Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

The Company conducts business through several operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria under authoritative guidance related to segment reporting. The Company’s management relies on internal management reporting processes that provide segment revenue, segment operating income, and segment asset information in order to make financial decisions and allocate resources. Prior to the first quarter 2016 the Company had determined that it had two reportable segments: portfolio purchasing and recovery and tax lien business. On March 31, 2016, the Company completed the divestiture of its membership interests in Propel, which comprised the entire tax lien business segment. Propel’s operations are presented as discontinued operations in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Beginning in the first quarter 2016, the Company determined it has several operating segments that meet the aggregation criteria, and therefore, it has one reportable segment, portfolio purchasing and recovery, based on similarities among the operating units including economic characteristics, the nature of the services, the nature of the production process, customer types for their services, the methods used to provide their services and the nature of the regulatory environment.

The following tables present information about geographic areas in which the Company operates (in thousands):



	Year Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Revenues⁽¹⁾:
United States	$	709,493	$	665,564	$	669,636
International
Europe⁽²⁾	556,265		427,655		270,411
Other geographies	96,272		93,819		89,211
Total	$	1,362,030	$	1,187,038	$	1,029,258

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(1)	Revenues are attributed to countries based on location of customer.


(2)	Based on the financial information that is used to produce the general-purpose financial statements, providing further geographic information is impracticable.



	December 31, 2018		December 31, 2017
Long-lived assets⁽¹⁾:
United States	$	76,791	$	40,550
International
United Kingdom	27,454		25,287
Other foreign countries	11,273		10,439
	38,727		35,726
Total	$	115,518	$	76,276

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(1)	Long-lived assets consist of property and equipment, net.