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Deferred Court Costs, Net - Schedule of Court Cost Reserve (Detail) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets [Roll Forward]    
Balance at beginning of period $ (279,572)ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsReserve $ (210,889)ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsReserve
Provision for court costs (19,179)ecpg_ProvisionForCourtCostSpent (16,178)ecpg_ProvisionForCourtCostSpent
Net down of reserve after 60 months 7,925ecpg_WriteOffOfReserveAfterSixtyMonths 0ecpg_WriteOffOfReserveAfterSixtyMonths
Effect of foreign currency translation 443ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsForeignCurrencyTranslation 0ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsForeignCurrencyTranslation
Balance at end of period $ (290,383)ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsReserve $ (227,067)ecpg_DeferredCourtCostsReserve