Acquisitions (Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended							12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member]	Dec. 20, 2012 Go Cash, LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Non-compete agreements [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Go Cash, LLC [Member] Contractual relationship [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Internally developed software [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Non-compete agreements [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Other Acquisitions [Member] Contractual relationship [Member]		Sep. 30, 2013 Domain Name [Member] Go Cash, LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Domain Name [Member] Other Acquisitions [Member]
Current assets:
Pawn loans				$ 0								$ 5,714
Consumer loans, net				0								1,079
Service charges and fees receivable, net				23								399
Inventory, net				0								2,441
Prepaid expenses and other assets				120								508
Total current assets				143								10,141
Property and equipment, net				268								1,078
Goodwill	433,300	346,577	374,663	44,020								17,187
Non-current consumer loans, net				0								3,336
Intangible assets				11,215								2,685
Other assets				124								314
Total assets				55,770								34,741
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses				202								560
Customer layaway deposits				0								103
Total current liabilities				202								663
Total liabilities				202	200							663
Redeemable noncontrolling interest				0								2,836
Net assets acquired				55,568								31,242
Goodwill deductible for tax purposes				44,020								0
Indefinite-lived intangible assets acquired:
Indefinite-lived intangible assets																			215	0
Definite-lived intangible assets acquired:
Definite lived intangible assets						$ 11,000	[1]	$ 0	[1]	$ 0	[1]		$ 66	[1]	$ 30	[1]	$ 2,589	[1]
Weighted-average useful life of definite-lived intangible assets acquired	5 years

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