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Fair Value Measurements Fair Value Measurements (Details Textuals) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2013 Go Cash, Fondo ACH, and Loan Portfolio [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Go Cash, LLC [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Go Cash, LLC [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Grupo Finmart [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Pawn Loan [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 U.S. Pawn Loan [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 U.S. Pawn Loan [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Mexican Pawn Loan [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 All Entities Excluding Grupo Finart [Member] Consumer Loan [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Grupo Finmart [Member] Consumer Loan [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Sep. 30, 2013 Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Minimum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] Maximum [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible Senior Notes [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Convertible Debt [Member] Income Approach Valuation Technique [Member] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment loss on investments | $ 2,100,000 |  | $ 2,100,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payment of contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,800,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in contingent consideration related to acquisitions, increase (decrease) |  | (4,792,000) | 0 | 0 | 7,100,000 | (4,800,000) | (4,800,000) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred consideration |  |  |  |  |  | 12,000,000 | 12,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earn out payment related to Grupo Finmart acquisition |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in contingent consideration, individually immaterial adjustments, increase (decrease) |  | 600,000 | 500,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Contingent consideration |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 | 2,025,000 | 18,197,000 |  |  |  |
Loan term |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 days | 120 days | 40 days | 12 months | 31 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value assumptions, period of estimation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 months |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value assumptions, discount rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5.00% | 10.00% |  | 7.00%
Redemption value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 230,000,000 |

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- Definition Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (bbb) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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