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Global Payments Inc
(NYSE:GPN) 

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Global Payments Inc. provides payment technology and software solutions for card, electronic, check, and digital-based payments in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates through three segments: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions, and Business and Consumer Solutions. The M...

Founded: 1967
Full Time Employees: 24,000
Sector: Industrials
Industry: Specialty Business Services

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      revenues
    2,969,682,000 1,932,807,000 2,007,637,000 1,956,747,000 2,412,098,000 2,515,386,000 2,601,552,000 2,568,768,000 2,420,187,000 2,433,812,000 2,475,691,000 2,452,469,000 2,292,447,000 2,252,984,000 2,285,371,000 2,280,906,000 2,156,254,000 2,193,981,000 2,202,337,000 2,137,437,000 1,990,007,000 1,930,193,000 1,917,815,000 1,671,952,000 1,903,598,000 1,987,761,000 1,105,941,000 935,152,000 883,039,000 880,555,000 857,670,000 833,164,000 794,977,000 1,054,253,000 1,038,907,000 962,240,000 919,762,000 941,821,000 939,492,000 747,064,000 679,940,000 722,350,000 748,796,000 706,549,000 664,983,000 697,291,000 704,895,000 673,977,000 616,452,000 634,122,000 629,685,000 618,352,000 578,746,000 588,538,000 590,287,000 597,032,000 533,539,000 530,505,000 542,771,000 519,755,000 456,382,000 443,526,000 440,138,000 425,050,000 398,535,000 408,951,000 441,310,000 402,041,000 392,663,000 401,063,000 405,757,000 343,832,000 310,641,000 308,776,000 310,980,000 280,100,000 260,418,000 260,697,000 260,308,000 238,768,000 225,159,000 219,673,000 224,456,000 207,665,000 195,526,000 188,549,000 192,591,000 181,849,000 162,560,000 148,447,000 136,464,000 134,322,000 124,573,000 129,461,000 127,728,000 120,971,000 115,283,000 
      yoy
    23.12% -23.16% -22.83% -23.83% -0.33% 3.35% 5.08% 4.74% 5.57% 8.03% 8.33% 7.52% 6.32% 2.69% 3.77% 6.71% 8.35% 13.67% 14.84% 27.84% 4.54% -2.90% 73.41% 78.79% 115.57% 125.74% 28.95% 12.24% 11.08% -16.48% -17.44% -13.41% -13.57% 11.94% 10.58% 28.80% 35.27% 30.38% 25.47% 5.73% 2.25% 3.59% 6.23% 4.83% 7.87% 9.96% 11.94% 9.00% 6.52% 7.75% 6.67% 3.57% 8.47% 10.94% 8.75% 14.87% 16.91% 19.61% 23.32% 22.28% 14.51% 8.45% -0.27% 5.72% 1.50% 1.97% 8.76% 16.93% 26.40% 29.89% 30.48% 22.75% 19.29% 18.44% 19.47% 17.31% 15.66% 18.68% 15.97% 14.98% 15.16% 16.51% 16.55% 14.20% 20.28% 27.01% 41.13% 35.38% 30.49% 14.67% 6.84% 11.04% 8.06%     
      qoq
    53.65% -3.73% 2.60% -18.88% -4.11% -3.31% 1.28% 6.14% -0.56% -1.69% 0.95% 6.98% 1.75% -1.42% 0.20% 5.78% -1.72% -0.38% 3.04% 7.41% 3.10% 0.65% 14.71% -12.17% -4.23% 79.73% 18.26% 5.90% 0.28% 2.67% 2.94% 4.80% -24.59% 1.48% 7.97% 4.62% -2.34% 0.25% 25.76% 9.87% -5.87% -3.53% 5.98% 6.25% -4.63% -1.08% 4.59% 9.33% -2.79% 0.70% 1.83% 6.84% -1.66% -0.30% -1.13% 11.90% 0.57% -2.26% 4.43% 13.89% 2.90% 0.77% 3.55% 6.65% -2.55% -7.33% 9.77% 2.39% -2.09% -1.16% 18.01% 10.68% 0.60% -0.71% 11.02% 7.56% -0.11% 0.15% 9.02% 6.04% 2.50% -2.13% 8.09% 6.21% 3.70% -2.10% 5.91% 11.87% 9.51% 8.78% 1.59% 7.83% -3.78% 1.36% 5.59% 4.93%  
      operating expenses:
                                                                                                     
      cost of service
    1,273,614,000 569,046,000 556,682,000 498,788,000 921,195,000 952,297,000 946,945,000 938,484,000 922,390,000 922,284,000 915,531,000 941,952,000 947,753,000 927,911,000 931,249,000 962,299,000 957,158,000 967,997,000 944,172,000 936,310,000 925,246,000 922,195,000 900,921,000 893,740,000 933,871,000 1,038,578,000 427,720,000 302,276,000 305,230,000 313,071,000 265,013,000 264,544,000 252,386,000 509,068,000 493,883,000 469,149,000 455,936,000 468,383,000 462,626,000 345,680,000 258,728,000 270,565,000 272,666,000 254,217,000 250,255,000 257,796,000 259,839,000 253,373,000 232,937,000 235,170,000 230,745,000 229,951,000 217,465,000 210,268,000 204,391,000 213,071,000 194,218,000 185,931,000 191,536,000 191,439,000 168,332,000 154,205,000 151,041,000 152,322,000 146,202,000 144,881,000 162,828,000 153,537,000 146,760,000 154,311,000 144,177,000 125,129,000 117,661,000 116,513,000 116,309,000 107,326,000 103,555,000 105,766,000 98,190,000 89,063,000 88,863,000 86,912,000 93,183,000 90,104,000 87,378,000 79,350,000 80,440,000 88,144,000 71,773,000 67,274,000 62,162,000 66,327,000 62,682,000 64,395,000 66,886,000 65,774,000 64,141,000 
      selling, general and administrative
    1,711,714,000 1,129,060,000 1,016,832,000 1,031,020,000 1,024,011,000 1,003,075,000 1,179,026,000 1,057,661,000 1,045,545,000 1,015,163,000 1,001,964,000 1,013,514,000 1,043,126,000 919,493,000 918,757,000 863,179,000 823,149,000 905,008,000 858,082,000 838,569,000 789,502,000 756,016,000 726,475,000 670,638,000 725,748,000 753,021,000 504,184,000 411,150,000 378,317,000 400,498,000 369,495,000 377,883,000 386,421,000 395,610,000 372,553,000 361,239,000 358,856,000 368,171,000 355,760,000 345,182,000 313,407,000 328,620,000 338,358,000                                                       
      gain on business disposition
      -343,891,000 -267,000 -3,993,000                                                                                             
      operating expenses: - sum
    2,985,328,000 1,763,499,000 1,229,623,000 1,529,541,000 1,941,213,000 1,682,238,000 2,125,971,000 1,996,145,000 1,967,935,000 1,935,096,000 1,917,495,000 1,849,728,000 2,235,712,000 1,845,354,000 1,898,939,000 2,810,764,000 1,780,307,000 1,873,005,000 1,802,254,000 1,774,879,000 1,714,748,000 1,678,211,000 1,627,396,000 1,564,378,000 1,659,619,000 1,791,599,000 931,904,000 713,426,000 683,547,000 713,569,000 634,508,000 642,427,000 638,807,000 904,678,000 866,436,000 830,388,000 814,792,000 836,554,000 818,386,000 690,862,000 572,135,000 599,185,000 611,024,000 602,949,000 560,368,000 573,307,000 580,497,000 585,060,000 519,161,000 522,215,000 522,301,000 548,983,000 487,972,000 471,956,000 509,799,000 587,220,000 441,191,000 433,925,000 434,161,000 431,611,000 378,183,000 360,383,000 358,031,000 353,565,000 324,686,000 320,249,000 348,664,000 334,596,000 474,541,000 318,298,000 312,660,000 277,047,000 250,730,000 250,345,000 244,748,000 229,034,000 209,225,000 208,394,000 196,781,000 186,367,000 177,024,000 169,645,000 173,932,000 168,175,000 157,307,000 147,771,000 150,977,000 152,665,000 132,128,000 122,344,000 109,283,000 111,911,000 102,790,000 105,706,000 102,411,000 111,017,000 97,288,000 
      operating income
    -15,646,000 169,308,000 778,014,000 427,206,000 470,885,000 833,148,000 475,581,000 572,623,000 452,252,000 498,716,000 558,196,000 602,741,000 56,735,000 407,630,000 386,432,000 -529,858,000 375,947,000 320,976,000 400,083,000 362,558,000 275,259,000 251,982,000 290,419,000 107,574,000 243,979,000 196,162,000 174,037,000 221,726,000 199,492,000 166,986,000 223,162,000 190,737,000 156,170,000 149,575,000 172,471,000 131,852,000 104,970,000 105,267,000 121,106,000 56,202,000 107,805,000 123,165,000 137,772,000 103,600,000 104,615,000 123,984,000 124,398,000 88,917,000 97,291,000 111,907,000 107,384,000 69,369,000 90,774,000 116,582,000 80,488,000 9,812,000 92,348,000 96,580,000 108,610,000 88,144,000 78,199,000 83,143,000 82,107,000 71,485,000 73,849,000 88,702,000 92,646,000 67,445,000 -81,878,000 82,765,000 93,097,000 66,785,000 59,911,000 58,431,000 66,232,000 51,066,000 51,193,000 52,303,000 63,527,000 52,401,000 48,135,000 50,028,000 50,524,000 39,490,000 38,219,000 40,778,000 41,614,000 29,184,000 30,432,000 26,103,000 27,181,000 22,411,000 21,783,000 23,755,000 25,317,000 9,954,000 17,995,000 
      yoy
    -103.32% -79.68% 63.59% -25.39% 4.12% 67.06% -14.80% -5.00% 697.13% 22.35% 44.45% -213.76% -84.91% 27.00% -3.41% -246.14% 36.58% 27.38% 37.76% 237.03% 12.82% 28.46% 66.87% -51.48% 22.30% 17.47% -22.01% 16.25% 27.74% 11.64% 29.39% 44.66% 48.78% 42.09% 42.41% 134.60% -2.63% -14.53% -12.10% -45.75% 3.05% -0.66% 10.75% 16.51% 7.53% 10.79% 15.84% 28.18% 7.18% -4.01% 33.42% 606.98% -1.70% 20.71% -25.89% -88.87% 18.09% 16.16% 32.28% 23.30% 5.89% -6.27% -11.38% 5.99% -190.19% 7.17% -0.48% 0.99% -236.67% 41.65% 40.56% 30.78% 17.03% 11.72% 4.26% -2.55% 6.35% 4.55% 25.74% 32.69% 25.95% 22.68% 21.41% 35.31% 25.59% 56.22% 53.10% 30.22% 39.71% 9.88% 7.36% 125.15% 21.05%     
      qoq
    -109.24% -78.24% 82.12% -9.28% -43.48% 75.19% -16.95% 26.62% -9.32% -10.66% -7.39% 962.38% -86.08% 5.49% -172.93% -240.94% 17.13% -19.77% 10.35% 31.72% 9.24% -13.24% 169.97% -55.91% 24.38% 12.71% -21.51% 11.15% 19.47% -25.17% 17.00% 22.13% 4.41% -13.28% 30.81% 25.61% -0.28% -13.08% 115.48% -47.87% -12.47% -10.60% 32.98% -0.97% -15.62% -0.33% 39.90% -8.61% -13.06% 4.21% 54.80% -23.58% -22.14% 44.84% 720.30% -89.37% -4.38% -11.08% 23.22% 12.72% -5.95% 1.26% 14.86% -3.20% -16.74% -4.26% 37.37% -182.37% -198.93% -11.10% 39.40% 11.47% 2.53% -11.78% 29.70% -0.25% -2.12% -17.67% 21.23% 8.86% -3.78% -0.98% 27.94% 3.33% -6.28% -2.01% 42.59% -4.10% 16.58% -3.97% 21.28% 2.88% -8.30% -6.17% 154.34% -44.68%  
      operating margin %
    -0.53% 8.76% 38.75% 21.83% 19.52% 33.12% 18.28% 22.29% 18.69% 20.49% 22.55% 24.58% 2.47% 18.09% 16.91% -23.23% 17.44% 14.63% 18.17% 16.96% 13.83% 13.05% 15.14% 6.43% 12.82% 9.87% 15.74% 23.71% 22.59% 18.96% 26.02% 22.89% 19.64% 14.19% 16.60% 13.70% 11.41% 11.18% 12.89% 7.52% 15.86% 17.05% 18.40% 14.66% 15.73% 17.78% 17.65% 13.19% 15.78% 17.65% 17.05% 11.22% 15.68% 19.81% 13.64% 1.64% 17.31% 18.21% 20.01% 16.96% 17.13% 18.75% 18.65% 16.82% 18.53% 21.69% 20.99% 16.78% -20.85% 20.64% 22.94% 19.42% 19.29% 18.92% 21.30% 18.23% 19.66% 20.06% 24.40% 21.95% 21.38% 22.77% 22.51% 19.02% 19.55% 21.63% 21.61% 16.05% 18.72% 17.58% 19.92% 16.68% 17.49% 18.35% 19.82% 8.23% 15.61% 
      interest and other income
    33,520,000 60,112,000 21,469,000 35,517,000 39,389,000 42,596,000 55,338,000 35,306,000 35,928,000 38,881,000 35,732,000 27,944,000 11,153,000 8,544,000 20,393,000 2,956,000 1,711,000 3,311,000 6,320,000 5,455,000 4,234,000 8,274,000 29,983,000 2,787,000 2,506,000 11,071,000 11,232,000 6,176,000 2,934,000 3,322,000 3,134,000 2,568,000 11,694,000 2,875,000 2,347,000 1,832,000 1,607,000 1,353,000 42,473,000 1,758,000 1,092,000 1,292,000 1,142,000 1,315,000 1,160,000 1,282,000 1,192,000 2,093,000 2,944,000 5,288,000 3,338,000 3,647,000 2,536,000 2,187,000 1,983,000 2,818,000 2,368,000 2,259,000 2,501,000 3,535,000 1,631,000 4,072,000 1,537,000 1,930,000 1,319,000 690,000 731,000 690,000 1,200,000 2,002,000 3,371,000 3,567,000 4,767,000 4,739,000 5,137,000 4,654,000 4,728,000 3,728,000 3,596,000 2,970,000 2,172,000 1,520,000 914,000 685,000 793,000 397,000 319,000 1,139,000 466,000 429,000 324,000 450,000 219,000 243,000 270,000 271,000 553,000 
      interest and other expense
    -242,369,000 -205,470,000 -143,773,000 -152,243,000 -157,110,000 -156,776,000 -155,905,000 -159,157,000 -162,147,000 -169,687,000 -176,094,000 -191,423,000 -122,945,000 -121,778,000 -135,184,000 -99,188,000 -93,283,000 -87,767,000 -82,187,000 -80,556,000 -83,141,000 -85,073,000 -82,976,000 -82,855,000 -92,644,000 -84,047,000 -96,161,000 -65,616,000 -59,081,000 -55,938,000 -46,356,000 -47,720,000 -45,605,000 -44,425,000 -40,764,000 -48,361,000 -41,297,000 -52,448,000 -43,077,000 -28,647,000 -13,300,000 -14,126,000 -13,243,000 -9,647,000 -13,429,000 -10,350,000 -11,010,000 -9,451,000 -16,457,000 -8,025,000 -7,879,000 -8,065,000 -7,063,000 -14,609,000 -3,545,000 -4,185,000 -3,698,000 -4,878,000 -4,087,000 -4,706,000 -4,315,000 -4,299,000 -4,841,000 -4,815,000 -4,141,000 -4,423,000 -4,171,000 -623,000 -2,222,000 -2,016,000 -2,404,000 -2,827,000 -2,198,000 -1,268,000 -1,873,000 -2,166,000 -2,399,000 -1,737,000 -2,162,000 -2,127,000 -1,695,000 -1,802,000 -1,520,000 -1,932,000 -2,969,000 -1,835,000 -1,642,000 -2,553,000 -2,337,000 -1,059,000 -575,000 -916,000 -1,172,000 -1,199,000 -1,008,000   
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in income of equity method investments
    -224,495,000 23,950,000 655,710,000 310,480,000                                                                                              
      income tax expense
    -11,840,000 -111,015,000 199,309,000 118,346,000 58,678,000 140,540,000 57,378,000 77,834,000 19,382,000 9,272,000 58,936,000 172,211,000 -31,399,000 47,444,000 14,255,000 52,776,000 52,218,000 37,434,000 50,117,000 60,808,000 20,675,000 136,326,000  -836,000 -15,502,000 -9,941,250                                                                        
      income from continuing operations before equity in income of equity method investments
    -212,655,000 134,965,000 456,401,000 192,134,000                                                                                              
      equity in income of equity method investments, net of tax
    19,830,000 65,030,000 16,874,000 19,961,000 18,286,000 19,855,000 15,897,000 18,337,000 16,411,000 13,795,000 17,707,000 17,155,000 19,238,000 11,611,000 42,780,000 13,815,000 17,479,000 18,092,000 31,364,000 40,164,000 22,733,000 27,615,000 35,638,000 12,774,000 12,269,000                                                                         
      income from continuing operations
    -192,825,000 199,995,000 473,275,000 212,095,000                                                    -205,919,997.61 65,690,000 68,149,000 72,081,000 -166,744,997.37 54,553,000 58,370,000 53,822,000 50,710,000 50,729,000 61,314,000                                
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
    -1,586,227,000 36,587,000 187,320,000 34,003,000                                                        -236,500 -430,000 -487,000 -28,000 -11,679,000 722,000 4,868,000                                
      net income
    -1,779,052,000 236,582,000 660,595,000 246,098,000 312,772,000 598,283,000 333,533,000 389,275,000 323,062,000 372,433,000 376,605,000 284,206,000 -4,420,000 258,563,000 300,166,000 -665,051,000 249,636,000 217,178,000 305,463,000 266,813,000 198,410,000 184,818,000 230,230,000 39,444,000 150,608,000 114,302,000 105,731,000 130,039,000 119,205,000 83,323,000 186,029,000 117,729,000 97,586,000 250,305,000 118,362,000 72,443,000 52,959,000 52,615,000 92,458,000 41,179,000 72,912,000 83,078,000 93,048,000 70,110,000 69,315,000 85,256,000 84,434,000 58,266,000 60,121,000 79,857,000 71,708,000 46,366,000 62,814,000 75,371,000 54,162,000             37,559,000 -106,776,000 48,907,000 57,527,000 40,811,000 40,055,000 38,313,000 43,575,000 33,178,000 34,296,000 34,002,000 41,509,000 34,062,000 30,111,000 30,613,000 30,738,000 23,497,000 21,623,000 23,578,000 24,198,000 15,243,000 16,503,000 14,872,000 15,825,000 13,007,000 12,097,000 13,582,000 14,613,000 -10,951,000 10,275,000 
      yoy
    -668.80% -60.46% 98.06% -36.78% -3.19% 60.64% -11.44% 36.97% -7409.10% 44.04% 25.47% -142.73% -101.77% 19.06% -1.73% -349.26% 25.82% 17.51% 32.68% 576.43% 31.74% 61.69% 117.75% -69.67% 26.34% 37.18% -43.16% 10.46% 22.15% -66.71% 57.17% 62.51% 84.27% 375.73% 28.02% 75.92% -27.37% -36.67% -0.63% -41.27% 5.19% -2.55% 10.20% 20.33% 15.29% 6.76% 17.75% 25.67% -4.29% 5.95% 32.40%                 -7.97% -366.57% 27.65% 32.02% 23.01% 16.79% 12.68% 4.98% -2.60% 13.90% 11.07% 35.04% 44.96% 39.25% 29.84% 27.03% 54.15% 31.02% 58.54% 52.91% 17.19% 36.42% 9.50% 8.29% -218.77% 17.73%     
      qoq
    -851.98% -64.19% 168.43% -21.32% -47.72% 79.38% -14.32% 20.50% -13.26% -1.11% 32.51% -6530.00% -101.71% -13.86% -145.13% -366.41% 14.95% -28.90% 14.49% 34.48% 7.35% -19.72% 483.69% -73.81% 31.76% 8.11% -18.69% 9.09% 43.06% -55.21% 58.01% 20.64% -61.01% 111.47% 63.39% 36.79% 0.65% -43.09% 124.53% -43.52% -12.24% -10.71% 32.72% 1.15% -18.70% 0.97% 44.91% -3.09% -24.71% 11.36% 54.66% -26.19% -16.66% 39.16%              -135.18% -318.32% -14.98% 40.96% 1.89% 4.55% -12.08% 31.34% -3.26% 0.86% -18.09% 21.86% 13.12% -1.64% -0.41% 30.82% 8.67% -8.29% -2.56% 58.75% -7.63% 10.97% -6.02% 21.67% 7.52% -10.93% -7.06% -233.44% -206.58%  
      net income margin %
    -59.91% 12.24% 32.90% 12.58% 12.97% 23.78% 12.82% 15.15% 13.35% 15.30% 15.21% 11.59% -0.19% 11.48% 13.13% -29.16% 11.58% 9.90% 13.87% 12.48% 9.97% 9.58% 12.00% 2.36% 7.91% 5.75% 9.56% 13.91% 13.50% 9.46% 21.69% 14.13% 12.28% 23.74% 11.39% 7.53% 5.76% 5.59% 9.84% 5.51% 10.72% 11.50% 12.43% 9.92% 10.42% 12.23% 11.98% 8.65% 9.75% 12.59% 11.39% 7.50% 10.85% 12.81% 9.18% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 9.34% -27.19% 12.19% 14.18% 11.87% 12.89% 12.41% 14.01% 11.85% 13.17% 13.04% 15.95% 14.27% 13.37% 13.94% 13.69% 11.31% 11.06% 12.50% 12.56% 8.38% 10.15% 10.02% 11.60% 9.68% 9.71% 10.49% 11.44% -9.05% 8.91% 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    -20,826,000 -19,058,000 -25,386,000 -4,458,000 -7,038,000 -31,110,000 -18,408,000 -14,515,000 -9,755,000                                                                                         
      net income attributable to global payments
    -1,799,878,000 217,524,000 635,209,000 241,640,000 305,734,000 567,173,000 315,125,000 374,760,000 313,307,000 361,297,000 361,830,000 274,148,000 -11,041,000 249,306,000 290,454,000 -672,999,000 244,733,000 208,453,000 296,736,000 263,590,000 196,681,000 182,644,000 220,971,000 37,331,000 143,575,000 102,771,000 95,044,000 120,458,000 112,341,000 75,215,000 176,370,000 109,069,000 91,399,000 241,962,000 110,740,000 66,909,000 48,813,000 49,452,000 85,093,000 37,187,000 69,061,000 78,771,000 86,646,000 65,325,000 62,568,000 74,781,000 75,366,000 51,625,000 55,121,000 73,897,000 64,643,000 40,805,000 58,462,000 70,183,000 46,675,000 5,086,000 57,920,000 61,181,000 63,974,000 58,577,000 47,789,000 53,505,000 49,368,000 34,190,000 48,461,000 62,835,000 57,831,000                               
      basic earnings per share attributable to global payments:
                                                                                                     
