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Revenue
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Revenue  
Revenue

2. Revenue

The Company’s revenues are primarily derived from consideration paid by customers to transfer money. These revenues vary by transaction based upon factors such as channel, send and receive locations, the principal amount sent,

whether the money transfer involves different send and receive currencies, the difference between the exchange rate set by the Company to the customer and the rate available in the wholesale foreign exchange market, and speed of service, as applicable. The Company also offers several other services, including foreign exchange and payment services and other bill payment services, for which revenue is impacted by similar factors. For the substantial majority of the Company’s revenues, the Company acts as the principal in transactions and reports revenue on a gross basis, as the Company controls the service at all times prior to transfer to the customer, is primarily responsible for fulfilling the customer contracts, has the risk of loss, and has the ability to establish transaction prices. Revenue is recognized net of any taxes collected from customers, which are subsequently remitted to governmental authorities.

The Company recognized $1,122.6 million and $1,275.4 million in revenues from contracts with customers for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. There are no material upfront costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers. Under the Company’s loyalty programs, which are primarily offered in its money transfer services, the Company must fulfill loyalty program rewards earned by customers. The loyalty program redemption activity has been and continues to be insignificant to the Company’s results of operations, and the Company has immaterial contract liability balances, which primarily relate to its customer loyalty programs and other services. Contract asset balances related to customers were also immaterial as of the periods presented, as the Company typically receives payment of consideration from its customers prior to satisfying performance obligations under the customer contracts. In addition to revenue generated from contracts with customers, the Company recognizes revenue from other sources, including the sale of derivative financial instruments and investment income generated on settlement assets primarily related to money transfer and money order services.

The Company analyzes its different services individually to determine the appropriate basis for revenue recognition, as further described below. Revenues from consumer money transfers are included in the Company’s Consumer-to-Consumer segment, revenues from foreign exchange and payment services are included in the Company’s Business Solutions segment, and revenues from consumer bill payments and other services are not included in the Company’s segments and are reported as Other. See Note 16 for further information on the Company’s segments.

Consumer Money Transfers

For the Company’s money transfer services, customers agree to the Company’s terms and conditions at the time of initiating a transaction. In a money transfer, the Company has one performance obligation as the customer engages the Company to perform one integrated service which typically occurs within minutes — collect the customer’s money and make funds available for payment to a designated person in the currency requested. Therefore, the Company recognizes revenue upon completion of the following: (i) the customer’s acknowledgment of the Company’s terms and conditions and payment information has been received by the Company, (ii) the Company has agreed to process the money transfer, (iii) the Company has provided the customer a unique transaction identification number, and (iv) funds are available to be picked up by the customer’s designated receiving party. The transaction price is comprised of a transaction fee and the difference between the exchange rate set by the Company to the customer and the rate available in the wholesale foreign exchange market, as applicable, both of which are readily determinable at the time the transaction is initiated.

Foreign Exchange and Payment Services

For the Company’s foreign exchange and payment services, customers agree to terms and conditions for all transactions, either at the time of initiating a transaction or signing a contract with the Company to provide payment services on the customer’s behalf. In the majority of the Company’s foreign exchange and payment services, the Company makes payments to the recipient to satisfy its performance obligation to the customer, and therefore, the Company recognizes revenue on foreign exchange and payment services when this performance obligation has been fulfilled. Revenues from foreign exchange and payment services are primarily comprised of the difference between the exchange rate set by the Company to the customer and the rate available in the wholesale foreign exchange market.

Consumer Bill Payments

The Company offers several different bill payment services that vary by considerations such as: (i) who pays the fee to the Company (consumer or biller), (ii) whether the service is offered to all potential consumers, or only to those for which the Company has a relationship with the biller, and (iii) whether the service utilizes a physical agent network offered for consumers’ convenience, among other factors. The determination of which party is the Company’s customer for revenue recognition purposes is based on these considerations for each of the Company’s bill payment services. For all transactions, the Company’s customers agree to the Company’s terms and conditions, either at the time of initiating a transaction (where the consumer is determined to be the customer for revenue recognition purposes) or upon signing a contract with the Company to provide services on the biller’s behalf (where the biller is determined to be the customer for revenue recognition purposes). As with consumer money transfers, customers engage the Company to perform one integrated service — collect money from the consumer and process the bill payment transaction, thereby providing the billers real-time or near real-time information regarding their customers’ payments and simplifying the billers’ collection efforts. In May 2019, the Company sold a substantial majority of its United States based electronic bill payments services, as discussed in Note 4.

Management has determined that the significant majority of the Company’s revenue is recognized at a point in time. The following tables represent the disaggregation of revenue earned from contracts with customers by product type and region for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions). The regional split of revenue shown in the tables below is based upon where transactions are initiated.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

    

    

Foreign 

    

    

    

Consumer 

Exchange 

Money 

and Payment 

Consumer 

Other 

Transfers

Services

Bill Payments

Services

Total

Regions:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

North America

$

384.8

$

22.2

$

22.7

$

14.4

$

444.1

Europe and Russia/CIS

 

300.9

 

31.5

 

0.8

 

0.7

 

333.9

Middle East, Africa, and South Asia

 

156.9

 

0.5

 

0.1

 

 

157.5

Latin America and the Caribbean

 

84.4

 

0.6

 

23.8

 

2.1

 

110.9

East Asia and Oceania

 

59.1

 

16.8

 

0.3

 

 

76.2

Revenues from contracts with customers

$

986.1

$

71.6

$

47.7

$

17.2

$

1,122.6

Other revenues (a)

 

29.3

 

26.8

 

5.3

 

6.0

 

67.4

Total revenues (b)

$

1,015.4

$

98.4

$

53.0

$

23.2

$

1,190.0

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

    

    

Foreign 

    

    

    

Consumer 

Exchange 

Money 

and Payment 

Consumer 

Other 

Transfers

Services

Bill Payments (c)

Services

Total

Regions:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

North America

$

395.5

$

22.1

$

115.1

$

14.5

$

547.2

Europe and Russia/CIS

 

323.2

 

31.9

 

0.6

 

0.9

 

356.6

Middle East, Africa, and South Asia

 

153.3

 

0.5

 

0.1

 

 

153.9

Latin America and the Caribbean

 

95.3

 

1.0

 

33.6

 

3.5

 

133.4

East Asia and Oceania

 

66.5

 

17.5

 

0.3

 

 

84.3

Revenues from contracts with customers

$

1,033.8

$

73.0

$

149.7

$

18.9

$

1,275.4

Other revenues (a)

 

23.1

 

22.6

 

9.5

 

6.4

 

61.6

Total revenues (b)

$

1,056.9

$

95.6

$

159.2

$

25.3

$

1,337.0

(a)Includes revenue from the sale of derivative financial instruments, investment income generated on settlement assets primarily related to money transfer and money order services, and other sources.
(b)Revenues from "Consumer money transfers" are included in the Company’s Consumer-to-Consumer segment, revenues from "Foreign exchange and payment services" are included in the Company’s Business Solutions segment, and revenues from "Consumer bill payments" and "Other services" are not included in the Company’s segments and are reported as Other. See Note 16 for further information on the Company’s segments.
(c)On February 28, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement with ACI Worldwide Corp. and ACW Worldwide, Inc. to sell its United States electronic bill payments business known as “Speedpay,” and closed the transaction on May 9, 2019. Included within North America revenues are Speedpay revenues of $88.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019.