10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File No. 001-32594

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HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	22-3755714
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

90 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08542

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(609) 683-3831

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    x  YES    o  NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  YES    o  NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	o
Non-accelerated filer	o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    o  YES    x  NO

As of May 1, 2013, there were 36,329,939 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.

INDEX

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income        for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity        for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited)	5
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	6
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	27
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	41
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	42
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	42
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	42
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	42
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	43
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	43
Item 5.	Other Information	43
Item 6.	Exhibits	43

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	37,504		$	48,440
Funds held for customers	142,011			131,405
Receivables, net	226,485			180,448
Investments	1,299			1,199
Inventory	10,243			9,694
Prepaid expenses	13,712			10,421
Current deferred tax assets, net	10,311			10,475
Assets held for sale	—			17,044
Total current assets	441,565			409,126
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	55,747			56,425
Property and equipment, net	129,167			125,031
Goodwill	170,449			168,062
Intangible assets, net	48,905			53,594
Deposits and other assets, net	1,165			1,176
Total assets	$	846,998		$	813,414
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Due to sponsor banks	$	1,749		$	37,586
Accounts payable	68,283			64,065
Customer fund deposits	142,011			131,405
Processing liabilities	160,928			95,273
Current portion of borrowings	102,001			102,001
Current portion of accrued buyout liability	11,468			10,478
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	36,541			47,817
Current tax liabilities	3,155			4,323
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	—			1,672
Total current liabilities	526,136			494,620
Deferred tax liabilities, net	31,618			29,632
Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits	3,386			3,069
Long-term portion of borrowings	45,000			50,000
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	25,288			24,932
Total liabilities	631,428			602,253
Commitments and contingencies	—			—
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 37,804,792 and 37,571,708 shares issued at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012; 36,597,692 and 36,855,908 outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012	38			38
Additional paid-in capital	226,643			222,705
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(271		)	(399		)
Retained earnings	24,608			7,629
Treasury stock, at cost (1,207,100 and 715,800 shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012)	(35,448		)	(20,187		)
Total stockholders’ equity	215,570			209,786
Noncontrolling interests	—			1,375
Total equity	215,570			211,161
Total liabilities and equity	$	846,998		$	813,414

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Total revenues	$	501,239		$	467,576
Costs of services:
Interchange	307,072			297,948
Dues, assessments and fees	47,332			43,868
Processing and servicing	59,397			55,628
Customer acquisition costs	10,733			11,436
Depreciation and amortization	4,090			4,352
Total costs of services	428,624			413,232
General and administrative	45,840			31,549
Total expenses	474,464			444,781
Income from operations	26,775			22,795
Other income (expense):
Interest income	34			104
Interest expense	(1,234		)	(850		)
Provision for processing system intrusion costs	(206		)	(157		)
Other, net	116			—
Total other expense	(1,290		)	(903		)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	25,485			21,892
Provision for income taxes	9,840			8,366
Net income from continuing operations	15,645			13,526
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,135 and $133	3,970			326
Net income	19,615			13,852
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	56			98
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559		$	13,754
Amounts Attributable to Heartland:
Net income from continuing operations	$	15,645		$	13,526
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax and non-controlling interests	3,914			228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559		$	13,754
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.42		$	0.34
Income from discontinued operations	0.11			0.01
Basic earnings per share	$	0.53		$	0.35
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.41		$	0.33
Income from discontinued operations	0.10			0.01
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.51		$	0.34
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic	36,841			38,837
Diluted	38,374			40,560

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Net income	$	19,615		$	13,852
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains on investments, net of income tax of $4 and $7	3			11
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments, net of tax of $43 and ($6)	80			(6		)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(54		)	231
Comprehensive income	19,644			14,088
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	40			167
Comprehensive income attributable to Heartland	$	19,604		$	13,921

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

	Heartland Stockholders’ Equity
	Common Stock				Additional Paid-In Capital			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Retained Earnings			Treasury Stock			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity
	Shares		Amount
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
Balance, January 1, 2012	38,848		$	39	$	207,643		$	(680	)	$	29,236		$	(16,828	)	$	642		$	220,052
Issuance of common stock– options exercised	545		1		6,842			—			—			—			—			6,843
Excess tax benefit on employee share-based compensation	—		—		1,321			—			—			—			—			1,321
Repurchase of common stock	(419	)	—		—			—			—			(11,389		)	—			(11,389		)
Share-based compensation	—		—		2,934			—			—			—			—			2,934
Other comprehensive income	—		—		—			167			—			—			69			236
Dividends on common stock ($0.06 per share)	—		—		—			—			(2,336		)	—			—			(2,336		)
Net income for the period	—		—		—			—			13,754			—			98			13,852
Balance, March 31, 2012	38,974		$	40	$	218,740		$	(513	)	$	40,654		$	(28,217	)	$	809		$	231,513
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
Balance, January 1, 2013	36,856		$	38	$	222,705		$	(399	)	$	7,629		$	(20,187	)	$	1,375		$	211,161
Issuance of common stock– options exercised	89		—		1,158			—			—			—			—			1,158
Issuance of common stock- RSU's vested	144		—		(2,839		)	—			—			—			—			(2,839		)
Excess tax benefit on employee share-based compensation	—		—		1,753			—			—			—			—			1,753
Repurchase of common stock	(491	)	—		—			—			—			(15,261		)	—			(15,261		)
Share-based compensation	—		—		3,866			—			—			—			—			3,866
Changes in equity from sale of discontinued operation	—		—		—			83			—			—			(1,415		)	(1,332		)
Other comprehensive income	—		—		—			45			—			—			(16		)	29
Dividends on common stock ($0.07 per share)	—		—		—			—			(2,580		)	—			—			(2,580		)
Net income for the period	—		—		—			—			19,559			—			56			19,615
Balance, March 31, 2013	36,598		$	38	$	226,643		$	(271	)	$	24,608		$	(35,448	)	$	—		$	215,570

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	19,615		$	13,852
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of capitalized customer acquisition costs	11,256			11,197
Other depreciation and amortization	7,214			7,383
Addition to loss reserves	802			267
(Recovery) provision for doubtful receivables	(292		)	83
Deferred taxes	1,251			3,602
Share-based compensation	3,866			2,934
Write downs on fixed assets and system development costs	57			—
Gain on sale of business	(3,786		)	—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in receivables	(45,664		)	(7,268		)
(Increase) decrease in inventory	(608		)	792
Payment of signing bonuses, net	(5,780		)	(7,554		)
Increase in capitalized customer acquisition costs	(4,798		)	(3,968		)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses	(3,128		)	297
Decrease in current tax assets	598			2,378
Increase in deposits and other assets	(1,054		)	(28		)
Excess tax benefits on employee share-based compensation	(1,753		)	(1,321		)
Increase in reserve for unrecognized tax benefits	317			219
(Decrease) increase in due to sponsor banks	(35,836		)	2,454
Increase in accounts payable	4,051			2,614
Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities	(14,197		)	(10,263		)
Increase in processing liabilities	64,803			5,586
Payouts of accrued buyout liability	(2,929		)	(2,297		)
Increase in accrued buyout liability	4,275			4,207
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,720		)	25,166
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investments	(609		)	(206		)
Maturities of investments	201			575
Increase in funds held for customers	(10,599		)	(11,054		)
Increase in customer fund deposits	10,606			11,073
Proceeds from sale of business	19,343			—
Purchases of property and equipment	(11,351		)	(7,361		)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	7,591			(6,973		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Principal payments on borrowings	(5,000		)	(3,751		)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	1,158			6,842
Excess tax benefits on employee share-based compensation	1,753			1,321
Repurchases of common stock	(14,280		)	(10,672		)
Dividends paid on common stock	(2,580		)	(2,336		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(18,949		)	(8,596		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(13,078		)	9,597
Effect of exchange rates on cash	1			45
Cash at beginning of year	50,581			40,301
Cash at end of period	$	37,504		$	49,943
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest	$	1,041		$	771
Income taxes	7,683			2,302

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1. Organization and Operations

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation— The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include those of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Heartland Payroll Company (“HPC”), Ovation Payroll, Inc. ("Ovation"), Educational Computer Systems, Inc. ("ECSI"), Debitek, Inc. (“Debitek”) and Heartland Acquisition LLC (“Network Services”), and its previously 70% owned subsidiary Collective POS Solutions Ltd. (“CPOS”). The Company entered into an agreement during the fourth quarter of 2012 to sell CPOS. The transaction was settled on January 31, 2013 and the Company recorded a gain on the sale in the first quarter of 2013. The Company presented CPOS as a discontinued operation in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 15, Discontinued Operations for more detail. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All intercompany balances and transactions with the Company's subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In the opinion of the Company's management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position at March 31, 2013, its results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The December 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from the audited 2012 consolidated financial statements.

Business Description—The Company’s principal business is to provide payment processing services related to bankcard transactions for merchants throughout the United States, and until January 31, 2013 in Canada (See Note 15, Discontinued Operations). In addition, the Company provides certain other merchant services, including the sale and rental of terminal equipment, sale of terminal supplies and loyalty and gift card marketing solutions ("Heartland Marketing Solutions"). The Company provides K to 12 school solutions ("Heartland School Solutions") in the United States including school nutrition and point-of-sale and payment solutions. HPC and Ovation provide payroll and related tax filing services throughout the United States. Debitek provides campus payment solutions ("Campus Solutions"), prepaid card and stored-value card payment solutions throughout the United States and Canada. ECSI also provides Campus Solutions, including higher education loan servicing, throughout the United States.

Over 72% of the Company's revenue is derived from processing and settling Visa and MasterCard bankcard transactions for its merchant customers. Because the Company is not a ''member bank'' as defined by Visa and MasterCard, in order to process and settle these bankcard transactions for its merchants, the Company has entered into sponsorship agreements with member banks. Visa and MasterCard rules restrict the Company from performing funds settlement or accessing merchant settlement funds and require that these funds be in the possession of the member bank until the merchant is funded. A sponsorship agreement permits the Company to route Visa and MasterCard bankcard transactions under the member bank's control and identification numbers to clear credit and signature debit bankcard transactions through Visa and MasterCard. A sponsorship agreement also enables the Company to settle funds between cardholders and merchants by delivering funding files to the member bank, which in turn transfers settlement funds to the merchants' bank accounts. These restrictions place the settlement assets and obligations under the control of the member bank.

The sponsorship agreements with the member banks require, among other things, that the Company abide by the bylaws and regulations of the Visa and MasterCard networks, and certain of the sponsor banks require a certificate of deposit or a cash balance in a deposit account. If the Company breaches a sponsorship agreement, the sponsor banks may terminate the agreement and, under the terms of the agreement, the Company would have 180 days to identify an alternative sponsor bank.

The Company is dependent on its sponsor banks, Visa and MasterCard for notification of any compliance breaches. As of March 31, 2013, the Company has not been notified of any such issues by its Sponsor banks, Visa or MasterCard.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company is party to four bank sponsorship agreements.

• On February 8, 2012, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

("WFB"). The WFB sponsorship agreement will be in effect until February 8, 2016 and will automatically

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(unaudited)

renew for successive three-year periods unless either party provides six months written notice of non-renewal to the other party. Processing for small and mid-sized merchants (referred to as "Small and Midsized Enterprises," or “SME merchants”) under the WFB sponsorship commenced in August 2012, when that activity was transferred from its previous sponsor, KeyBank, National Association.

• In November 2009, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with The Bancorp Bank to sponsor processing for the Company's large national and mid-tier merchants. The agreement with The Bancorp Bank expires in November 2014 and will automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless either party provides six months written notice of non-renewal to the other party.

• On March 24, 2011, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Barclays Bank Delaware to sponsor processing for certain of the Company's large national merchants. The agreement with Barclays Bank Delaware expires in March 2016 with an automatic one-year renewal.

• In 2007, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Heartland Bank, an unrelated third party, to sponsor SME merchant processing. The agreement with Heartland Bank has been renewed through September 2013. The Agreement continues for successive three-year terms unless terminated by either party with 180 days prior written notice. In March 2013 the Company notified Heartland Bank it intends to terminate the sponsorship agreement and has made arrangements for continuing sponsorship with an alternative sponsor bank.

Following is a breakout of the Company’s total Visa and MasterCard settled bankcard processing volume for the month ending March 31, 2013 by percentage processed under its individual bank sponsorship agreements:

	% of	March 2013
Sponsor Bank	Bankcard Processing Volume
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	64%
The Bancorp Bank	16%
Barclays Bank Delaware	13%
Heartland Bank	7%

The Company also provides card transaction processing for DFS Services, LLC ("Discover") and is designated as an

acquirer by Discover. The agreement with Discover allows the Company to acquire, process and fund transactions directly

through Discover's network without the need of a bank sponsor. The Company processes Discover transactions similarly to

how it processes Visa and MasterCard transactions. The Company must comply with Discover acquirer operating regulations

and uses its sponsor banks to assist in funding its merchants' Discover transactions.

Under a sales and servicing program agreement with American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

("American Express") the Company: (a) provides solicitation services by signing new-to-American Express merchants directly

with American Express; (b) provides transactional support services on behalf of American Express to the Company's American

Express accepting merchants; and (c) provides processing, settlement, customer support and reporting to merchants, similar to

the services provided for the merchants' Visa, MasterCard and Discover transactions.

Working Capital- The Company's working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, was negative by $84.6 million at March 31, 2013 and $85.5 million at December 31, 2012. The negative working capital primarily reflects the Company (a) borrowing $82.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the acquisitions of ECSI and Ovation as described above an in Note 3, Acquisitions, (b) using $103.4 million of operating cash to repurchase 3.6 million shares of the Company's common stock during 2012 and (c) using $14.3 million of operating cash to repurchase 491,300 shares during the three months ended March 31, 2013. See Note 10, Credit Facilities for information on the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The Company believes that its current cash and investment balances, cash generated from operations and its agreements with its sponsor banks to fund SME merchant advances will provide sufficient liquidity to meet its anticipated needs for operating capital for at least the next twelve months.

Processing System Intrusion—On January 20, 2009, the Company publicly announced the discovery of a criminal breach of its payment systems environment (the “Processing System Intrusion”). The Processing System Intrusion involved malicious software that appears to have been used to collect in-transit, unencrypted payment card data while it was being

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processed by the Company during the transaction authorization process. The Company believes the breach did not extend beyond 2008.

