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Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]  
Description Of Business And Basis Of Presentation

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

      Description of Business

     Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. ("Net1" and collectively with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Florida on May 8, 1997. The Company provides payment solutions and transaction processing services across a wide range of industries and in various geographies. It has developed and markets a smart-card based alternative payment system for the unbanked and underbanked populations of developing economies. Its universal electronic payment system ("UEPS") uses biometrically secure smart cards that operate in real-time but offline, which allows users to enter into transactions at any time with other card holders in even the most remote areas. The Company also develops and provides secure transaction technology solutions and services, and offers transaction processing and financial solutions. The Company's technology is widely used in South Africa today, where it distributes welfare payments to recipient cardholders in South Africa, provides financial services, processes debit and credit card payment transactions on behalf of retailers through its EasyPay system, processes value-added services such as bill payments and prepaid electricity for the major bill issuers and local councils in South Africa, processes third-party and associated payroll payments for employees and provides mobile telephone top-up transactions for the major South African mobile carriers. The Company recently acquired DNI-4PL Proprietary Limited ("DNI"), the leading distributor of mobile subscriber starter packs for Cell C (Pty) Ltd ("Cell C") in South Africa. Through KSNET, the Company offers card processing, payment gateway ("PG") and banking value-added network services ("VAN") in South Korea. The Company has card issuing and acquiring capabilities through Transact24 in Hong Kong and provides value added payment services to online retailers across Europe through Masterpayment in Germany. The Company leverages its strategic equity investments in Finbond Group Limited ("Finbond") and Bank Frick & Co. AG ("Bank Frick") (both regulated banks), and Cell C to introduce products to new customers and geographies.

      Basis of presentation

     The accompanying consolidated financial statements include subsidiaries over which Net1 exercises control and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP").

      Reclassification of redeemable common stock outside of permanent equity

     During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company reclassified redeemable common stock out of total equity because redeemable common stock is required to be presented outside of permanent equity. The Company has restated these amounts in its consolidated balance sheet as at June 30, 2017, and each of the consolidated statement of changes in equity for the years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016. The reclassification resulted in a decrease in total equity by approximately $107.7 million and an increase in redeemable common stock, presented outside of permanent equity, of approximately $107.7 million. This reclassification had no impact on the Company's previously reported consolidated income, comprehensive income or cash flows.