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Phantom Share-based Awards

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Fair Value Measurements - Additional Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Expected term in years		6 years
Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Discount rate	7.00%
Level 3 \| Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest \| Income approach \| Maximum
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Discount rate	24.00%
All Entities Excluding Grupo Finart \| Consumer Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Expected term in years	12 months
Grupo Finmart \| Consumer Loan
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Expected term in years	30 months
Recurring
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ (2,575)	$ (2,601)	$ (2,914)
Phantom Share-based Awards		3,932
Recurring \| Level 2
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	0	0	0
Phantom Share-based Awards		0
Recurring \| Level 3
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	(2,575)	(2,601)	$ (2,914)
Phantom Share-based Awards		$ 3,932
Phantom Share Units
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Value of shares settled and released	100
Reclassification to equity awards	$ 3,800