Since its announcement of the Processing System Intrusion on January 20, 2009 and through March 31, 2013, the Company has expensed a total of $147.9 million, before reducing those charges by $31.2 million of total insurance recoveries. The majority of the total charges of approximately $114.7 million relates to settlements of claims. Approximately $33.2 million of the total charges were for legal fees and costs the Company incurred for investigations, defending various claims and actions, remedial actions and crisis management services.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company incurred approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, for legal fees and costs it incurred related to the Processing System Intrusion. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company expensed approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, related to the Processing System Intrusion.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates include, among other things, the accrued buyout liability, capitalized customer acquisition costs, goodwill, loss reserves, certain accounts payable and accrued expenses and certain tax assets and liabilities as well as the related valuation allowances, if any. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—At March 31, 2013, cash included approximately $19.3 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral, compared to approximately $31.6 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral at December 31, 2012.

Receivables—Receivables are stated net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company estimates its allowance based on experience with its merchants, customers, and sales force and its judgment as to the likelihood of their ultimate payment. The Company also considers collection experience and makes estimates regarding collectability based on trends in aging. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant charge offs for its merchant receivables.

The Company's primary receivables are from its bankcard processing merchants. In addition to receivables for transaction fees the Company charges its merchants for processing transactions, these receivables include amounts resulting from the Company's practice of advancing interchange fees to most of its SME merchants during the month and collecting those fees at the beginning of the following month. The Company does not advance interchange fees to its Network Services Merchants. Network Services Merchants are invoiced monthly, on payment terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing. Receivables from merchants also include receivables from the sale of point of sale terminal equipment.

Historically, the Company funded interchange advances to its SME merchants first with its available cash, then when that cash had been expended, by directing its sponsor banks to fund advances, thereby incurring a payable to sponsor banks. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company accelerated the end-of-day presentment of transaction funding files to the bankcard networks resulting in its sponsor banks receiving settlement cash one day earlier and increasing funding obligations to its SME merchants, which are carried in processing liabilities. As a result, these merchant interchange advances/receivables are first funded from the accelerated settlement cash received from bankcard networks, then from the Company's available cash or by incurring a payable to its sponsor banks. At March 31, 2013, the Company used $4.0 million of its available cash to fund merchant advances and at December 31, 2012, the Company used $3.8 million of its cash to fund merchant advances. The amount due to sponsor banks for funding advances was $36.3 million at December 31, 2012, but at March 31, 2013no merchant advances were funded from payables to our sponsor banks. The Company pays its sponsor banks the prime rate on these payables. The payable to sponsor banks is repaid at the beginning of the following month out of the fees the Company collects from its merchants.

Receivables also include amounts due from bankcard networks which reflects multiple days' processing volume at March 31, 2013 as the current quarter ended on a weekend, as well as pre-funding of Discover and American Express transactions to the Company's merchants and are due from the related bankcard networks. These amounts are recovered the next business day from the date of processing the transaction.

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Receivables also include amounts resulting from the sale, installation, training and repair of payment system hardware and software for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, campus payment solutions, and Heartland School Solutions. These receivables are mostly invoiced on terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing.

Investments and Funds Held for Customers—Investments, including those carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as Funds held for customers, consist primarily of fixed income bond funds and certificates of deposit. Funds held for customers also include overnight bank deposits. The majority of investments carried in Funds held for payroll customers are available-for-sale and recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. Certificates of deposit are classified as held to maturity and recorded at cost. In the event of a sale, cost is determined on a specific identification basis. At March 31, 2013, Funds held for customers included cash and cash equivalents of $140.8 million and investments available for sale of $1.2 million.

The asset funds held for customers and the liability customer fund deposits include: (1) amounts collected from customers prior to funding their payroll liabilities, as well as related tax and fiduciary liabilities for those customers, and (2) amounts collected by Campus Solutions in its capacity as loan servicer, which will be remitted to the customer/owner of the student loans the following month.

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, net—Capitalized customer acquisition costs consist of (1) up-front signing bonus payments made to Relationship Managers and sales managers (the Company's sales force) for the establishment of new merchant relationships, and (2) a deferred acquisition cost representing the estimated cost of buying out the commissions of vested sales employees. Capitalized customer acquisition costs represent incremental, direct customer acquisition costs that are recoverable through gross margins associated with merchant contracts. The capitalized customer acquisition costs are amortized using a method which approximates a proportional revenue approach over the initial three-year term of the merchant contract.

The up-front signing bonus paid for new SME bankcard, payroll and loyalty marketing accounts is based on the estimated gross margin for the first year of the merchant contract. The signing bonus, amount capitalized, and related amortization are adjusted after one year to reflect the actual gross margin generated by the merchant contract during that year. The deferred customer acquisition cost asset is accrued over the first year of SME bankcard merchant processing, consistent with the build-up in the accrued buyout liability, as described below. Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are developed the same as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

Management evaluates the capitalized customer acquisition costs for impairment on an annual basis by comparing, on a pooled basis by vintage month of origination, the expected future net cash flows from underlying merchant relationships to the carrying amount of the capitalized customer acquisition costs. If the estimated future net cash flows are lower than the recorded carrying amount, indicating an impairment of the value of the capitalized customer acquisition costs, the impairment loss will be charged to operations. The Company believes that no impairment has occurred as of March 31, 2013.

Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities— Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated

Balance Sheets includes deferred revenue of $7.6 million and $13.0 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012,

respectively, which is primarily related to our Heartland School Solutions and Campus Solutions businesses.

Also included in accrued expenses and other liabilities at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is $5.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively, relating to the allocation of purchase price to an unfavorable processing contract associated with our September 30, 2011 acquisition of School-Link Technologies, Inc. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012,we amortized $0.7 million and $1.0 million of this accrued liability against the cash processing costs paid under that contract. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded an adjustment to the carrying value of this unfavorable processing contract of $1.6 million to adjust the liability to reflect the latest estimate of the expected cash processing costs to be paid over the remainder of the contract. The amortization for the quarter and adjustment to the fair value were included in Cost of services in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Processing Liabilities—Processing liabilities result primarily from the Company's card processing activities. Card processing liabilities primarily reflect funds in transit associated with differences arising between the amounts our sponsor banks receive from the bankcard networks and the amounts funded to the Company's merchants. Such differences arise from

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timing differences, interchange expense, merchant advances, merchant reserves and chargeback processing. These differences result in payables or receivables. If the settlement received from the bankcard networks precedes the funding obligation to the merchant, the Company records a processing liability. Conversely, if funding to the merchant precedes the settlement from the bankcard networks, the Company records a receivable from the bankcard network. In addition, certain bankcard networks limit the Company from accessing merchant settlement funds and require that these funds be controlled by the Company's sponsor banks. The amounts are generally collected or paid the following business day.

Chargebacks periodically arise due to disputes between a cardholder and a merchant resulting from the cardholder's dissatisfaction with merchandise quality or the merchant's service, and the disputes may not always be resolved in the merchant's favor. In some of these cases, the transaction is ''charged back'' to the merchant and the purchase price is refunded to the cardholder by the credit card-issuing institution. If the merchant is unable to fund the refund, the Company is liable for the full amount of the transaction. The Company's obligation to stand ready to perform is minimal. The Company maintains a deposit or the pledge of a letter of credit from certain merchants as an offset to potential contingent liabilities that are the responsibility of such merchants. The Company evaluates its ultimate risk and records an estimate of potential loss for chargebacks related to merchant fraud based upon an assessment of actual historical fraud loss rates compared to recent bankcard processing volume levels. The Company believes that the liability recorded as loss reserves approximates fair value.

Accrued Buyout Liability—The Company'sRelationship Managers and sales managers are paid residual commissions based on the gross margin generated by monthly SME merchant processing activity. The Company has the right, but not the obligation, to buy out some or all of these commissions, and intends to do so periodically. Such purchases of the commissions are at a fixed multiple of the last twelve months' commissions. Because of the Company's intent and ability to execute purchases of the residual commissions, and the mutual understanding between the Company and the Relationship Managers and sales managers, the Company has accounted for this deferred compensation arrangement pursuant to the substantive nature of the plan. The Company therefore records the amount that it would have to pay (the ''settlement cost'') to buy out non-servicing related commissions in their entirety from vested Relationship Managers and sales managers, and an accrual, based on their progress towards vesting, for those unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers who are expected to vest in the future. As noted above, as the liability increases over the first year of a SME merchant contract, the Company also records a related deferred acquisition cost asset for currently vested Relationship Managers and sales managers. The accrued buyout liability associated with unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers is not included in the deferred acquisition cost asset since future services are required in order to vest. Subsequent changes in the estimated accrued buyout liability due to merchant attrition, same-store sales growth and changes in gross margin are included in the same income statement caption as customer acquisition costs expense.

Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are accrued identically as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

The accrued buyout liability is based on merchants under contract at the balance sheet date, the gross margin generated by those merchants over the prior twelve months, and the contractual buyout multiple. The liability related to a new merchant is therefore zero when the merchant is installed, and increases over the twelve months following the installation date. The same procedure is applied to unvested commissions over the expected vesting period, but is further adjusted to reflect the Company's estimate that 31% of unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers become vested, which represents the Company's historical vesting rate.

The classification of the accrued buyout liability between current and non-current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets is based upon the Company's estimate of the amount of the accrued buyout liability that it reasonably expects to pay over the next twelve months. This estimate is developed by calculating the cumulative annual average percentage that total historical buyout payments represent of the accrued buyout liability. That percentage is applied to the period-end accrued buyout liability to determine the current portion.

Revenue—Revenues are mainly comprised of gross processing revenue, payroll processing revenue and equipment-related revenue. Gross processing revenue primarily consists of discount fees, per-transaction fees and periodic fees (primarily monthly) from the processing of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover bankcard transactions for merchants. The Company passes through to its customers any changes in interchange or network fees. Gross processing revenue also includes fees for servicing American Express accounts, customer service fees, fees for processing chargebacks, termination fees on terminated contracts, gift and loyalty card fees, fees generated by our Heartland School Solutions business, and other

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miscellaneous revenue. Payroll processing revenue includes periodic and annual fees charged by HPC and Ovation for payroll processing services and interest earned from investing tax impound funds held for our customers. Revenue is recorded as bankcard and other processing transactions are processed or payroll services are performed.

Equipment-related revenue includes revenues from the sale, rental and deployment of bankcard terminals, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for campus and K to 12 payment solutions. Revenues are recorded at the time of shipment, or the provision of service.

Loss Contingencies and Legal Expenses—The Company records a liability for loss contingencies when the liability is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. Legal fees associated with loss contingencies are recorded when the legal fees are incurred.

The Company records recoveries from its insurance providers when cash is received from the provider.

Other Income (Expense)—Other income (expense) consists of interest income on cash and investments, the interest cost on our borrowings, the gains or losses on the disposal of property and equipment and other non-operating income or expense items. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, other income (expense) included pre-tax income of approximately $0.1 million reflecting the first payment relating to the sale of a group of merchant contracts within our Prepaid Card business.

Other income (expense) also includes the pretax charges or recoveries related to the provision for processing system intrusion costs.

Income Taxes—The Company accounts for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates.

The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the resulting effective tax rates were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	9,840		$	8,366
Effective tax rate	38.6		%	38.2		%

The increase in the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to March 31, 2012, is due to higher state income tax rates in entities acquired in the fourth quarter 2012.

Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if our estimated tax rate changes, we make a cumulative adjustment in that period.

The Company regularly evaluates its tax positions for additional unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties, if applicable. There are many factors that are considered when evaluating these tax positions including: interpretation of tax laws, recent tax litigation on a position, past audit or examination history, and subjective estimates and assumptions, which have been deemed reasonable by management. However, if management's estimates are not representative of actual outcomes, the Company's results could be materially impacted. The Company does not expect any material changes to unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months. At March 31, 2013, the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions was $3.4 million, of which $2.2 million would, if recognized, impact the effective tax rate. At December 31, 2012, the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions was $3.1 million, of which $2.0 million would, if recognized, impact the effective tax rate.

The Company has received a final determination letter from the Joint Committee of Taxation for 2010 and such Committee has agreed to the “no change" findings of the IRS audit.

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Share–Based Compensation— In the fourth quarters of 2010, 2011, and 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved grants of performance-based Restricted Share Units with grant-specific vesting and performance target terms as shown in the following table:

	Performance Awards by Grant Date
	4th Quarter 2010	4th Quarter 2011	4th Quarter 2012
RSU's Granted	508,800	164,808	72,004
Vested during 2013	50%	—	—
Vesting during 2014	25%	50%	—
Vesting during 2015	25%	50%	50%
Vesting during 2016	—	—	50%
Grant Performance Target	(a)	(b)	(c)

(a) 50% vested on March 1, 2013 since the 2012 diluted earnings per share target of $1.48 was achieved.The remaining Restricted Share Units would vest only if, over the term, the following Pro Forma diluted earnings per share targets for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2014 are achieved:

	2013	2014
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.74	$2.04

Management believes that achieving the performance targets is probable to occur and records share-based compensation expense on these Restricted Share Units.

(b) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of seventeen percent (17%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is above the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 3.09%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 100%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is below the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.13%. If the target CAGR is missed by 80% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. Management determined that achieving a CAGR for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013 which would result in earning the maximum 100% increase in the number of shares that may be awarded was probable to occur, and records share-based compensation expense for these Restricted Share Units based on 329,616 shares.

(c) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of fifteen percent (15%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2014. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two year period ending on December 31, 2014 is above the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 2.08%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 125%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2014 is below the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.31%. If the target CAGR is missed by 67% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. The Company records expense on these Restricted Share Units based on achieving the 15% target.

