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Business Acquisitions Proforma Net Profit Loss

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Percentage Of Business Sold

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Amount of cash paid to acquire the entity.

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The total cost of the acquired entity including the cash paid to shareholders of acquired entities, fair value of debt and equity securities issued to shareholders of acquired entities, the fair value of the liabilities assumed, and direct costs of the acquisition.

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Date when the acquirer obtains control of the acquiree, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired in the business combination.

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The pro forma revenue for a period as if the business combination or combinations had been completed at the beginning of the period.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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Gain (loss) on entity's disposition of equity in securities of subsidiaries. Reflects the difference in the parent company's carrying amount of the equity interest in the subsidiary immediately before and after all stock transactions.

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of the cumulative amount paid and (if applicable) the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, adjusted for any amortization recognized prior to the adoption of any changes in generally accepted accounting principles (as applicable), in excess of the fair value of net assets acquired in one or more business combination transactions.

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The net cash outflow or inflow associated with the acquisition or sale of a business segment during the period.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 KSNET [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 KSNET [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 KSNET [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 KSNET [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2010 KSNET [Member] KRW	Jun. 30, 2012 Eason & Son, Ltd [Member]	Oct. 03, 2011 Eason & Son, Ltd [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2011 SmartLife [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 SmartLife [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 SmartLife [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2011 SmartLife [Member] ZAR	Jun. 30, 2012 Prepaid Business [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 Net1 UTA [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 23, 2010 Net1 UTA [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2012 MediKredit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 MediKredit [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2010 MediKredit [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2010 MediKredit [Member] ZAR	Jun. 30, 2012 FIHRST [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 FIHRST [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 FIHRST [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2010 FIHRST [Member] ZAR	Jun. 30, 2012 MediKredit And FIHRST [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 MediKredit And FIHRST [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition date					Oct. 29, 2010				Oct. 03, 2011			Jul. 01, 2011				Dec. 23, 2010		Jan. 01, 2010				Mar. 31, 2010
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity, cash paid	$ 6,154,000	$ 230,225,000	$ 10,319,000			$ 230,225,000				$ 4,500,000		$ 1,673,000	$ 1,800,000	13,000,000	$ 4,481,000		$ 600,000		$ 981,000	$ 10,000,000	74,000,000		$ 9,338,000	$ 9,000,000	70,000,000
Cash received from acquisition				4,900,000
Business acquisition, contributed revenue												700,000			14,300,000
Business acquisition, contributed net loss												300,000			200,000
Business acquisition cost					235,787,000	240,732,000	240,000,000	270,000,000,000				1,842,000			4,481,000			9,995,000				9,469,000				19,464,000
Percentage of business sold											10.00%
Sale of business to strategic partner	107,000										100,000
Loss on sale of subsidiary interest to strategic partner	81,000	(14,000)									80,000
Business acquisition number of merchants utilizing payment processing services					220,000
Business acquisition transaction-related expenditures						5,600,000																					400,000
Business acquisition percentage of shares acquired																100.00%	19.90%			100.00%	100.00%
Difference between the fair value of consideration paid and the non-controlling interest adjusted amount																$ 900,000