      continuing operations
    -0.78 0.76 1.87 0.86                                                                                              
      discontinued operations
    -5.81 0.17 0.78 0.13                                                                                              
      total basic earnings per share attributable to global payments
    -6.59 0.93 2.65 0.99                                                                                              
      diluted earnings per share attributable to global payments:
                                                                                                     
      total diluted earnings per share attributable to global payments
    -6.59 0.93 2.64 0.99                                                                                              
      income before income taxes and equity in income of equity method investments
        353,164,000 718,968,000 375,014,000 448,772,000 326,033,000 367,910,000 417,834,000 439,262,000 -55,057,000 294,396,000 271,641,000 -626,090,000 284,375,000 236,520,000 324,216,000 287,457,000 196,352,000 175,183,000 237,426,000 27,506,000 153,841,000                                                                         
      income before equity in income of equity method investments
        294,486,000 578,428,000 317,636,000 370,938,000 306,651,000 358,638,000 358,898,000 267,051,000 -23,658,000 246,952,000 257,386,000 -678,866,000 232,157,000 199,086,000 274,099,000 226,649,000 175,677,000 157,203,000 194,592,000 26,670,000 138,339,000                                                                         
      earnings per share attributable to global payments:
                                                                                                     
      basic earnings per share
        1.24 2.25 1.24 1.47 1.22 1.38 1.39 1.05 -0.04 0.9 1.06 -2.42 0.87 0.73 1.02 0.89 0.66 0.61 0.74 0.12 0.48 0.17 0.54 0.77 0.71 0.48 1.12 0.69 0.57 1.55 0.72 0.44 0.32 0.32 0.55 0.24 0.53 0.61 1.33                        0.72  -1.34 0.61 0.72 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.54 0.41 0.43 0.42 0.52 0.43 0.38 0.39 0.79 0.6 0.56 0.61 0.63 0.315 0.44 0.4 0.43  0.33 0.37  0.238 0.28 
      diluted earnings per share
        1.24 2.24 1.24 1.47 1.22 1.38 1.39 1.05 -0.04 0.89 1.05 -2.42 0.87 0.73 1.01 0.89 0.66 0.61 0.74 0.12 0.48 0.16 0.54 0.77 0.71 0.48 1.11 0.68 0.57 1.54 0.71 0.44 0.32 0.32 0.55 0.24 0.53 0.6 1.32                        0.71  -1.34 0.6 0.71 0.5 0.5 0.48 0.53 0.41 0.42 0.42 0.51 0.41 0.36 0.37 0.76 0.58 0.54 0.59 0.62 0.305 0.42 0.38 0.41  0.32 0.36  0.23 0.27 
      gain on business dispositions
                                                                                                     
      loss on business disposition
                                                                                                     
      loss on business dispositions
               -105,738,000 244,833,000 -2,050,000 48,933,000 152,211,000                                                                                  
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax
             -7,863,500 -14,775,000 -10,058,000 -6,621,000 -5,640,750 -9,712,000 -7,948,000 -4,903,000 -3,419,750 -8,727,000 -3,223,000 -1,729,000 -4,601,500 -9,259,000 -2,113,000 -7,033,000                                                                         
      impairment of goodwill
                   833,075,000                                                                                  
      income tax benefit
                          -42,834,000    16,623,000                                                                       
      income before income taxes
                             98,684,750 89,108,000 162,286,000 143,345,000 114,370,000 179,940,000 145,585,000 122,259,000 108,025,000 134,054,000 85,323,000 65,280,000 54,172,000 120,502,000 29,313,000 95,597,000 110,331,000 125,671,000 95,268,000 92,346,000 114,916,000 114,580,000 81,559,000 83,778,000 109,170,000 102,843,000 67,333,250 86,247,000 104,160,000             89,206,000                 27,539,500 34,323,000 37,425,000 38,410,000 18,850,000 26,363,000 23,757,000 25,280,000  19,325,000 21,698,000  14,074,000 16,626,000 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax
                             -6,783,000 -10,687,000 -9,581,000 -6,864,000 -6,126,500 -9,659,000 -8,660,000                                                                  
      provision for income taxes
                               -32,247,000 -24,140,000 -11,610,250  -27,856,000 -24,673,000 -10,223,250 -15,692,000  -12,321,000 -1,557,000 -28,044,000 11,866,000 -22,685,000 -27,253,000 -32,623,000 -25,158,000 -23,031,000 -29,660,000 -30,146,000 -23,293,000 -23,657,000 -29,313,000 -31,135,000 -18,585,000 -23,433,000 -28,789,000 -24,764,000 3,201,000 -25,328,000 -25,812,000 -34,943,000 -24,587,000 -20,962,000 -24,546,000 -24,981,000 -17,890,000 -20,298,000 -23,655,000 -26,762,000 -20,710,000 -15,818,000 -22,505,000 -28,216,000 -26,517,000 -19,265,000 -21,023,000 -23,783,000 -17,687,000 -17,148,000 -17,692,000 -20,909,000 -16,960,000 -16,577,000 -16,963,000 -17,022,000 -94,110,000 12,700,000 13,847,000 14,212,000 9,106,000 9,860,000 8,885,000 9,455,000 7,772,000 7,228,000 8,116,000 8,730,000 3,119,000 6,351,000 
      benefit from income taxes
                                  6,089,000     -12,880,000                                                              
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax
                                    -6,187,000 -4,325,500 -7,622,000 -5,534,000 -4,146,000 -3,163,000 -7,365,000 -3,639,750 -3,851,000 -4,307,000 -6,402,000  -6,747,000 -10,475,000 -9,068,000 -6,641,000 -5,000,000                                                 
      sales, general and administrative
                                               236,570,500 310,113,000 315,511,000 320,658,000 331,687,000 286,224,000 294,045,000 291,556,000 290,568,000 271,696,000 276,177,000 281,419,000 289,711,000 246,973,000 247,994,000 242,625,000 240,172,000 209,851,000 206,178,000 206,990,000 201,243,000 178,484,000 175,368,000 185,836,000 181,059,000 180,117,000 163,987,000 168,483,000 151,918,000 133,069,000 133,518,000 127,436,000 118,620,000 105,670,000 102,628,000 98,591,000 97,304,000 88,161,000 81,728,000 79,876,000 74,345,000 69,929,000 68,421,000 70,537,000 59,576,000 60,355,000 51,947,000 45,541,000 44,327,000 40,108,000 41,311,000 35,525,000 34,250,000 33,147,000 
      other income:
                                                                                                     
      other income: - sum
                                               -7,788,750 -12,269,000 -9,068,000 -9,818,000 -7,358,000 -13,513,000 -2,737,000 -4,541,000 -4,418,000 -4,527,000 -12,422,000 -1,562,000 -1,367,000 -1,330,000 -2,619,000 -1,586,000 -1,171,000 -2,684,000 -227,000 -3,304,000 -2,885,000 -2,822,000 -3,733,000 -3,440,000 67,000 -1,022,000 -14,000 967,000 740,000 2,569,000 3,471,000 3,264,000 2,488,000 2,329,000 1,991,000 1,434,000 843,000 477,000 -282,000 -606,000 4,269,000 -3,896,000 -3,353,000 -3,204,000 -4,835,000 -4,069,000 -2,346,000 -1,901,000 -1,632,000 -2,458,000 -2,057,000 -1,974,000   
      earnings per share attributable to global payments:
                                                                                                     
      basic
                                               0.788 0.94 1.11 1.11 0.668 0.77 1.02 0.88 0.56 0.75 0.89 0.59                                           
      diluted
                                               0.783 0.93 1.1 1.1 0.663 0.76 1.02 0.87 0.558 0.75 0.89 0.59                                           
      processing system intrusion
                                                     -7,000,000  28,464,000 -1,189,000 -14,489,000 23,989,000                                           
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest, net of income tax
                                               -6,572,500      -5,960,000                                                
      less: net income attributable to non-controlling interest, net of income tax provision of 1,749 and 1,620, respectively
                                                      -7,065,000                                               
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 707 and 771, respectively
                                                        -4,352,000                                             
      dividends per share
                                                       0.015 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02                            
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 948 and 1,077, respectively
                                                         -5,188,000                                            
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
                                                          78,926,000 8,445,000 91,018,000 93,961,000 107,024,000 86,973,000 75,515,000 82,916,000 78,803,000 68,600,000 71,027,000 84,969,000                                
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 1,620 and 1,858, respectively
                                                          -7,487,000                                           
      loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
                                                                                                     
      net income including noncontrolling interests
                                                           51,480,000 65,690,000 68,149,000 72,081,000 62,357,000 54,123,000 57,883,000 53,794,000 39,031,000 51,451,000 66,182,000 62,444,000                               
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 771 and 644, respectively
                                                            -7,770,000                                         
      amounts attributable to global payments:
                                                                                                     
      loss from discontinued operations
                                                                                                     
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 1,077 and 1,010, respectively
                                                             -6,968,000                                        
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 1,858 and 295, respectively
                                                              -8,107,000                                       
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 644 and 442, respectively
                                                                -6,334,000                                     
      income from discontinued operations
                                                               -0.003  -0.01  -0.15 0.01                                 
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 1,010 and 148, respectively
                                                                 -4,378,000                                    
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 295 and 332, respectively
                                                                  -4,426,000                                   
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 442 and 1,703, respectively
                                                                    -2,990,000                                 
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 148 and (710), respectively
                                                                     -3,347,000                                
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax provision of 332 and (35), respectively
                                                                      -4,613,000                               
      impairment
                                                                        147,664,000                             
      income before income taxes and minority interest
                                                                       67,512,000 -82,900,000 82,751,000 94,064,000 67,525,000 62,480,000 61,902,000 69,496,000 53,554,000 53,522,000 54,294,000 64,961,000 53,244,000 48,612,000 49,746,000 49,918,000               
      minority interest, net of tax provision of 1,703 and (506), respectively
                                                                        -8,058,000                             
      restructuring
                                                                           329,250  314,000 1,003,000     469,500  1,005,000 873,000     1,175,750  3,123,000 1,580,000       
      minority interest, net of tax benefit of (710) and 524, respectively
                                                                         -11,339,000                            
      minority interest, net of tax benefit of 35 and (88), respectively
                                                                          -8,321,000                           
      minority interest, net of tax benefit of (506) and 99, respectively
                                                                            -3,160,000                         
      minority interest, net of tax benefit of 524 and 236, respectively
                                                                             -2,566,000                        
      minority interest, net of tax benefit of (88) and 108, respectively
                                                                              -2,138,000                       
      minority interest, net of tax of 99 and —, respectively
                                                                                -2,078,000                     
      minority interest, net of tax of 236 and —, respectively
                                                                                 -2,600,000                    
      minority interest, net of tax of 108 and —, respectively
                                                                                  -2,543,000                   
      minority interest
                                                                                   -2,222,000 -1,924,000 -2,170,000                
      minority interest, net of tax of 20 in 2004
                                                                                      -2,158,000               
      minority interest in earnings
                                                                                       -1,379,000 -1,720,000 -1,915,000 -1,881,000 -3,421,000 -2,198,000 -1,716,000 -1,650,000 -1,166,000 -1,505,000 -1,101,000 -1,236,000   
      income before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                               20,779,000   23,343,000   
      income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                               13,007,000   14,613,000   
      cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of 8,614 income tax benefit
                                                                                                     
      basic earnings per share:
                                                                                                     
      cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
                                                                                                     
      diluted earnings per share:
                                                                                                     