Pro Forma diluted earnings per share for (a), (b) and (c) performance targets will be calculated excluding non-operating gains and losses, if any, and excluding the after-tax impact of share-based compensation expense. The closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date equals the grant date fair value of these nonvested Restricted Share Units awards and will be recognized as compensation expense over their vesting periods.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved target grants of 72,345 Relative Total

Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (referred to as “TSRs”). These TSRs are nonvested share awards for which vesting

percentages and ultimate number of units vesting will be calculated based on the total shareholder return of our common stock

as compared to the total shareholder return of 86 peers. The payout schedule can produce vesting percentages ranging from 0%

to 225%. Total shareholder return will be calculated based upon the average closing price for the 30 calendar day period ending

December 9, 2015, divided by the closing price on December 10, 2012. The target number of units is based on achieving a total

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shareholder return equal to the 65th percentile of the peer group. The Company recorded expense on these TSRs based on achieving the target. A lattice valuation model was applied to measure the grant date fair value of these TSRs.

Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were computed based on the weighted average outstanding common shares plus equivalent shares assuming exercise of stock options and vesting of Restricted Share Units, where dilutive.

Common Stock Repurchases. On October 21, 2011, July 27, 2012, and November 2, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million worth of the Company's outstanding common stock under each authorization. Repurchases under the October 21, 2011 and July 27, 2012 authorizations were completed during the year ended December 31, 2012. Repurchases under these programs were made through the open market, or in privately negotiated transactions, from time to time in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company intends to fund any repurchases with cash flow from operations, existing cash on the balance sheet, and other sources including the proceeds of options exercises. The manner, timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will be determined by management and will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions and other corporate liquidity requirements. The repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time.

	Repurchase Programs by Authorization Date
Activity For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	October 2011	July 2012	November 2012	Total
Shares repurchased	—	—	491,300	491,300
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	—	—	$15,261	$15,261
Average cost per share	—	—	$31.06	$31.06
Remaining authorization (in thousands)	—	—	$14,552	$14,552
Activity For the Three months ended March 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	419,249	—	—	419,249
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$11,388	—	—	$11,388
Average cost per share	$27.16	—	—	$27.16
Activity For the Year ended December 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	1,157,440	1,760,804	715,800	3,634,044
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$33,172	$50,000	$20,187	$103,359
Average cost per share	$28.66	$28.40	$28.20	$28.44

Future repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Depending on market conditions and other factors, these repurchases may be commenced or suspended from time to time without prior notice.

Derivative Financial Instruments—The Company utilizes derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk on its borrowings under its Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 10 herein). The Company recognizes the fair value of derivative financial instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in investments, or accrued expenses and other liabilities. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments are recognized immediately in earnings unless the derivative is designated and qualifies as a hedge of future cash flows. For derivatives that qualify as hedges of future cash flows, the effective portion of changes in fair value is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged item affects earnings. Any ineffectiveness of cash flow hedges would be recognized in Other income (expense) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income during the period of change.

In January 2011, the Company entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having an initial notional amount of $50 million as a hedge of future cash flows on the variable rate debt outstanding under its Term Credit Facility (as defined in Note 10 herein). These interest rate swaps convert the related notional amount of variable rate debt to fixed rate. The following table summarizes the components of the interest rate swaps.

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in thousands)
Remaining notional value	$	32,500		$	35,000
Fair value (a)	(696		)	(817		)
Deferred tax benefit	270			313

(a) Recorded as a liability in accrued expenses and other liabilities

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Foreign Currency—The Canadian dollar is the functional currency of CPOS, which operates in Canada. CPOS' revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. The foreign currency assets and liabilities of CPOS were translated at the period-end rate of exchange. The resulting translation adjustment was allocated between the Company and CPOS' noncontrolling interests and was recorded as a component of other comprehensive income or noncontrolling interests in total equity. At March 31, 2012, the cumulative foreign currency translation reflected a loss of $0.1 million. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013. See Note 15, Discontinued Operations for more detail.

Noncontrolling Interests— Noncontrolling interests represent noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of the equity and after-tax net income or loss of CPOS. Noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of after-tax net income or loss ofCPOS is included in “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The minority stockholders’ interests included in “noncontrolling interests” in the December 31, 2012 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was $1.4 million and reflected the original investments by these minority shareholders in CPOS, along with their proportionate share of the earnings or losses of CPOS. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013.

Subsequent Events—The Company evaluated subsequent events with respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

New Accounting Pronouncements— From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FinancialAccounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date.

In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on disclosures about offsetting financial assets and liabilities. This guidance requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on the entity's financial position. The amendments require enhanced disclosures by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (i) offset in accordance with current literature or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with current literature. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In July 2012, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on testing indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. This guidance will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset unless the entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is not more likely than not the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. The amendments include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. The update is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012 (early adoption is permitted). The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on improving the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update seek to attain that objective by requiring an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. This update is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

3. Acquisitions

Acquisition transactions in 2012 included:

Lunch Byte Systems, Inc.

On June 29, 2012, the Company expanded its Heartland School Solutions business through its acquisition of the net assets of Lunch Byte Systems, Inc. ("Nutrikids"). The $26.0 million cash payment made on June 29, 2012 for the purchase

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price was funded through our Revolving Credit Facility and subsequently repaid with cash on hand in July 2012. Beginning July 1, 2012, Nutrikids' results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $16.1 million to goodwill, $7.0 million to intangible assets and $2.9 million to net tangible assets. The fair values of the Nutrikids' assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. The entire amount of goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax reporting. The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Nutrikids is as follows:

Weighted-average amortization life
	(In years)
Customer relationships	6.0
Software	3.3
Non-compete agreements	5.0
Overall	5.9

Educational Computer Systems, Inc.

On December 14, 2012, the Company purchased for a $37.6 million cash payment, the stock of Educational Computer Systems, Inc. ("ECSI") and net assets of related entities. The cash purchase price was financed under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The acquisition expands the Company's Campus Solutions division. ECSI supports the entire life cycle of higher education and post-graduation school/student services, including student loan payment processing, default solutions, refund services, tuition payment plans, electronic billing and payment, tax document services, and business outsourcing to more than 1,800 colleges and universities nationwide. With this acquisition, the Company's Campus Solutions business gained ECSI’s client portfolio, increasing the number of higher education clients to more than 2,000 colleges and universities throughout North America.

The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Beginning December 15, 2012, ECSI results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $32.3 million to goodwill, $10.5 million to intangible assets and $5.2 million to net tangible liabilities. The fair values of ECSI's assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date and adjusted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 based on the finalization of the purchase price allocation. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. Only a portion of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax reporting.

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of ECSI is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	12.0
	Software	5.0
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	9.2

Ovation Payroll, Inc.

On December 31, 2012, the Company purchased for a $44.2 million cash payment, the stock of Ovation Payroll, Inc. ("Ovation"). The cash purchase price was financed under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The acquisition expands the Company's existing payroll processing business. Ovation serves over 10,000 clients in 48 states providing payroll processing, payroll tax preparation, Internet payroll reporting, and direct deposit.

The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Beginning January 1, 2013, Ovation's results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $31.3 million to goodwill, $6.6 million to intangible assets and $6.3 million to net tangible assets. The fair values of Ovation's assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date and adjusted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 based on the finalization of the purchase price allocation. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax reporting.

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The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Ovation is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	6.7
	Software	1.5
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	5.9

4. Receivables

A summary of receivables by major class was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable from merchants	$	165,281		$	160,702
Accounts receivable from bankcard networks	59,409			19,588
Accounts receivable from others	2,739			1,596
	227,429			181,886
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(944		)	(1,438		)
Total receivables, net	$	226,485		$	180,448

Included in accounts receivable from others are amounts due from employees which are $0.6 million and $0.4 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Accounts receivable from bankcard networks at March 31, 2013 reflect multiple days' processing volume as the quarter ended on a weekend, and both March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 include amounts which were pre-funded to merchants for processing Discover and American Express bankcard transactions.

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,438		$	1,407
(Reductions) Additions to allowance	(306		)	50
Charges against allowance	(188		)	(36		)
Ending balance	$	944		$	1,421

5. Funds Held for Customers and Investments

A summary of funds held for customers and investments, including the cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value for investments held to maturity and investments available-for-sale by major security type and class of security were as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

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	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
March 31, 2013
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	252	$	—	$	1,220
Cash held for payroll customers	127,066		—		—		127,066
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	13,725		—		—		13,725
Total funds held for customers	$	141,759	$	252	$	—	$	142,011
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit (a)	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Investments - available for sale	100		—		—		100
Total Investments	$	1,299	$	—	$	—	$	1,299

(a) Certificates of deposit have remaining terms ranging from 2 months to 17 months.

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	244	$	—	$	1,212
Cash held for payroll customers	110,334		—		—		110,334
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	19,859		—		—		19,859
Total funds held for customers	$	131,161	$	244	$	—	$	131,405
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Total Investments	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199

During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, the Company did not experience any other-than-temporary losses on its investments. The maturity schedule of all available-for-sale debt securities and held to maturity investments along with amortized cost and estimated fair value as of March 31, 2013 is as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	2,234	$	2,486
Due after one year through five years	33		33
	$	2,267	$	2,519

6. Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net

A summary of net capitalized customer acquisition costs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Capitalized signing bonuses	$	84,379		$	84,728
Less accumulated amortization	(43,913		)	(42,941		)
	40,466			41,787
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	39,345			37,736
Less accumulated amortization	(24,064		)	(23,098		)
	15,281			14,638
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	$	55,747		$	56,425

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(unaudited)

A summary of the activity in capitalized customer acquisition costs, net for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	56,425		$	55,014
Plus additions to:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	5,780			7,554
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	4,798			3,968
	10,578			11,522
Less amortization expense on:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	(7,101		)	(7,321		)
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	(4,155		)	(3,876		)
	(11,256		)	(11,197		)
Balance at end of period	$	55,747		$	55,339

Net signing bonus adjustments from estimated amounts to actual were $(0.8) million and $(0.6) million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Net signing bonus adjustments are netted against additions in the table above. Negative signing bonus adjustments occur when the actual gross margin generated by the merchant contract during the first year is less than the estimated gross margin for that year, resulting in the overpayment of the up-front signing bonus and would be recovered from the relevant salesperson. Positive signing bonus adjustments result from the prior underpayment of signing bonuses and would be paid to the relevant salesperson.

Fully amortized signing bonuses of $6.9 million and $8.0 million, respectively, were written off during the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. In addition, fully amortized customer deferred acquisition costs of $3.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively, were written off during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

The Company believes that no impairment of capitalized customer acquisition costs has occurred as of March 31, 2013.

7. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible Assets — Intangible assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	49,814	$	9,798	$	40,016	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant portfolio	3,345		2,422		923		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,481		4,669		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,489		1,253		3,236		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		24		61		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	71,883	$	22,978	$	48,905

	December 31, 2012						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	52,125	$	8,318	$	43,807	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant Portfolio	3,345		2,316		1,029		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,016		5,134		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,590		1,030		3,560		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		21		64		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	74,295	$	20,701	$	53,594

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Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(unaudited)

Amortization expense related to the intangible assets was $2.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The estimated remaining amortization expense related to intangible assets in twelve month increments is as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,
	(In thousands)
2014	$	8,351
2015	7,097
2016	6,562
2017	5,486
2018	4,080
Thereafter	17,329
	$	48,905

Goodwill — The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013
and 2012 were as follows:		Card		Payroll		Heartland School Solutions		Campus Solutions		Other		Total
Balance at January 1, 2012		$	43,701	$	—	$	40,732	$	3,321	$	6,501	$	94,255
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other	—		—		—		—		—		—
Balance at March 31, 2012		43,701		—		40,732		3,321		6,501		94,255
Balance at January 1, 2013		43,701		30,831		53,350		33,679		6,501		168,062
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other (a)	—		420		—		1,967		—		2,387
Balance at March 31, 2013		$	43,701	$	31,251	$	53,350	$	35,646	$	6,501	$	170,449

(a) Reflects adjustments to allocations of purchase price.

Percentage of total reportable segments' assets that was goodwill as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
		Percent of Goodwill to Reportable Segments' Total Assets
		March 31, 2013	March 31, 2012
	Card	8.6%	6.9%
	Payroll	17.1%	—
	Heartland School Solutions	77.2%	79.4%
	Campus Solutions	51.2%	48.1%
	Other	41.6%	35.7%

8. Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves

Processing liabilities result primarily from the Company's card processing activities and include merchant deposits maintained to offset potential liabilities from merchant chargeback processing. A summary of processing liabilities and loss reserves was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Merchant bankcard processing	$	151,731	$	86,882
Merchant deposits	7,242		6,436
Loss reserves	1,955		1,955
	$	160,928	$	95,273

In addition to the merchant deposits listed above, the Company held letters of credit related to merchant bankcard processing totaling $100,000 at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

The Company's merchants have the liability for any charges properly reversed by the cardholder through a mechanism known as a chargeback. If the merchant is unable to pay this amount, the Company will be liable to the card brand networks

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Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(unaudited)

for the reversed charges. The Company has determined that the fair value of its obligation to stand ready to perform is minimal. The Company requires personal guarantees and merchant deposits from certain merchants to minimize its obligation.

The card brand networks generally allow chargebacks up to four months after the later of the date the transaction is processed or the delivery of the product or service to the cardholder. As the majority of the Company's SME merchant transactions involve the delivery of the product or service at the time of the transaction, a reasonable basis for determining an estimate of the Company's exposure to chargebacks is the last four months' processing volume on the SME portfolio, which was $23.4 billion and $23.5 billion for the four months ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. However, for the four months ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company was presented with $10.8 million and $11.8 million, respectively, in chargebacks by issuing banks. In the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred merchant credit losses of $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively, on total SME bankcard dollar volumes processed of $17.3 billion and $16.7 billion, respectively. These credit losses are included in processing and servicing costs in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The loss recorded by the Company for chargebacks associated with any individual merchant is typically small, due both to the relatively small size and the processing profile of the Company's SME merchants. However, from time to time the Company will encounter instances of merchant fraud, and the resulting chargeback losses may be considerably more significant to the Company. The Company has established a contingent reserve for estimated currently existing credit and fraud losses on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, amounting to $2.0 million on March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012. This reserve is determined by performing an analysis of the Company's historical loss experience applied to current processing volume and exposures.

