Accrued Liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Accrued Liabilities

Accrued Liabilities

(9) Accrued Liabilities

The Company’s accrued liabilities consisted of the following:

	December 31, 2017		December 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Accrued merchant settlement	$	101,366	$	77,142
Accrued merchant fees		57,079		40,369
Accrued taxes		35,759		32,982
Accrued compensation		24,044		19,150
Accrued cash management fees		16,604		9,894
Accrued interest		8,679		6,174
Accrued processing costs		7,830		5,918
Accrued maintenance		3,927		8,473
Accrued armored		6,654		6,354
Accrued purchases		4,631		6,249
Accrued telecommunications costs		1,413		1,841
Accrued interest on interest rate swap contracts		1,070		2,152
Other accrued expenses		37,889		23,920
Total accrued liabilities	$	306,945	$	240,618

As of December 31, 2017, the Accrued compensation line item included $3.6 million of employee severance costs associated with the Company’s Restructuring Plan. The increase in the Other accrued expenses line item is primarily attributed to additional liabilities assumed with the DCPayments acquisition.