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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | The current and deferred portions (in thousands) of federal, foreign and state income tax benefit or expense are as follows:
|  | For the Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Federal income tax benefit: |  |  |  |
Current tax (expense) benefit |  | $ | (113 | ) |  | $ | 59 |
Deferred tax benefit |  | 6,187 |  |  | 5,884 |
Total federal income tax benefit |  | $ | 6,074 |  |  | $ | 5,943 |
Foreign income tax expense: |  |  |  |
Current tax expense |  | $ | (94 | ) |  | $ | (41 | )
Deferred tax benefit |  | 8 |  |  | 3 |
Total foreign income tax expense |  | $ | (86 | ) |  | $ | (38 | )
State and other income tax benefit: |  |  |  |
Current tax benefit (expense) |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | (116 | )
Deferred tax benefit |  | 374 |  |  | 226 |
Total state and other income tax benefit |  | $ | 390 |  |  | $ | 110 |
Total income tax benefit |  | $ | 6,378 |  |  | $ | 6,015 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The following table reconciles our effective income tax benefit rates for 2017 and 2016:
|  | For the Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Statutory benefit rate |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Increase (decrease) in statutory tax benefit rate resulting from: |  |  |  |
Changes in valuation allowances |  | (12.7 | ) |  | 6.2 |
Interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions |  | (0.9 | ) |  | (0.1 | )
Foreign income taxes |  | 0.6 |  |  | 7.5 |
Permanent and other prior year true ups |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.5 | )
Impact of change in federal tax rate |  | (8.7 | ) |  | — |
State and other income taxes, net |  | 0.6 |  |  | 0.6 |
Effective benefit rate |  | 13.5 | % |  | 48.7 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | As of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the respective significant components (in thousands) of our deferred tax assets and liabilities were:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Software development costs/fixed assets |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | — |
Goodwill and intangible assets |  | 1,801 |  |  | 3,798 |
Provision for loan loss |  | 16,320 |  |  | 18,353 |
Equity-based compensation |  | 604 |  |  | 670 |
Accrued expenses |  | 113 |  |  | 1,678 |
Accruals for state taxes and interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits |  | 78 |  |  | 286 |
Federal net operating loss carry-forward |  | 49,098 |  |  | 70,778 |
Alternative minimum tax credit carry-forward |  | 2,005 |  |  | 2,145 |
Foreign net operating loss carry-forward |  | 362 |  |  | 374 |
State tax benefits |  | 44,643 |  |  | 35,409 |
Deferred tax assets, gross |  | $ | 115,107 |  |  | $ | 133,491 |
Valuation allowances |  | (48,242 | ) |  | (33,924 | )
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance |  | $ | 66,865 |  |  | $ | 99,567 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Prepaid expenses and other |  | $ | (194 | ) |  | $ | (184 | )
Software development costs/fixed assets |  | — |  |  | (157 | )
Equity in income of equity-method investee |  | (1,054 | ) |  | (1,455 | )
Other |  | (511 | ) |  | (58 | )
Credit card fair value election differences |  | (32,464 | ) |  | (42,939 | )
Deferred costs |  | (466 | ) |  | (696 | )
Convertible senior notes |  | (20,098 | ) |  | (28,921 | )
Cancellation of indebtedness income |  | (9,841 | ) |  | (29,491 | )
Deferred tax liabilities, gross |  | $ | (64,628 | ) |  | $ | (103,901 | )
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net |  | $ | 2,237 |  |  | $ | (4,334 | )
Summary of Positions for which Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible [Table Text Block] | Reconciliations (in thousands) of our unrecognized tax benefits from the beginning to the end of 2017 and 2016, respectively, are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance at January 1, |  | $ | (818 | ) |  | $ | (1,798 | )
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years |  | 583 |  |  | 1,167 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year |  | (87 | ) |  | (82 | )
Interest and penalties accrued |  | (51 | ) |  | (105 | )
Balance at December 31, |  | $ | (373 | ) |  | $ | (818 | )

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