Investment in Receivable Portfolios, Net - Change in the Balance of the Investment in Receivable Portfolios (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020
Investment in Receivables Portfolio [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of period	$ 3,291,918	$ 3,328,150
Purchases of receivable portfolios	170,178	214,113
Put-backs and Recalls	(3,153)	(5,068)
Disposals and transfers to assets held for sale	(1,665)	(1,531)
Cash collections	(606,461)	(527,279)
Revenue from receivable portfolios	338,018	357,365
Changes in expected current period recoveries	91,401	10,315
Changes in expected future period recoveries	(46,864)	(108,976)
Foreign currency adjustments	(7,694)	(101,071)
Balance, end of period	$ 3,225,678	$ 3,166,018

Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities, Changes To Expected Current Period Recoveries

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities, Changes To Expected Future Period Recoveries

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Disposals or Transfers to Held for Sale Net

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Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Not Accounted For As Debt Securities Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment Gain (Loss)

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Certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities, gross collections.

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Certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities, purchases of receivable portfolios.

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Certain loans acquired in transfer not accounted for as debt securities, put-backs and recalls.

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Amount of accretion recognized for 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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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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The recorded balance, net of any applicable reductions (for example, unamortized accretable yield and allowance for loan losses). This relates to loans not accounted for debt securities with evidence of deterioration of credit quality since origination that were acquired by completion of a transfer for which it is probable, at acquisition, that the investor will be unable to collect all contractually required payments receivable.

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