000
Ownership interest											100.00%	72.00%
Equity offering				15,300,000
Payments to maintain interest in subsidiary				9,200,000
Contribution to maintain ownership percentage	$ 6,135,000			$ 6,100,000