Represents the aggregate amount of the prepaid balance accessed by customers on prepaid cards.

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Represents the aggregate amount of prepaid cards issued to customers.

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- Definition

Represents to total amount of fees on prepaid cards to be refunded.

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- Definition

Aggregate carrying amount of the estimated litigation liability for known or estimated probable loss from litigation, which may include attorneys' fees and other litigation costs.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of loss contingency liability.

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- Definition

The total number of new claims filed pertaining to a loss contingency during the period.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Detail) $ in Millions	Oct. 21, 2014 claim	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 20, 2016 USD ($)
Heidarpour v. Central Payment Co., LLC \| CPAY
Commitments and Contingencies
Settlement fund			$ 6.5
TelexFree Matter \| Propay
Commitments and Contingencies
Number of additional claims \| claim	4
Federal Trade Commission Complaint Matter
Commitments and Contingencies
Estimated liability recorded		$ 14.7
Federal Trade Commission Complaint Matter \| NetSpend Corporation
Commitments and Contingencies
Total amount of prepaid cards issued		40.0
Amount accessed by customers against the prepaid cards		3.6
Amount of fees on prepaid cards to be refunded		$ 13.0