Allowance for Losses and Credit Quality of Consumer Loans (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended						12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 payment	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans - In Payroll [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans - In Payroll [Member]		Sep. 30, 2012 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans - In Payroll [Member]		Sep. 30, 2014 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member] payment		Sep. 30, 2013 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member]		Sep. 30, 2012 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member]		Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] payment	Apr. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member]	Nov. 29, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member] loan	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Description of Defaulted Payment, Number of Delinquent Payments	1															1
Description of Defaulted Loan, Number of Delinquent Payments, Minimum	1
Description of Defaulted Loan, Number of Delinquent Payments										2						2
Investment 90 days past due and still accruing				$ 19,921,000	[1]	$ 29,492,000	[1]	$ 7,506,000	[1]	$ 19,921,000	[1]	$ 29,492,000	[1]	$ 7,506,000	[1]
Past due period on auto title loans	90 days
Reserve percentage of loan over 90 days past due	100.00%
Past due period on consumer loans	60 days
Reserve percentage of loan over 60 days past due	100.00%
Number of payroll withholding loans in portfolio purchased																		10,500
Total purchase price of loan portfolio																		15,900,000
Minimum payment of total purchase price																		11,700,000
Payment to acquire loan portfolio	959,540,000	923,103,000	802,896,000														600,000	10,500,000
Payment to acquire loan portfolio over next year																			600,000
Deferred consideration																		4,200,000
Deferred consideration, performance period																		12 months
Payment of deferred consideration																	2,100,000
Fair value of loan portfolio																		$ 11,800,000

[1] arative information includes activity since the acquisition of Grupo Finmart on January 30, 2012 and the acquisition of Cash Genie on April 14, 2012, as applicable. At September 30, 2014, Go Cash operations were discontinued. Refer to Note 2 for further detail on discontinued operations.