A summary of the activity in the loss reserve for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,955		$	1,957
Additions to reserve	753			173
Charges against reserve (a)	(753		)	(173		)
Ending balance	$	1,955		$	1,957

(a) Included in these amounts are payroll segment losses of $57,000 and $12,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

9. Accrued Buyout Liability

A summary of the accrued buyout liability was as follows as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Vested Relationship Managers and sales managers	$	35,711		$	33,926
Unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers	1,045			1,484
	36,756			35,410
Less current portion	(11,468		)	(10,478		)
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	$	25,288		$	24,932

In calculating the accrued buyout liability for unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers, the Company has assumed that 31% of the unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers will vest in the future, which represents the Company’s historical vesting rate. A 5% increase to 36% in the expected vesting rate would have increased the accrued buyout liability for unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers by $0.1 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

A summary of the activity in the accrued buyout liability for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

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Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	35,410		$	31,658
Increase in settlement obligation, net	4,275			4,207
Buyouts	(2,929		)	(2,297		)
Ending balance	$	36,756		$	33,568

10. Credit Facilities

On November 24, 2010, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders who are a party to the Credit Agreement. Credit extended under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by the Company's subsidiaries and is secured by substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries.

The Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility, as subsequently amended and increased, in the aggregate amount of up to $140 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of which up to $10 million may be used for the issuance of letters of credit and up to $5 million is available for swing line loans. As originally structured on November 24, 2010, the Revolving Credit Facility provided for $50 million plus, upon the prior approval of the administrative agent, the Company may increase the total revolving commitments of $50 million for a total commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility of $100 million. On July 20, 2012, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement. The Amendment amended the Credit Agreement by, among other things, allowing the Company to increase the total Revolving Credit Facility commitments from $100 million to $150 million upon the prior approval of the administrative agent. On December 12, 2012, the Company entered into the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Agreement (the “Increase Agreement”) with the lenders under the Credit Agreement to increase the total available commitment under the facilities revolving credit facility by $90 million. The Revolving Credit Facility is available to the Company on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Revolving Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015.

The Credit Agreement also provided a term credit facility in the aggregate amount of $100 million (the “Term Credit Facility”). The Term Credit Facility required amortization payments in the amount of $3.75 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and requires $5.0 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and $7.5 million for each fiscal quarter during the period commencing on January 1, 2015 through the maturity date on November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Term Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015. Amounts borrowed and repaid under the Term Credit Facility may not be re-borrowed. Principal payments due under the Term Credit Facility as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	(In thousands)
2014	$	20,000
2015	22,500
2016	22,500
	$	65,000

The Credit Agreement contains covenants which include: the Company's maintenance of certain leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios; limitations on its indebtedness; liens on its properties and assets, its investments in, and loans to other business units; its ability to enter into business combinations and asset sales; and certain other financial and non-financial covenants. These covenants also apply to certain of the Company's subsidiaries. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of March 31, 2013 and expects it will remain in compliance with these covenants for at least the next twelve months.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company may borrow, at its option, at interest rates equal to one, two, three or six month adjusted LIBOR rates, or equal to the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1%, in each case plus a margin determined by its current leverage ratio. The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2013 was 2.6%. Total fees and direct costs paid for the Credit Agreement through March 31, 2013 were $2.2 million. These costs are being amortized to interest expense over the life of the Credit Agreement.

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Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(unaudited)

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company borrowed $82.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the acquisitions of ECSI and Ovation. At March 31, 2013, there was $65.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility and $82.0 million borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. At December 31, 2012, the Company had $82.0 million outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility and $70.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility.

11. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation—The Company is involved in ordinary course legal proceedings, which include all claims, lawsuits,investigations and proceedings, including unasserted claims, which are probable of being asserted, arising in the ordinary course of business and otherwise not described below. The Company has considered all such ordinary course legal proceedings in formulating its disclosures and assessments. In the opinion of the Company, based on consultations with outside counsel, material losses in addition to amounts previously accrued are not considered reasonably possible in connection with these ordinary course legal proceedings.

The Company has also been subject to lawsuits, claims, and investigations which resulted from the Processing System Intrusion. See Contingencies below for a description of the Processing System Intrusion.

Contingencies—The Company collects and stores sensitive data about its merchant customers and bankcard holders. If the Company’s network security is breached or sensitive merchant or cardholder data is misappropriated, the Company could be exposed to assessments, fines or litigation costs.

On January 20, 2009, the Company publicly announced the Processing System Intrusion. The Processing System Intrusion involved malicious software that appears to have been used to collect in-transit, unencrypted payment card data while it was being processed by the Company during the transaction authorization process. See Note 1 for a description of the Processing System Intrusion.

Leases—The Company leases various office spaces and certain equipment under operating leases with remaining terms ranging up to 10 years. The majority of the office space lease agreements contain renewal options and generally require the Company to pay certain operating expenses.

Future minimum lease payments for all non-cancelable leases as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	Operating Leases (a)
	(In thousands)
2014	$9,456
2015	7,045
2016	4,596
2017	3,103
2018	2,944
Thereafter	9,706
Total future minimum lease payments	$36,850

(a) There were no material capital leases at March 31, 2013.

Rent expense for leased facilities and equipment was $2.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

Commitments—Certain officers of the Company have entered into employee confidential information and non-competition agreements under which they are entitled to severance pay equal to their base salary and medical benefits for six months, one year or two years depending on the officer and a pro-rated bonus in the event they are terminated by the Company other than for cause. There were no payouts under these agreements in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

The following table reflects the Company’s other significant contractual obligations, including leases from above, as of March 31, 2013:

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(unaudited)

	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 Years		3 to 5 years		More than 5 years
	(In thousands)
Processing providers (a)	$	15,738	$	6,731	$	9,007	$	—	$	—
Telecommunications providers	18,459		5,662		7,803		4,994		—
Facility and equipment leases	36,850		9,456		11,641		6,047		9,706
Term Credit Facility (b)	65,000		20,000		45,000		—		—
	$	136,047	$	41,849	$	73,451	$	11,041	$	9,706

(a) The Company has agreements with several third-party processors to provide to us on a non-exclusive basis payment processing and transmittal, transaction authorization and data capture services, and access to various reporting tools. Our agreements with third-party processors require the Company to submit a minimum monthly number of transactions or volume for processing. If the Company submits a number of transactions or volume that is lower than the minimum, it is required to pay the third-party processors the fees that they would have received if the Company had submitted the required minimum number or volume of transactions.

(b) Interest rates on the Term Credit Facility are variable in nature; however, in January 2011 we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having a remaining amount of $32.5 million. If interest rates were to remain at the March 31, 2013 level, we would make interest payments of $1.9 million in the next 1 year and $1.5 million in the next 1 to 3 years or a total of $3.4 million including net settlements on the fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps. In addition, we had $82.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2013. The Revolving Credit Facility is available on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015.

12. Segments

The Company bases its business segments on how it monitors and manages the performance of its operations as determined by the Company's chief operating decision maker or decision making group. The Company's operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different marketing strategies, personnel skill sets and technology.

The Company has five reportable segments, as follows: (1) Card, which provides bankcard payment processing and related services to our SME and Network Services merchants (2) Payroll, which provides payroll processing and related tax filing services, (3) Heartland School Solutions, which provides school nutrition and point-of-sale solutions, (4) Campus Solutions, which provides open- and closed-loop payment solutions and with the December 2012 acquisition of ECSI, provides higher education loan services, and (5) Other. The Other segment consists of Prepaid Card, which provides prepaid card, stored-value card and loyalty and gift card marketing solutions and other miscellaneous income. The components of the Other segment do not meet the defined thresholds for being an individually reportable segment.

SME merchants and Network Services merchants are aggregated for financial reporting purposes in the Card Segment, as they both provide processing services related to bankcard transactions, exhibit similar economic characteristics, and share the same methods to provide services.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company revised the presentation of reportable segments as a result of the acquisitions of Nutrikids, Ovation and ECSI. This change resulted in five reportable segments as of March 31, 2013. Additionally, the presentation of the Card segment was revised to classify CPOS as a discontinued operation. The prior period segments were revised to conform to the current period presentation.

The Company allocates revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities to segments only where directly attributable. The unallocated corporate administration amounts consist primarily of costs attributed to finance, corporate administration, human resources and corporate services. Reconciling items include eliminations of intercompany investments and receivables.

The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company believes the terms and conditions of transactions between the segments are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties.

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, 70% and 81% of the Payroll segment's total assets were funds that the Company holds as a fiduciary in its Payroll services activities for payment to taxing authorities. At March 31, 2013, 20% of the Campus Solutions segment's total assets represent funds held for our loan servicing customers related to payment processing services provided for federal student loan billing and processing that are payable to higher education institutions and other businesses. See Note 7, Intangible Assets and Goodwill for goodwill as a percentage of the reportable segments' total assets.

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Notes To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements—(Continued)

(unaudited)

A summary of the Company’s segments for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues	(In thousands)
Card	$	459,025		$	443,147
Payroll	12,812			6,343
Heartland School Solutions	12,095			9,544
Campus Solutions	11,519			1,569
Other	5,791			7,037
Reconciling Items	(3		)	(64		)
Total revenues	$	501,239		$	467,576

Depreciation and amortization
Card	$	6,491		$	5,911
Payroll	833			260
Heartland School Solutions	453			593
Campus Solutions	505			83
Other	404			396
Unallocated Corporate Administration Amounts	(1,507		)	56
Total depreciation and amortization	$	7,179		$	7,299

Interest Income
Card	$	34	$	104
Total interest income	$	34	$	104

Interest Expense
Card	$	1,236		$	912
Campus Solutions	—			2
Other	1			—
Reconciling	(3		)	(64		)
Total interest expense	$	1,234		$	850

Net income from continuing operations
Card	$	15,031		$	16,115
Payroll	1,450			776
Heartland School Solutions	2,558			1,123
Campus Solutions	1,194			(175		)
Other	77			435
Unallocated corporate administration amounts	(4,665		)	(4,748		)
Total net income from continuing operations	$	15,645		$	13,526

Assets
Card	$	510,146	$	629,080
Payroll	182,574		65,974
Heartland School Solutions	69,071		51,317
Campus Solutions	69,566		6,902
Other	15,641		18,189
Total assets	$	846,998	$	771,462

13. Earnings Per Share

The Company presents earnings per share data following the established standards for the computation and presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share data. Under these standards, the dilutive effect of stock options is excluded from the calculation of basic earnings per share but included in diluted earnings per share. The following is a reconciliation of the amounts used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share: 

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(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2013		2012
	(In thousands, except per share)
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations attributable to Heartland	$	15,645	$	13,526
Income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	3,914		228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559	$	13,754
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	36,841		38,837
Effect of dilutive instruments:
Stock options and restricted stock units	1,533		1,723
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	38,374		40,560
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.42	$	0.34
Income from discontinued operations	0.11		0.01
Basic earnings per share	$	0.53	$	0.35
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.41	$	0.33
Income from discontinued operations	0.10		0.01
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.34

14. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company applies a fair value framework in order to measure and disclose its financial assets and liabilities which include fixed income equity securities, interest swap derivatives and certain other financial instruments. The Company determines fair value based on quoted prices when available or through the use of alternative approaches when market quotes are not readily accessible or available.

The Company’s framework for measuring fair value provides a three-level hierarchy, which prioritizes the factors (inputs) used to calculate the fair value of assets and liabilities as follows:

• Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices, such as a New York Stock Exchange closing price, in active markets for identical assets. Level 1 is the highest priority in the hierarchy.

• Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as other significant inputs that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves.

• Level 3 inputs are unobservable and are based on company assumptions due to little, if any, observable market information. Level 3 is the lowest priority in the hierarchy.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 categories. As of March 31, 2013, the Company owns no Level 3 assets or liabilities. The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,220	$	1,220	$	—
Investment - available for sale	100		—		100
Total assets	$	1,320	$	1,220	$	100
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	696	$	—	$	696
Total liabilities	$	696	$	—	$	696

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(unaudited)

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Total assets	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	817	$	—	$	817
Total liabilities	$	817	$	—	$	817

(a) amounts included in Funds held for customers on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	65,000	$	—	$	65,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	147,000	$	—	$	147,000

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	70,000	$	—	$	70,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	152,000	$	—	$	152,000

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all investments in available-for-sale securities held by the Company were measured using Level 1 inputs and all held to maturity investments held by the Company were measured using Level 2 inputs.

The Company's liabilities include interest rate swaps that are measured at fair value using observable market inputs including the Company's credit risk and its counterparties' credit risks. Based on these inputs, the interest rate swaps are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. Based on the Company's continued ability to enter into these swaps, the Company considers the markets for its fair value instruments to be active. The Company's liabilities also include the term loan credit facility and the revolving credit facility and the carrying value of these liabilities approximates fair value.

The Company's financial instruments also include cash and cash equivalents and cash held for customers and their carrying values approximate fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, because they bear interest at market rates and had maturities of less than 90 days at the time of purchase. The carrying amount of the Company's accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximates fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, because of the relatively short timeframe to realization.

15. Discontinued Operations

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company along with the 30% non-controlling shareholders of Collective Point of Sale Solutions, Ltd. (“CPOS”) entered into an agreement to sell CPOS to a third party. CPOS was not a significant subsidiary and the Company will have no continuing involvement in its operations. After receiving regulatory approval, the transaction settled on January 31, 2013. The total sales price was $30.3 million cash including net working capital, of which the Company

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received $20.9 million for its 70% ownership in CPOS. The total gain recorded on the sale was $3.8 million, net of income taxes of $2.1 million. The following table shows the results of operations of CPOS for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 which are included in the earnings from discontinued operations:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	1,117	$	2,909
Expenses	870		2,461
Income from operations	247		448
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $68 and $133	184		326
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,067	3,786		—
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests	56		98
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	$	3,914	$	228

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the Consolidated Financial Statements, Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the risk factors contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”).

Forward Looking Statements

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “the Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. and our subsidiaries.

Some of the information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, the effects of future regulation and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate” or similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. You should understand that many important factors, in addition to those discussed elsewhere in this report, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. Some of these factors are described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of the 2012 Form 10-K and include, without limitation, our competitive environment, the business cycles and credit risks of our merchants, chargeback liability, merchant attrition, problems with our Sponsor banks, our relationships with third-party bankcard payment processors, our inability to pass increased interchange fees along to our merchants, economic conditions, systems failures and government regulation.

Overview

General

Our primary business is to provide bankcard payment processing services to merchants in the United States. This involves facilitating the exchange of information and funds between merchants and cardholders' financial institutions, providing end-to-end electronic payment processing services to merchants, including merchant set-up and training, transaction authorization and electronic draft capture, clearing and settlement, merchant accounting, merchant assistance and support, and risk management. Our card-accepting customers primarily fall into two categories: our core small and mid-sized merchants (referred to as "Small and Midsized Enterprises," or “SME merchants”) and Network Services' merchants, predominately petroleum industry merchants of all sizes (referred to as “Network Services Merchants”). We provide additional services such as full-service payroll processing and related tax filing services, marketing solutions including loyalty and gift cards which we provide through Heartland Marketing Solutions, and we sell and rent point-of-sale devices. We also provide school nutrition, point-of-sale solutions, and associated payment solutions, including online prepayment solutions, through Heartland School

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Solutions, open- and closed-loop payment solutions and higher education loan services to colleges and universities through Campus Solutions, and prepaid and stored-value card solutions through Micropayments.

We sold our interest in CPOS in a transaction settled on January 31, 2013. CPOS has historically represented an insignificant component of our financial position and results of operations. However, as further disclosed elsewhere in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we recognized a gain on the sale of CPOS in the first quarter of 2013. As a result, we presented the net assets of CPOS as held for sale at December 31, 2012 and presented the results of operations for CPOS as a discontinued operation for all periods presented.

At March 31, 2013, we provided our bankcard payment processing services to 170,247 active SME merchants located across the United States. This compares to 169,994 active SME bankcard merchants at December 31, 2012, and 172,153 active SME bankcard merchants at March 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013, we provided bankcard payment processing services through Network Services Merchants to approximately 500 merchants with approximately 46,154 locations. According to The Nilson Report, in 2012, we were the 5^th largest card acquirer in the United States ranked by transaction count representing 3.3 billion transactions and the 9^th largest acquirer by processed dollar volume, which consists of both credit and debit Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, and JCB transactions.

Our total bankcard processing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $23.9 billion, a 2.1% increase from the $23.4 billion processed during the three months ended March 31, 2012. Our SME bankcard processing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $17.3 billion, an increase of 3.8% over the three months ended March 31, 2012 reflecting increases for same store sales growth and new SME merchants installed.

Our bankcard processing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2013 also includes $6.5 billion of settled volume for Network Services Merchants, compared to $6.5 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Bankcard processing volume for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
	(In millions)
SME merchants	$	17,330	$	16,699
Network Services Merchants	6,486		6,517
Canada (a)	59		163
Total bankcard processing volume (b)	$	23,875	$	23,379

(a) Canadian operations were discontinued as a result of the sale of CPOS in January of 2013.

(b) Bankcard processing volume includes volume for credit and signature debit transactions.

Merchant attrition is expected in the card payment processing industry in the ordinary course of business. We experience attrition in merchant bankcard processing volume resulting from several factors, including business closures, transfers of merchants' accounts to our competitors and account closures that we initiate due to heightened credit risks relating to, or contract breaches by, merchants, and (when applicable) same store sales contraction. We measure SME processing volume attrition against all SME merchants that were processing with us in the same month a year earlier. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we experienced 12.8% average annualized attrition in our SME bankcard processing volume compared to an average attrition of 12.8%, 13.5% and 15.3% for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

In our SME business, we measure same store sales growth, or contraction, as the change in bankcard processing volume for all bankcard merchants that were processing with us in the same month a year earlier. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, same store sales grew 2.2% on average, compared to 3.4% in the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and 2.2% on average in 2012. Same store sales growth or contraction results from the combination of the increasing or decreasing use by consumers of bankcards for the purchase of goods and services at the point of sale, and sales growth or contraction experienced by our retained SME bankcard merchants. Historically, our same store sales experience has tracked overall economic conditions. The following table compares our same store sales growth during 2013, 2012 and 2011:

Same Store Sales Growth	2013	2012	2011
First Quarter	2.2%	3.4%	3.2%
Second Quarter		2.2%	2.5%
Third Quarter		1.8%	2.3%
Fourth Quarter		1.5%	2.5%
Full Year		2.2%	2.6%

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We measure the overall production of our sales force by the level of new gross margin installed, which reflects the expected annual gross profit from a merchant contract after deducting processing and servicing costs associated with that revenue. We measure installed margin primarily for our SME card processing, payroll processing and loyalty and gift card marketing businesses. Our newly installed gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased 10.1% from the gross margin we installed during the three months ended March 31, 2012. We attribute this increase in newly installed gross margin to higher volumes and margins at newly installed merchants and improved individual productivity achieved by our salespersons. We expect to drive increases in year-over-year installed margin in future periods primarily by increasing our Relationship Manager and Territory Manager count. Our combined Relationship Managers and Territory Managers count amounted to 739 and 787 at December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013, respectively. In addition, Ovation Payroll, Inc. ("Ovation") employed 29 sales persons as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 who have augmented our sales force.

    The bankcard revenue we earn in our SME business is recurring in nature, as we typically enter into three-year service contracts with our card processing SME merchants that, in order to qualify for the agreed-upon pricing, require the merchant to achieve bankcard processing volume minimums. Most of our SME revenue is from payment processing fees, which are a combination of a fee equal to a percentage of the dollar amount of each transaction we process plus a flat fee per transaction. We make mandatory payments of interchange fees to the card issuer through the card networks and dues, assessments and other network fees to Visa, MasterCard and Discover. Our SME gross bankcard processing revenue is largely driven by the Visa and MasterCard volume processed by our merchants. We also realize card processing revenues from processing transactions for our SME merchants accepting American Express and from processing Discover transactions.

In contrast to SME card processing revenues, revenues from our Network Services Merchants are largely driven by the number of transactions we process (whether settled, or only authorized), not our processing volume, as the merchants which comprise Network Services' customer base pay on a per transaction basis for processing services. Additionally, we provide authorization, settlement and account servicing services on our front and back end systems for American Express transactions for larger merchants, and merchants signed to American Express by other processors; for those services we receive compensation from American Express on a per transaction basis. The number of transactions we processed for Network Services Merchants and American Express for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013	2012
	(In thousands)
Network Services Merchants:
Settled	224,785	223,598
Authorized	549,252	581,311
American Express	7,583	7,732
Total	781,620	812,641

Our internally developed front-end authorization systems, HPS Exchange, VAPS and NWS, provide us greater control of the electronic transaction process, allow us to offer our merchants a differentiated product offering, and offer economies of scale that we expect will increase our long-term profitability. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, approximately 95% of our SME transactions were processed through HPS Exchange. All of our Network Services transactions were processed through VAPS or NWS.

We provide clearing, settlement and merchant accounting services through our own internally developed back-end processing system, Passport. Passport enables us to customize these services to the needs of our Relationship Managers and merchants. At both March 31, 2013 and 2012, approximately 99% of total SME bankcard merchants were processing on Passport and all Network Services' settled transactions were processed on Passport.

We provide payroll processing services throughout the United States. On December 31, 2012, we acquired Ovation adding over 10,000 customers to our existing payroll business. At March 31, 2013, we processed payroll for 22,468 customers, including Ovation, an increase of 87.2% from 12,005 payroll customers at March 31, 2012. In the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the full year 2012, we installed 1,924 and 3,399 new payroll processing customers, respectively, including Ovation's installation activity for the three months ended March 31, 2013. We operate a comprehensive payroll management system, which we refer to as PlusOne Payroll, that streamlines all aspects of the payroll process to enable time and cost savings. The PlusOne Payroll platform enables us to process payroll on a large scale and provide customizable solutions for businesses of all sizes. The acquisition of Ovation will add scale to our PlusOne Payroll platform, leveraging operating costs once conversion is complete in 2014, and also added management, 29 salespersons to our SME sales force, a new sales approach including an affinity partner network and enhanced product and servicing capabilities.

We provide school nutrition, point-of-sale solutions, and associated payment solutions including online prepayment,

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to K to 12 schools throughout the United States. At March 31, 2013 and 2012 our Heartland School Solutions business provided services to over 29,000 and 19,000 public and private schools, respectively. Our Heartland School Solutions business has been built on a series of five acquisitions in 2010 through 2012.

We provide open- and closed- loop payment solutions and higher education loan services to campuses throughout the United States and Canada. At March 31, 2013, our Campus Solutions business served more than 2,000 colleges and universities, compared to approximately 200 at March 31, 2012. The increase reflects our acquisition of Educational Computer Systems, Inc. ("ECSI") on December 14, 2012, expanding our Campus Solutions business into higher education and post-graduate school/student services.

First Quarter of 2013 Financial Results

Our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012, benefited from a higher operating margin, reflecting 16.8% year-over-year growth in net revenue partially offset by increases of 6.8% in processing and servicing costs and 45.3% in general and administrative expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded net income from continuing operations of $15.6 million, or $0.41 per share, compared to $13.5 million, or $0.33 per share, in the three months ended March 31, 2012. Also for the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded net income of $19.6 million, or $0.51 per share, compared to $13.8 million, or $0.34 per share, in the three months ended March 31, 2012. Net income includes results of operations from our interest in CPOS, which we sold in a transaction settled on January 31, 2013 and recognized a gain on the sale of $3.8 million, net of tax in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The following is a summary of our financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013:

• Net revenue, which we define as total revenues less interchange fees and dues, assessments and fees, increased $21.1 million, or 16.8%, from $125.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $146.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The increase in net revenue was driven by the increased card processing net revenue from our SME merchants and increases in revenues for Heartland School Solutions, Payroll processing, and Campus Solutions reflecting 2012 acquisitions of Lunch Byte Systems, Inc. (a.k.a. "Nutrikids"), Ovation and ECSI, respectively.

• During the three months ended March 31, 2013, our SME processing volume increased 3.8% to $17.3 billion from $16.7 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2012. We earn percentage-based revenues on our SME processing volume. The year-over-year increase reflects same store sales growth and improvements in the level of new SME merchants installed.

• Our processing and servicing expenses increased $3.8 million, or 6.8%, from $55.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, to $59.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The increase in processing and servicing expenses was due to increased costs associated with processing and servicing higher SME bankcard processing volume, increased residual commission expense and increased cost of sales and servicing related to higher Heartland School Solutions, Campus Solutions, Payroll processing, and equipment-related revenues.

• Our general and administrative expenses increased $14.3 million, or 45.3%, from $31.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $45.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to a $10.4 million increase in personnel costs, including a $0.9 million increase for share-based compensation. The increase in personnel costs is primarily attributable to the 2012 acquisitions of Nutrikids, ECSI and Ovation, as well as other headcount increases. The remaining increase in general and administrative expenses also resulted from our acquisitions, as well as to support increased investments in our growth initiatives. Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in costs associated with our periodic sales and servicing organization summit. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was 31.2%, an increase from 25.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

• Primarily as a result of the 16.8% growth achieved in net revenue, our income from operations, which we also refer to as operating income, increased $4.0 million to $26.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $22.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Our Operating Margin, which we measure as operating income divided by net revenue, was 18.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to 18.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

See “— Results of Operations — Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2012” for a more detailed discussion of our first quarter financial results.

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Critical Accounting Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In our opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position at March 31, 2013, our results of operations, our changes in stockholders' equity and our cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ended December 31, 2013. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report and in our 2012 Form 10-K.

Our critical accounting estimates and judgments have not changed materially from those reported in Item 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

The following table shows certain income statement data as a percentage of net revenue for the periods indicated (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013			% of Net Revenue		Three Months Ended March 31, 2012			% of Net Revenue		Change
											Amount			%
Net revenue:
Total revenues	$	501,239				$	467,576				$	33,663		7.2	%
Less: Interchange	307,072					297,948					9,124			3.1	%
Less: Dues, assessments and fees	47,332					43,868					3,464			7.9	%
Total net revenue	146,835			100.0	%	125,760			100.0	%	21,075			16.8	%
Expenses:
Processing and servicing	59,397			40.5	%	55,628			44.2	%	3,769			6.8	%
Customer acquisition costs	10,733			7.3	%	11,436			9.1	%	(703		)	(6.1	)%
Depreciation and amortization	4,090			2.8	%	4,352			3.5	%	(262		)	(6.0	)%
General and administrative	45,840			31.2	%	31,549			25.1	%	14,291			45.3	%
Total expenses	120,060			81.8	%	102,965			81.9	%	17,095			16.6	%
Income from operations	26,775			18.2	%	22,795			18.1	%	3,980			17.5	%
Other income (expense):
Interest income	34			—	%	104			0.1	%	(70		)	(67.3	)%
Interest expense	(1,234		)	(0.8	)%	(850		)	(0.7	)%	(384		)	(45.2	)%
Provision for processing system intrusion costs	(206		)	(0.1	)%	(157		)	(0.1	)%	(49		)	(31.2	)%
Other, net	116			0.1	%	—			—	%	116			100.0	%
Total other (expense) income	(1,290		)	(0.9	)%	(903		)	(0.7	)%	(387		)	(42.9	)%
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	25,485			17.4	%	21,892			17.4	%	3,593			16.4	%
Provision for income taxes	9,840			6.7	%	8,366			6.7	%	1,474			17.6	%
Net income from continuing operations	15,645			10.7	%	13,526			10.8	%	2,119			15.7	%
Income from discontinued operations,          net of income tax	3,970			2.7	%	326			0.3	%	3,644
Net income	19,615			13.4	%	13,852			11.0	%	5,763			41.6	%
Less: Net income attributable to          noncontrolling interests (a)	56			—	%	98			0.1	%	(42		)	(42.9	)%
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559		13.3	%	$	13,754		10.9	%	$	5,805		42.2	%

(a) Attributable to income from discontinued operations.

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Total Revenues. Total revenues increased by 7.2% from $467.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $501.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of a $25.8 million, or 5.7% increase in gross processing revenues.

The breakout of our total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change from Prior Year
	2013		2012		Amount		%
Processing revenues, gross (a)	$	478,774	$	452,942	$	25,832	5.7	%
Payroll processing revenues	12,809		6,279		6,530		104.0	%
Equipment-related revenues	9,656		8,355		1,301		15.6	%
Total revenues	$	501,239	$	467,576	$	33,663	7.2	%

(a) Includes Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover bankcard processing revenues, American Express fees, check processing fees, customer service fees, gift card, loyalty, Heartland School Solutions, loan servicing and other miscellaneous revenue.

