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Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Reconciliation of Revenue and Operating Income from Segments to Consolidated

The following table provides a reconciliation of revenue and segment operating income by reportable segment to consolidated results and was derived from the segments’ internal financial information as used for corporate management purposes (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015				2014				2013
Revenues:
Portfolio purchasing and recovery	$	1,129,967			$	1,043,429			$	756,277
Tax lien business	31,605				29,360				17,087
	$	1,161,572			$	1,072,789			$	773,364
Operating income (loss):
Portfolio purchasing and recovery	$	337,422			$	352,754			$	219,510
Tax lien business	(36,167		)		11,820				5,045
	301,255				364,574				224,555
Depreciation and amortization	(33,945		)		(27,949		)		(13,547		)
Stock-based compensation	(22,008		)		(17,181		)		(12,649		)
Other expense	(184,321		)		(166,829		)		(77,491		)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	60,981			$	152,615			$	120,868

Schedule of Geographical Areas of Which Company Operates

The following table presents information about geographic areas in which the Company operates (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015				2014				2013
Revenues(1):
United States	$	741,010			$	752,607			$	673,302
Europe	376,055				295,173				95,491
Other geographies	44,507				25,009				4,571
	$	1,161,572			$	1,072,789			$	773,364

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(1) Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of customer.

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of all significant reconciling items in the reconciliation of total profit or loss from reportable segments, to the entity's consolidated income before income taxes, extraordinary items, and discontinued operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 31
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Tabular disclosure of information concerning material long-lived assets (excluding financial instruments, customer relationships with financial institutions, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred taxes assets) located in identified geographic areas and/or the amount of revenue from external customers attributed to that country from which revenue is material. An entity may also provide subtotals of geographic information about groups of countries.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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