Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements Note 1 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Business Total System Services, Inc.’s (“TSYS’” or the “Company’s”) revenues are derived from providing payment processing, merchant services and related payment services to financial and nonfinancial institutions, generally under long-term processing contracts. The Company also derives revenues by providing general-purpose reloadable (“GPR”) prepaid debit and payroll cards, demand deposit accounts and other financial service solutions to the underbanked and other consumers and businesses. The Company’s services are provided through three operating segments: Issuer Solutions, Merchant Solutions and Consumer Solutions. Through the Company's Issuer Solutions segment, TSYS processes information through its cardholder systems for financial and nonfinancial institutions throughout the United States and internationally. The Company's Merchant Solutions segment provides merchant services to merchant acquirers and merchants mainly in the United States. The Company’s Consumer Solutions segment provides financial service solutions to consumers and businesses in the United States. Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of TSYS include the accounts of TSYS and its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. These estimates and assumptions are developed based upon all information available. Actual results could differ from estimated amounts. All adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and results of operations for the periods covered by this report, have been included. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s summary of significant accounting policies, consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Results of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year. Out-of-period adjustment As of January 1, 2019, the Company recorded an adjustment to reclassify the cumulative unrealized gain of $5.1 million related to an investment in common stock with a readily determinable fair value from other comprehensive income to opening retained earnings. This adjustment was recorded to comply with the guidance in Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. Fair Value Measurement Refer to Note 3 of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, for a discussion regarding fair value measurement. The Company had no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 assets during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had recorded goodwill in the amount of $4.1 billion. The Company performs its annual impairment testing of its goodwill balance as of May 31st of each year. The fair value of the reporting units substantially exceeds their carrying value. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements The Company adopted the following ASUs on January 1, 2019: In September 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Revenues from Customers (Topic 606), Leases (Topic 840) and Leases (Topic 842), which made amendments to SEC paragraphs pursuant to the Staff Announcement at the July 20, 2017 Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Meeting and rescission of prior SEC Staff Announcements and Observer comments. This guidance, which is effective immediately, generally relates to the adoption of ASC 606 and 842. The adoption of the amendments in this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which introduced a lessee model that brings most operating leases on the balance sheet and aligns many of the underlying principles of the new lessor model with those in the FASB’s new revenue recognition standard. The FASB has issued several additional ASUs since this time that provide additional clarification to certain issues existing after the original ASU was released. All of the new standards were effective for the Company on January 1, 2019. TSYS adopted the new leases standard as of January 1, 2019 using the cumulative effect method. See Note 4 for further discussion of the Company’s adoption of this new standard. New Accounting Pronouncements Refer to Note 1 of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, for a discussion regarding new accounting pronouncements.

TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.

Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 1 —Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Business

Total System Services, Inc.’s (“TSYS’” or the “Company’s”) revenues are derived from providing payment processing, merchant services and related payment services to financial and nonfinancial institutions, generally under long-term processing contracts. The Company also derives revenues by providing general-purpose reloadable (“GPR”) prepaid debit and payroll cards, demand deposit accounts and other financial service solutions to the underbanked and other consumers and businesses. The Company’s services are provided through three operating segments: Issuer Solutions, Merchant Solutions and Consumer Solutions.

Through the Company's Issuer Solutions segment, TSYS processes information through its cardholder systems for financial and nonfinancial institutions throughout the United States and internationally. The Company's Merchant Solutions segment provides merchant services to merchant acquirers and merchants mainly in the United States. The Company’s Consumer Solutions segment provides financial service solutions to consumers and businesses in the United States.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of TSYS include the accounts of TSYS and its wholly- and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. These estimates and assumptions are developed based upon all information available. Actual results could differ from estimated amounts. All adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and results of operations for the periods covered by this report, have been included.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s summary of significant accounting policies, consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Results of interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year.

Out-of-period adjustment

As of January 1, 2019, the Company recorded an adjustment to reclassify the cumulative unrealized gain of $5.1 million related to an investment in common stock with a readily determinable fair value from other comprehensive income to opening retained earnings. This adjustment was recorded to comply with the guidance in Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.

Fair Value Measurement

Refer to Note 3 of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, for a discussion regarding fair value measurement.

The Company had no transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 assets during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

As of March 31, 2019, the Company had recorded goodwill in the amount of $4.1 billion. The Company performs its annual impairment testing of its goodwill balance as of May 31st of each year. The fair value of the reporting units substantially exceeds their carrying value.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

The Company adopted the following ASUs on January 1, 2019:

In September 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Revenues from Customers (Topic 606), Leases (Topic 840) and Leases (Topic 842), which made amendments to SEC paragraphs pursuant to the Staff Announcement at the July 20, 2017 Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Meeting and rescission of prior SEC Staff Announcements and Observer comments. This guidance, which is effective immediately, generally relates to the adoption of ASC 606 and 842. The adoption of the amendments in this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which introduced a lessee model that brings most operating leases on the balance sheet and aligns many of the underlying principles of the new lessor model with those in the FASB’s new revenue recognition standard. The FASB has issued several additional ASUs since this time that provide additional clarification to certain issues existing after the original ASU was released. All of the new standards were effective for the Company on January 1, 2019. TSYS adopted the new leases standard as of January 1, 2019 using the cumulative effect method. See Note 4 for further discussion of the Company’s adoption of this new standard.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 1 of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, which is included as Exhibit 13.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the SEC, for a discussion regarding new accounting pronouncements.