    Balance Sheets:
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    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-05-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-05-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-05-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-08-31 2006-05-31 2006-02-28 2005-11-30 2005-08-31 2005-05-31 2005-02-28 2004-11-30 2004-08-31 2004-05-31 2004-02-29 2003-11-30 2003-08-31 2003-05-31 2003-02-28 2002-11-30 2002-08-31 2002-05-31 2002-02-28 
                                                                                                       
        assets
                                                                                                       
        current assets:
                                                                                                       
        cash and cash equivalents
      5,861,312,000 8,336,402,000 2,603,047,000 2,611,662,000 2,896,024,000 2,538,416,000 2,941,940,000 2,097,159,000 2,167,616,000 2,088,887,000 1,941,777,000 1,919,591,000 2,001,671,000 1,997,566,000 1,993,840,000 1,933,309,000 2,045,277,000 1,979,308,000 2,347,732,000 1,799,549,000 2,082,414,000 1,945,868,000 2,220,822,000 1,825,625,000 1,800,061,000 1,678,273,000 2,127,616,000 1,047,727,000 1,277,633,000 1,210,878,000 990,604,000 1,099,529,000 1,005,823,000 1,335,855,000 1,186,050,000 1,080,576,000 1,261,845,000 995,816,000 977,776,000 1,044,728,000 825,500,000 988,457,000 803,309,000 650,739,000 610,148,000 644,469,000 595,884,000 581,872,000 1,013,560,000 1,096,833,000 725,887,000 680,470,000 682,960,000 998,261,000 841,331,000 781,275,000 735,733,000 770,860,000 723,952,000 1,354,285,000 1,329,065,000 663,660,000 578,213,000 769,946,000 589,620,000 1,090,847,000 1,072,349,000 426,935,000 387,593,000 356,234,000 287,721,000 456,060,000 388,467,000 363,397,000 270,544,000 308,872,000 292,059,000 249,247,000 168,578,000 218,475,000 213,143,000 131,696,000 35,454,000 48,979,000 58,202,000 31,267,000 23,319,000 34,472,000 85,890,000 79,753,000 96,120,000 38,010,000 29,368,000 34,980,000 17,340,000 19,194,000 17,470,000 
        accounts receivable
      1,415,671,000 784,174,000 878,198,000 864,429,000 1,112,308,000 1,081,740,000 1,150,840,000 1,134,292,000 1,054,193,000 1,120,078,000 1,077,944,000 1,159,266,000 1,067,174,000 998,332,000 998,231,000 989,172,000 972,961,000 946,247,000 904,142,000 878,431,000 824,822,000 794,172,000 822,033,000 788,697,000 799,798,000 895,232,000 868,133,000 394,603,000 381,608,000 348,400,000 321,664,000 317,222,000 288,101,000 301,887,000 296,366,000 283,640,000 264,042,000 266,245,000 286,645,000 281,612,000 172,848,000 202,931,000 207,949,000 202,390,000 170,895,000 197,053,000 206,641,000 214,574,000 174,993,000 195,788,000 188,633,000 189,435,000 166,271,000 183,256,000 179,875,000 182,962,000 156,038,000 162,643,000 177,352,000 166,540,000 137,653,000 149,366,000 150,777,000 131,817,000 121,839,000 131,690,000 125,676,000 122,831,000 105,242,000 109,739,000 138,884,000 100,179,000 83,209,000 83,823,000 88,336,000 76,168,000 70,404,000 74,524,000 76,157,000  59,892,000 62,237,000 66,986,000 54,932,000 48,739,000 53,423,000 53,470,000 47,414,000 47,932,000 45,386,000 41,673,000 44,929,000 42,645,000 41,665,000 48,019,000 43,576,000 46,673,000 
        settlement processing assets
      3,353,347,000 1,476,543,000 2,128,927,000 2,077,445,000 1,836,890,000 1,620,921,000 3,020,936,000 4,496,778,000 5,617,576,000 4,097,417,000 2,966,176,000 1,600,809,000 1,575,515,000 2,519,114,000 1,740,844,000 1,544,124,000 1,450,419,000 1,143,539,000 1,912,421,000 1,548,743,000 1,397,002,000 1,230,853,000 1,385,308,000 1,314,811,000 1,046,288,000 1,353,778,000 1,556,307,000 2,844,267,000 2,775,371,000 1,600,222,000 2,894,226,000 2,033,938,000 2,650,113,000 2,459,292,000 1,847,232,000 999,946,000 751,509,000 1,117,666,000 1,105,470,000 1,336,326,000 1,000,683,000 1,403,914,000 1,658,193,000 2,394,822,000 744,976,000 1,122,321,000 1,141,608,000 780,917,000 283,414,000 688,003,000 611,602,000 259,204,000 208,471,000 237,640,000 236,384,000 217,994,000 179,515,000 206,642,000 288,684,000 280,359,000 64,973,000 81,192,000 43,333,000 13,741,000 11,202,000 8,657,000 11,990,000 6,675,000 3,234,000 5,179,000 19,532,000 24,280,000 15,647,000 18,697,000 26,510,000 32,853,000 23,955,000 29,068,000 37,979,000 39,671,000 21,790,000 12,349,000 48,555,000 63,435,000              
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      1,043,895,000 802,018,000 411,895,000 405,279,000 893,338,000 795,593,000 787,366,000 822,103,000 830,548,000 760,926,000 787,551,000 832,254,000 787,409,000 660,321,000 626,697,000 684,393,000 683,753,000 641,891,000 628,042,000 673,154,000 574,592,000 621,467,000 540,487,000 422,208,000 423,523,000 439,165,000 440,512,000 261,082,000 235,139,000 216,708,000 207,496,000 208,255,000 213,841,000 206,545,000 220,649,000 147,396,000 113,823,000 186,464,000 206,964,000 181,848,000 58,497,000 52,707,000 58,231,000 36,904,000 49,027,000 40,072,000 43,380,000 45,673,000 46,948,000 61,677,000 49,852,000 66,685,000 70,564,000 49,184,000 39,679,000 33,646,000 37,737,000 34,558,000 33,103,000 35,291,000 23,038,000 21,767,000 21,266,000 39,604,000 21,732,000 20,267,000 25,393,000 28,437,000 23,132,000 24,726,000 25,968,000 27,597,000 29,549,000 29,350,000 26,734,000 14,241,000 19,430,000 14,179,000 20,713,000 14,959,000 8,987,000 10,642,000 10,937,000 12,775,000 13,557,000 13,594,000 12,605,000 12,245,000 11,138,000 11,666,000 4,476,000 4,042,000 3,961,000 5,134,000 4,328,000 3,292,000 4,809,000 
        current assets of discontinued operations
       1,203,534,000 1,184,860,000 888,730,000                                                                                              
        total current assets
      11,674,225,000 12,602,671,000 7,206,927,000 7,752,987,000 6,738,560,000 6,036,670,000 7,901,082,000 8,550,332,000 9,669,933,000 8,073,759,000 6,780,346,000 5,519,144,000 5,595,054,000 6,314,148,000 5,453,352,000 5,216,996,000 5,152,410,000 4,710,985,000 5,792,337,000 4,899,877,000 4,878,830,000 4,592,360,000 4,968,650,000 4,351,341,000 4,069,670,000 4,366,448,000 4,992,568,000 4,547,679,000 4,669,751,000 3,376,208,000 4,413,990,000 3,658,944,000 4,157,878,000 4,303,579,000 3,550,297,000 2,516,071,000 2,399,180,000 2,574,963,000 2,584,829,000 2,851,313,000 2,065,103,000 2,655,821,000 2,747,038,000 3,302,295,000 1,593,150,000 2,025,255,000 2,006,724,000 1,643,444,000 1,533,255,000 2,058,308,000 1,590,068,000 1,214,492,000 1,146,862,000 1,489,920,000 1,336,881,000 1,248,739,000 1,126,499,000 1,190,410,000 1,237,579,000 1,847,975,000 1,569,712,000 928,658,000 805,269,000 968,264,000 901,253,000 1,391,094,000 1,252,556,000 595,188,000 530,412,000 506,986,000 484,720,000 617,410,000 528,772,000 510,017,000 424,097,000 444,429,000 415,401,000 376,913,000 312,830,000 348,406,000 318,115,000 226,979,000 171,293,000 189,990,000 165,631,000 216,908,000 209,193,000 203,204,000 233,786,000 143,571,000 152,386,000 128,203,000 100,042,000 91,114,000 79,805,000 79,457,000 80,074,000 
        goodwill
      27,082,588,000 17,076,624,000 16,725,085,000 16,742,403,000 26,417,195,000 26,286,318,000 26,959,567,000 26,860,500,000 26,728,023,000 26,743,523,000 26,517,777,000 26,491,160,000 26,850,666,000 23,320,736,000 23,421,031,000 23,496,495,000 24,793,799,000 24,813,274,000 24,344,275,000 24,422,012,000 23,853,850,000 23,871,451,000 23,745,340,000 23,679,923,000 23,662,373,000 23,759,740,000 23,754,450,000 6,345,563,000 6,345,998,000 6,341,355,000 6,130,921,000 5,671,875,000 5,714,945,000 5,703,992,000 5,616,414,000 4,890,016,000 4,859,387,000 4,823,756,000 4,849,015,000 4,829,405,000 1,556,904,000 1,577,455,000 1,603,593,000 1,491,833,000 1,422,900,000 1,483,615,000 1,324,374,000 1,337,285,000 1,064,868,000 1,063,310,000 1,047,578,000 1,044,222,000 1,051,614,000 1,059,520,000 740,891,000 724,687,000 760,972,000 741,081,000 775,505,000 779,637,000 765,714,000 590,911,000 582,252,000 569,090,000 577,218,000 599,872,000 626,212,000 625,120,000 535,988,000 696,246,000 762,493,000 497,136,000 472,543,000 471,923,000 454,459,000 451,244,000 442,403,000 443,917,000 434,198,000 387,280,000 382,475,000 379,225,000 377,683,000 372,744,000 372,399,000 359,354,000 346,570,000 342,012,000 327,401,000 310,247,000 161,216,000 161,216,000 152,511,000 152,511,000 151,712,000 151,712,000 156,970,000 
        other intangible assets
      20,175,777,000 4,231,227,000 4,286,117,000 4,380,462,000 8,668,020,000 8,931,943,000 9,318,535,000 9,607,299,000 9,797,023,000 10,168,046,000 10,259,055,000 10,741,990,000 10,587,887,000 9,658,374,000 9,907,884,000 10,272,685,000 11,292,243,000 11,633,709,000 11,529,826,000 11,815,103,000 11,698,884,000 12,015,883,000 12,251,680,000 12,538,621,000 12,814,791,000 13,154,655,000 13,184,391,000 2,308,333,000 2,405,333,000 2,488,618,000 2,278,968,000 1,997,367,000 2,096,261,000 2,181,707,000 2,328,709,000 1,927,167,000 1,997,420,000 2,115,842,000 2,211,954,000 2,264,708,000 645,541,000 665,667,000 686,852,000 560,136,000 516,083,000 542,992,000 511,265,000 535,173,000 364,513,000 379,350,000 387,234,000 400,848,000 412,995,000 416,170,000  290,188,000    341,500,000    205,110,000    258,094,000    175,636,000    175,620,000    167,182,000    175,006,000 179,452,000 184,415,000 181,661,000 182,658,000 187,769,000 182,215,000 135,021,000 137,898,000 133,006,000 135,711,000 138,594,000 141,308,000 164,065,000 
        property and equipment
      2,012,243,000 1,501,763,000 1,440,437,000 1,414,244,000 2,352,656,000 2,277,593,000 2,334,574,000 2,309,347,000 2,200,366,000 2,190,005,000 2,118,014,000 2,084,209,000 2,023,463,000 1,838,809,000 1,759,235,000 1,689,292,000 1,716,257,000 1,687,586,000 1,667,287,000 1,642,283,000 1,580,743,000 1,578,532,000 1,526,178,000 1,477,635,000 1,441,910,000 1,382,802,000 1,423,271,000 712,396,000 674,199,000 653,542,000 640,976,000 615,803,000 599,774,000 588,348,000 577,188,000 537,879,000 551,951,000 520,714,000 512,079,000 493,678,000 366,445,000 367,541,000 368,795,000 374,143,000 355,885,000 362,809,000 363,415,000 369,753,000 364,725,000 357,880,000 355,370,000 348,064,000 341,573,000 338,195,000 324,005,000 305,848,000 288,428,000 258,041,000 255,664,000 256,301,000 244,349,000 219,944,000 202,928,000 183,938,000 178,549,000 174,692,000 182,184,000 176,226,000 141,412,000 145,664,000 153,533,000 141,415,000 134,695,000 134,221,000 122,588,000 118,495,000 113,471,000 112,712,000 109,396,000 107,977,000 102,730,000 102,915,000 109,048,000 104,173,000 107,549,000 99,147,000 99,513,000 97,482,000 92,400,000 62,681,000 50,271,000 51,785,000 50,455,000 53,023,000 53,853,000 53,643,000 52,777,000 
        deferred income taxes
      340,769,000 171,430,000 96,046,000 97,479,000 105,694,000 106,083,000 80,714,000 80,053,000 80,241,000 111,712,000 76,384,000 112,087,000 58,321,000 37,907,000 25,657,000 30,564,000 22,754,000 12,117,000 8,480,000 8,094,000 8,120,000 7,627,000 6,822,000 6,220,000 6,778,000 6,292,000 12,477,000 6,950,000 7,288,000 8,128,000 9,237,000 10,049,000 11,420,000 13,146,000 16,736,000 16,388,000 15,838,000 20,419,000 20,921,000 22,719,000 24,549,000 26,252,000 12,179,000 11,664,000 11,933,000 12,761,000 12,793,000 12,963,000 6,282,000 6,459,000 6,317,000 6,485,000 6,350,000 6,464,000 25,691,000 21,969,000 3,943,000 2,893,000 2,935,000 2,946,000 4,288,000 4,027,000 4,028,000 2,752,000 2,607,000 2,591,000 2,984,000 3,789,000 4,287,000 4,261,000 4,187,000 4,119,000 4,464,000 4,496,000 4,557,000 5,216,000 3,620,000 3,620,000 3,622,000 3,622,000 6,605,000 6,424,000 6,026,000 6,307,000 7,242,000 10,583,000 10,028,000 10,028,000 4,735,000 4,735,000 5,096,000 5,096,000 6,289,000 6,289,000 6,289,000 6,289,000 5,118,000 
        notes receivable
      829,403,000 816,810,000 804,351,000 804,480,000 788,075,000 772,297,000 756,620,000 741,478,000 731,429,000 713,123,000 692,188,000 724,644,000                                                                                      
        other noncurrent assets
      2,139,836,000 1,868,788,000 1,894,772,000 1,862,917,000 2,545,906,000 2,479,351,000 2,634,753,000 2,603,149,000 2,567,735,000 2,569,691,000 2,480,815,000 2,477,617,000 2,464,604,000 2,343,241,000 2,332,784,000 2,382,381,000 2,457,797,000 2,422,042,000 2,412,270,000 2,362,304,000 2,237,301,000 2,135,692,000 2,051,112,000 1,947,737,000 1,854,076,000 1,810,225,000 1,844,890,000 663,151,000 647,052,000 362,923,000 365,144,000 345,839,000 323,019,000 207,297,000 192,205,000 149,260,000    48,129,000                                                          
        noncurrent assets of discontinued operations
       15,069,171,000 15,508,684,000 15,463,538,000                                                                                              
        total assets
      64,254,841,000 53,338,484,000 47,962,419,000 48,518,510,000 47,616,106,000 46,890,255,000 49,985,845,000 50,752,158,000 51,774,750,000 50,570,186,000 48,924,605,000 48,150,880,000 48,638,644,000 44,809,014,000 43,938,749,000 44,175,824,000 45,435,260,000 45,279,713,000 45,754,475,000 45,149,673,000 44,257,728,000 44,201,545,000 44,549,782,000 44,001,477,000 43,849,598,000 44,480,162,000 45,212,047,000 14,584,072,000 14,749,621,000 13,230,774,000 13,839,236,000 12,299,877,000 12,903,297,000 12,998,069,000 12,281,549,000 10,036,781,000 9,959,716,000 10,113,114,000 10,237,780,000 10,509,952,000 4,699,101,000 5,328,101,000 5,472,918,000 5,793,548,000 4,018,320,000 4,541,587,000 4,339,356,000 4,018,650,000 3,455,715,000 3,981,564,000 3,499,490,000 3,125,056,000 3,076,224,000 3,428,721,000 2,805,492,000 2,688,143,000 2,616,971,000 2,614,339,000 2,715,158,000 3,350,531,000 3,052,418,000 2,056,590,000 1,908,745,000 2,039,326,000 1,979,668,000 2,509,848,000 2,430,928,000 1,676,821,000 1,444,596,000 1,613,430,000 1,699,758,000 1,445,907,000 1,325,769,000 1,302,749,000 1,185,378,000 1,200,629,000 1,158,951,000 1,120,848,000 1,051,020,000 1,018,678,000 981,986,000 890,136,000 841,645,000 853,505,000 831,153,000 865,951,000 843,521,000 832,895,000 851,875,000 711,438,000 504,023,000 484,234,000 441,492,000 437,758,000 429,253,000 431,418,000 459,275,000 
        liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity
                                                                                                       
        current liabilities:
                                                                                                       
