Goodwill, Impairment Loss, Including Foreign Exchange Adjustments

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Impairment of Intangible Assets (Excluding Goodwill), Net of Tax

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Reporting Unit, Goodwill as Percentage of Total

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount after tax of loss recognized that results from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of an intangible asset (excluding goodwill) to fair value.

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Percentage of fair value of reporting unit in excess of carrying amount.

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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details Textuals) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2014 US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Latin America [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Latin America [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Latin America [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Other International [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Other International [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Other International [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Discontinued Operations [Member] Trade Names [Member] Other International [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Discontinued Operations [Member] Domain Name [Member] US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Discontinued Operations [Member] Internally developed software [Member] US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Discontinued Operations [Member] Internally developed software [Member] Other International [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Continuing Operations [Member] Internally developed software [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Operating Segments [Member] US & Canada Operations [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Operating Segments [Member] Latin America [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Empeño Fácil [Domain] Operating Segments [Member] Latin America [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Percentage of reporting unit fair value exceeding carrying value																		60.00%	30.00%	10.00%
Goodwill	$ 346,577,000	$ 433,300,000	$ 374,663,000	$ 239,179,000	$ 283,199,000	$ 224,306,000	$ 107,398,000	$ 110,209,000	$ 110,401,000	$ 0	$ 39,892,000	$ 39,956,000								$ 9,300,000
Reporting unit Goodwill as percentage of total																				8.00%
Pre-tax goodwill impairment charge	84,158,000	32,000		44,020,000	32,000		0	0		40,138,000	0
Goodwill impairment charge, net of tax				28,200,000
Pre-tax intangible asset impairment charges													2,800,000	200,000	7,000,000	300,000	1,600,000
Intangible asset impairment charges, net of tax														$ 100,000	$ 4,500,000