Consumer Loans, Credit Quality Information And Allowances And Liabilities For Estimated Losses On Consumer Loans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Consumer Loans, Credit Quality Information And Allowances And Liabilities For Estimated Losses On Consumer Loans [Abstract]

Schedule Of Consumer Loan Fee Revenue

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2012		2011
Interest and fees on short-term loans	$	148,293	$	114,994
Interest and fees on installment loans		24,547		8,133
Total consumer loan fees	$	172,840	$	123,127

Components Of Company-Owned Consumer Loans And Receivables

	As of March 31, 2012
	Short-term Loans			Installment Loans			Total
Performing loans	$	136,158		$	65,127		$	201,285
Nonperforming loans		47,775			10,018			57,793
Total consumer loans, gross		183,933			75,145			259,078
Less: Allowance for losses		(43,425	)		(15,288	)		(58,713	)
Consumer loans, net	$	140,508		$	59,857		$	200,365
	As of March 31, 2011
	Short-term Loans			Installment Loans			Total
Performing loans	$	101,283		$	20,122		$	121,405
Nonperforming loans		36,447			3,293			39,740
Total consumer loans, gross		137,730			23,415			161,145
Less: Allowance for losses		(30,512	)		(4,498	)		(35,010	)
Consumer loans, net	$	107,218		$	18,917		$	126,135
	As of December 31, 2011
	Short-term Loans			Installment Loans			Total
Performing loans	$	157,156		$	59,165		$	216,321
Nonperforming loans		59,049			10,480			69,529
Total consumer loans, gross		216,205			69,645			285,850
Less: Allowance for losses		(50,129	)		(12,943	)		(63,072	)
Consumer loans, net	$	166,076		$	56,702		$	222,778

Changes In Allowance For Losses

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
	Short-term Loans			Installment Loans			MLOC(a)		Total
Allowance for losses for Company-owned consumer loans:
Balance at beginning of period	$	50,129		$	12,943		$	-	$	63,072
Consumer loan loss provision		48,954			14,498			-		63,452
Charge-offs		(65,276	)		(13,337	)		-		(78,613	)
Recoveries		9,618			1,184			-		10,802
Balance at end of period	$	43,425		$	15,288		$	-	$	58,713
Liability for third-party lender-owned consumer loans:
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,617		$	445		$	-	$	3,062
Decrease in liability		(987	)		(82	)		-		(1,069	)
Balance at end of period	$	1,630		$	363		$	-	$	1,993

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
	Short-term Loans			Installment Loans			MLOC(a)			Total
Allowance for losses for Company-owned consumer loans:
Balance at beginning of period	$	34,455		$	2,988		$	1,510		$	38,953
Consumer loan loss provision		36,169			4,888			(430	)		40,627
Charge-offs		(47,601	)		(3,561	)		(1,514	)		(52,676	)
Recoveries		7,489			183			434			8,106
Balance at end of period	$	30,512		$	4,498		$	-		$	35,010
Liability for third-party lender-owned consumer loans:
Balance at beginning of period	$	2,610		$	228		$	-		$	2,838
Decrease in liability		(1,109	)		(18	)		-			(1,127	)
Balance at end of period	$	1,501		$	210		$	-		$	1,711

^(a) Represents micro line of credit ("MLOC") receivables, which are participation interests in receivables acquired from a third-party lender. The Company stopped providing MLOC services on behalf of a third-party lender in October 2010 when the lender discontinued offering MLOC advances.