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Purchased Debt - Changes in Accretable Yield (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Changes in Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Face value	$ 236,850,000	$ 220,797,000
Purchase price	22,002,000	25,764,000
Changes in Accretable Yield [Roll Forward]
Balance at December 31, prior year	389,803,000	523,006,000
Impact from revenue recognized on purchased debt, net	43,294,000	61,085,000
Additions from current purchases	12,592,000	13,150,000
Reclassifications to accretable yield, including foreign currency translation	2,409,000	13,555,000
Balance at March 31,	361,510,000	488,626,000
Level Yield
Changes in Accretable Yield [Line Items]
Face value	165,947,000	184,417,000
Purchase price	16,349,000	24,745,000
ERP expected at acquisition, level yield portfolios	$ 28,900,000

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Certain Loans Acquired in Transfer Not Accounted for as Debt Securities Acquired During Period

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Amount of the excess of a loan's cash flows expected to be collected over the investor's initial investment in acquired loans not accounted for as debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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