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Goodwill and Identifiable Intangible Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reportable Segments by Reporting Units | The following table summarizes the activity in the Company’s goodwill balance, as follows (in thousands):
| Portfolio Purchasing and Recovery |  | Tax Lien Business |  | Total
Balance, December 31, 2014 | $ | 848,656 |  |  | $ | 49,277 |  |  | $ | 897,933 |
Goodwill acquired | 114,730 |  |  | — |  |  | 114,730 |
Goodwill impairment | — |  |  | (49,277 | ) |  | (49,277 | )
Goodwill adjustment(1) | 2,410 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,410 |
Effect of foreign currency translation | (40,949 | ) |  | — |  |  | (40,949 | )
Balance, December 31, 2015 | $ | 924,847 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 924,847 |
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(1) | Represents purchase accounting adjustments.
Summary of Acquired Intangible Assets | The Company’s acquired intangible assets are summarized as follows (in thousands):
| As of December 31, 2015 |  | As of December 31, 2014
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net Carrying Amount
Customer relationships | $ | 5,716 |  |  | $ | (1,263 | ) |  | $ | 4,453 |  |  | $ | 5,437 |  |  | $ | (743 | ) |  | $ | 4,694 |
Developed technologies | 8,141 |  |  | (3,793 | ) |  | 4,348 |  |  | 8,353 |  |  | (2,194 | ) |  | 6,159 |
Trade name and other | 11,304 |  |  | (3,938 | ) |  | 7,366 |  |  | 10,458 |  |  | (1,709 | ) |  | 8,749 |
Other intangibles—indefinite lived | 1,962 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,962 |  |  | 1,962 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,962 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 27,123 |  |  | $ | (8,994 | ) |  | $ | 18,129 |  |  | $ | 26,210 |  |  | $ | (4,646 | ) |  | $ | 21,564 |
Weighted-Average Useful Lives of Intangible Assets | The weighted-average useful lives of intangible assets at the time of acquisition were as follows:
| Weighted-Average Useful Lives
Customer relationships | 10
Developed technologies | 5
Trade name and other | 6
Estimated Future Amortization Expense | Estimated future amortization expense related to finite-lived intangible assets at December 31, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):
2016 | $ | 4,323 |
2017 | 3,943 |
2018 | 2,341 |
2019 | 1,186 |
2020 | 1,109 |
Thereafter | 3,265 |
Total | $ | 16,167 |

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