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Description of Business (Narrative) (Details) | 2 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019 loan program | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) loan program
Description Of Business [Abstract] |  |
Number of business programs | program | 2 | 2
Original number of Consumer Loans required to group advances |  | 100
Additional number of Consumer Loans required to group advances | 50 |
Servicing fee percentage in collections |  | 20.00%
One-time enrollment fee in program | $ |  | $ 9,850
Payment Holdback Percentage |  | 50.00%

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