Document And Entity Information - shares	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Nov. 10, 2017
Document And Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	PAYMENT DATA SYSTEMS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001088034
Trading Symbol	pyds
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		13,615,343
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2017
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Amendment Flag	false