Segment and Geographic Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

The Company conducts business through several operating segments that have similar economic and other qualitative characteristics and have been aggregated in accordance with authoritative guidance into one reportable segment, portfolio purchasing and recovery. Since the Company operates in one reportable segment, all required segment information can be found in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company has operations in the United States, Europe and other foreign countries. The following table presents the Company’s total revenues, adjusted by net allowances by geographic areas in which the Company operates (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018
Revenues, adjusted by net allowances⁽¹⁾:
United States	$	189,372	$	171,944
International
Europe⁽²⁾	135,276		130,614
Other geographies	22,429		24,230
	157,705		154,844
Total	$	347,077	$	326,788

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(1)	Revenues, adjusted by net allowances, are attributed to countries based on consumer location. Revenues primarily include portfolio revenues and fee-based income earned on accounts collected on behalf of others.


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