Processing revenues, gross. Further breakout of our gross processing revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change from Prior Year
	2013		2012		Amount			%
Merchant card processing revenue:
SME card processing	$	423,421	$	409,226	$	14,195		3.5	%
Network Services card processing	32,954		33,193		(239		)	(0.7	)%
	456,375		442,419		13,956			3.2	%
Heartland School Solutions revenue	10,085		5,613		4,472			79.7	%
Campus Solutions revenue	9,393		—		9,393			100.0	%
Prepaid card revenue	2,921		4,415		(1,494		)	(33.8	)%
Other miscellaneous revenue	—		495		(495		)	(100.0	)%
Total Processing Revenues, Gross	$	478,774	$	452,942	$	25,832		5.7	%

The $25.8 million increase in gross processing revenues from $452.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $478.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013 was primarily due to higher SME card processing, Heartland School Solutions, and Campus Solutions revenues.

Our gross SME merchant card processing revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased $14.2 million, or 3.5%, primarily due to the increase in SME bankcard processing volume. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, our SME bankcard processing volume increased 3.8% to $17.3 billion, compared to $16.7 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2012, reflecting increases due to same store sales growth and new SME merchants installed.

Network Services card processing revenues reflect the 225 million transactions it settled, representing $6.5 billion in processing volume, and the 549 million transactions it authorized through its front-end card processing systems during the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to the 224 million transactions it settled, representing $6.5 billion in processing volume, and the 581 million transactions it authorized through its front-end card processing systems during the three months ended March 31, 2012. We report Network Services’ settled bankcard processing revenues net of credit interchange and dues and assessments because the daily cash settlement with Network Services’ merchants is on a net basis. The decrease in Network Services card processing revenues of $0.2 million, or 0.7%, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012 is due primarily to a renegotiated contract with a large national petroleum industry customer and a decrease in the number of locations we serve at a large retail merchant.

Also contributing to our growth in processing revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were the processing revenues generated by our Heartland School Solutions businesses and our Campus Solutions business. The increase in Heartland School Solutions and Campus Solutions processing revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 reflects acquisitions we made in 2012 ( see "— Liquidity and Capital Resources” for a detail on these acquisitions). Partially offsetting these increases was a decrease in Prepaid card revenue primarily related to the exit of a large customer from Heartland Marketing Solutions in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Payroll processing revenues. Payroll processing revenues, which include fees earned on payroll processing services

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and interest income earned on funds held for customers, increased by 104.0%, from $6.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $12.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to an 87.2% increase in the total number of payroll processing customers from 12,005 at March 31, 2012 to 22,468 at March 31, 2013. This increase in payroll customers reflects our 2012 acquisition of Ovation Payroll, Inc. ( see "— Liquidity and Capital Resources” for detail on this acquisition).

Equipment-related revenue. Equipment-related revenue increased by $1.3 million, or 15.6%, from $8.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $9.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to increases in sales of equipment in our Heartland School Solutions business, as a result of our June 2012 acquisition of Nutrikids (see "— Liquidity and Capital Resources” for detail on this acquisition), and an increase in equipment-related revenue by our Micropayments business. Partially offsetting these increases in equipment-related revenue was a decrease in revenues from the sale of card processing terminals, including our proprietary encryption terminals, referred to as E3 Terminals. This decrease in Card processing equipment-related revenue was primarily due to the period ending March 31, 2012 benefiting from a one-time sale.

The following table summarizes our equipment-related revenue for the periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Change from Prior Year
Equipment-related revenue	2013		2012		Amount			%
Card processing	$	3,048	$	4,416	$	(1,368	)	(31.0	)%
Heartland School Solutions	2,010		631		1,379			218.5	%
Micropayments	2,587		1,710		877			51.3	%
Campus Solutions	1,738		1,362		376			27.6	%
Other	273		236		37			15.7	%
Total equipment-related revenue	$	9,656	$	8,355	$	1,301		15.6	%

Net revenue. Net revenue, which we define as total revenues less interchange fees and dues, assessments and fees, increased 16.8% from $125.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012, to $146.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

The increase in net revenue was driven primarily by increases in SME bankcard processing volume, and increases in revenues from Heartland School Solutions, Payroll processing, Campus Solutions and equipment-related revenue. Partially offsetting these increases was the decrease in Prepaid card revenue and revenues from the sale of card processing terminals.

The following table summarizes our Net revenue components for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,						Change from Prior Year
	2013			2012			Amount			%
Merchant card processing revenue:
SME card processing	$	423,421		$	409,226
Less: Interchange, dues, assessments and fees	(332,379		)	(320,460		)
SME card processing net revenue	91,042			88,766			$	2,276		2.6	%
Network Services card processing	32,954			33,193
Less: Interchange, dues, assessments and fees	(22,025		)	(21,356		)
Network Services card processing net revenue	10,929			11,837			(908		)	(7.7	)%
Card processing net revenue	101,971			100,603			1,368			1.4	%
Heartland School Solutions revenue	10,085			5,613			4,472			79.7	%
Prepaid card revenue	2,921			4,415			(1,494		)	(33.8	)%
Campus Solutions revenue	9,393			—			9,393			100.0	%
Other miscellaneous revenue	—			495			(495		)	(100.0	)%
Processing net revenue	124,370			111,126			13,244			11.9	%
Payroll processing revenues	12,809			6,279			6,530			104.0	%
Equipment-related revenues	9,656			8,355			1,301			15.6	%
Total net revenue	$	146,835		$	125,760		$	21,075		16.8	%

Total expenses. Total expenses increased 16.6% from $103.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to

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$120.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily due to the increases in Processing and Servicing and General and Administrative Expenses. Total expenses represented 81.8% of total net revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to 81.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Processing and servicing expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $3.8 million, or 6.8%, compared with the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in processing and servicing expenses was due to increased costs associated with processing and servicing higher SME bankcard processing volume, increased residual commission expense and increased cost of sales and servicing related to higher Heartland School Solutions, Campus Solutions, Payroll processing, and equipment-related revenues. As a percentage of net revenue, processing and servicing expense decreased to 40.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared with 44.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Customer acquisition costs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 decreased by $0.7 million, or 6.1% compared with the three months ended March 31, 2012. This decline reflects higher capitalized customer deferred acquisitions costs resulting from improved levels of new installed margin during the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Customer acquisition costs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 included the following components (in thousands of dollars):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Amortization of signing bonuses, net	$	7,101		$	7,321
Amortization of capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	4,155			3,876
Increase in accrued buyout liability	4,275			4,207
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	(4,798		)	(3,968		)
Total customer acquisition costs	$	10,733		$	11,436

Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased 6.0% from $4.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $4.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. Most of our investments in information technology have supported the continuing development of HPS Exchange, Passport and other processing-related initiatives. Depreciation and amortization expense recorded on these investments is included in processing and servicing expense. Additionally, we capitalized salaries, fringe benefits and other expenses incurred by our employees that worked on internally developed software projects and outsourced programming. Amortization does not begin on the internally developed software until the project is complete and placed in service, at which time we begin to amortize the asset over expected lives of three to five years. The amount capitalized decreased from $8.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $7.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. The total amount of capitalized costs for projects placed in service in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $7.2 million and $4.6 million, respectively.

General and administrative. General and administrative expenses increased $14.3 million, or 45.3%, from $31.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $45.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013. General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to a $10.4 million increase in personnel costs, including a $0.9 million increase for share-based compensation. The increase in personnel costs is primarily attributable to the 2012 acquisitions of Nutrikids, ECSI and Ovation, as well as other headcount increases. The remaining increase in general and administrative expenses also resulted from our acquisitions, as well as to support increased investments in our growth initiatives. Partially offsetting these increases was a reduction in costs associated with our periodic sales and servicing organization summit. General and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was 31.2%, an increase from 25.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Income from operations. Primarily as a result of the 16.8% increase in net revenue, our income from operations, which we also refer to as operating income, improved to $26.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, from $22.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Our operating margin, which we measure as operating income divided by net revenue, was 18.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to 18.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Interest expense. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $1.2 million, compared with $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Interest expense in both periods includes interest incurred under our Credit Facilities and interest we recorded on payables to our sponsor banks. The increase in interest expense reflects higher borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Credit Facilities” for more detail on our borrowings.

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Provision for processing system intrusion costs. On January 20, 2009, we publicly announced the discovery of a criminal breach of our payment systems environment (the “Processing System Intrusion”). The Processing System Intrusion involved malicious software that appears to have been used to collect in-transit, unencrypted payment card data while it was being processed during the transaction authorization process. We believe the breach did not extend beyond 2008.

Since the announcement of the Processing System Intrusion on January 20, 2009 and through March 31, 2013, we have expensed a total of $147.9 million, before reducing those charges by $31.2 million of total insurance recoveries. The majority of the total charges, or approximately $114.7 million, related to settlements of claims. Approximately $33.2 million of the total charges were for legal fees and costs we incurred for investigations, defending various claims and actions, remedial actions and crisis management services.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we incurred approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, for legal fees and costs incurred related to the Processing System Intrusion. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we expensed approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, related to the Processing System Intrusion.

Other income (expense), net. Other, net for the three months ended March 31, 2013 included pre-tax income of approximately $0.1 million for the first payment relating to the sale of a group of merchant contracts within our Prepaid Card business.

Income taxes. Income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were an expense of $9.8 million, reflecting an effective tax rate of 38.6%. This compares to income tax expense of $8.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and an effective tax rate of 38.2%. The increase in our effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to March 31, 2012, is due to higher state income tax rates in entities acquired in the fourth quarter 2012.

Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax. Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax reflects the results of operations from our interest in CPOS, which we sold in a transaction settled on January 31, 2013 and recognized a gain on the sale of $3.8 million, net of tax. We presented the net assets of CPOS as held for sale at December 31, 2012 and presented the results of operations for CPOS as a discontinued operation for all periods presented.

Net income attributable to Heartland. As a result of the above factors, we recorded net income of $19.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. This compares to a net income of $13.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Balance Sheet Information

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Selected Balance Sheet Data
Cash and cash equivalents	$	37,504	$	48,440
Funds held for customers	142,011		131,405
Receivables, net	226,485		180,448
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	55,747		56,425
Property and equipment, net	129,167		125,031
Goodwill	170,449		168,062
Intangible assets, net	48,905		53,594
Total assets	846,998		813,414
Due to sponsor banks	1,749		37,586
Accounts payable	68,283		64,065
Customer fund deposits	142,011		131,405
Processing liabilities	160,928		95,273
Borrowings:
Current portion	102,001		102,001
Long term portion	45,000		50,000
Accrued buyout liability:
Current portion	11,468		10,478
Long term portion	25,288		24,932
Total liabilities	631,428		602,253
Total stockholders’ equity	215,570		209,786

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March 31, 2013 Compared to December 31, 2012

Total assets increased $33.6 million, or 4.1%, to $847.0 million at March 31, 2013 from $813.4 million at December 31, 2012, primarily due to increases of $46.0 million in receivables and $10.6 million in funds held for customers. The increase in funds held for customers was offset by an equal increase in customer fund deposits. Cash decreased $10.9 million, or 22.6%, primarily due to lower balances in processing related cash at March 31, 2013 and our use of cash in operating activities and for repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2013 (see “— Liquidity and Capital Resources” for more detail). Assets held for sale of $17.0 million at December 31, 2012 were recovered in our sale of CPOS, which closed in January 2013.

Our receivables, which increased $46.0 million or 25.5% from December 31, 2012, are primarily due from our bankcard processing merchants and result in large part from our practice of advancing interchange fees to most of our SME merchants during the month and collecting those fees from our merchants at the beginning of the following month, as well as from transaction fees we charge merchants for processing transactions. Total receivables also include amounts due from bankcard networks for pre-funding of Discover and American Express transactions to our merchants. Amounts due from bankcard networks at March 31, 2013 increased $39.8 million from December 31, 2012 reflecting multiple days' processing volume as the current quarter ended on a weekend. Processing liabilities at March 31, 2013 also increased reflecting the multiple days' processing volume. Receivables from the networks are recovered the following business day from the date of processing the transaction.

Historically, we funded interchange advances to our SME merchants first with our available cash, then when that cash had been expended, by directing our sponsor banks to fund advances, thereby incurring a payable to our sponsor banks. In the fourth quarter of 2012, we accelerated the end-of-day presentment of transaction funding files to the bankcard networks, resulting in our sponsor banks receiving settlement cash one day earlier and increasing our funding obligations to our SME merchants, which we carry in processing liabilities. As a result, these merchant interchange advances/receivables are first funded from the accelerated settlement cash received from bankcard networks, then from our available cash, and only thereafter from incurring a payable to our sponsor banks. Our receivables from SME bankcard processing merchants increased $4.6 million from December 31, 2012. At March 31, 2013, we used $4.0 million of available cash to fund merchant advances and at December 31, 2012, we used $3.8 million of cash to fund merchant advances. The amount due to sponsor banks for funding advances was $36.3 million at December 31, 2012, but at March 31, 2013 no merchant advances were funded from payables to our sponsor banks. The payable to sponsor banks is repaid at the beginning of the following month out of the fees we collect from our merchants. Receivables from merchants also include transaction fees due from Network Services Merchants, up approximately $0.4 million from December 31, 2012, and receivables from the sale of point of sale terminal equipment.

Total borrowings decreased $5.0 million, or 3.3%, to $147.0 million at March 31, 2013 from $152.0 million at December 31, 2012, reflecting a $5.0 million quarterly amortization payment made under our Term Credit Facility. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” for discussion of Credit Facilities.

Total stockholders’ equity increased $5.8 million from December 31, 2012 primarily due to recording net income of $19.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Other increases in total stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2013 included proceeds received from the exercise of stock options, tax benefits related to those stock option exercises and share-based compensation expense. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we repurchased $15.3 million of our outstanding common stock and paid cash dividends of $2.6 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General. Liquidity and capital resource management is a process focused on providing the funding we need to meet our short and long-term cash and working capital needs. We have used our funding sources to build our merchant portfolio, our servicing technology platforms, and our Jeffersonville, Indiana service center, and to make acquisitions with the expectation that these investments will generate cash flows sufficient to cover our working capital needs and other anticipated needs for capital.

