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BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS (Details - Schedule of Finite LIved Intangible Assets Acquired) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 19, 2017	Jun. 20, 2017	Jun. 14, 2017	Nov. 16, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017
DepositAccounts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Life			5 years 1 month 25 days
Intangible assets			$ 9,600		$ 9,600
MagnifyMoney [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Life		3 years 8 months 27 days
Intangible assets		$ 9,700			9,700
SnapCap [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted Average Amortization Life	8 years 8 months
Intangible assets	$ 4,300				$ 4,300
CompareCards [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value				$ 55,400
Weighted Average Amortization Life				7 years 5 months
Technology \| DepositAccounts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value			$ 8,600
Weighted Average Amortization Life			5 years
Technology \| MagnifyMoney [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 200
Weighted Average Amortization Life		3 years
Technology \| SnapCap [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 400
Weighted Average Amortization Life	3 years
Technology \| CompareCards [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value				$ 27,900
Weighted Average Amortization Life				4 years
Customer lists \| DepositAccounts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value			$ 600
Weighted Average Amortization Life			8 years
Customer lists \| MagnifyMoney [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 1,100
Weighted Average Amortization Life		9 years
Customer lists \| SnapCap [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 3,300
Weighted Average Amortization Life	10 years
Customer lists \| CompareCards [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value				$ 23,200
Weighted Average Amortization Life				12 years
Trademarks and trade names \| DepositAccounts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value			$ 400
Weighted Average Amortization Life			4 years
Trademarks and trade names \| MagnifyMoney [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 600
Weighted Average Amortization Life		4 years
Trademarks and trade names \| SnapCap [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value	$ 600
Weighted Average Amortization Life	5 years
Trademarks and trade names \| CompareCards [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value				$ 4,300
Weighted Average Amortization Life				5 years
Website content \| MagnifyMoney [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fair Value		$ 7,800
Weighted Average Amortization Life		3 years