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Related Party Transactions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Affiliated Dealer Loan balances |  | $ 9.5 |  | $ 9.5 |  | $ 8.7
Percentage of Affiliated Dealer Loan balances |  | 0.40% |  | 0.40% |  | 0.40%
New Consumer Loan assignments |  |  |  | $ 943.6 | $ 760.7 |
Accelerated Dealer Holdback payments |  | $ 12.8 | $ 10.7 | 26.6 | 21.9 |
Dealer Holdback payments |  | 37.5 | 33.3 | 78.6 | 67.8 |
Affiliated Dealer Activity [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Dealer Loan revenue |  | $ 0.5 | $ 0.4 | $ 0.9 | $ 0.8 |
Dealer Loan revenue, percentage |  | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
New Consumer Loan assignments | [1] | $ 1.0 | $ 1.0 | $ 2.5 | $ 2.1 |
New Consumer Loan assignments, percentage | [1] | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
Accelerated Dealer Holdback payments |  | $ 0.0 | $ 0.1 | $ 0.1 | $ 0.1 |
Accelerated Dealer Holdback payments, percentage |  | 0.00% | 0.90% | 0.40% | 0.50% |
Dealer Holdback payments |  | $ 0.4 | $ 0.4 | $ 0.7 | $ 0.8 |
Dealer Holdback payments, percentage |  | 1.10% | 1.20% | 0.90% | 1.20% |
[1] | Represents advances paid to Dealers on Consumer Loans assigned under our Portfolio Program and one-time payments made to Dealers to purchase Consumer Loans assigned under our Purchase Program.

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- Definition The cash outflow for payments made to dealers under our Portfolio Program at the time a pool of 100 or more consumer loans is closed by dealers with a single open pool or at the time 100 consumer loans have been collectively assigned by dealers with multiple open pools. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The cash outflow for non-recourse payments made to dealers under a portfolio program in exchange for the right to service the underlying consumer loans. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The cash outflow for payments made to dealers under our Portfolio Program from the portion of the collections on the underlying consumer loans that exceed amounts retained by us to recover the advance balance, certain collection costs, and our servicing fee. + References No definition available. + Details
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