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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of other income

The following table presents the primary components of Other Income:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2018				2017				2016
		(In thousands)
Direct mail revenues		$	5,829			$	6,432			$	9,202
Convenience fee revenue			1,700				1,900				2,145
Recoveries on previously charged-off contracts			248				563				766
Sales tax refunds			887				866				811
Other			814				448				362
		$	9,478			$	10,209			$	13,286

Schedule of computation of earnings per share

The following table illustrates the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

		Year Ended December 31,
		2018				2017				2016
		(In thousands, except per share data)
Numerator:
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share		$	14,862			$	3,765			$	29,300
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year			21,989				22,687				24,356
Incremental common shares attributable to exercise of outstanding options and warrants			2,999				4,527				4,679
Denominator for diluted earnings per share			24,988				27,214				29,035
Basic earnings per share		$	0.68			$	0.17			$	1.20
Diluted earnings per share		$	0.59			$	0.14			$	1.01

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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