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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating activities:    
Net income $ 29,967us-gaap_ProfitLoss $ 18,830us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 8,350us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 6,117us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Non-cash interest expense 8,141us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts 5,254us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts
Stock-based compensation expense 5,905us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 4,836us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Deferred income taxes (4,276)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 4,767us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Excess tax benefit from stock-based payment arrangements (637)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities (2,629)us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationOperatingActivities
Reversal of allowances on receivable portfolios, net (2,859)ecpg_ReversalProvisionForAllowancesOnReceivablePortfoliosNet (3,230)ecpg_ReversalProvisionForAllowancesOnReceivablePortfoliosNet
Changes in operating assets and liabilities    
Deferred court costs and other assets (15,029)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets (471)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets
Prepaid income tax and income taxes payable 6,166us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable 3,123us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedIncomeTaxesPayable
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other liabilities (16,338)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities (24,446)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilities
Net cash provided by operating activities 19,390us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 12,151us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing activities:    
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (257,726)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Purchases of receivable portfolios, net of put-backs (143,239)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireFinanceReceivables (257,175)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireFinanceReceivables
Collections applied to investment in receivable portfolios, net 164,217us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfFinanceReceivables 161,927us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfFinanceReceivables
Originations and purchases of receivables secured by tax liens (53,516)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable (19,123)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable
Collections applied to receivables secured by tax liens 41,598us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable 22,085us-gaap_ProceedsFromCollectionOfNotesReceivable
Purchases of property and equipment (4,271)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (2,978)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Other (298)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 0us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 4,491us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (352,990)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing activities:    
Payment of loan costs (4,279)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts (14,222)us-gaap_PaymentsOfFinancingCosts
Proceeds from credit facilities 134,285us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit 457,266us-gaap_ProceedsFromLongTermLinesOfCredit
Repayment of credit facilities (124,395)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit (447,045)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermLinesOfCredit
Proceeds from senior secured notes 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt 288,645us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfSeniorLongTermDebt
Repayment of senior secured notes (3,750)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt (3,750)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSeniorDebt
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt 161,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromConvertibleDebt
Repayment of securitized notes (6,625)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt 0us-gaap_RepaymentsOfSecuredDebt
Purchases of convertible hedge instruments 0us-gaap_PaymentsForHedgeFinancingActivities (33,576)us-gaap_PaymentsForHedgeFinancingActivities
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (4,554)us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation (5,244)us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Excess tax benefit from stock-based payment arrangements 637us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 2,629us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Other, net (3,592)us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities 408us-gaap_ProceedsFromPaymentsForOtherFinancingActivities
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities (12,273)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations 406,111us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 11,608us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect 65,272us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecreaseExcludingExchangeRateEffect
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 438us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 4,904us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 124,163us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 126,213us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 136,209us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 196,389us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:    
Cash paid for interest 18,857us-gaap_InterestPaid 41,130us-gaap_InterestPaid
Cash paid for income taxes 14,651us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid 6,103us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Fixed assets acquired through capital lease $ 1,290us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1 $ 1,169us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionFixedAssetsAcquired1