Restricted Cash (Note)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

RESTRICTED CASH [Abstract]

Restricted Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Restricted Cash

The restricted cash balances as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	As of December 31,
(in thousands)	2016		2015
Cash held in trust and/or cash held on behalf of others	$	64,438	$	37,121
Collateral on bank credit arrangements and other	13,236		8,191
Total	$	77,674	$	45,312

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 by certain subsidiaries within the Company's epay and EFT Processing Segments. Amounts collected on behalf of certain mobile phone operators and/or merchants are deposited into a restricted cash account. The bank credit arrangements primarily represent cash collateral on deposit with commercial banks to cover guarantees.