Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textuals)	12 Months Ended	84 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) payment Store transfer Location	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) Store Location shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 26, 2013	Apr. 02, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	1,358	1,358
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $	$ 91,781,000	$ 91,781,000	$ 90,730,000	$ 88,685,000		$ 97,424,000	$ 97,085,000	$ 145,345,000			$ 145,870,000	$ 142,870,000
Factors in estimating collectible loans, amount of loans due, number of following months	2 months
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 | payment	1
Number of options granted | shares		0
Software [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	5 years
Building [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	30 years
Leasehold improvements [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	10 years
Cash Converters International Limited [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership	32.00%	32.00%
Number of owned and franchise stores, over 750 | Store	750	750
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $	$ 91,781,000	$ 91,781,000					87,646,000
Period related interest in investee's net income is translated	6 months
Albemarle & Bond Holdings [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership	30.00%	30.00%
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $	$ 0	$ 0		$ 0			$ 9,439,000
United States [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	501	501
Pawn Stores [Member] | United States [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	497	497
Pawn Stores [Member] | Mexico [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	242	242
Buy/Sell Stores [Member] | United States [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores | Store	7	7
Buy/Sell Stores [Member] | Canada [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	15	15
Financial Services Stores [Member] | Canada [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	24	24
Franchised Stores [Member] | Canada [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores | Store	5	5
Grupo Finmart [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership interest in subsidiaries	76.00%	76.00%	76.00%						76.00%	60.00%
Number of transfers of consumer loans to various securitization trusts | transfer	5
Loans receivable, maximum collection period	4 years
Reserve on past due loans	100.00%
Threshold period past due for loans to be considered defaulted	180 days
Grupo Finmart [Member] | Mexico [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores	53	53
TUYO [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Ownership interest in subsidiaries	59.00%	59.00%			59.00%
TUYO [Member] | Mexico [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of stores | Store	19	19
Minimum [Member] | Furniture, equipment, and software development costs [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	2 years
Maximum [Member] | Furniture, equipment, and software development costs [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful life	7 years
Unsecured Short Term Consumer Loans [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Description of Defaulted Payment, Number of Delinquent Payments | payment	1
Unsecured Long Term Consumer Loans - In Payroll [Member] | Grupo Finmart [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Threshold period past due for loans to be considered defaulted	180 days
Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Discount rates used for reporting unit valuations	16.00%
Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets [Member] | Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Discount rates used for reporting unit valuations	21.00%