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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of other income |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  |  | (In thousands) |
| Direct mail revenues |  | $ | 9,202 |  |  | $ | 8,927 |  |  | $ | 7,975 |
| Convenience fee revenue |  |  | 2,145 |  |  |  | 2,610 |  |  |  | 3,300 |
| Recoveries on previously charged-off contracts |  |  | 766 |  |  |  | 1,079 |  |  |  | 143 |
| Sales tax refunds |  |  | 811 |  |  |  | 616 |  |  |  | 500 |
| Servicing fees |  |  | 100 |  |  |  | 319 |  |  |  | 1,376 |
| Other |  |  | 262 |  |  |  | 187 |  |  |  | 228 |
|  |  | $ | 13,286 |  |  | $ | 13,738 |  |  | $ | 13,522 |
Schedule of computation of earnings per share |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
|  | (In thousands, except per share data) |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share |  | $ | 29,300 |  |  | $ | 34,681 |  |  | $ | 29,516 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year |  |  | 24,356 |  |  |  | 25,935 |  |  |  | 25,040 |
Incremental common shares attributable to exercise of outstanding options and warrants |  |  | 4,679 |  |  |  | 5,649 |  |  |  | 6,992 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share |  |  | 29,035 |  |  |  | 31,584 |  |  |  | 32,032 |
Basic earnings per share |  | $ | 1.20 |  |  | $ | 1.34 |  |  | $ | 1.18 |
Diluted earnings per share |  | $ | 1.01 |  |  | $ | 1.10 |  |  | $ | 0.92 |

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