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Commitments and Contingencies General (Details)
3 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
GBP (£)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
GBP (£)
Mar. 31, 2015
Commitments to Car Operations [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Supply Commitment [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Deposits [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Guarantee Obligations [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Guarantee Obligations [Member]
U.K. Portfolio Structured Financing Trust [Member]
european_payment_system
Mar. 31, 2015
Penalty for Termination Prior to Contractual Termination Period [Member]
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Penalty (UK) for Termination Prior to Contractual Termination Period [Domain]
USD ($)
Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks, Disclosure Information [Line Items]                        
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Share-based Compensation and Exercise of Stock Options $ (75,000)us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationAndExerciseOfStockOptions $ 0us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalSharebasedCompensationAndExerciseOfStockOptions                    
Off-balance sheet risks, liability           10,100,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= atlc_CommitmentsToCarOperationsMember
89,500,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_SupplyCommitmentMember
4,700,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_DepositsMember
200,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMember
  2,300,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= atlc_PenaltyForTerminationPriorToContractualTerminationPeriodMember
1,800,000us-gaap_FairValueDisclosureOffbalanceSheetRisksAmountLiability
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= atlc_PenaltyUKforTerminationPriortoContractualTerminationPeriodDomainMember
Number of European payment systems to which the Company has guarantor obligations                   1atlc_NumberOfEuropeanPaymentSystemsToWhichCompanyHasGuarantorObligations
/ us-gaap_FinancialInstrumentAxis
= us-gaap_GuaranteeObligationsMember
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= atlc_NonU.S.AcquiredPortfolioStructuredFinancingTrustMember
   
Loss Contingency Accrual $ 4,600,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue   £ 3,100,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue $ 4,600,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue £ 3,100,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue