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Investment in Receivable Portfolios, Net - Change in the Balance of the Investment in Receivable Portfolios (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2020
Investment in Receivables Portfolio [Roll Forward] |  |
Balance, beginning of period | $ 3,291,918 | $ 3,328,150
Purchases of receivable portfolios | 170,178 | 214,113
Put-backs and Recalls | (3,153) | (5,068)
Disposals and transfers to assets held for sale | (1,665) | (1,531)
Cash collections | (606,461) | (527,279)
Revenue from receivable portfolios | 338,018 | 357,365
Changes in expected current period recoveries | 91,401 | 10,315
Changes in expected future period recoveries | (46,864) | (108,976)
Foreign currency adjustments | (7,694) | (101,071)
Balance, end of period | $ 3,225,678 | $ 3,166,018

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- Definition Amount of accretion recognized for the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities, with evidence of deterioration of credit quality. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 15 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121585399&loc=d3e13503-111538 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 310 -SubTopic 30 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a)(2) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121614798&loc=d3e15032-111544 + Details
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