GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Goodwill and Intangible Assets

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following:  

	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
	(in thousands)
Goodwill	$	23,662,373	$	23,759,740
Other intangible assets:
Customer-related intangible assets	$	9,176,861	$	9,238,728
Acquired technologies	2,745,024		2,732,218
Contract-based intangible assets	1,970,443		1,974,429
Trademarks and trade names	1,237,020		1,239,471
	15,129,348		15,184,846
Less accumulated amortization:
Customer-related intangible assets	1,376,969		1,225,785
Acquired technologies	670,304		576,928
Contract-based intangible assets	88,788		82,225
Trademarks and trade names	178,496		145,253
	2,314,557		2,030,191
	$	12,814,791	$	13,154,655

Schedule of Carrying Amount of Goodwill

The following table sets forth the changes by reportable segment in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

	Merchant Solutions			Issuer Solutions			Business and Consumer Solutions		Total
	(in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2019	$	13,415,352		$	7,985,731		$	2,358,657	$	23,759,740
Goodwill acquired	34,911			—			—		34,911
Effect of foreign currency translation	(64,218		)	(13,318		)	—		(77,536		)
Measurement-period adjustments	3,514			(60,984		)	2,728		(54,742		)
Balance at March 31, 2020	$	13,389,559		$	7,911,429		$	2,361,385	$	23,662,373