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Financing Receivable, Sale, Aggregate Revenue Share Amount

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Loans Receivable, Fair Value Adjustment

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Number Of Board Directors

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of an equity method investment.

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Amount of operating interest income, including, but not limited to, amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts on securities.

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-Section S99
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-Topic 946
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
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-Section S99
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative Part 3 (Details) $ in Thousands										1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2024 USD ($) loan_receivable	Nov. 15, 2024 USD ($) loan_receivable engagement	Jun. 13, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 14, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 18, 2023	Aug. 21, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2023 USD ($) subsidiary party	Mar. 02, 2021 USD ($) member	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) loan_receivable director	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) loan_receivable director	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) loan_receivable director	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 16, 2025 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Nov. 02, 2023 USD ($) member	Jun. 30, 2023 member
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										$ 90,103	$ 90,103	$ 90,103	$ 532,419
Interest income												$ 3,621	3,875	$ 2,735
Debt Instrument, Variable Interest Rate, Type [Extensible Enumeration]		Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)					Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)					Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Deferred revenue recognized												$ 41,733	50,318	36,610
Revolving Credit Facility
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate							6.00%
Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Interest income												6,035	3,427
Number of subsidiaries \| subsidiary								1
Underwriting and financial advisory and other fees												$ 4,491	$ 3,278	$ 4,968
Related Party \| BRC Partners Opportunity Fund, LP
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Ownership, percentage										58.20%	58.20%	58.20%
Related Party \| BRC Partners Opportunity Fund, LP \| Co-Chief Executive Officer
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Ownership, percentage										24.90%	24.90%	24.90%
Related Party \| 272 Capital L.P
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Ownership, percentage										0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	15.30%
Torticity, LLC \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 6,791				$ 15,369
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure, drawn																	6,690
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure, remaining																	$ 8,679
Loans receivable, basis spread on variable rate																	15.00%
Interest income												1,952	165
Number of senior management members \| member																	1
Kanaci Technologies, LLC \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										$ 3,904	3,904	3,904				$ 11,453	$ 10,000
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure, drawn																	4,000
Loans receivable, fair value disclosure, remaining																	$ 6,000
Loans receivable, basis spread on variable rate																	15.00%
Interest income												$ 2,088	51
Number of senior management members appointed \| member																		1
GA Holdings \| Revolving Credit Facility
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate												9.27%
GA Holdings \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Interest income											$ 21
Number of retail liquidation engagements \| engagement		3
Loans receivable outstanding		$ 15,000
Number of loans receivable \| loan_receivable	2	3								1	1	1
Deferred revenue recognized											$ 598
Amounts of services totaled												$ 121
GA Holdings \| Related Party \| Revolving Credit Facility
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Interest rate		4.75%
GA Holdings \| Related Party \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Line of Credit
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity credit facility		$ 25,000
Long-term line of credit		$ 1,698
Dash Medical Holdings, LLC \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Number of senior management members appointed \| member									1
Payments to acquire equity method investments									$ 2,400
Proceeds from sale of equity method investments			$ 2,760
Equity method investment, realized gain (loss) on disposal			$ 360
Q-mation, Inc. \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Advisory fee earned										$ 2,650
Number of board directors \| director										1	1	1
Loan Receivable Sold \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Financing receivable, sale								$ 7,600
Related party transaction, number of parties \| party								2,000
272LP And 272 Advisors, LLC \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Financing receivable, sale, promissory note					$ 2,000
Financing receivable, sale, aggregate revenue share amount					$ 4,100
Conn’s
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Fair value adjustment												$ (71,724)	494
Freedom VCM Holdings, LLC
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Fair value adjustment												(222,911)	0
Retailer Loan
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										$ 25,147	$ 25,147	25,147	167,568
Senior notes payable										6,082	6,082	6,082	62,808
Retailer Loan \| GA Holdings \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Proceeds from collection of finance receivables	$ 13,661
Senior notes payable										1,339	1,339	1,339
Retailer Loan \| Conn’s \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										19,065	19,065	19,065
Proceeds from collection of finance receivables				$ 15,000
Senior notes payable				$ 93,000
Interest rate						8.00%
First Priority Security Interest
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										32,136	32,136	32,136
Freedom VCM Holdings, LLC
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value										2,169	2,169	2,169	20,624
Interest rate							12.00%
Dividends paid, equal to the greater of net after-tax proceeds, percentage							80.00%
Dividends paid, equal to the greater of gross proceeds, percentage							50.00%
Take-private transaction, price							$ 227,296
Interest income												15,573	8,889
Fair value										0	0	0	$ 232,065
Payments to acquire equity method investments							216,500
Freedom VCM Holdings, LLC \| Subsequent Event
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value															$ 1,284
Freedom VCM Holdings, LLC \| First Priority Security Interest
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Loans receivable, at fair value							$ 200,506			$ 2,057	$ 2,057	$ 2,057
BRC Partners Opportunity Fund, LP \| Loan Receivable Sold \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Financing receivable, sale								$ 3,519
272 Capital L.P \| Loan Receivable Sold \| Related Party
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Financing receivable, sale								$ 4,081
BR Financial \| GA Holdings \| Related Party \| Common Units
Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Preferred units, issued and outstanding, percentage		44.20%