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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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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the assets, including goodwill, in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed, less the noncontrolling interest in the acquiree.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Cash outflow representing an adjustment to the purchase price of a previous acquisition.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) $ in Thousands	Jan. 20, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	May 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, acquisition-related expenditure		$ 200		$ 200
Transact24 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage acquired in acquisition	56.00%				44.00%
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity	$ 3,000
Total purchase consideration	$ 6,963
Shares issued in acquisition \| shares	391,645
Fair value of shares issued in acquisition	$ 4,000
Business acquisition, contributed revenue				3,800
Business acquisition, contributed net income				30
Masterpayment [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage acquired in acquisition			60.00%
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity		9,400		11,200
EBITDA earn-out		$ 5,400
Total purchase consideration			$ 14,766
Business acquisition, number of registered merchants \| item			5,000
Consideration transferred			$ 25,955
Business acquisition, contributed revenue				2,400
Business acquisition, contributed net income				$ (40)
After June 30, 2016 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of shares issued restricted to resale	50.00%
After June 30, 2017 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of shares issued restricted to resale	50.00%