Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 23,572	$ 14,894
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	12,174	12,403
Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs	7,439	5,755
Accretion of notes receivable discount and deferred compensation fee	(5,032)	(1,928)
Deferred income taxes	2,801	(664)
Other adjustments	1,081	911
Stock compensation expense	5,534	3,575
Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate	(2,326)	(2,721)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions:
Service charges and fees receivable	3,964	4,151
Inventory	(628)	708
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets	(3,245)	5,898
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	(5,006)	(30,120)
Customer layaway deposits	1,128	240
Income taxes, net of excess tax benefit from stock compensation	4,085	7,590
Net cash provided by operating activities	45,541	20,692
Investing activities:
Loans made	(330,732)	(300,604)
Loans repaid	220,267	199,080
Recovery of pawn loan principal through sale of forfeited collateral	134,870	128,238
Additions to property and equipment and capitalized labor, net	(19,251)	(8,020)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(63,780)	0
Principal collections on notes receivable	9,152	15,051
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(49,474)	33,745
Financing activities:
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(311)	(767)
Net cash used in financing activities	(311)	(767)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(237)	692
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(4,481)	54,362
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	164,393	65,737
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	159,912	120,099
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Pawn loans forfeited and transferred to inventory	134,952	125,165
Dividend reinvestment acquisition of additional ownership in unconsolidated affiliate	$ 0	$ 1,153