Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	84 Months Ended		12 Months Ended															12 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 payment Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Location	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Software [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Building [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Leasehold improvements [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Cash Converters International Limited [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2013 Cash Converters International Limited [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Albemarle & Bond Holdings [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Albemarle & Bond Holdings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Albemarle & Bond Holdings [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 United States [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Pawn Stores [Member] United States [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Pawn Stores [Member] Mexico [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Buy/Sell Stores [Member] United States [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2014 Buy/Sell Stores [Member] Canada [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Financial Services Stores [Member] Canada [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 Franchised Stores [Member] Canada [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] payment	Jun. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 26, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Apr. 02, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Mexico [Member] Location	Sep. 30, 2014 TUYO [Member]	Jan. 02, 2014 TUYO [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 TUYO [Member] Mexico [Member] Store	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Furniture, equipment, and software development costs [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Furniture, equipment, and software development costs [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans [Member] payment	Sep. 30, 2014 Unsecured Short Term Consumer Loans [Member] payment	Sep. 30, 2014 Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member] Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Minimum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member] Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Maximum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	1,358	1,358										501	497	242	7	15	24	5					53			19
Percentage of ownership							32.00%		30.00%
Number of owned and franchise stores, over 700							750
Ownership interest in subsidiaries																			76.00%	76.00%	76.00%	60.00%		59.00%	59.00%
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	$ 91,098,000	$ 91,098,000	$ 97,085,000				$ 91,098,000	$ 87,646,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 9,439,000
Factors in estimating collectible loans, amount of loans due, number of following months	2 months
Loans receivable, maximum collection period																													4 years
Receivables considered defaulted, number of days past due	60 days
Average maturity dates of short term signature loans	20 days
Maximum period of installment loan for credit service customers	7 months
Description of Defaulted Payment, Number of Delinquent Payments	1																		1											1
Description of Defaulted Loan, Number of Delinquent Payments																			2										2
Discount rates used for reporting unit valuations																															16.00%	21.00%
Estimated useful life				5 years	30 years	10 years																					2 years	7 years
Period related interest in investee's net income is translated							6 months
Number of options granted		0