Our cash requirements include funding payments to salespersons for signing bonuses, residual commissions and residual buyouts, paying interest expense and other operating expenses, including taxes, investing in our technology infrastructure, and making acquisitions of businesses or assets. We expect that our future cash requirements will continue to include amounts used to repurchase our common stock as authorized by our Board of Directors.

Other than borrowings we use to fund certain acquisitions, we fund our cash needs primarily with cash flow from our operating activities and through our agreements with our sponsor banks to fund SME merchant advances. We believe that our current cash and investment balances, cash generated from operations and our agreements with our sponsor banks to fund SME

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merchant advances will provide sufficient liquidity to meet our anticipated needs for operating capital for at least the next twelve months.

Working Capital. Our working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, was negative by $84.6 million at March 31, 2013 and $85.5 million at December 31, 2012. Our negative working capital primarily reflects borrowing $82.0 million in December 2012 under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the acquisitions of ECSI and Ovation, and using $103.4 million of operating cash to repurchase 3.6 million shares of our common stock during 2012 and $14.3 million to repurchase 491,300 shares during the three months ended March 31, 2013. See “— Credit Facilities” for a discussion of our Revolving Credit Facility and “— Common Stock Repurchases” for a discussion of our common stock repurchase programs. The Company believes that its current cash and investment balances, cash generated from operations and its agreements with its sponsor banks to fund SME merchant advances will provide sufficient liquidity to meet its anticipated needs for operating capital for at least the next twelve months.

In the fourth quarter of, 2012, we, along with the 30% non-controlling shareholders of CPOS, entered into an agreement to sell CPOS to a third party. This sale settled on January 31, 2013. The total sales price was $30.3 million cash including net working capital, of which we received $20.9 million for our 70% ownership.

At March 31, 2013, we had cash on our Balance Sheet totaling $37.5 million compared to cash of $48.4 million at December 31, 2012. Our March 31, 2013 cash balance included approximately $19.3 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral, compared to approximately $31.6 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral at December 31, 2012. As of March 31, 2013, we had used $4.0 million of our available cash to fund SME merchant advances and at December 31, 2012, we had used $3.8 million of our cash to fund advances. Interchange advances are included in our receivables from bankcard processing merchants and are collected at the beginning of the following month.

On March 31, 2013, we had $58.0 million available to us under our Revolving Credit Facility. See “— Credit Facilities” for more details.

Acquisitions. On June 29, 2012, we expanded our Heartland School Solutions business through the acquisition of the net assets of Nutrikids for a cash payment of $26.0 million, adding 10,000 schools. The $26.0 million cash payment made on June 29, 2012 was funded through our Revolving Credit Facility and subsequently repaid with cash on hand in July 2012.

On December 14, 2012, we purchased for a $37.6 million cash payment the stock of ECSI and net assets of related entities. The cash purchase price was financed under our Revolving Credit Facility. The acquisition expands our Campus Solutions division. ECSI supports the entire life cycle of higher education and post-graduation school/student services, including student loan payment processing, default solutions, refund services, tuition payment plans, electronic billing and payment, tax document services, and business outsourcing to more than 1,800 colleges and universities nationwide. With this acquisition, our Campus Solutions business gained ECSI's client portfolio, increasing its number of higher education clients to more than 2,000 colleges and universities throughout North America.

On December 31, 2012, we purchased for a $44.2 million cash payment the stock of Ovation. The cash purchase price was financed under our Revolving Credit Facility. This acquisition expanded our payroll processing business. Ovation serves over 10,000 clients in 48 states providing payroll processing, payroll tax preparation, Internet payroll reporting, and direct deposit. With this acquisition we added scale to our PlusOne Payroll platform, leveraging operating costs once conversion is complete in 2014, and also added management, a new sales approach including an affinity partner network and enhanced product and servicing capabilities.

Cash Flows (Used In) Provided By Operating Activities. We reported net cash used in operating activities of $1.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $25.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. Cash used in operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2013 reflects the reduction of amounts due to sponsor banks. Additionally, during the three months ended March 31, 2013 we used cash to pay income taxes, prepaid expenses and accrued expenses. Cash used in operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2013 benefited from the increase in pre-tax income from continuing operations as adjusted for non-cash operating items including depreciation and amortization, and share-based compensation expense.

Other major determinants of operating cash flow are net signing bonus payments, which consume operating cash as we install new merchants, and payouts on the accrued buyout liability, which represent the costs of buying out residual commissions owned by our salespersons. See “— Critical Accounting Estimates — Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs” and “— Critical Accounting Estimates — Accrued Buyout Liability” for more information. We paid net signing bonuses of $5.8 million and $7.6 million, respectively, in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. In the three months ended

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March 31, 2013 and 2012, we reduced our accrued buyout liability by making buyout payments of $2.9 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

Cash Flows Provided By (Used In) Investing Activities. Net cash provided by investing activities was $7.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Cash flows provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013 reflect the $19.3 million of net proceeds from the sale of CPOS. We made capital expenditures of $11.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $7.4 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. We continue building our technology infrastructure, primarily for hardware and software needed for the development and expansion of our products and operating platforms. To further develop our technology, we anticipate that these expenditures will continue near current levels.

Cash Flows Used In Financing Activities. Net cash used in financing activities was $18.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $8.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we made term loan amortization payments of $5.0 million and $3.8 million, respectively, due under our Term Credit facility. See “— Credit Facilities” for more details.

Cash used in financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 included cash for common stock repurchases. See “ —Common Stock Repurchases” for more information on our common stock repurchase authorizations. We used $14.3 million of cash to repurchase 491,300 shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $10.7 million of cash to repurchase 419,249 shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Cash dividends paid in the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $2.6 million, compared to dividends paid of $2.3 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. See “— Dividends on Common Stock” for more information on our common stock dividends. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, employees exercised stock options generating cash proceeds in the aggregate of $1.2 million and $6.8 million, respectively.

Credit Facilities. On November 24, 2010, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders who are a party to the Credit Agreement. Credit extended under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by our subsidiaries and is secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries.

The Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility, as subsequently amended and increased, in the aggregate amount of up to $140 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and together with the Credit Agreement, the "Credit Facilities"), of which up to $10 million may be used for the issuance of letters of credit and up to $5 million is available for swing line loans. As originally structured, the Revolving Credit Facility provided for $50 million plus, upon the prior approval of the administrative agent, an increase to the total revolving commitments of $50 million for a total commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility of $100 million. On July 20, 2012, we entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement. The Amendment amended the Credit Agreement by, among other things, allowing us to increase the total Revolving Credit Facility commitments from $100 million to $150 million upon the prior approval of the administrative agent. On December 12, 2012, we entered into the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Agreement (the “Increase Agreement”) with the lenders under the Credit Agreement to increase the total available commitment under the facilities revolving credit facility by $90 million. The Revolving Credit Facility is available to us on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Revolving Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015.

The Credit Agreement also provides a term credit facility originally for $100 million (the “Term Credit Facility”). The Term Credit Facility required amortization payments in the amount of $3.75 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and requires $5.0 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and $7.5 million for each fiscal quarter during the period commencing on January 1, 2015 through the maturity date on November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Term Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015.

The Credit Agreement contains covenants which include: maintenance of certain leverage and fixed charge coverage

ratios; limitations on our indebtedness, liens on our properties and assets, investments in, and loans to other business units, our

ability to enter into business combinations and asset sales; and certain other financial and non-financial covenants. These

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covenants also apply to certain of our subsidiaries. We were in compliance with these covenants as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and expect we will remain in compliance with these covenants for at least the next twelve months.

At March 31, 2013, there was $65.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility and $82.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. At December 31, 2012, we had $70.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility and $82.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.

Common Stock Repurchases. On October 21, 2011, July 27, 2012, and November 2, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million worth of our outstanding common stock under each authorization. Repurchases under the October 21, 2011 and July 27, 2012 authorizations were completed during the year ended 2012. Repurchases under these programs were made through the open market, or in privately negotiated transactions, from time to time in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We intend to fund any repurchases with cash flow from operations, existing cash on the balance sheet, and other sources including the proceeds of options exercises. The manner, timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will be determined by management and will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions and other corporate liquidity requirements. The repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time.

	Repurchase Programs by Authorization Date
Activity For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	October 2011	July 2012	November 2012	Total
Shares repurchased	—	—	491,300	491,300
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	—	—	$15,261	$15,261
Average cost per share	—	—	$31.06	$31.06
Remaining authorization (in thousands)	—	—	$14,552	$14,552
Activity For the Three months ended March 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	419,249	—	—	419,249
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$11,388	—	—	$11,388
Average cost per share	$27.16	—	—	$27.16
Activity For the Year ended December 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	1,157,440	1,760,804	715,800	3,634,044
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$33,172	$50,000	$20,187	$103,359
Average cost per share	$28.66	$28.40	$28.20	$28.44

Future repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Depending on market conditions and other factors, these repurchases may be commenced or suspended from time to time without prior notice.

Dividends on Common Stock. The following table summarizes quarterly cash dividends declared and paid on our common stock during 2013 and 2012:

Date Declared	Record Date	Date Paid	Amount Paid Per Common Share
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
February 7, 2013	March 4, 2013	March 15, 2013	$0.07
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012
February 8, 2012	March 2, 2012	March 15, 2012	$0.06
May 1, 2012	May 24, 2012	June 15, 2012	$0.06
July 27, 2012	August 24, 2012	September 14, 2012	$0.06
November 1, 2012	November 23, 2012	December 14, 2012	$0.06

On April 30, 2013, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.07 per share of common stock,

payable on June 15, 2013 to stockholders of record as of May 24, 2013.

Contractual Obligations. The card brand networks generally allow chargebacks up to four months after the later of the date the transaction is processed or the delivery of the product or service to the cardholder. If the merchant incurring the chargeback is unable to fund the refund to the card issuing bank, we must do so. As the majority of our SME transactions involve the delivery of the product or service at the time of the transaction, a good basis to estimate our exposure to chargebacks is the last four months' bankcard processing volume on our SME portfolio, which was $23.4 billion for the four months ended March 31, 2013 and $23.5 billion for the four months ended December 31, 2012. However, during the four

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months ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we were presented with $10.8 million and $11.8 million, respectively, of chargebacks by issuing banks. In the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012, we incurred merchant credit losses of $0.7 million and $2.0 million, respectively, on total SME bankcard dollar volumes processed of $17.3 billion and $71.7 billion, respectively. These credit losses are included in processing and servicing expense in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table reflects our significant contractual obligations as of March 31, 2013:

	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		3 to 5 years		More than 5 years
	(In thousands)
Processing providers (a)	$	15,738	$	6,731	$	9,007	$	—	$	—
Telecommunications providers	18,459		5,662		7,803		4,994		—
Facility and equipment leases	36,850		9,456		11,641		6,047		9,706
Term Credit Facility (b)	65,000		20,000		45,000		—		—
	$	136,047	$	41,849	$	73,451	$	11,041	$	9,706

(a) We have agreements with several third-party processors to provide to us on a non-exclusive basis payment processing and transmittal, transaction authorization and data capture services, and access to various reporting tools. Our agreements with third-party processors require us to submit a minimum monthly number of transactions or volume for processing. If we submit a number of transactions or volume that is lower than the minimum, we are required to pay the third-party processors the fees that they would have received if we had submitted the required minimum number or volume of transactions.

(b) Interest rates on the Term Credit Facility are variable in nature; however, in January 2011 we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having an initial notional amount of $50.0 million and a current notional amount of $32.5 million. If interest rates were to remain at the March 31, 2013 level, we would make interest payments of $1.9 million in the next 1 year and $1.5 million in the next 1 to 3 years or a total of $3.4 million including net settlements on the fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps. In addition, we had $82.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2013. The Revolving Credit Facility is available on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits. At March 31, 2013, we had gross tax-effected unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $3.4 million. See “— Critical Accounting Estimates — Income Taxes.” As of March 31, 2013, we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement with the respective taxing authority, hence the unrecognized tax benefits have been excluded from the above commitment and contractual obligations table.

Legal and Regulatory Considerations

There were no material developments that occurred in the legal proceedings reported in our 2012 Form 10-K. Additionally, we are not aware of any other material matters or legal proceedings initiated against us during the three months ended March 31, 2013.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk. Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in interest rates.

We have interest rate risk related to our payable to our sponsor banks. Within our amount payable to our sponsor banks are balances which our sponsor banks have advanced to our SME merchants for interchange fees. Historically, these advances to our SME merchants were funded first with our available cash, then by incurring a payable to our sponsor banks when that cash had been expended. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012, these merchant advances are first funded from settlement cash received from bankcard networks when receipt of that settlement cash precedes the funding obligation to the SME merchant. At March 31, 2013, no merchant advances were funded from payables to our sponsor banks. During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the average daily interest-bearing balance of that payable was approximately $12.1 million. A hypothetical 100 basis point change in short-term interest rates applied to our average payable to sponsor banks would result in a change of approximately $121,000 in annual pre-tax income.

We also incur interest rate risk on borrowings under our Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement provides for a Revolving Credit Facility of $140.0 million and a Term Credit Facility of $100.0 million. At March 31, 2013, there was $65.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility and $82.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Term Credit Facility requires amortization payments in the amount of $3.75 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, $5.0 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and $7.5 million for each fiscal quarter during the period commencing on January 1, 2015 through the maturity date on November 24, 2015. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, we may borrow, at our option, at interest rates equal to one,

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two, three or six month adjusted LIBOR rates, or equal to the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1%, in each case plus a margin determined by our current leverage ratio. In January 2011, we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having an initial notional amount of $50.0 million on the variable rate debt outstanding under the Term Credit Facility. These interest rate swaps convert that initial notional amount to fixed rate. At March 31, 2013, the remaining notional amount of these interest rate swaps was $32.5 million. The impact which a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in short-term interest rates would have on our outstanding March 31, 2013 balances under the Credit Agreement would be a decline of approximately $1.1 million in annual pre-tax income, including the effect from interest rate swaps.

