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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2014
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

BIN/ICA Agreements

 We have entered into sponsorship or depository and processing agreements with certain banks. These agreements allow us to use the banks' identification numbers, referred to as a Bank Identification Number ("BIN") for Visa transactions and an Interbank Card Association ("ICA") number for MasterCard transactions, to clear credit card transactions through Visa and MasterCard. Certain of these agreements contain financial covenants, and we were in compliance with all such covenants as of February 28, 2014.

Effective September 30, 2013, Global Payments Canada Financial Corporation commenced operations and became a direct member of Visa Canada. Accordingly, we no longer use third party Visa sponsorship in Canada.