Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Operating activities:
Net income	$ 37,846	$ 20,096
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	18,298	18,246
Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs	12,126	8,595
Accretion of notes receivable discount and deferred compensation fee	(7,222)	(2,898)
Deferred income taxes	3,135	(871)
Other adjustments	1,948	1,397
Stock compensation expense	8,216	5,145
Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate	(3,477)	(3,768)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of business acquisitions:
Service charges and fees receivable	1,601	604
Inventory	988	1,470
Prepaid expenses, other current assets and other assets	(3,617)	6,808
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	(4,313)	(29,464)
Customer layaway deposits	935	288
Income taxes, net of excess tax benefit from stock compensation	2,586	9,873
Net cash provided by operating activities	69,050	35,521
Investing activities:
Loans made	(512,914)	(472,676)
Loans repaid	318,636	288,833
Recovery of pawn loan principal through sale of forfeited collateral	202,078	187,819
Additions to property and equipment and capitalized labor, net	(33,917)	(14,887)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired	(93,165)	0
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate	(14,036)	0
Principal collections on notes receivable	16,210	23,336
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	(117,108)	12,425
Financing activities:
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards	(311)	(767)
Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs and other	170,468	0
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	170,157	(767)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(1,461)	813
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	120,638	47,992
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	164,393	65,737
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	285,031	113,729
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Pawn loans forfeited and transferred to inventory	197,163	182,682
Dividend reinvestment acquisition of additional ownership in unconsolidated affiliate	0	1,153
Deferred acquisition consideration	$ 1,143	$ 0