Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

May 31, 2012

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

As of May 31, 2012 and 2011, accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

	2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Trade accounts payable	$	11,817	$	20,053
Compensation and benefits	36,116		37,033
Third party processing expenses	10,578		14,254
Commissions to third parties	64,581		49,868
Accrued fees and assessment expenses	27,149		21,468
Transition services payable to HSBC UK, HSBC Asia Pacific and Comercia	17,920		25,489
Accrued processing system intrusion costs	79,666		—
Other	68,486		73,413
	$	316,313	$	241,578