Noncontrolling Interest, Additional Ownership Percentage by Parent

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Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Purchase of Subsidiary Shares from Noncontrolling Interest

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Stock Issued During Period, Value, Purchase of Subsidiary Shares from Noncontrolling Interest

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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The parent entity's interest in net assets of the subsidiary, expressed as a percentage.

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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Details Textual) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Nov. 14, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Cash Genie [Member]	Nov. 13, 2012 Cash Genie [Member]	Nov. 02, 2012 Renueva Comercial S.A. de C.V [Member]
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Noncontrolling interest, ownership percentage by parent		95.00%	95.00%	72.00%	51.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Additional Ownership Percentage by Parent		23.00%
Issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest	$ 10,404	$ 10,400
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners		5.00%
Issuance of common stock due to purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest, shares		592,461