        settlement lines of credit
      1,010,304,000 345,007,000 973,247,000 627,900,000 727,975,000 503,407,000 788,052,000 1,010,032,000 1,095,901,000 981,244,000 710,401,000 528,990,000 482,339,000 747,111,000 440,950,000 469,540,000 497,345,000 484,202,000 588,347,000 487,538,000 459,360,000 358,698,000 439,371,000 439,474,000 375,182,000 463,237,000 547,624,000 736,209,000 641,906,000 700,486,000 685,878,000 547,341,000 447,617,000 635,166,000 487,513,000 318,284,000 276,403,000 467,293,000 332,078,000 378,436,000                                                          
        current portion of long-term debt
      1,582,335,000 1,920,792,000 1,903,388,000 1,868,295,000 1,180,408,000 1,075,708,000 1,552,863,000 1,565,024,000 1,579,357,000 620,585,000 80,098,000 75,681,000 1,185,365,000 1,169,330,000 1,157,811,000 1,279,743,000 120,226,000 78,505,000 39,148,000 52,611,000 64,530,000 827,357,000 831,500,000 833,334,000 70,551,000 35,137,000 33,373,000 151,062,000 133,019,000 115,075,000 92,689,000 74,717,000 107,479,000 100,308,000 93,408,000 86,510,000 179,004,000 177,759,000 182,012,000 135,542,000 86,402,000   62,500,000 62,500,000 46,875,000 31,250,000 17,677,000 2,351,000 72,351,000 72,228,000 72,335,000 72,332,000 102,425,000 47,541,000 76,420,000 82,505,000 87,962,000 93,904,000 85,802,000 79,771,000                                     
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      3,729,351,000 2,660,136,000 2,452,553,000 2,184,784,000 2,925,073,000 3,079,924,000 2,730,189,000 2,680,738,000 2,630,789,000 2,823,638,000 2,570,489,000 2,710,458,000 2,514,616,000 2,442,560,000 2,207,551,000 2,338,867,000 2,550,112,000 2,542,256,000 2,387,972,000 2,184,201,000 2,096,637,000 2,061,384,000 1,696,048,000 1,606,028,000 1,636,823,000 1,822,166,000 1,849,424,000 1,117,938,000 1,161,421,000 1,176,703,000 1,065,435,000 1,027,934,000 1,039,379,000 1,039,607,000 992,363,000 823,236,000 824,319,000 681,356,000 702,277,000 696,414,000 285,572,000 309,117,000 303,497,000 312,647,000 284,472,000 303,008,000 248,639,000 290,106,000 243,212,000 235,361,000 224,100,000 262,890,000 227,367,000 244,499,000 300,270,000 316,313,000 213,613,000 206,420,000 217,978,000 241,578,000 200,179,000 177,879,000 180,059,000 173,575,000 176,423,000 169,417,000 165,690,000 167,700,000 143,011,000 138,401,000 142,167,000 138,243,000 117,418,000 117,425,000 115,756,000 115,671,000 107,040,000 109,719,000 89,646,000 99,383,000 85,312,000 79,857,000 75,824,000 87,537,000 79,946,000 74,662,000 75,774,000 79,773,000 72,458,000 72,135,000 57,842,000 58,781,000 56,063,000 70,639,000 60,412,000 63,162,000 52,420,000 
        settlement processing obligations
      5,792,784,000 1,720,608,000 2,266,673,000 2,691,637,000 2,307,400,000 1,593,675,000 3,457,773,000 4,073,557,000 5,209,972,000 3,698,921,000 2,860,373,000 1,802,361,000 1,799,999,000 2,413,799,000 1,795,140,000 1,799,689,000 1,699,491,000 1,358,051,000 2,018,840,000 1,655,278,000 1,495,638,000 1,301,652,000 1,448,335,000 1,350,507,000 953,723,000 1,258,806,000 1,852,731,000 2,478,373,000 2,579,876,000 1,276,356,000 2,423,069,000 1,714,375,000 2,314,444,000 2,040,509,000 1,550,627,000 870,434,000 813,136,000 883,447,000 1,015,805,000 1,220,315,000 1,160,951,000 1,256,458,000 1,699,353,000 2,033,900,000 426,368,000 781,262,000 634,061,000 451,317,000 171,563,000 798,671,000 400,887,000 162,558,000 201,190,000 228,711,000 228,771,000 216,878,000 221,247,000 270,290,000 162,116,000 838,565,000 765,020,000 94,887,000 105,686,000 265,110,000 170,737,000 732,023,000 723,812,000 106,934,000 70,020,000 76,702,000 48,344,000 56,731,000 33,643,000 61,726,000 14,572,000 20,617,000 47,472,000 39,382,000 29,406,000 37,942,000 72,087,000 38,684,000 27,980,000 27,394,000              
        income taxes payable
      2,632,200,000                                        25,286,000 16,892,000 30,711,000 14,228,000 22,560,000 14,267,000 13,390,000 12,390,000 8,821,000 20,114,000 19,118,000 18,870,000 5,787,000 7,436,000 18,110,000 12,283,000 19,289,000 17,076,000 17,317,000 7,674,000 3,987,000 9,244,000 233,000 6,430,000 12,291,000 8,171,000 24,378,000 9,633,000 13,736,000 13,671,000 30,314,000 11,975,000 9,277,000 2,501,000 3,665,000  4,217,000 4,392,000 7,003,000 5,223,000  5,820,000 15,541,000 530,000  9,816,000 11,772,000  6,862,000 6,720,000 9,293,000 2,624,000 9,586,000 3,327,000    
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
       810,301,000 837,144,000 518,845,000                                                                                              
        total current liabilities
      14,746,974,000 7,456,844,000 8,433,005,000 8,183,375,000 7,140,856,000 6,252,714,000 8,528,877,000 9,329,351,000 10,516,019,000 8,125,729,000 6,222,713,000 5,118,432,000 6,083,410,000 6,898,691,000 5,676,685,000 5,981,805,000 4,867,174,000 4,463,014,000 5,034,307,000 4,379,628,000 4,116,165,000 4,549,091,000 4,415,254,000 4,229,343,000 3,036,279,000 3,579,346,000 4,283,152,000 4,483,582,000 4,516,222,000 3,268,620,000 4,267,071,000 3,364,367,000 3,908,919,000 3,815,590,000 3,123,911,000 2,098,464,000 2,092,862,000 2,209,855,000 2,232,172,000 2,430,707,000 1,748,132,000 2,267,645,000 2,390,236,000 3,015,904,000 1,242,700,000 1,676,133,000 1,579,497,000 1,211,618,000 688,002,000 1,573,005,000 1,044,820,000 704,114,000 673,828,000 1,037,470,000 1,045,946,000 837,285,000 752,370,000 807,424,000 802,387,000 1,444,364,000 1,237,918,000 605,985,000 508,011,000 672,471,000 542,678,000 1,052,009,000 1,029,773,000 336,177,000 264,707,000 272,592,000 270,362,000 217,752,000 169,058,000 189,124,000 142,070,000 142,877,000 165,008,000 160,032,000 132,329,000 149,655,000 166,014,000 130,890,000 126,785,000 182,803,000 179,237,000 249,443,000 275,361,000 286,072,000 324,182,000 226,426,000 68,335,000 62,861,000 67,432,000 76,934,000 81,265,000 97,005,000 110,388,000 
        long-term debt
      20,984,465,000 19,541,512,000 13,322,847,000 14,150,983,000 15,014,421,000 15,164,659,000 15,215,847,000 15,611,948,000 15,565,705,000 15,692,297,000 16,570,841,000 16,975,360,000 16,534,074,000 12,289,248,000 12,289,826,000 10,883,721,000 11,723,798,000 11,414,809,000 10,709,791,000 10,216,979,000 9,627,052,000 8,466,407,000 8,436,962,000 8,440,267,000 9,636,076,000 9,090,364,000 8,987,704,000 5,000,585,000 5,170,377,000 5,015,168,000 4,707,510,000 4,255,142,000 4,176,851,000 4,559,408,000 4,677,910,000 4,175,411,000 4,221,258,000 4,316,391,000 4,289,666,000 4,379,744,000 1,787,675,000 1,915,803,000 1,932,028,000 1,680,000,000 1,546,000,000 1,554,125,000 1,388,750,000 1,376,002,000 1,252,056,000 922,545,000 1,000,383,000 891,134,000 883,462,000 777,988,000 285,464,000 236,565,000 177,846,000 203,222,000 285,766,000 268,217,000 301,319,000                                     
        other noncurrent liabilities
      1,114,971,000 522,121,000 555,865,000 577,449,000 666,070,000 623,319,000 672,902,000 639,179,000 643,996,000 722,540,000 672,753,000 693,518,000 699,410,000 647,975,000 655,132,000 703,005,000 723,503,000 739,046,000 824,679,000 829,250,000 776,919,000 750,613,000 767,704,000 726,736,000 632,401,000 609,822,000 632,746,000 368,659,000 351,392,000 175,618,000 172,730,000 220,493,000 225,267,000 220,961,000 152,127,000 140,960,000 132,397,000 89,773,000 86,707,000 77,235,000 15,190,000 15,924,000 16,667,000 19,422,000                                                      
        noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
       433,022,000 462,437,000 482,804,000                                                                                              
        total liabilities
      39,580,260,000 29,559,003,000 24,464,582,000 25,096,921,000 24,591,533,000 23,873,688,000 26,366,236,000 27,591,106,000 28,788,605,000 26,782,671,000 25,766,652,000 25,235,421,000 25,755,815,000 22,268,804,000 21,065,794,000 20,199,297,000 20,040,455,000 19,410,296,000 19,400,126,000 18,299,533,000 17,415,537,000 16,714,501,000 16,585,940,000 16,368,488,000 16,329,165,000 16,425,173,000 17,256,329,000 10,408,956,000 10,607,160,000 9,044,431,000 9,663,668,000 8,283,876,000 8,763,507,000 9,032,838,000 8,586,596,000 7,032,143,000 7,083,425,000 7,311,277,000 7,332,568,000 7,632,548,000 3,746,351,000 4,402,002,000 4,555,775,000 4,929,995,000 3,076,692,000 3,519,351,000 3,268,843,000 2,885,851,000 2,192,006,000 2,749,880,000 2,294,801,000 1,838,449,000 1,790,986,000 2,053,920,000 1,522,472,000 1,242,800,000 1,107,767,000 1,180,591,000 1,262,987,000 1,878,856,000 1,686,510,000 942,846,000 871,434,000 1,065,137,000 935,435,000 1,481,224,000 1,503,628,000 599,201,000 496,100,000 511,679,000 530,894,000 304,365,000 251,489,000 283,310,000 227,149,000 227,920,000 240,349,000 238,768,000 214,810,000 235,459,000 251,573,000 211,249,000 206,645,000 258,815,000 259,390,000 322,746,000 341,533,000 360,343,000 391,661,000 279,262,000 99,801,000 94,567,000 79,700,000 89,201,000 93,629,000 109,889,000 129,844,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                                       
        redeemable noncontrolling interests
      211,073,000 201,003,000 181,240,000 171,831,000 166,791,000 160,623,000 156,630,000 147,400,000 143,069,000 507,965,000 473,132,000 499,479,000 556,070,000                                                     96,613,000                                
        equity:
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock, no par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized and none issued
                                                                                                       
        common stock
                                                                                                       
        paid-in capital
      19,919,419,000 17,078,652,000 17,032,946,000 17,496,438,000 17,678,643,000 18,118,942,000 18,810,835,000 18,761,494,000 18,806,396,000 19,800,953,000 19,751,734,000 19,686,035,000 19,839,506,000 19,978,095,000 20,717,133,000 21,800,574,000 22,338,086,000 22,880,261,000 23,544,800,000 24,201,763,000 24,403,323,000 24,963,769,000 25,620,599,000 25,570,582,000 25,525,184,000 25,833,307,000 25,904,804,000 2,126,065,000 2,151,623,000 2,235,167,000 2,250,828,000 2,254,783,000 2,390,022,000 2,379,774,000 2,376,331,000 1,838,889,000 1,826,166,000 1,818,487,000 1,913,164,000 1,976,715,000 136,405,000 132,401,000 138,212,000 148,742,000 147,344,000 144,419,000 139,141,000 183,023,000 195,308,000 188,281,000 166,848,000 202,396,000 207,666,000 257,554,000 258,084,000 358,728,000 354,191,000 342,914,000 350,493,000 502,993,000 484,757,000 469,372,000 462,874,000 460,747,000 442,362,000 434,728,000 414,892,000 405,241,000 402,077,000 396,064,000 387,918,000 380,741,000 374,425,000 368,841,000 369,405,000 430,166,000 422,014,000 413,359,000 399,597,000 389,366,000 382,673,000 363,428,000 349,115,000 347,431,000 341,439,000 328,621,000 319,951,000 314,353,000 304,136,000 301,462,000 288,270,000 286,786,000 283,988,000 282,768,000 281,775,000 280,000,000  
        retained earnings
      4,068,198,000 5,936,322,000 5,777,855,000 5,200,609,000 5,019,346,000 4,774,736,000 4,269,896,000 4,018,207,000 3,706,873,000 3,457,182,000 3,160,705,000 2,863,852,000 2,654,589,000 2,731,380,000 2,547,947,000 2,326,259,000 3,068,683,000 2,982,122,000 2,845,192,000 2,664,707,000 2,500,812,000 2,570,874,000 2,476,962,000 2,314,423,000 2,335,407,000 2,333,011,000 2,297,897,000 2,204,445,000 2,111,798,000 2,066,415,000 1,994,003,000 1,819,213,000 1,738,545,000 1,597,897,000 1,357,526,000 1,255,552,000 1,192,519,000 1,146,844,000 1,099,026,000 1,015,811,000 981,013,000 917,989,000 861,212,000 795,226,000 861,955,000 852,972,000 822,461,000 815,980,000 940,545,000 896,597,000 917,550,000 958,751,000 946,195,000 957,978,000 889,370,000 843,456,000 842,487,000 790,532,000 736,868,000 715,202,000 675,182,000 636,594,000 592,439,000 544,772,000 513,068,000 467,476,000 404,934,000 652,675,000 616,725,000 725,099,000 677,806,000 621,875,000 582,657,000 544,193,000 507,451,000 466,417,000 434,856,000 402,173,000 369,782,000 329,874,000 297,408,000 268,888,000 239,858,000 210,686,000 188,752,000 168,686,000 146,656,000 123,995,000 110,276,000 95,286,000 81,920,000 67,582,000 56,060,000 45,443,000 33,338,000 20,200,000 32,623,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -195,254,000 -126,207,000 -142,713,000 -103,972,000 -449,646,000 -612,992,000 -269,338,000 -392,287,000 -297,438,000 -258,925,000 -470,938,000 -378,401,000 -410,817,000 -405,969,000 -604,501,000 -371,178,000 -247,205,000 -234,182,000 -242,965,000 -172,707,000 -212,373,000 -202,273,000 -351,904,000 -459,146,000 -539,780,000 -310,571,000 -428,067,000 -339,906,000 -312,608,000 -310,175,000 -270,545,000 -243,629,000 -176,961,000 -183,144,000 -202,508,000 -243,459,000 -287,806,000 -309,717,000 -265,511,000 -246,050,000 -277,301,000 -245,234,000 -212,727,000 -185,992,000 -184,226,000 -102,726,000 -19,351,000 -1,776,000 -5,745,000  -17,376,000 -15,062,000 -6,774,000         -4,457,000 -20,413,000 -44,255,000 -20,438,000                         18,137,000 11,902,000  -997,000 -2,537,000    
        total global payments shareholders’ equity
      23,792,363,000 22,888,767,000 22,668,088,000 22,593,075,000 22,248,343,000 22,280,686,000 22,811,393,000 22,387,414,000 22,215,831,000 22,999,210,000 22,441,501,000 22,171,486,000 22,083,278,000 22,303,506,000 22,660,579,000 23,755,655,000 25,159,564,000 25,628,201,000 26,147,027,000 26,693,763,000 26,691,762,000 27,332,370,000 27,745,657,000 27,425,859,000 27,320,811,000 27,855,747,000 27,774,634,000 3,990,604,000 3,950,813,000 3,991,407,000 3,974,286,000 3,830,367,000 3,951,606,000 3,794,527,000 3,531,349,000 2,850,982,000 2,730,879,000 2,655,614,000 2,746,679,000 2,746,476,000 840,117,000 805,156,000 786,697,000 757,976,000 825,073,000 894,665,000 942,251,000 997,227,000 1,130,108,000 1,087,113,000 1,067,022,000 1,146,085,000 1,147,087,000 1,233,964,000 1,148,952,000 1,172,184,000 1,229,977,000 1,146,355,000 1,157,711,000 1,184,535,000 1,096,242,000 988,529,000 921,920,000 861,264,000 934,992,000 921,407,000 819,835,000                               
        nonredeemable noncontrolling interests
      671,145,000 689,711,000 648,509,000 656,683,000 609,439,000 575,258,000 651,586,000 626,238,000 627,245,000 280,340,000 243,320,000 244,494,000 243,481,000                                                                                     
        total equity
      24,463,508,000 23,578,478,000 23,316,597,000 23,249,758,000 22,857,782,000 22,855,944,000 23,462,979,000 23,013,652,000 22,843,076,000 23,279,550,000 22,684,821,000 22,415,980,000 22,326,759,000 22,540,210,000 22,872,955,000 23,976,527,000 25,394,805,000 25,869,417,000 26,354,349,000 26,850,140,000 26,842,191,000 27,487,044,000 27,963,842,000 27,632,989,000 27,520,433,000 28,054,989,000 27,955,718,000 4,175,116,000 4,142,461,000 4,186,343,000 4,175,568,000 4,016,001,000 4,139,790,000 3,965,231,000 3,694,953,000 3,004,638,000 2,876,291,000 2,801,837,000 2,905,212,000 2,877,404,000 952,750,000 926,099,000 917,143,000 863,553,000 941,628,000 1,022,236,000 1,070,513,000 1,132,799,000 1,263,709,000 1,231,684,000 1,204,689,000 1,286,607,000 1,285,238,000 1,374,801,000 1,283,020,000 1,300,921,000 1,367,307,000 1,293,814,000 1,313,734,000 1,337,817,000 1,239,349,000 998,465,000 932,157,000 871,517,000                                  
        total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity
      64,254,841,000 53,338,484,000 47,962,419,000 48,518,510,000 47,616,106,000 46,890,255,000 49,985,845,000 50,752,158,000 51,774,750,000 50,570,186,000 48,924,605,000 48,150,880,000 48,638,644,000                                                                                     
        liabilities and equity
                                                                                                       
