Restricted Cash (Note)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Restricted Cash [Abstract]

Restricted Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

Restricted Cash

The restricted cash balances as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:

	As of December 31,
(in thousands)	2018		2017
Cash held in trust and/or cash held on behalf of others	$	67,163	$	67,541
Collateral on bank credit arrangements and other	9,432		13,833
Total	$	76,595	$	81,374

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.