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Segments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Segments  
Segments

16. Segments

As described in Note 1, the Company classifies its business into two segments: Consumer-to-Consumer and Business Solutions. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise that engage in business activities, about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the Company’s CODM in allocating resources and assessing performance.

The Consumer-to-Consumer operating segment facilitates money transfers between two consumers. The Company’s multi-currency money transfer service is provided through one interconnected global network where a money transfer can be sent from one location to another, around the world. The segment includes five geographic regions whose functions are primarily related to generating, managing, and maintaining agent relationships and localized marketing activities. The Company includes Digital Money Transfer transactions in its regions. By means of common processes and systems, these

regions, including Digital Money Transfer transactions, create an interconnected network for consumer transactions, thereby constituting one global Consumer-to-Consumer money transfer business and one operating segment.

The Business Solutions operating segment facilitates payment and foreign exchange solutions, primarily cross-border, cross-currency transactions, for small and medium size enterprises, and other organizations and individuals.

All businesses and other services that have not been classified in the above segments are reported as Other, which primarily includes the Company’s cash-based and electronic-based bill payment services which facilitate payments from consumers to businesses and other organizations. In May 2019, the Company sold a substantial majority of its United States based electronic bill payments services, as discussed in Note 4. The Company’s money order and other services are also included in Other.

Corporate costs, including stock-based compensation and other overhead, are allocated to the segments primarily based on a percentage of the segments’ revenue compared to total revenue.

The following table presents the Company’s reportable segment results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in millions):

Three Months Ended

March 31, 

    

2020

    

2019

    

Revenues:

 

  

 

  

Consumer-to-Consumer

$

1,015.4

$

1,056.9

Business Solutions

 

98.4

 

95.6

Other (a)

 

76.2

 

184.5

Total consolidated revenues

$

1,190.0

$

1,337.0

Operating income:

 

  

 

  

Consumer-to-Consumer

$

209.9

$

233.3

Business Solutions

 

13.9

 

8.6

Other (a)

 

19.9

 

9.3

Total segment operating income (b)

 

243.7

 

251.2

Restructuring-related expenses (Note 5)

 

(10.5)

 

Total consolidated operating income

$

233.2

$

251.2

(a)Other primarily consists of the Company’s electronic-based and cash-based bill payment services which facilitate payments from consumers to businesses and other organizations. In May 2019, the Company sold a substantial majority of its United States based electronic bill payments services, as discussed in Note 4. Speedpay revenues and direct operating expenses included in the Company’s results were $88.2 million and $67.6 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2019. Paymap revenues and direct operating expenses included in the Company’s results were $3.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2019.
(b)In the first quarter of 2020, the Company changed its expense allocation method so that its corporate data center and network engineering information technology expenses are allocated based on a percentage of relative revenue. In 2019, these costs had been allocated based in part on a percentage of relative transactions. The Company believes that an allocation method based fully on relative revenue presents a more representative view of segment profitability, as certain of the Company’s services, particularly some of its bill payment services and its money order services, have much lower revenues per transaction than the Company’s other services. For the three months ended March 31, 2019, this change would have decreased Consumer-to-Consumer operating income and increased Other operating income by $13.1 million. Business Solutions was not materially impacted by the change in the allocation method.