        assets held for sale
         905,442,000                                                                                              
        liabilities held for sale
         291,914,000                                                                                              
        current assets held for sale
               6,451,000 6,898,000 7,224,000 163,285,000 138,815,000 93,740,000 65,998,000                                                                                  
        noncurrent assets held for sale
               327,000 26,000 29,000 1,058,649,000 1,295,799,000 1,038,806,000 1,087,411,000                                                                                  
        current liabilities held for sale
               1,341,000 1,352,000 942,000 101,091,000 125,891,000 75,233,000 93,966,000                                                                                  
        noncurrent liabilities held for sale
                152,000 164,000 4,691,000 4,478,000 4,494,000 4,670,000                                                                                  
        noncontrolling interests
                   236,704,000 212,376,000 220,872,000 235,241,000 241,216,000 207,322,000 156,377,000 150,429,000 154,674,000 218,185,000 207,130,000 199,622,000 199,242,000 181,084,000 184,512,000 191,648,000 194,936,000 201,282,000 185,634,000 188,184,000 170,704,000 163,604,000 153,656,000 145,412,000 146,223,000 158,533,000 130,928,000 112,633,000 120,943,000 130,446,000 105,577,000 116,555,000 127,571,000 128,262,000 135,572,000 133,601,000                                                 
        total liabilities and equity
                   44,809,014,000 43,938,749,000 44,175,824,000 45,435,260,000 45,279,713,000 45,754,475,000 45,149,673,000 44,257,728,000 44,201,545,000 44,549,782,000 44,001,477,000 43,849,598,000 44,480,162,000 45,212,047,000 14,584,072,000 14,749,621,000 13,230,774,000 13,839,236,000 12,299,877,000 12,903,297,000 12,998,069,000 12,281,549,000 10,036,781,000 9,959,716,000 10,113,114,000 10,237,780,000 10,509,952,000 4,699,101,000 5,328,101,000 5,472,918,000 5,793,548,000 4,018,320,000 4,541,587,000 4,339,356,000 4,018,650,000 3,455,715,000 3,981,564,000 3,499,490,000 3,125,056,000 3,076,224,000 3,428,721,000 2,805,492,000 2,688,143,000 2,616,971,000 2,614,339,000 2,715,158,000 3,350,531,000 3,052,418,000 2,056,590,000 1,908,745,000                                   
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 6,616 and 5,786, respectively
                                         4,513,000                                                              
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 5,740 and 5,786, respectively
                                          7,961,000                                                             
        other
                                          135,940,000 57,420,000 58,982,000  40,559,000 35,365,000 36,265,000 34,563,000 36,753,000 31,755,000 32,765,000 31,067,000 25,172,000 22,384,000 22,594,000 22,252,000 29,554,000 26,950,000 22,532,000 21,446,000 23,644,000 28,619,000 20,403,000 20,978,000 23,752,000 22,310,000 21,550,000 22,454,000 22,489,000 23,246,000 25,295,000 22,193,000 11,560,000 12,535,000 13,422,000 14,310,000 13,204,000 10,593,000 11,021,000 10,841,000 13,115,000 7,934,000 12,362,000 7,833,000 10,591,000 10,598,000 10,766,000 11,592,000 6,122,000 6,127,000 6,584,000 7,539,000 10,519,000 12,724,000 5,129,000 5,132,000 5,478,000 5,399,000 5,289,000 5,298,000 5,389,000 
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 4,771 and 4,868, respectively
                                           8,772,000                                                            
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 5,106 and 4,868, respectively
                                            7,974,000                                                           
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 4,868 and 2,684, respectively
                                             6,799,000                                                          
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 3,902 and 2,684, respectively
                                              7,575,000                                                         
        lines of credit
                                              189,921,000 685,178,000 356,675,000 592,629,000 446,800,000 530,721,000 652,157,000 440,128,000 262,055,000 446,508,000 328,487,000 187,461,000 167,152,000 212,399,000 209,254,000 215,391,000 215,716,000 225,676,000 311,072,000 270,745,000 188,961,000 180,881,000 84,135,000 79,187,000 10,513,000 9,823,000 12,122,000 10,174,000 4,110,000 6,574,000 10,633,000 1,527,000 1,126,000 679,000 133,000    49,000                   
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 9,091 and 2,684, respectively
                                               7,812,000                                                        
        claims receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 5,933 and 548, respectively
                                                7,177,000                                                       
        claims receivable
                                                 548,000 584,000 577,000 758,000 809,000 743,000 662,000                                                
        inventory
                                                 5,228,000 5,587,000 8,002,000 5,660,000 6,636,000 7,315,000 8,886,000 6,677,000 11,057,000 11,349,000 14,147,000 12,839,000 9,864,000 12,380,000 11,790,000 10,454,000 7,640,000 9,834,000 7,737,000                      2,625,000 2,736,000 3,272,000 3,250,000 3,051,000 3,823,000 1,380,000 1,066,000 1,348,000 1,918,000 2,298,000 2,644,000 2,611,000 2,838,000 
        other long-term liabilities
                                                  86,255,000 88,245,000 90,655,000 89,132,000 86,251,000 81,342,000 76,025,000 72,478,000 71,307,000 71,097,000 66,966,000 62,306,000 56,803,000 54,788,000 52,701,000 49,843,000 45,571,000 38,825,000 35,317,000 31,436,000 26,326,000 25,125,000 22,837,000 19,009,000 11,600,000 12,001,000 14,752,000 11,612,000 10,167,000 17,735,000 15,708,000 14,275,000 15,966,000 15,949,000 16,807,000 17,013,000 15,903,000 16,256,000 16,356,000 16,395,000 17,197,000 16,596,000 15,868,000 14,520,000 9,283,000 9,433,000 9,157,000 9,111,000 6,944,000 6,676,000 6,437,000 6,385,000 6,923,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                       2,235,000    18,432,000 1,498,000 -30,000,000 33,299,000 12,909,000 70,350,000 79,320,000 49,283,000     19,203,000 9,000 -10,901,000 -103,736,000 -54,622,000 60,937,000 124,202,000 101,069,000 90,722,000 66,761,000 61,193,000 45,814,000 50,777,000 51,511,000 52,836,000 39,721,000 35,009,000 32,620,000 21,795,000 27,297,000 31,355,000 20,966,000 14,558,000 18,279,000   13,023,000   -2,628,000 -2,474,000  
        noncontrolling interest
                                                       144,571,000  140,522,000 138,151,000 140,837,000 134,068,000 128,737,000 137,330,000 147,459,000 156,023,000 153,282,000 143,107,000 9,936,000 10,237,000 10,253,000 10,203,000 10,604,000 10,852,000                               
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,248 and 3,144, respectively
                                                        1,100,000                                               
        non-controlling interest
                                                        137,667,000                                               
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,144 and 3,435, respectively
                                                         1,156,000                                              
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                             144,422,000 141,897,000 139,934,000 138,437,000 133,858,000 126,559,000 115,279,000 105,154,000 102,672,000 99,038,000  96,613,000                               
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,438 and 3,435, respectively
                                                          897,000                                             
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,876 and 3,435, respectively
                                                           968,000                                            
        commitment to purchase redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                           242,000,000 242,000,000                                           
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,784 and 3,435, respectively
                                                            1,082,000                                           
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 251,829 and 235,296, respectively
                                                            284,625,000                                           
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,435 and 3,870, respectively
                                                             1,029,000                                          
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,417 and 3,870, respectively
                                                              1,153,000                                         
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 230,173 and 197,066, respectively
                                                              318,843,000                                         
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,169 and 3,870, respectively
                                                               1,024,000                                        
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 214,435 and 197,066, respectively
                                                               299,680,000                                        
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,847 and 3,870, respectively
                                                                1,099,000                                       
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 208,672 and 197,066, respectively
                                                                326,994,000                                       
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 3,870 and 4,208, respectively
                                                                 914,000                                      
        treasury stock
                                                                 -112,980,000 -112,980,000 -112,980,000 -112,980,000 -100,000,000                                  
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,196 and 4,208, respectively
                                                                  861,000                                     
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 181,472 and 145,076, respectively
                                                                  347,639,000                                     
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,308 and 4,208, respectively
                                                                   909,000                                    
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 164,171 and 145,076, respectively
                                                                   198,687,000                                    
        notes payable—current portion
                                                                   143,094,000  148,169,000   95,893,000 29,393,000                              
        notes payable
                                                                   202,610,000 238,248,000 272,965,000 307,298,000 341,978,000 374,366,000 167,610,000              157,000 759,000 1,347,000    10,886,000 11,994,000 114,229,000        
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,618 and 4,208, respectively
                                                                    921,000                                   
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 887 and 908, respectively
                                                                    6,731,000                                   
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 153,820 and 145,076, respectively
                                                                    202,908,000                                   
        notes payable - current portion
                                                                    137,898,000                                   
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,208 and 4,026, respectively
                                                                     664,000                                  
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 908 and 653, respectively
                                                                     9,740,000                                  
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                                                       
        payables to money transfer beneficiaries
                                                                        7,878,000 12,343,000 8,830,000 12,244,000 13,904,000 9,276,000 7,594,000 6,793,000 7,944,000 6,589,000 6,279,000 6,337,000 5,828,000 6,361,000 7,488,000 4,898,000 4,128,000 5,694,000              
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                                                       
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                     2,039,326,000 1,979,668,000 2,509,848,000 2,430,928,000 1,676,821,000 1,444,596,000 1,613,430,000 1,699,758,000 1,445,907,000 1,325,769,000 1,302,749,000 1,185,378,000 1,200,629,000 1,158,951,000 1,120,848,000 1,051,020,000 1,018,678,000 981,986,000 890,136,000 841,645,000 853,505,000 831,153,000 865,951,000 843,521,000 832,895,000 851,875,000 711,438,000 504,023,000 484,234,000 441,492,000 437,758,000 429,253,000 431,418,000  
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,070 and 4,026, respectively
                                                                      809,000                                 
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 795 and 653, respectively
                                                                      12,146,000                                 
        assets of discontinued operations
                                                                      141,298,000 123,351,000                                
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 138,472 and 189,560, respectively
                                                                      210,309,000                                 
        notes payable – current portion
                                                                      139,976,000 109,138,000                                
        liabilities of discontinued operations
                                                                      32,738,000 23,437,000                                
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                                      945,195,000 932,011,000 830,687,000 1,047,015,000 915,066,000 1,066,541,000 1,126,661,000 1,126,818,000 1,058,151,000 1,003,756,000 943,617,000 957,776,000 902,684,000 866,309,000 820,890,000 770,223,000 717,457,000 665,373,000 619,320,000 578,350,000 555,368,000 526,066,000 484,506,000 449,422,000 428,321,000 409,860,000 381,293,000 366,426,000 338,049,000 324,355,000 310,827,000 296,288,000  
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,150 and 4,026, respectively
                                                                       833,000                                
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 761 and 653, respectively
                                                                       12,858,000                                
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 132,442 and 189,560, respectively
                                                                       225,211,000                                
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,269 and 4,026, respectively
                                                                        881,000                               
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 689 and 653, respectively
                                                                        13,283,000                               
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 122,851 and 189,560, respectively
                                                                        251,076,000                               
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,026 and 6,065, respectively
                                                                         607,000                              
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 653 and 1,028, respectively
                                                                         5,914,000                              
        minority interests in equity of subsidiaries
                                                                         30,605,000                              
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 4,721 and 6,065, respectively
                                                                          554,000                             
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 699 and 1,028, respectively
                                                                          6,370,000                             
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 173,380 and 163,358, respectively
                                                                          225,224,000                             
        current portion of term loan
                                                                          25,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000                           
        term loan
                                                                          165,000,000 170,000,000 175,000,000                           
        minority interest in equity of subsidiaries
                                                                          33,430,000 35,210,000 42,203,000 14,724,000 16,129,000 15,683,000 14,612,000 14,933,000 15,918,000 15,771,000 15,320,000 12,996,000 12,956,000 13,514,000 15,680,000 16,340,000 16,395,000 17,139,000 17,482,000 23,130,000 31,893,000 22,316,000 22,929,000 23,241,000 23,743,000 24,202,000 24,797,000 25,241,000 25,702,000 
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,114 and 6,065, respectively
                                                                           1,537,000                            
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 676 and 1,028, respectively
                                                                           5,310,000                            
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 167,815 and 163,358, respectively
                                                                           251,999,000                            
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,919 and 6,065, respectively
                                                                            1,852,000                           
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 833 and 1,028, respectively
                                                                            6,576,000                           
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 167,315 and 163,358, respectively
                                                                            285,590,000                           
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 6,065 and 5,139, respectively
                                                                             1,354,000                          
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 1,028 and 639, respectively
                                                                             3,821,000                          
        income tax receivable
                                                                                 1,457,000     3,930,000               3,756,000 1,409,000 
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,978 and 5,139, respectively
                                                                              2,296,000                         
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 1,058 and 639, respectively
                                                                              5,140,000                         
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 158,785 and 144,291, respectively
                                                                              176,555,000                         
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,577 and 5,139, respectively
                                                                               4,002,000                        
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 774 and 639, respectively
                                                                               6,252,000                        
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 154,532 and 144,291, respectively
                                                                               175,995,000                        
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,425 and 5,139, respectively
                                                                                3,341,000                       
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 603 and 639, respectively
                                                                                4,075,000                       
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 148,249 and 144,291, respectively
                                                                                173,213,000                       
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,139 and 5,776, respectively
                                                                                 2,187,000                      
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 639 and 530, respectively
                                                                                 3,435,000                      
        obligations under capital leases
                                                                                   202,000 397,000 746,000 1,127,000 1,474,000 1,620,000 1,695,000 1,282,000 1,251,000 1,220,000 1,190,000 1,161,000 1,132,000 1,200,000 1,456,000 1,783,000 2,181,000 2,495,000 2,599,000 2,763,000 
        deferred compensation
                                                                                     -1,853,000 -2,345,000 -1,952,000 -2,273,000 -1,562,000 -2,120,000 -2,596,000 -3,067,000 -3,484,000 -4,370,000 -5,025,000 -799,000 -965,000 -1,002,000 -1,319,000 -1,658,000 -1,438,000  
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 5,160 and 5,776, respectively
                                                                                  1,394,000                     
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 602 and 530, respectively
                                                                                  4,539,000                     
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 138,122 and 128,823, respectively
                                                                                  174,561,000                     
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 6,757 and 5,776, respectively
                                                                                   800,000                    
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 503 and 530, respectively
                                                                                   5,475,000                    
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 135,091 and 128,823, respectively
                                                                                   179,372,000                    
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 6,046 and 5,776, respectively
                                                                                    1,592,000                   
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 481 and 530, respectively
                                                                                    4,189,000                   
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 132,080 and 128,823, respectively
                                                                                    182,234,000                   
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts of 620 and 366, respectively
                                                                                     67,476,000                  
        claims receivable, net of allowances for losses of 5,776 and 3,989, respectively
                                                                                     903,000                  
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 530 and 584, respectively
                                                                                     3,300,000                  
        line of credit
                                                                                         50,000,000 85,600,000 105,000,000 110,000,000 122,000,000 161,000,000      8,500,000 22,000,000 48,000,000 
        line of credit with cibc
                                                                                        933,000               
        obligations under capital leases, net of current portion
                                                                                       100,000 397,000 746,000 1,087,000 1,420,000 1,745,000 2,061,000 2,370,000 2,671,000 2,965,000 3,251,000 3,536,000 3,803,000 4,139,000 4,711,000  
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 6,055 and 3,989, respectively
                                                                                      1,058,000                 
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 654 and 584, respectively
                                                                                      2,710,000                 
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 124,276 and 111,517, respectively
                                                                                      168,075,000                 
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 6,030 and 3,989, respectively
                                                                                       903,000                
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 833 and 584, respectively
                                                                                       2,728,000                
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 119,972 and 111,517, respectively
                                                                                       170,419,000                
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,922 and 3,989, respectively
                                                                                        1,115,000               
        inventory, net of obsolescence reserves of 927 and 584, respectively
                                                                                        2,220,000               
        other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of 115,882 and 111,517, respectively
                                                                                        172,855,000               
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,989 and 4,277, in 2005 and 2004, respectively
                                                                                         937,000              
        line of credit with related party
                                                                                         8,606,000 10,343,000 56,140,000 73,259,000 83,109,000 82,701,000         
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,764 and 4,277, respectively
                                                                                          647,000             
        settlement processing receivable
                                                                                          34,508,000 103,978,000 105,656,000 95,233,000 79,637,000         
        current portion of notes payable
                                                                                          2,066,000 2,574,000 3,336,000           
        notes payable, net of current portion
                                                                                            1,755,000           
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,251 and 4,277, respectively
                                                                                           791,000            
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,696 and 4,277, respectively
                                                                                            865,000           
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,277 and 3,193, in 2004 and 2003, respectively
                                                                                             761,000          
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,409 and 3,193, respectively
                                                                                              631,000         
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,098 and 3,193, respectively
                                                                                               651,000        
        settlement processing payable
                                                                                               32,210,000        
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,040 and 3,193, respectively
                                                                                                789,000       
        merchant processing receivable
                                                                                                3,166,000 34,170,000     693,000 
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,193 and 3,233, in 2003 and 2002, respectively
                                                                                                 608,000      
        merchant processing payable
                                                                                                     9,244,000 7,205,000 
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,555 and 3,233, respectively
                                                                                                  535,000     
        net merchant processing receivable
                                                                                                  15,326,000     
        net merchant processing payable
                                                                                                   787,000 9,858,000   
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,565 and 3,233, respectively
                                                                                                   748,000    
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,103 and 3,233, at august 31, 2002 and may 31, 2002, respectively
                                                                                                    1,185,000   
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 3,233 and 4,445, in 2002 and 2001, respectively
                                                                                                     739,000  
        claims receivable, net of allowance for losses of 4,226 and 4,445 at february 28, 2002 and may 31, 2001, respectively
                                                                                                      1,064,000 
        liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                                       
        shareholders' equity:
                                                                                                       
        preferred stock, no par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, none issued
                                                                                                       
        paid in capital
                                                                                                      275,816,000 
        cumulative translation adjustment
                                                                                                       
        total shareholders' equity
                                                                                                      303,729,000 
        total liabilities and shareholders' equity
                                                                                                      459,275,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-11-30 2016-08-31 2016-05-31 2016-02-29 2015-11-30 2015-08-31 2015-05-31 2015-02-28 2014-11-30 2014-08-31 2014-05-31 2014-02-28 2013-11-30 2013-08-31 2013-05-31 2013-02-28 2012-11-30 2012-08-31 2012-05-31 2012-02-29 2011-11-30 2011-08-31 2011-05-31 2011-02-28 2010-11-30 2010-08-31 2010-05-31 2010-02-28 2009-11-30 2009-08-31 2009-05-31 2009-02-28 2008-11-30 2008-08-31 2008-05-31 2008-02-29 2007-11-30 2007-08-31 2007-05-31 2007-02-28 2006-11-30 2006-08-31 2006-05-31 2006-02-28 2005-11-30 2005-08-31 2005-05-31 2005-02-28 2004-11-30 2004-08-31 2004-05-31 2004-02-29 2003-11-30 2003-08-31 2003-05-31 2003-02-28 2002-11-30 2002-08-31 2002-05-31 
                                                                                                        
          cash flows from operating activities:
                                                                                                        
