SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATES ("ASU")

Significant accounting policies in effect and disclosed within the Company’s most recent audited consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2018 remain substantially unchanged with the exception of the policies impacted by the adoption of noted ASUs below.

Adopted ASUs

Revenue Recognition - The Company adopted ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), subsequent related Updates (collectively, ASU 2014-09), and ASU 2016-04, Liabilities - Extinguishments of Liabilities (Subtopic 405-20): Recognition of Breakage of Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products on October 1, 2018. ASU 2014-09 modifies the guidance used to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of non-financial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other guidance. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment of $1.5 million to retained earnings, net of tax, due to changes in timing of revenue recognition from breakage of unregistered, unused prepaid cards in the Company’s Meta Payment Systems (MPS) division. Refer to Note 12. Revenue from Contracts with Customers for additional information.

Financial Instruments - The Company adopted ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities and related Updates (collectively, ASU 2016-01) on October 1, 2018. ASU 2016-01 makes several revisions to Subtopic 825-10, including that ASU 2016-01: (1) requires equity investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income, (2) simplifies impairment assessment of equity investments without readily determinable fair value, (3) eliminates requirement to disclose methods and significant assumptions used to estimate fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost, (4) requires the use of an exit price notion when measuring fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, and (5) requires separate presentation of financial assets and liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet and accompanying notes. Upon adoption, the Company recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment that reclassed $0.5 million, net of tax, from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings, due to the Company’s cumulative change in fair value of equity securities with readily determinable fair value. Refer to Note 6. Securities for additional information.

The Company also adopted the following ASUs on October 1, 2018, none of which had a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


–	ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments


–	ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash


–	ASU 2017-01, Clarifying the Definition of a Business


–	ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment


–	ASU 2017-05, Other Income - Gains and Losses from Derecognition of Non-Financial Assets (Subtopic 610-20): Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and accounting for Partial Sales of Non-Financial Assets


–	ASU 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting

ASUs to be Adopted

Leases - ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), and related Updates (collectively Topic 842) will become effective for the Company on October 1, 2019. For lessees, Topic 842 establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with such classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement. For lessors, the guidance with Topic 842 is largely unchanged from current guidance.

A modified retrospective transition approach is required. An entity may choose to use either (1) the standard’s effective date or (2) the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, as the date of initial application. The Company expects to adopt Topic 842 using the effective date, October 1, 2019, as the date of initial application. Consequently, financial information will not be updated and disclosures required under Topic 842 will not be provided for dates and periods before October 1, 2019.

FASB has released several updates to Topic 842 through subsequent ASUs, many of which allow for practical expedients in transition. The Company expects to elect the ‘package of practical expedients’, which permits the Company to not reassess under the new standard the Company’s prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. The Company does not expect to elect the use-of-hindsight or the practical expedient pertaining to land easements, with the latter not being applicable to the Company. The new standard also provides practical expedients for a lessee’s and lessor’s ongoing accounting. The Company expects to elect the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. The Company (as a lessee and lessor) also expects to elect the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for all of its leases that qualify.

As a lessee, the Company expects Topic 842 to have a material effect on its financial statements. While the Company continues to assess the effects of adoption, the Company believes the significant effects will relate to (1) recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for the Company’s office and equipment operating leases; (2) recognition of ROU assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for the Company’s service contracts that meet the revised definition of a lease under Topic 842; and (3) providing significant new disclosures about the Company’s leasing activities. The Company is currently implementing a methodology and process to estimate and account for the ROU assets and lease liabilities.

As a lessor, the Company continues to assess the effects of adoption, however the Company believes the significant effects will relate to (1) earlier recognition of expense due to a narrower definition of initial direct costs; (2) gross presentation of costs excluded from contract consideration that are reimbursed by the lessee as revenue and expenses on the income statement; and (3) presentation of leasing activities on the Company’s financial statements. The Company is currently in the process of implementing a new lease accounting system, processes and procedures to reflect the new standard.

Other Upcoming ASUs - Refer to the Company’s most recently audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2018 for the latest update on ASUs relevant to the Company and not yet adopted as of March 31, 2019.