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Subsequent Event
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
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In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) surfaced in China, which has and is continuing to spread throughout the world. In March of 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak as a pandemic. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company’s operations, results of operations, liquidity and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration, severity and scope of the outbreak, and the actions taken to contain its impact, as well as actions taken to limit the resulting economic impact, among others.

The health and safety of customers and employees of the Company are of the utmost importance. The operation of the Company’s stores is critically dependent on the ability of customers and employees to safely conduct transactions in each location. The Company has taken, and will continue to take, temporary precautionary measures in accordance with the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and other federal, state and local authorities. This includes the adoption of strict social distancing and hygiene protocols within all of the Company’s store locations intended to help minimize the risk of COVID-19 to its customers and employees. Also, in an effort to improve social distancing, the Company has temporarily allowed the majority of its work force at its corporate offices to work remotely.

The global impact of the pandemic has been rapidly evolving and many countries, states and other local government officials have reacted by instituting quarantines, shelter-in-place and other orders mandating non-essential business closures and restricting travel. The Company’s business depends heavily on the uninterrupted operation of its stores. In general, in most jurisdictions where the Company has stores, pawnshops have been designated an essential service by federal guidelines and/or local regulations and are allowed to remain open. However, there can be no assurance that pawnshops will remain designated as an essential service or that government officials will not expand business closures to include pawnshops, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations and financial condition.

In addition, consumer fears about becoming ill with COVID-19 may continue, and consumer behavior may change as a result of COVID-19, which could materially and adversely affect traffic to the Company’s stores. Consumer spending and loan demand generally may also be impacted by general macroeconomic conditions and consumer confidence, including the impacts of any recession and other uncertainties from the effects of government stimulus programs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The economic global uncertainty resulting from COVID-19 has also resulted in increased currency volatility that has resulted in adverse currency rate fluctuations, especially with respect to the Mexican peso. There is no guarantee these adverse currency rate fluctuations will not continue or accelerate in the future.

The rapid development and fluidity of this situation makes it nearly impossible to predict the ultimate adverse impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s business and operations. Nevertheless, COVID-19 presents a material uncertainty which could adversely affect the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in the future.