          net income
        -1,779,052,000 236,582,000 660,595,000 246,098,000 312,772,000 598,283,000 333,533,000 389,275,000 323,062,000 372,433,000 376,604,000 284,206,000 -4,420,000 258,563,000 300,165,000 -665,051,000 249,636,000 217,178,000 305,463,000 266,813,000 198,410,000 184,818,000 230,232,000 39,442,000 150,608,000 114,302,000 105,729,000 130,040,000 119,205,000 83,323,000 186,029,000 117,729,000 97,586,000 250,305,000 118,363,000 72,443,000 52,959,000 52,616,000 92,458,000 41,179,000 72,912,000 83,078,000 93,048,000 70,110,000 69,315,000 85,256,000 84,434,000 58,266,000 60,121,000 79,857,000 71,708,000 46,366,000 62,814,000 75,371,000 54,162,000             37,559,000 -106,776,000 48,907,000 57,527,000 40,811,000 40,055,000 38,313,000 43,575,000 33,178,000 34,296,000 34,002,000 41,509,000 34,062,000 30,111,000 30,613,000 30,738,000 23,497,000 21,623,000 23,578,000 24,198,000 15,243,000 16,503,000 14,872,000 15,825,000 13,007,000 12,098,000 13,582,000 14,613,000 -10,951,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                        
          depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
        117,600,000 99,111,000 94,621,000 102,266,000 122,839,000 124,098,000 126,962,000 124,024,000 117,919,000 116,132,000 118,272,000 117,770,000 105,983,000 100,138,000 99,473,000 100,210,000 99,665,000 104,112,000 98,656,000 97,202,000 96,372,000 91,791,000 93,509,000 88,656,000 83,573,000 79,157,000 49,283,000 41,605,000 41,155,000 39,394,000 36,646,000 35,170,000 33,918,000 32,405,000 29,671,000 26,213,000 24,984,000 23,024,000 22,657,000 19,849,000 18,646,000 17,788,000 17,909,000 16,290,000 15,573,000 16,343,000 16,712,000 16,479,000 15,206,000 14,458,000 13,981,000 14,167,000 14,362,000 13,824,000 12,670,000 12,582,000 12,377,000 11,871,000 11,573,000 11,512,000 9,951,000 10,052,000 9,030,000 10,066,000 8,357,000 8,439,000 9,002,000 8,259,000 7,729,000 9,893,000 9,553,000 7,636,000 7,546,000 7,049,000 6,663,000 6,300,000 6,589,000 6,628,000 6,412,000 6,376,000 6,441,000                
          amortization of acquired intangibles
        747,157,000 236,906,000 208,560,000 221,805,000 329,269,000 332,560,000 347,611,000 345,940,000 343,217,000 332,509,000 340,351,000 344,408,000 301,267,000 300,556,000 306,040,000 327,366,000 329,007,000 321,094,000 319,906,000 324,841,000 329,201,000 315,257,000 313,390,000 314,019,000 314,245,000 321,680,000 134,462,000 103,518,000 107,475,000 113,971,000 87,411,000 88,478,000 87,825,000 88,783,000 83,978,000 81,068,000 84,049,000 85,659,000 80,529,000 51,358,000 20,522,000 20,961,000 20,848,000 18,403,000 18,067,000 18,263,000 17,854,000 18,392,000 14,600,000 14,560,000 14,393,000 14,674,000 16,530,000 14,336,000 11,225,000 13,020,000 12,880,000 12,153,000 12,643,000 14,206,000 11,840,000 7,972,000 7,674,000 8,176,000 8,363,000 8,344,000 7,920,000 7,632,000 7,568,000 8,411,000 7,243,000 4,178,000 3,696,000 3,700,000 3,566,000 3,721,000 3,697,000 3,625,000 3,393,000 3,437,000 3,857,000 3,777,000 3,784,000 4,084,000 3,772,000 3,648,000 3,515,000 3,465,000 3,803,000 2,991,000 2,877,000  2,890,000 2,883,000 2,883,000  
          amortization of capitalized contract costs
        24,821,000 27,725,000 33,039,000 32,542,000 34,424,000 35,125,000 34,907,000 35,136,000 32,883,000 32,942,000 31,398,000 29,729,000 29,336,000 28,649,000 27,939,000 27,207,000 25,906,000 25,216,000 24,137,000 22,925,000 21,050,000 20,259,000 19,818,000 19,332,000 18,738,000 18,308,000 15,813,000 16,118,000 15,847,000  13,446,000 13,622,000 10,213,000                                                                
          share-based compensation expense
        21,486,000 38,826,000 35,271,000 39,810,000 39,740,000 29,883,000 50,999,000 43,245,000 40,117,000 35,669,000 36,624,000 47,135,000 89,566,000 40,796,000 37,051,000 47,015,000 38,399,000 34,682,000 65,607,000 43,325,000 37,165,000 43,711,000 42,276,000 34,983,000 27,822,000 33,843,000 27,877,000 16,496,000 11,418,000 12,889,000 14,833,000 15,206,000 14,898,000 8,324,000 9,618,000 12,337,000 8,816,000 8,747,000 7,619,000 10,337,000 7,000,000 7,005,000 6,467,000 6,229,000 5,682,000 5,079,000 4,066,000 12,524,000 5,304,000 7,177,000 4,788,000 4,364,000 4,885,000 4,956,000 4,222,000 3,595,000 4,371,000 4,447,000 3,978,000 4,137,000 4,058,000 4,198,000 3,492,000 6,229,000 4,410,000 4,429,000 3,004,000 3,616,000 3,800,000 3,863,000 3,291,000 3,973,000 3,261,000 3,445,000 3,147,000 2,741,000 3,799,000 3,716,000 4,898,000                  
          provision for operating losses and credit losses
        34,650,000 18,433,000 18,460,000 21,930,000 19,950,000 20,341,000 19,651,000 21,617,000 19,409,000 12,949,000 22,841,000 31,454,000 29,859,000    28,523,000  22,484,000 27,397,000 23,405,000                                                                            
          noncash lease expense
        14,972,000 9,891,000 10,412,000 11,001,000 14,162,000 14,523,000 14,464,000 14,344,000 15,397,000 15,502,000 17,443,000 16,552,000 15,810,000 15,724,000 20,175,000 21,481,000 21,555,000 27,404,000 25,838,000 27,467,000 27,066,000 25,099,000 25,723,000 21,846,000 25,924,000                                                                        
          deferred income taxes
        -1,035,701,000 -165,778,000 -11,846,000 166,321,000 -70,737,000 -94,576,000 -66,689,000 -73,077,000 -111,886,000 -92,207,000 -90,107,000 -157,620,000 -160,040,000 -34,119,000 -101,375,000 -99,160,000 -80,841,000 -53,046,000 -44,827,000 -34,787,000 -56,390,000 -47,758,000 -22,008,000 -48,501,000 -47,957,000 -65,319,000 -36,507,000 -709,000 -5,774,000 3,522,000 -1,912,000 -3,971,000 910,000 -199,577,000 -12,490,000 -19,212,000 -19,391,000 -31,849,000 -20,861,000 -14,870,000 -6,192,000 -684,000 3,584,000 67,600,000 14,461,000 -4,687,000 3,705,000 -4,902,000 -2,970,000 289,000 5,784,000 5,830,000 -2,773,000 19,782,000 10,273,000 -25,356,000 -57,000 -1,916,000 7,831,000 15,515,000 352,000 -231,000 3,518,000 23,745,000 -2,932,000 -19,687,000 1,596,000 8,876,000 -3,886,000 -467,000 934,000 2,606,000 -2,470,000 -198,000 -1,089,000 10,061,000 -5,276,000 -5,674,000 -1,322,000 -2,099,000 3,668,000   325,000 11,718,000            
          paid-in-kind interest capitalized to principal of notes receivable
        -16,339,000 -16,164,000 -4,231,000 -19,462,000 -19,499,000 -19,396,000 -18,875,000                                                                                          
          equity in income of equity method investments, net of tax
        -19,853,000 -64,958,000 -16,756,000 -20,013,000 -18,286,000 -19,855,000 -15,896,000 -18,337,000 -16,411,000 -13,795,000 -17,707,000 -17,156,000 -19,238,000 -11,611,000 -42,780,000 -13,815,000 -17,479,000                                                                                
          distributions received on investments
         28,319,000 7,512,000                                                                                            
          gain on business disposition
        -22,174,000   -267,000 -3,993,000                                                                                            
          other
        44,806,000 48,739,000 5,743,000 276,000 19,338,000 22,918,000 -154,000 28,642,000 -5,619,000 16,107,000 1,029,000 -9,112,000 10,521,000 4,266,000 -12,634,000 3,234,000 6,127,000 -9,157,000 6,002,000 19,812,000 -5,847,000 -81,000 634,000 -2,461,000 -11,757,000 -7,236,000 -15,803,000 13,426,000 9,043,000 9,160,000 -10,957,000 -4,291,000 -1,937,000 9,880,000 17,133,000 12,365,000 4,692,000 9,929,000 8,855,000 6,729,000 330,000 865,000 1,333,000 2,604,000 856,000 368,000 -755,000 -478,000 3,339,000 -2,454,000 -1,891,000 -1,186,000 -1,461,000 -1,290,000 -941,000 -1,826,000 -849,000 -541,000 441,000 -214,000 194,000 -2,880,000 -676,000 1,496,000 1,098,000 7,000 -158,000 4,123,000 -436,000 615,000 -266,000 1,418,000 -5,919,000 176,000 -20,000 648,000 192,000 114,000 853,000 1,450,000 1,135,000 2,012,000 2,771,000 2,672,000 652,000 1,949,000 434,000 1,195,000 554,000 744,000 166,000 4,916,000 1,859,000 739,000 154,000  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of business combinations:
                                                                                                        
