Restricted Cash (Note)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

RESTRICTED CASH [Abstract]

Restricted Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

RESTRICTED CASH

The restricted cash balances as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	As of December 31,
(in thousands)	2012		2011
Cash held in trust and/or cash held on behalf of others	$	65,410	$	53,883
Collateral on bank credit arrangements and other	16,446		19,422
Total	$	81,856	$	73,305

Cash held in trust and/or cash held on behalf of others is in connection with the administration of the customer collection and vendor remittance activities in the epay Segment. Amounts collected on behalf of certain mobile phone operators are deposited into a restricted cash account. The bank credit arrangements primarily represent cash collateral on deposit with commercial banks to cover guarantees.