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Finance Receivables - Reconciliation of changes in allowance for credit losses on direct loans (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward]
Current period provision	$ 5,796,648us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	$ 4,183,035us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	$ 15,182,698us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses	$ 10,797,930us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses
Finance receivables | Direct Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	734,500us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	659,615us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	590,278us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	467,917us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember
Current period provision	137,953us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	25,419us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	382,916us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	272,668us-gaap_ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember
Losses absorbed	(82,948)nick_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesAbsorbed / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	(56,424)nick_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesAbsorbed / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	(202,063)nick_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesAbsorbed / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	(126,997)nick_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesAbsorbed / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember
Recoveries	3,403us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesRecovery / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	9,172us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesRecovery / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	21,777us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesRecovery / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	24,194us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLossesRecovery / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember
Balance at end of period	$ 792,908us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	$ 637,782us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	$ 792,908us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember	$ 637,782us-gaap_FinancingReceivableAllowanceForCreditLosses / us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis = us-gaap_FinanceReceivablesMember / us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentByClassOfFinancingReceivableAxis = us-gaap_ConsumerLoanMember

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Amount of expense related loan transactions, lease transactions, credit loss from transactions other than loan and lease transactions, and other loss based on assessment of uncollectability from the counterparty to reduce the account to their net realizable value.

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