          accounts receivable
        44,178,000 92,033,000 -22,742,000 -65,831,000 -36,734,000 28,761,000 -9,546,000 -80,592,000 50,934,000 -27,157,000 7,491,000 -89,748,000 30,767,000 -4,066,000 -27,328,000 -46,389,000 -34,191,000 -42,173,000 -31,790,000 -54,439,000 -37,141,000 32,634,000 -32,834,000 8,562,000 47,624,000 -34,819,000 -30,935,000 -13,281,000 -36,493,000 -5,690,000 -5,933,000 -34,813,000 13,050,000 -8,026,000 -1,169,000 -16,830,000 11,929,000 17,419,000 -7,726,000 -37,970,000 27,699,000 3,241,000 -7,512,000 -30,876,000 14,603,000 9,588,000 7,933,000 -32,981,000 20,795,000 -7,155,000 802,000 -23,164,000 16,985,000 -2,366,000 3,087,000 -26,924,000 6,605,000 14,709,000 -10,812,000 -28,887,000 11,713,000 1,411,000 -18,960,000 -13,631,000 9,811,000 -4,986,000 -2,883,000 -16,221,000 4,354,000 27,979,000 -41,189,000 -16,981,000 628,000 4,512,000 -12,116,000 -5,832,000 4,215,000 1,583,000 -8,545,000 -7,719,000 2,286,000 4,878,000 -12,260,000 -6,234,000 4,754,000 29,000 -6,043,000 506,000 2,790,000 -2,981,000 3,248,000 -2,293,000 -419,000 5,824,000 -4,449,000  
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        -193,470,000 -14,945,000 -34,366,000 -30,506,000 -93,552,000 -53,936,000 -7,453,000 -39,284,000 -120,774,000 -22,903,000 -75,445,000 -71,999,000 -119,479,000 -71,451,000 -32,877,000 -75,748,000 -115,904,000 -78,036,000 -34,620,000 -118,225,000 -33,128,000 -30,161,000 -143,151,000 -44,113,000 -53,540,000 -10,635,000 14,000 -71,695,000 -76,740,000 -42,976,000 -25,670,000 -35,248,000 -56,906,000 -33,834,000 -43,284,000 26,035,000 4,644,000 44,652,000 -50,498,000 -8,992,000 -12,049,000 4,017,000 -18,114,000 20,047,000 -10,840,000 4,765,000 644,000 15,000 13,219,000 -11,011,000 16,772,000 11,920,000 -23,694,000 -2,691,000 -8,513,000 5,899,000 -2,450,000 -2,091,000 2,153,000 11,534,000 -3,397,000 -1,804,000 -2,796,000 -11,236,000 -4,773,000 2,357,000 -58,000 -2,394,000 2,569,000 1,761,000 2,502,000 4,186,000 248,000 3,364,000 -11,573,000 7,318,000 -10,432,000 10,969,000 -10,283,000 -4,724,000 1,662,000 -17,000 2,664,000 -8,550,000 4,154,000 -532,000 771,000 -21,000 3,661,000 -9,465,000 -431,000 265,000 1,094,000 -916,000 -1,027,000 -1,757,000 
          income taxes payable
        2,474,328,000                                        8,042,000 -13,367,000 15,952,000 -7,388,000 9,073,000 604,000 1,000,000 3,569,000 -11,293,000 996,000 248,000 13,083,000 -1,649,000 -10,674,000 5,827,000 -7,006,000 2,213,000 -241,000 9,643,000 -17,881,000 -5,257,000 9,011,000 15,371,000 -6,491,000 4,076,000 -15,533,000 14,765,000 -4,103,000 65,000 -16,643,000 18,339,000 2,698,000 6,776,000 -1,164,000 5,122,000 -4,976,000 -175,000 -2,611,000 1,780,000   -9,721,000 15,011,000  -6,142,000 -1,956,000 11,777,000  -668,000 -3,197,000 6,669,000  6,259,000 678,000 6,405,000  
          accounts payable and other liabilities
        -746,230,000 -252,125,000 135,862,000 78,330,000 -102,081,000 326,344,000 13,315,000 14,846,000 -247,242,000 178,564,000 -103,357,000 185,014,000 -209,113,000 209,589,000 -155,627,000 -96,496,000 25,377,000 18,506,000 189,547,000 -75,530,000 262,000 163,224,000 66,586,000 -60,829,000 -169,301,000 -115,031,000 170,163,000 -63,760,000 -86,463,000 64,124,000 4,915,000 3,631,000 -6,488,000 126,781,000 44,998,000 -12,473,000 -12,979,000 -43,272,000 30,846,000 -50,992,000 -27,185,000 11,472,000 -14,801,000                                                      
          net cash from operating activities
        -288,821,000 515,212,000 768,731,000 817,525,000 555,124,000 653,427,000 1,726,057,000 736,882,000 416,317,000 657,450,000 426,808,000 564,957,000 599,526,000 709,532,000 336,375,000 568,133,000 630,000,000 753,215,000 917,969,000 510,235,000 599,406,000 769,390,000 584,471,000 523,715,000 436,574,000 41,889,000 1,102,036,000 17,624,000 229,729,000 445,076,000 154,250,000 222,215,000 284,541,000 152,265,000 92,062,000 -25,904,000 293,965,000 37,876,000 155,667,000 -293,018,000 423,949,000 -59,322,000 513,392,000 77,616,000 120,149,000 290,409,000 -63,473,000 -120,303,000 -97,282,000 434,870,000 -23,187,000 35,779,000 79,974,000 56,166,000 68,627,000 53,371,000 87,220,000 291,812,000 -605,878,000 -23,519,000 794,207,000 43,461,000 -104,377,000 147,564,000 -467,025,000 88,714,000 696,508,000 114,194,000 68,280,000 132,723,000 67,774,000 88,504,000 34,533,000 111,238,000 38,139,000 27,204,000 49,709,000 91,859,000 22,360,000 6,714,000 85,120,000 88,880,000 54,059,000 41,532,000 122,941,000 34,682,000 30,404,000 23,363,000 13,832,000 14,082,000 40,893,000 -18,771,000 363,000 34,379,000 19,588,000 33,507,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                                        
          business combinations and other acquisitions, net of cash and restricted cash acquired
        -1,389,248,000 -150,237,000 3,972,000 -155,939,000 -49,886,000 -113,266,000 -1,128,000 -370,105,000 -2,557,000 -125,844,000 1,649,000 -54,630,000 -4,046,785,000                                                                                    
          capital expenditures
        -261,336,000 -168,213,000 -169,809,000 -152,170,000 -127,577,000 -184,004,000 -166,256,000 -179,216,000 -145,441,000 -157,347,000 -169,793,000 -168,807,000 -162,195,000 -152,295,000 -139,330,000 -167,925,000 -156,102,000 -142,471,000 -131,166,000 -133,420,000 -86,159,000 -106,823,000 -121,029,000 -103,582,000 -104,802,000 -106,851,000 -67,705,000 -78,189,000 -55,123,000 -57,230,000 -53,391,000 -58,894,000 -43,775,000 -45,293,000 -46,654,000 -43,739,000 -46,219,000 -41,887,000 -41,381,000 -34,043,000 -21,302,000 -19,388,000 -16,858,000 -35,804,000 -23,456,000 -15,133,000 -18,157,000 -20,141,000 -20,092,000 -20,915,000 -20,263,000 -23,574,000 -20,623,000 -25,156,000 -29,237,000 -38,792,000 -35,938,000 -22,995,000 -12,151,000 -21,442,000 -25,386,000 -26,924,000 -24,785,000 -19,534,000 -15,843,000 -9,576,000 -11,101,000 -15,482,000 -8,062,000 -9,733,000 -7,663,000 -13,048,000 -9,012,000 -13,309,000 -9,605,000 -12,140,000 -7,975,000 -8,330,000 -6,929,000 -7,203,000 -5,297,000 -7,332,000 -5,206,000 -6,666,000 -12,844,000 -5,994,000 -8,801,000 -9,522,000 -5,374,000 -6,540,000 -3,128,000 -5,219,000 -2,898,000 -4,608,000 -5,201,000 
          free cash flows
        -550,157,000 346,999,000 598,922,000 665,355,000 427,547,000 469,423,000 1,559,801,000 557,666,000 270,876,000 500,103,000 257,015,000 396,150,000 437,331,000 557,237,000 197,045,000 400,208,000 473,898,000 610,744,000 786,803,000 376,815,000 513,247,000 662,567,000 463,442,000 420,133,000 331,772,000 -64,962,000 1,034,331,000 -60,565,000 174,606,000 387,846,000 100,859,000 163,321,000 240,766,000 106,972,000 45,408,000 -69,643,000 247,746,000 -4,011,000 114,286,000 -327,061,000 402,647,000 -78,710,000 496,534,000 41,812,000 96,693,000 275,276,000 -81,630,000 -140,444,000 -117,374,000 413,955,000 -43,450,000 12,205,000 59,351,000 31,010,000 39,390,000 14,579,000 51,282,000 268,817,000 -618,029,000 -44,961,000 768,821,000 16,537,000 -129,162,000 128,030,000 -482,868,000 79,138,000 685,407,000 98,712,000 60,218,000 122,990,000 60,111,000 75,456,000 25,521,000 97,929,000 28,534,000 15,064,000 41,734,000 83,529,000 15,431,000 -489,000 79,823,000 81,548,000 48,853,000 34,866,000 110,097,000 28,688,000 21,603,000 13,841,000 8,458,000 7,542,000 37,765,000 -23,990,000 -2,535,000 29,771,000 14,387,000 33,507,000 
          principal payment received on notes receivable
        4,375,000  4,375,000                                                                                              
          net cash from sales of businesses
        7,362,347,000         372,000                                                                                      
          net cash from investing activities
        5,716,138,000 -309,924,000 556,449,000 -303,734,000 -173,088,000 672,730,000 -149,308,000 -549,315,000 -147,998,000 -241,433,000 -118,143,000 205,257,000 -4,206,793,000 -188,603,000 -123,237,000 -202,874,000 -160,823,000 -997,952,000 -133,929,000 -1,065,005,000 -96,940,000 -43,324,000 -124,727,000 -100,641,000 -169,650,000 -410,798,000 -307,913,000 -82,094,000 -116,281,000 -548,762,000 -823,420,000 -58,744,000 -45,361,000 -25,868,000 -623,454,000 -40,062,000 -46,641,000 -42,584,000 -38,227,000 -1,827,718,000 -21,350,000 -19,792,000 -258,388,000 -162,127,000 -32,600,000 -234,011,000 -12,183,000 -443,399,000 -19,199,000 -20,464,000 -18,608,000 -22,282,000 -43,646,000 -433,952,000 -28,687,000 -36,966,000 -72,524,000 -29,375,000 -11,568,000 -21,743,000 -189,150,000 -29,307,000 -26,820,000 28,727,000 -15,947,000 -26,887,000 -11,097,000 -86,316,000 -8,236,000 -20,656,000 -444,049,000 -19,244,000 -9,512,000 -22,235,000 -12,230,000 -13,171,000 -8,675,000 -20,665,000 -74,124,000 -8,741,000 -7,105,000 -8,423,000 -5,686,000 -6,949,000 -31,048,000 -10,450,000 -16,631,000 -36,833,000 -38,879,000 -68,000,000 -3,128,000 -5,219,000 -3,083,000 -5,407,000 -5,370,000  
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                                        
          changes in funds held for customers
        -18,451,000 105,606,000 -37,622,000 -60,506,000 -58,461,000                                                                                            
          changes in settlement processing assets and obligations
        -534,818,000 292,303,000 -490,425,000 151,091,000 479,153,000                                                                                            
          net borrowings from settlement lines of credit
        675,874,000   -135,665,000 223,216,000           -12,358,000 16,497,000                                                                                
          net borrowings from commercial paper notes
        1,077,072,000         -528,654,000 54,838,000 793,055,000 1,048,620,000                                                                                    
          proceeds from long-term debt
        4,667,951,000 7,401,835,000 2,144,001,000 1,204,112,000 1,551,000,000 1,997,145,000 1,348,910,000 1,679,994,000 4,609,000,000 1,475,721,000 1,501,936,000 2,651,053,000 4,708,140,000 687,840,000 6,170,293,000 1,424,999,000 1,529,157,000 3,147,680,000 1,089,000,000 833,983,000 1,987,005,000 532,948,000 1,191,000 1,260,008,000 607,000,000 499,065,000 6,118,838,000 242,000,000 344,000,000 1,168,000,000 912,000,000 385,214,000 309,000,000 281,000,000 811,000,000 753,324,000 149,000,000                                                            
          repayments of long-term debt
        -13,618,554,000 -1,234,791,000 -2,203,159,000 -1,223,001,000 -2,546,613,000 -2,531,892,000 -1,372,880,000 -1,801,526,000 -2,628,548,000 -1,471,084,000 -1,955,130,000 -4,117,770,000 -1,555,954,000 -701,470,000 -4,917,173,000 -1,099,992,000 -1,176,496,000 -2,391,964,000 -604,547,000 -254,823,000 -1,575,435,000 -512,435,000 -20,438,000 -1,698,221,000 -110,978,000 -387,460,000 -5,528,110,000 -396,059,000 -173,060,000 -835,809,000 -443,810,000 -336,875,000 -687,820,000 -394,820,000 -303,823,000 -893,166,000 -189,732,000                                                            
          payments of debt issuance costs
        -8,663,000 -46,696,000 -902,000   -3,665,000 -29,391,000 -480,000 -662,000 -11,593,000 -4,275,000 -42,654,000 -1,706,000 -12,751,000 -1,750,000 -6,819,000 -69,000   -10,962,000                                                                       
          repurchases of common stock
        -549,931,000 69,000 -500,000,000 -244,803,000 -446,286,000 -651,903,000 -99,999,000 -800,048,000 -1,000 -215,486,000 -202,785,000 -781,576,000 -889,737,000 -600,340,000 -649,654,000 -699,940,000 -760,755,000 -269,979,000 -802,955,000 -209,986,000 -421,162,000 -77,388,000                                                                       
          proceeds from stock issued under share-based compensation plans
        4,734,000 7,050,000 7,479,000 9,904,000 6,340,000 9,478,000 8,394,000 14,106,000 11,031,000 9,260,000 31,803,000 13,179,000 6,103,000 10,351,000 10,157,000 15,679,000 7,940,000 10,975,000 9,266,000 11,599,000 17,705,000 15,087,000 8,423,000 14,349,000 28,283,000 2,506,000 9,056,000 5,104,000 7,848,000 1,747,000 6,231,000 3,727,000 2,613,000 3,047,000 880,000 5,039,000 1,149,000 1,845,000 3,037,000 1,201,000 962,000 3,804,000 2,513,000 3,683,000 1,768,000 4,511,000 12,588,000 1,987,000 2,374,000    2,177,000            2,682,000    1,541,000 3,510,000 2,910,000  1,978,000 10,930,000 2,321,000                      
          common stock repurchased - share-based compensation plans
        -31,468,000 -972,000 -1,291,000 -1,366,000 -36,006,000 -2,449,000 -10,501,000 -2,139,000 -41,140,000 -3,989,000 -3,556,000 -5,357,000 -28,323,000 -235,000 -11,394,000 -677,000 -26,295,000 -5,990,000 -34,995,000 -10,227,000 -39,437,000 -19,277,000 -2,740,000 5,027,000 -44,253,000 -13,540,000 -37,870,000 -1,660,000 -9,507,000 13,314,000 -34,835,000 -8,931,000 -1,058,000 -10,590,000 -20,753,000 -251,000 -167,000 1,814,000 -22,204,000 -424,000 -233,000 -3,425,000 -8,154,000 485,000 -470,000 -600,000 -15,105,000 1,000 -422,000 -656,000 -4,604,000  9,000 -3,876,000 -6,348,000                                          
          distributions to noncontrolling interests
        -6,013,000 -9,280,000 -19,084,000 -19,768,000 -10,327,000 -8,730,000 -18,475,000 -6,133,000 -4,748,000 -8,682,000 -7,060,000 -11,037,000 -6,218,000 -5,302,000 -3,366,000 -8,829,000 -5,534,000     -19,244,000    -5,393,000 -20,667,000 -5,572,000    -9,293,000 -8,000 -6,890,000 -5,475,000 -4,740,000 -10,410,000 -8,158,000 -20,398,000 -3,870,000 -4,236,000 -11,249,000 -2,926,000 -18,151,000                -2,203,000 -2,260,000 -13,998,000                              
          dividends paid
        -68,246,000 -59,057,000 -57,963,000 -60,377,000 -61,124,000 -62,333,000 -63,436,000 -63,426,000 -63,616,000 -64,820,000 -64,976,000 -64,885,000 -65,750,000 -65,873,000 -68,767,000 -69,072,000 -70,243,000 -71,523,000 -73,328,000 -57,301,000 -57,574,000 -58,191,000 -58,434,000 -58,312,000 -58,279,000 -58,771,000 -1,590,000 -1,566,000 -1,571,000 -1,582,000 -1,579,000 -1,578,000 -1,593,000 -1,591,000 -1,590,000 -2,029,000 -1,522,000 -1,530,000 -1,539,000 -1,544,000 -1,293,000 -1,297,000 -1,305,000 -1,305,000 -1,342,000 -1,323,000 -1,370,000 -1,427,000 -1,436,000 -1,438,000 -1,456,000 -1,510,000 -1,535,000 -1,575,000 -1,578,000 -1,571,000 -1,571,000 -1,556,000 -1,613,000 -1,606,000 -1,602,000 -1,594,000 -1,586,000 -1,620,000 -1,632,000 -1,629,000 -1,616,000 -1,609,000 -1,598,000 -1,614,000 -1,596,000 -1,593,000 -1,591,000 -1,571,000 -1,622,000 -1,617,000 -1,613,000 -1,611,000 -1,601,000 -1,596,000 -1,591,000 -1,583,000 -1,566,000 -1,563,000 -1,557,000 -1,548,000 -1,537,000 -1,524,000 -1,513,000 -1,506,000 -1,487,000 -1,485,000 -1,481,000 -1,477,000 -1,475,000  
          net cash from financing activities
        -8,410,513,000 5,858,526,000 -1,603,741,000 -490,741,000 -31,526,000 -1,615,785,000 -779,113,000 -208,524,000 -163,436,000 -317,256,000 -242,878,000 -909,574,000 3,610,829,000 -572,126,000 -61,925,000 -366,316,000 -376,334,000 -95,176,000 -218,426,000 277,259,000 -369,022,000 -951,507,000 -84,545,000 -432,609,000 -77,481,000 -138,550,000 322,419,000 -163,334,000 -49,209,000 335,970,000 564,731,000 -41,810,000 -571,961,000 19,181,000   -159,965,000 44,415,000 -175,066,000 2,333,294,000 -553,538,000 275,846,000 -90,115,000 130,623,000 -94,253,000 10,920,000 94,085,000 127,928,000 43,450,000 -44,962,000 92,480,000 -12,626,000 -341,168,000 531,333,000 5,983,000 49,810,000 -56,191,000 -200,144,000 -11,661,000 64,115,000 47,620,000 64,163,000 -61,775,000 -44,360,000 1,107,000 -10,803,000 -41,694,000  -18,389,000 -24,138,000 217,784,000 -1,223,000 -1,030,000 -7,538,000 -66,582,000 1,120,000 997,000 6,014,000 2,755,000 -842,000 1,014,000 8,073,000 -62,519,000 -39,275,000 -64,862,000 -21,544,000 -26,672,000 -37,484,000 32,403,000 33,728,000 21,466,000 32,632,000 -2,892,000 -11,332,000 -16,072,000  
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -8,732,000 15,969,000 -24,696,000 168,563,000 61,790,000 -113,912,000 54,730,000 -19,617,000 -34,035,000 48,249,000 -70,273,000 15,959,000 18,584,000 109,310,000 -93,561,000 -78,821,000 -36,147,000 -5,678,000 -36,724,000 15,161,000 -21,141,000                                                                            
          increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        -2,991,928,000 6,079,783,000 -303,257,000 191,613,000 412,300,000 -403,540,000 852,366,000 -40,574,000 70,848,000 147,010,000   22,146,000 58,113,000   56,696,000 -345,591,000 528,890,000 -262,350,000 112,303,000                                                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of the period
        9,116,414,000 2,735,975,000 2,256,875,000 2,215,606,000 2,123,023,000 2,089,771,000                                                                            
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of the period
        6,124,486,000 6,079,783,000 -303,257,000 191,613,000 3,148,275,000 -403,540,000 852,366,000 -40,574,000 2,327,723,000 147,010,000 -4,486,000 -123,401,000 2,237,752,000 58,113,000 57,652,000 -79,878,000 2,179,719,000 -345,591,000 528,890,000 -262,350,000 2,202,074,000                                                                            
          impairment of goodwill
         -7,000                                                                                            
          technology asset charge
                                                                                                       
          net loss on business dispositions
                 -2,351,000                                                                                      
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of business combinations and dispositions:
                                                                                                        
          issuance of notes receivable
                                                                                                      
          payments received on notes receivable
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from sales of investments
         668,000                                                                                               
          net (repayments) borrowings from settlement lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          net (repayments) borrowings from commercial paper notes
                                                                                                        
          purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                      
          contributions from noncontrolling interests
         43,696,000     2,027,000 89,000                                                                                        
          payment of deferred and contingent consideration in business combination
                                                                                                        
          purchase of capped calls related to issuance of convertible notes
             -256,250,000                                                                                       
          gains on business dispositions
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from business disposition, net of funds held for customers
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings from (repayments of) settlement lines of credit
               -77,877,000 133,228,000         -95,330,000 110,613,000 25,757,000 108,488,000                                                                            
          net repayments of commercial paper notes
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings (repayments) from commercial paper notes
           -69,850,000 867,582,000                                                                                            
          proceeds and contributions from noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                        
          payment received on notes receivable
            4,375,000                                                                                            
          settlement processing assets and obligations
             -451,361,000 847,420,000 -33,029,000 -24,689,000 -316,041,000 -243,793,000 -34,774,000 248,710,000 -195,344,000 -187,584,000 21,397,000 48,198,000 100,342,000 2,930,000 3,598,000 21,714,000 -29,533,000 18,932,000 123,487,000 12,966,000 -410,284,000 665,700,000 -160,062,000 118,347,000 142,171,000 -153,925,000 12,997,000 82,235,000 -128,960,000 -169,190,000 -186,471,000 122,948,000 -143,768,000 30,409,000 -305,704,000 315,319,000 -194,230,000 402,676,000 -50,846,000 -14,170,000 165,684,000 -179,462,000 -221,762,000 -223,976,000 319,690,000 -115,383,000 -91,979,000 -357,000 -3,832,000 -7,839,000 -44,533,000 -23,953,000 187,331,000 -687,180,000 -144,279,000 684,144,000 -49,841,000 -190,129,000 89,032,000 -565,872,000 9,091,000 608,711,000 31,882,000 -8,176,000 41,200,000 -4,206,000 12,014,000 -25,521,000 52,387,000 -569,000 -35,545,000                     
          repayment of notes receivable
                                                                                                       
          proceeds from sale of investments
                     2,000,000                        37,717,000                                                          
          net repayments of settlement lines of credit
                                -78,092,000    -55,350,000   104,192,000 -192,517,000                                                                
          net borrowings from (repayments of) commercial paper notes
              -431,320,000 156,504,000 -1,093,043,000                                                                                        
          payment of deferred consideration in business combination
                                                                                                       
          facilities exit charges
                 830,000   5,164,000 2,775,000                                                                                   
          loss on business disposition
                                                                                                        
          payment of contingent consideration in business combination
                                                                                                      
          decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
                                                                                                        
          loss on business dispositions
                    244,833,000 -2,050,000 48,933,000                                                                                  
          net (repayments of) borrowings from settlement lines of credit
                    -281,411,000             -92,000,000                                                                       
          provision for operating losses and bad debts
                             27,745,000 32,046,000 29,292,000 37,629,000 65,311,000 16,240,000 5,928,000 12,709,000 10,928,000 9,367,000 13,705,000 9,237,000 11,240,000 11,263,000 12,458,000 13,482,000 9,398,000 9,626,000 11,375,000 4,570,000 6,994,000 4,263,000 3,976,000 3,098,000 3,124,000 4,308,000 6,371,000 3,954,000 5,015,000 5,234,000 4,978,000 4,711,000 5,958,000 6,012,000 3,584,000 5,772,000 6,249,000 6,812,000 5,276,000 5,155,000 4,900,000 5,246,000 6,312,000 5,561,000 6,383,000 6,769,000 5,339,000 8,442,000 6,200,000 5,614,000 8,344,000 7,440,000 8,518,000 5,926,000 4,191,000 4,425,000 7,736,000 5,125,000 4,251,000 6,102,000 9,852,000 1,075,000 1,860,000 879,000 1,383,000 1,491,000 2,743,000 1,467,000 1,621,000 1,288,000 5,663,000 1,637,000 2,269,000 2,580,000  
          business combinations and other acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                     -40,703,000 -15,038,000 -5,205,000 -4,726,000 -865,055,000 -3,269,000 -932,034,000 -11,074,000                                                                            
          restricted cash from business combinations
                                                                                                        
          effect on cash from sale of business
                                                                                                      
          distribution received on investments
                      2,190,000 6,022,000                                                                                
          contribution from a noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                        
          benefit from operating incomees and credit losses
                                                                                                        
