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Related Party Transactions (Note)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block] Related Party Transactions

The Company leases an airplane from a company owned by Mr. Michael J. Brown, Euronet's Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors. The airplane is leased for business use on a per flight hour basis at competitive commercial rates with no minimum usage requirement. Euronet incurred expenses of $0.3 million, $0.3 million and $0.4 million during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, for the use of this airplane.

In June 2014, the Company signed an ATM operating agreement with Rontec Ltd., a U.K. company in which Gerald Ronson holds a majority of the shares. Mr. Ronson is the father-in-law of Paul Althasen, one of the Company's directors. This is a commercial agreement under which the Company leases ATM sites from Rontec Ltd. at rates which it considers to be competitive commercial rates. The Company paid $50 thousand, $38 thousand and $49 thousand under this agreement in each of 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.