Segment Reporting and Major Customers - Total Assets by Segment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Segment Reporting
Total assets	$ 6,218,890	$ 6,366,177
Operating Segments \| Issuer Solutions
Segment Reporting
Total assets	5,830,046	5,892,410
Operating Segments \| Merchant Solutions
Segment Reporting
Total assets	3,190,378	3,295,509
Operating Segments \| Netspend
Segment Reporting
Total assets	1,438,916	1,474,595
Intersegment
Segment Reporting
Total assets	$ (4,240,450)	$ (4,296,337)

Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(a)(12))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(11))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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