          preacquisition dividends paid to former tsys shareholders
                                                                                                       
          equity in income of equity investments, net of tax
                          -31,364,000 -40,164,000 -22,733,000 -27,615,000                                                                           
          distribution to a noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                        
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                              -3,085,000 -6,899,000 -67,196,000 -310,239,000 -256,138,000 -3,415,000 -74,830,000                                                                    
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash
                              19,998,000 35,099,000 -67,655,000 58,116,000 -36,653,000 -2,102,000 2,516,000 -12,010,000 -4,486,000 -27,955,000 2,749,000 4,227,000 12,793,000 15,681,000 11,707,000 -21,667,000 -9,326,000 6,670,000 -12,018,000 -11,584,000 -12,319,000 -5,521,000 -27,617,000 -18,733,000 -4,417,000 4,086,000 -10,242,000 1,502,000 -5,268,000 -3,361,000 -10,461,000 3,383,000 14,133,000 -20,673,000 6,368,000 -15,385,000 -1,226,000 6,367,000 12,728,000 7,130,000 1,239,000 -3,761,000 -4,557,000 4,825,000 1,697,000 25,236,000 -10,296,000 -19,416,000 -9,848,000 -444,000 1,079,000 11,388,000 2,345,000 1,660,000 781,000 3,461,000 -888,000 8,201,000 2,418,000 7,712,000 621,000 -4,531,000 -96,000 5,260,000 1,746,000 -464,000 -1,219,000 3,823,000 -1,121,000      
          increase in cash and cash equivalents
                              395,197,000 25,564,000 121,788,000 -449,343,000   66,755,000 220,274,000   -330,032,000 149,805,000 105,474,000 -181,269,000 99,066,000 18,040,000 -66,952,000 219,228,000 -162,957,000 185,148,000 152,570,000 40,591,000 -34,321,000 48,585,000 14,012,000  -83,273,000 370,946,000 45,417,000   156,930,000 60,056,000 45,542,000    25,220,000 665,405,000 85,447,000 -191,733,000 128,170,000 -486,422,000 55,849,000 645,414,000 39,342,000 31,359,000   67,593,000 25,070,000   16,813,000 42,812,000   5,332,000 81,447,000   -9,223,000 26,935,000 7,948,000 -11,153,000 -51,418,000 6,137,000 -16,367,000 58,110,000 8,642,000 -5,612,000   1,724,000 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
                              1,678,273,000 1,210,878,000 1,335,855,000 1,162,779,000 1,044,728,000 650,739,000 581,872,000 680,470,000 781,275,000 1,354,285,000  769,946,000                                  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
                              395,197,000 25,564,000 1,800,061,000 -449,343,000 1,079,889,000 -229,906,000 1,277,633,000 220,274,000 -108,925,000 93,706,000 1,005,823,000 149,805,000 105,474,000 -181,269,000 1,261,845,000 18,040,000 977,776,000 219,228,000 -162,957,000 185,148,000 803,309,000 40,591,000 -34,321,000 48,585,000 595,884,000 -431,688,000 -83,273,000 370,946,000 725,887,000 -2,490,000 -315,301,000 156,930,000 841,331,000 45,542,000 -35,127,000 46,908,000 723,952,000  665,405,000 85,447,000 578,213,000                                  
          proceeds from sale-and-leaseback transaction
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings (repayments) of settlement lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          payment of debt issuance costs
                                     -3,801,000 -1,660,000 -10,298,000 -586,000 -59,000 -8,565,000 -896,000   -58,448,000 -4,934,000                                                     
          repurchase of common stock
                                   -77,999,000 -155,997,000 -27,301,000 -3,636,000   -2,000,000 -27,469,000   -104,772,000 -67,633,000 -53,122,000 -11,084,000 -37,452,000 -34,296,000 -140,543,000 -52,120,000 -47,441,000 -132,283,000 -188,745,000 -8,379,000 -106,483,000 -143,700,000 -37,644,000 -125,000,000 -9,404,000 -3,249,000 -26,382,000 -73,222,000 -14,900,000         -19,147,000 -67,873,000                      
          decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                 46,908,000 -630,333,000            -168,339,000    -38,328,000    -49,897,000    -13,525,000            -1,854,000  
          amortization of capitalized customer acquisition costs
                                         12,235,000 13,182,000 10,733,000 8,948,000                                                            
          gain on sale of investments
                                             -41,150,000                                                          
          net proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                                                        
          net proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                                                                                                        
          net proceeds from (repayments of) settlement lines of credit
                                         144,135,000                                                               
          proceeds from sale of subsidiary shares to noncontrolling interest
                                                                                                        
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                                        
          business and other acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from sales of property and equipment
                                      72,000    23,000                                                              
          net borrowings of settlement lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          capitalized customer acquisition costs
                                         -17,291,000 -21,346,000 -39,792,000 -4,559,000                                                            
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                             -697,000 -34,563,000                                     -1,031,000 -700,000 -12,335,000 -67,195,000 -1,538,000 -1,808,000 -1,091,000 -480,000  -18,204,000 -4,456,000 -7,830,000          
          claims receivable
                                           -4,778,000 -6,557,000 -6,970,000 -7,097,000 -4,690,000 -5,665,000 -6,462,000 -12,261,000 -2,158,000 -2,278,000 -2,139,000 -2,742,000 -2,424,000 -2,578,000 -2,703,000 -3,864,000 -2,623,000 -2,635,000 -3,328,000 -3,272,000 -1,775,000 -3,864,000 -3,289,000 -4,591,000 -2,891,000 -3,439,000 -3,705,000 -4,390,000 -3,384,000 -3,500,000 -3,915,000 -4,137,000 -3,322,000 -4,007,000 -4,427,000 -5,445,000 -4,950,000 -5,260,000 -6,598,000 -6,265,000 -5,124,000 -4,180,000 -4,918,000 -5,222,000 -3,613,000 -5,130,000                
          net payments on settlement lines of credit
                                           29,299,000 -117,789,000  -47,336,000                                                          
          net from financing activities
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings on settlement lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
                                             1,074,000,000 215,000,000 2,892,055,000 156,000,000 208,750,000 2,821,425,000 903,342,000 513,500,000 690,000,000 390,000,000 300,000,000 1,580,000,000 370,000,000 440,000,000 50,000,000 175,000,000 860,327,000 50,000,000 75,000,000 345,000 71,029,000 3,143,000                                     
          principal payments of long-term debt
                                             -1,053,580,000 -261,219,000 -641,433,000 -198,000,000 -225,250,000 -2,626,925,000                                                      
          tax benefit from share-based compensation plans
                                             714,000 12,303,000 1,264,000 104,000 761,000 5,760,000 1,325,000 252,000 445,000 3,154,000 1,693,000 367,000                542,000 1,438,000 2,599,000  672,000 773,000 976,000  345,000 4,208,000 2,831,000                      
          business, intangible and other asset acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                               -1,793,675,000 -48,000 -404,000 -241,530,000 -126,323,000 -9,213,000 -218,878,000 -4,773,000 -424,005,000 -195,000   -589,000 -23,696,000 -409,541,000 -190,000 -29,000                                         
          net borrowings (repayments) on settlement lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          principal collections on financing receivables
                                                   219,000                                                  
          net proceeds from sales of investments and business
                                                   69,000 10,528,000  419,000                                                
          net (repayments) borrowings on lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings on lines of credit
                                                                  40,327,000 81,784,000   4,948,000 68,674,000 690,000 -2,299,000 1,948,000 6,064,000 -2,464,000 -4,059,000 9,106,000  447,000 546,000 133,000                      
          net (payments) borrowings on short-term lines of credit
                                                  -236,041,000            -6,137,000                                          
          inventory
                                                   383,000 1,250,000 -2,487,000 981,000 982,000 1,574,000 -2,211,000 4,448,000 348,000 2,762,000 -1,305,000 -2,992,000 2,379,000 -561,000 -1,351,000 -2,861,000 2,048,000 -2,023,000 -1,142,000 3,096,000 2,058,000 489,000 107,000 -7,381,000 661,000 -1,130,000 1,316,000 -2,500,000 1,341,000 872,000 -2,247,000 -589,000 1,073,000 833,000 -1,232,000 -841,000 -460,000 105,000 -570,000 405,000 111,000 568,000 -22,000 -199,000 772,000 -942,000 -197,000 282,000 570,000 380,000 346,000 -33,000 227,000 
          net borrowings (payments) on short-term lines of credit
                                                       178,073,000 -184,453,000 118,021,000 141,026,000                                              
          principal repayments of long-term debt
                                                                                                        
          acquisition of redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                                       -307,675,000                              
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                                        11,965,000 12,263,000 1,379,000 20,559,000 4,153,000 -4,853,000 3,392,000 18,580,000 -275,000 -1,957,000 -1,044,000 6,445,000 -2,662,000 17,665,000 -9,943,000 15,127,000 5,102,000 2,562,000 -11,752,000 1,718,000 4,450,000 -384,000 -2,543,000 12,500,000 -3,115,000 7,839,000 -893,000 4,152,000 -14,306,000 13,117,000 -5,345,000 6,844,000 
          net borrowings on short-term lines of credit
                                                    -45,971,000 -121,436,000 212,029,000                                                  
          principal payments under long-term debt
                                                    -506,000,000 -509,000,000 -363,679,000 -160,728,000 -1,320,489,000 -447,865,000 -331,515,000 -42,560,000 -96,656,000 -313,053,000 -30,080,000 -21,753,000 -31,137,000 -87,050,000 -44,295,000                                      
          accounts payable and other accrued liabilities
                                                     -9,352,000 -22,151,000 25,646,000 5,423,000 18,362,000 -40,207,000 39,001,000 -10,506,000 -52,575,000 -15,294,000 108,086,000 9,046,000 -3,668,000 -27,589,000 44,048,000 26,192,000 7,637,000 11,353,000                                  
          net proceeds from sale of investments and business
                                                                                                        
          net decrease in financing receivables
                                                        669,000 663,000 665,000 654,000 673,000 745,000 740,000 703,000 659,000 620,000 583,000 548,000 523,000 537,000 454,000                                  
          proceeds from sale of investment
                                                          990,000                                              
          proceeds from stock issued under employee stock plans
                                                          3,998,000    4,375,000 1,816,000   -2,836,000                 4,064,000 3,188,000 7,134,000 4,946,000 3,458,000 5,691,000 14,223,000 550,000              
          tax benefit from employee share-based compensation
                                                          1,213,000 72,000 58,000 1,733,000 -595,000 600,000 16,000 1,420,000 7,806,000 1,217,000 118,000                                  
          distributions to non-controlling interests
                                                          -12,482,000                                              
          loss on disposal of discontinued operations, non-cash
                                                                                                        
          disposition of business, net of cash
                                                                                                        
          common stock repurchased - share based compensation plans
                                                               -14,000                                         
          distributions to noncontrolling interest
                                                           -2,550,000 -7,916,000 -3,007,000 -2,733,000 -2,748,000 -19,674,000 -2,189,000 -2,471,000 -2,102,000 -2,265,000 -2,310,000 -2,075,000                                  
          net payments on short-term lines of credit
                                                            -45,247,000                                            
          payment of debt issuance cost
                                                                                                       
          acquisition of redeemable noncontrolling interests
                                                                                                        
          payables to money transfer beneficiaries
                                                                       -5,575,000 4,550,000 -617,000 -4,465,000 3,513,000 -3,414,000 -1,660,000 4,628,000 1,682,000 801,000 -1,151,000 1,355,000 310,000 -58,000 509,000 -533,000 -1,127,000 2,590,000 770,000 -1,566,000              
          proceeds from sale of investment and contractual rights
                                                                       14,000 44,000 253,000 92,000 -160,000 1,219,000 5,737,000                          
          net income including noncontrolling interests
                                                                65,690,000 68,149,000 72,081,000 62,357,000 54,122,000 57,883,000 53,794,000  51,452,000 66,182,000 62,444,000                              
          preliminary settlement of working capital adjustments from disposition of business
                                                                                                       
          net (payments) borrowings on lines of credit
                                                                -9,960,000                                        
          business and intangible asset acquisitions, net of cash acquired
                                                                   -193,000 -164,287,000 -999,000 -2,489,000 -12,454,000                                
          proceeds from stock issued under employee stock plans, net of repurchases
                                                                      -474,000                                  
          impairment, restructuring and other charges, non-cash
                                                                                                        
          principal payments under issuance of long-term debt
                                                                   -31,202,000                                     
          contribution from noncontrolling interest holder
                                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                                                        
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                                        
          adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                                        
          loss on disposal of discontinued operations
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from stock issued under share-based compensation plans 50
                                                                          4,048,000                              
          cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations
                                                                        -14,805,000                                
          estimated loss on disposal of discontinued operations
                                                                        -80,000                                
          net borrowings (payments) on lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from notes payable
                                                                     2,749,000 1,661,000                                  
          principal payments under notes payable
                                                                     -33,864,000 -49,467,000 -24,247,000 -1,449,000 -22,022,000 -27,487,000                              
          estimated loss on disposal of discontinued operations, non-cash
                                                                                                        
          net increase in financing receivables
                                                                       470,000 -148,000                                
          impairment of goodwill and identified intangible assets
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from issuance of notes payable
                                                                        2,477,000 2,000,000 300,487,000                              
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
                                                                        426,935,000  456,060,000  308,872,000  218,475,000  48,979,000  34,472,000  38,010,000  19,194,000  
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                                                        -501,227,000 18,498,000 1,072,349,000  31,359,000 68,513,000 287,721,000  25,070,000 92,853,000 270,544,000  42,812,000 80,669,000 168,578,000  81,447,000 96,242,000 35,454,000  26,935,000 7,948,000 23,319,000  6,137,000 -16,367,000 96,120,000  -5,612,000 17,640,000 17,340,000  
          business and intangible asset acquisitions
                                                                          -249,000  -14,000 -12,142,000 -442,123,000 -6,196,000 -500,000                        
          minority interest in earnings
                                                                           8,215,000 9,761,000 10,628,000 8,357,000 968,000 2,655,000 3,089,000 2,050,000 1,550,000 2,177,000 2,836,000 2,651,000 2,222,000 1,924,000 2,170,000 2,158,000 2,223,000 1,720,000 1,915,000 1,881,000 3,421,000 2,198,000 1,716,000 1,650,000 1,166,000 1,505,000 1,101,000 1,236,000 1,105,000 
          principal payments under capital lease arrangements
                                                                                   -202,000 -195,000 -349,000           -362,000 -542,000  -665,000 -650,000 -676,000  
          tax benefit from exercise of stock options
                                                                                   675,000 1,668,000 2,912,000 2,240,000                  
          contribution from minority interest holder
                                                                           -8,499,000 8,857,000                          
          distributions to minority interests
                                                                           -11,041,000 -11,540,000 -9,249,000 -2,469,000 -2,374,000 -2,209,000 -2,504,000 -2,372,000 -2,002,000 -2,044,000 -2,177,000 -2,530,000 -2,323,000 -2,482,000 -2,589,000 -2,818,000 -2,155,000 -2,464,000 -2,258,000 -2,785,000 -2,773,000 -2,383,000 -2,329,000 -1,962,000 -1,668,000 -1,964,000 -1,696,000 -1,680,000  
          net cash from by financing activities
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from term loan
                                                                            200,000,000                          
          principal payments under term loan
                                                                            -5,000,000                            
          restructuring and other charges, non-cash
                                                                                                        
          business acquisitions
                                                                                  -2,625,000                      
          net payments on lines of credit
                                                                                                        
          settlement processing
                                                                                     16,911,000 -7,572,000 -52,374,000 22,894,000 46,259,000 14,419,000 2,803,000 67,215,000 387,000 -12,031,000 -18,457,000 -18,196,000        
          net borrowings (payments) on line of credit
                                                                                      49,000                  
          net (payments on) borrowings on line of credit
                                                                                                        
          net (payments on) borrowings on line of credit with cibc
                                                                                                        
          principal payments on notes payable issued in consideration of acquisition
                                                                                                       
          principal payments under capital lease arrangements and other debt
                                                                                                        
          income taxes receivable/payable
                                                                                                        
          net payments on line of credit
                                                                                        -50,000,000    -12,000,000        -13,500,000  
          net payments on line of credit with cibc
                                                                                        -933,000 -7,673,000              
          principal payments under short-term debt
                                                                                                        
          principal payments under long-term debt and capital lease arrangements
                                                                                        -668,000 366,000 -1,012,000  -863,000 -2,811,000 -6,081,000          
          principal payments under short-term debt and capital lease arrangements
                                                                                                        
          depreciation and amortization
                                                                                          6,612,000 7,828,000 7,578,000 7,728,000 7,153,000 6,974,000 5,777,000 5,011,000 4,642,000 4,946,000 5,464,000 5,129,000 4,977,000 4,733,000 
          income taxes
                                                                                                        
          business acquisitions, net of acquired cash
                                                                                                      -169,000  
          net (payments on) borrowings on line of credit with related party
                                                                                                        
          principal payments under capital lease arrangements and other long-term debt
                                                                                                        
          stock issued under employees stock plans
                                                                                                      1,259,000  
          restructuring
                                                                                                       
          net (repayments) borrowings on line of credit
                                                                                                        
          net (repayments) borrowings on line of credit with related party
                                                                                            -45,797,000            
          stock issued under employee stock plans
                                                                                            5,219,000 7,192,000 5,581,000  2,491,000 695,000 1,484,000  1,218,000    
          net repayments on line of credit
                                                                                                        
          net (payments) borrowings on line of credit with related party and restricted for merchant funding
                                                                                              -9,850,000          
          effect of cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, pre-tax
                                                                                                        
          restructuring and other charges
                                                                                                        
          other long term assets
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings on (payments on) line of credit
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings on line of credit with related party
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings on line of credit with related party and restricted for merchant funding
                                                                                                        
          business development, net of acquired cash
                                                                                                    -185,000    
          net borrowings on line of credit restricted for merchant funding
                                                                                                 37,230,000 23,973,000      
          merchant processing
                                                                                                  5,570,000 -58,471,000 -18,098,000 -10,373,000 -2,406,000  
          loss on investment
                                                                                                        
          amortization of acquired intangibles and goodwill
                                                                                                       2,996,000 
          disposition of fixed assets
                                                                                                        
          proceeds from divested business
                                                                                                        
          net repayments to ndc
                                                                                                        
          net (payments on) proceeds from line of credit
                                                                                                        
          cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, pre-tax
                                                                                                        
          net (payments) borrowings on line of credit
                                                                                                        
          effect of cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, pre tax
                                                                                                        
          increase in investments
                                                                                                        
          net borrowings from (repayments to) ndc
                                                                                                        
          net decrease in ndc equity investment
                                                                                                        
          adjustments to reconcile net income to cash from operating activities before changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                                        
          amortization of debt issuance costs and restricted stock
                                                                                                        
          provision for bad debts
                                                                                                        
          changes in assets and liabilities which provided (used) cash, net of the effects of acquisitions:
                                                                                                        
          merchant processing working capital
                                                                                                        
          net (payments) and borrowings on line of credit
                                                                                                        
          net stock issued to employees under stock plans