While the bulk of our cash and cash-equivalents are held in checking accounts or money market funds, we do hold certain fixed-income investments with maturities within three years. At March 31, 2013, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in short-term interest rates would result in an increase of approximately $79,000 in annual pre-tax income from money market fund holdings, but a decrease in the value of fixed-rate investments of approximately $22,000. A hypothetical 100 basis point decrease in short-term interest rates would result in a decrease of approximately $79,000 in annual pre-tax income from money market funds, but an increase in the value of fixed-rate instruments of approximately $22,000.

Office Facilities

At March 31, 2013, we owned one facility and leased twenty four facilities which we use for operational, sales and administrative purposes.

Our principal executive offices are located in approximately 9,300 square feet of leased office space on Nassau

Street in Princeton, New Jersey. The Nassau Street lease expires in June 2023. We own 35 acres of land in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on which we constructed our credit card operations and service center. The state-of-the-art facility is comprised of 238,000 square feet of space supporting customer service, operations, deployment, day care, fitness, cafeteria, and large company meetings.

We also leased the following facilities as of March 31, 2013:

Location	Square Feet	Expiration
Alpharetta, Georgia	11,484	May 31, 2016
Auburn, Alabama	8,035	May 15, 2016
Chattanooga, Tennessee	9,461	June 30, 2014
Cleveland, Ohio	41,595	June 30, 2019
Colorado Springs, Colorado	9,920	February 28, 2015
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania	8,186	August 31, 2014
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania	41,556	July 31, 2016
Edmond, Oklahoma	3,038	January 31, 2015
Harlan, Kentucky	5,000	May 25, 2014
Johnson City, Tennessee	5,252	April 17, 2014
Phoenix, Arizona	1,284	April 30, 2013
Plano, Texas	26,020	January 31, 2015
Plano, Texas	53,976	May 31, 2015 for 26,988 square feet. January 14, 2019 for 26,988 square feet.
Pleasanton, California	3,306	July 31, 2013
Portland, Oregon	11,564	September 30, 2013
Rochester, New York	18,000	June 30, 2023
Rochester, New York	9,450	May 31, 2013
Santa Ana, California	6,186	June 30, 2014
Tempe, Arizona	14,315	September 30, 2014
Tempe, Arizona	2,500	September 30, 2014
West Windsor Township, New Jersey	5,288	August 31, 2013
West Windsor Township, New Jersey	4,886	August 31, 2013
West Windsor Township, New Jersey	22,414	May 31, 2023

We believe that our facilities are suitable and adequate for our current business operations and, if necessary, could be replaced with little disruption to our company. We periodically review our space requirements and may acquire new space to meet our business needs or consolidate and dispose of or sublet facilities which are no longer required.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

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See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations –Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in those reports is accumulated and communicated to management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system will be met. In addition, the design of any control system is based, in part, upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there is only reasonable assurance that our controls will succeed in achieving their goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes in Internal Controls

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, there was no change in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13 a-15(f) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

There were no material developments since the filing of our 2012 Form 10-K in the proceedings reported under Part I, Item 3. Legal Proceedings in our 2012 Form 10-K, nor are we aware of any other material legal proceedings initiated against us during the three months ended March 31, 2013..

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our Risk Factors as previously reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a) None

(b) None

(c) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

On October 21, 2011, July 27, 2012, and November 2, 2012, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million worth of our outstanding common stock under each authorization. Repurchases under the October 21, 2011 and July 27, 2012 authorizations were completed during the year ended 2012. Repurchases under these programs were made through the open market, or in privately negotiated transactions, from time to time in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We intend to fund any repurchases with cash flow from operations, existing cash on the balance sheet, and other sources including the proceeds of options exercises. The manner, timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will be determined by our management and will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions and other corporate liquidity requirements. The repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time. At March 31, 2013, we had remaining authorization to repurchase up to $14.6 million worth of our common stock.

See "— PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION — Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Common Stock Repurchases" for a summary of the Company's repurchase activity under these authorizations.

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The following table presents information with respect to those purchases of our common stock made during the three months ended March 31, 2013:

	Total Number of Shares Purchased	Average Price Paid Per Share		Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs	Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
					(In thousands)
January 1— 31, 2013	—	$	—	—	$	29,813
February 1— 28, 2013	85,000	31.55		85,000	27,131
March 1 — 31, 2013	406,300	30.96		406,300	14,552
Total	491,300	$	31.06	491,300

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
*31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*101	The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,2013, formatted in XBRL ("Extensible Business Reporting Language") and furnished electronically herewith: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income; (ii) The Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Equity; and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

_____________________

*    Filed herewith.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 6, 2013

HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:	/S/    ROBERT O. CARR
	Robert O. Carr
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)
By:	/S/    Maria Rueda
	Maria Rueda
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
*31.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*31.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.1	Certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*32.2	Certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
*101	The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, formatted in XBRL ("Extensible Business Reporting Language") and furnished electronically herewith: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income; (ii) The Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Equity; and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

_____________________

* Filed herewith.

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Robert O. Carr, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 6, 2013

/s/	Robert O. Carr
	Robert O. Carr
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Maria Rueda, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 6, 2013

/s/	Maria Rueda
	Maria Rueda
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Robert O. Carr, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

This certification is being provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not deemed to be “filed” for any purpose whatsoever.

Date: May 6, 2013

/s/	Robert O. Carr
	Robert O. Carr
	Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Maria Rueda, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

This certification is being provided pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not deemed to be “filed” for any purpose whatsoever.

Date: May 6, 2013

/s/	Maria Rueda
	Maria Rueda
	Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis

The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,220	$	1,220	$	—
Investment - available for sale	100		—		100
Total assets	$	1,320	$	1,220	$	100
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	696	$	—	$	696
Total liabilities	$	696	$	—	$	696

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Total assets	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	817	$	—	$	817
Total liabilities	$	817	$	—	$	817

(a) amounts included in Funds held for customers on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	65,000	$	—	$	65,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	147,000	$	—	$	147,000

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	70,000	$	—	$	70,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	152,000	$	—	$	152,000

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Finite Lived Assets:
Gross Assets	$ 71,883,000		$ 74,295,000	$ 49,814,000	$ 52,125,000					$ 3,345,000	$ 3,345,000			$ 14,150,000	$ 14,150,000					$ 4,489,000	$ 4,590,000					$ 85,000	$ 85,000
Accumulated Amortization	22,978,000		20,701,000	9,798,000	8,318,000					2,422,000	2,316,000			9,481,000	9,016,000					1,253,000	1,030,000					24,000	21,000
Net Asset	48,905,000		53,594,000	40,016,000	43,807,000					923,000	1,029,000			4,669,000	5,134,000					3,236,000	3,560,000					61,000	64,000
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Finite-Lived intangible assets, amortization expense	$ 2,300,000	$ 1,100,000

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Receivables (Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total receivables, gross	$ 227,429,000	$ 181,886,000
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(944,000)	(1,438,000)
Receivables, Net, Current	226,485,000	180,448,000
Due from employees	600,000	400,000
Accounts receivable from merchants [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total receivables, gross	165,281,000	160,702,000
Receivables from bankcard networks [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total receivables, gross	59,409,000	19,588,000
Accounts receivable from others [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total receivables, gross	$ 2,739,000	$ 1,596,000

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Abstract]
2014	$ 8,351
2015	7,097
2016	6,562
2017	5,486
2018	4,080
Thereafter	17,329
Net Asset	$ 48,905	$ 53,594

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Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jun. 29, 2012 Lunch Byte Systems [Member]	Dec. 14, 2012 Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member] State	Dec. 14, 2012 Minimum [Member] Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member] Colleges_and_Universities	Dec. 31, 2012 Minimum [Member] Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member] Client	Dec. 14, 2012 Campus Solutions [Member] Minimum [Member] Colleges_and_Universities
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cost of acquired entity, cash payment	$ 26.0	$ 37.6	$ 44.2
Number of Colleges and Universities				1,800		2,000
Business Acquisition, Purchase Price Allocation
Goodwill	16.1	32.3	31.3
Intangible assets	7.0	10.5	6.6
Net tangible assets	$ 2.9	$ (5.2)	$ 6.3
Number of Clients					10,000
Number of States in which Entity Operates			48

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Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Abstract]

Summary Of Processing Liabilities And Loss Reserves

A summary of processing liabilities and loss reserves was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Merchant bankcard processing	$	151,731	$	86,882
Merchant deposits	7,242		6,436
Loss reserves	1,955		1,955
	$	160,928	$	95,273

Schedule Of Credit And Fraud Loss Reserve

A summary of the activity in the loss reserve for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,955		$	1,957
Additions to reserve	753			173
Charges against reserve (a)	(753		)	(173		)
Ending balance	$	1,955		$	1,957

(a) Included in these amounts are payroll segment losses of $57,000 and $12,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Goodwill by Segment) (Details)	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Card [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of goodwill, by reportable segment	8.60%	6.90%
Payroll [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of goodwill, by reportable segment	17.10%	0.00%
Heartland School Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of goodwill, by reportable segment	77.20%	79.40%
Campus Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of goodwill, by reportable segment	51.20%	48.10%
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of goodwill, by reportable segment	41.60%	35.70%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates include, among other things, the accrued buyout liability, capitalized customer acquisition costs, goodwill, loss reserves, certain accounts payable and accrued expenses and certain tax assets and liabilities as well as the related valuation allowances, if any. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Receivables

Receivables—Receivables are stated net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company estimates its allowance based on experience with its merchants, customers, and sales force and its judgment as to the likelihood of their ultimate payment. The Company also considers collection experience and makes estimates regarding collectability based on trends in aging. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant charge offs for its merchant receivables.

The Company's primary receivables are from its bankcard processing merchants. In addition to receivables for transaction fees the Company charges its merchants for processing transactions, these receivables include amounts resulting from the Company's practice of advancing interchange fees to most of its SME merchants during the month and collecting those fees at the beginning of the following month. The Company does not advance interchange fees to its Network Services Merchants. Network Services Merchants are invoiced monthly, on payment terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing. Receivables from merchants also include receivables from the sale of point of sale terminal equipment.

Historically, the Company funded interchange advances to its SME merchants first with its available cash, then when that cash had been expended, by directing its sponsor banks to fund advances, thereby incurring a payable to sponsor banks. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company accelerated the end-of-day presentment of transaction funding files to the bankcard networks resulting in its sponsor banks receiving settlement cash one day earlier and increasing funding obligations to its SME merchants, which are carried in processing liabilities. As a result, these merchant interchange advances/receivables are first funded from the accelerated settlement cash received from bankcard networks, then from the Company's available cash or by incurring a payable to its sponsor banks. At March 31, 2013, the Company used $4.0 million of its available cash to fund merchant advances and at December 31, 2012, the Company used $3.8 million of its cash to fund merchant advances. The amount due to sponsor banks for funding advances was $36.3 million at December 31, 2012, but at March 31, 2013no merchant advances were funded from payables to our sponsor banks. The Company pays its sponsor banks the prime rate on these payables. The payable to sponsor banks is repaid at the beginning of the following month out of the fees the Company collects from its merchants.

Receivables also include amounts due from bankcard networks which reflects multiple days' processing volume at March 31, 2013 as the current quarter ended on a weekend, as well as pre-funding of Discover and American Express transactions to the Company's merchants and are due from the related bankcard networks. These amounts are recovered the next business day from the date of processing the transaction.

Receivables also include amounts resulting from the sale, installation, training and repair of payment system hardware and software for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, campus payment solutions, and Heartland School Solutions. These receivables are mostly invoiced on terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing.

Investments and Funds Held for Payroll Customers

Investments and Funds Held for Customers—Investments, including those carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as Funds held for customers, consist primarily of fixed income bond funds and certificates of deposit. Funds held for customers also include overnight bank deposits. The majority of investments carried in Funds held for payroll customers are available-for-sale and recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. Certificates of deposit are classified as held to maturity and recorded at cost. In the event of a sale, cost is determined on a specific identification basis.

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, net

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, net—Capitalized customer acquisition costs consist of (1) up-front signing bonus payments made to Relationship Managers and sales managers (the Company's sales force) for the establishment of new merchant relationships, and (2) a deferred acquisition cost representing the estimated cost of buying out the commissions of vested sales employees. Capitalized customer acquisition costs represent incremental, direct customer acquisition costs that are recoverable through gross margins associated with merchant contracts. The capitalized customer acquisition costs are amortized using a method which approximates a proportional revenue approach over the initial three-year term of the merchant contract.

The up-front signing bonus paid for new SME bankcard, payroll and loyalty marketing accounts is based on the estimated gross margin for the first year of the merchant contract. The signing bonus, amount capitalized, and related amortization are adjusted after one year to reflect the actual gross margin generated by the merchant contract during that year. The deferred customer acquisition cost asset is accrued over the first year of SME bankcard merchant processing, consistent with the build-up in the accrued buyout liability, as described below. Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are developed the same as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

Management evaluates the capitalized customer acquisition costs for impairment on an annual basis by comparing, on a pooled basis by vintage month of origination, the expected future net cash flows from underlying merchant relationships to the carrying amount of the capitalized customer acquisition costs. If the estimated future net cash flows are lower than the recorded carrying amount, indicating an impairment of the value of the capitalized customer acquisition costs, the impairment loss will be charged to operations.

Processing Liabilities And Loss Reserves

Processing Liabilities—Processing liabilities result primarily from the Company's card processing activities. Card processing liabilities primarily reflect funds in transit associated with differences arising between the amounts our sponsor banks receive from the bankcard networks and the amounts funded to the Company's merchants. Such differences arise from timing differences, interchange expense, merchant advances, merchant reserves and chargeback processing. These differences result in payables or receivables. If the settlement received from the bankcard networks precedes the funding obligation to the merchant, the Company records a processing liability. Conversely, if funding to the merchant precedes the settlement from the bankcard networks, the Company records a receivable from the bankcard network. In addition, certain bankcard networks limit the Company from accessing merchant settlement funds and require that these funds be controlled by the Company's sponsor banks. The amounts are generally collected or paid the following business day.

Chargebacks periodically arise due to disputes between a cardholder and a merchant resulting from the cardholder's dissatisfaction with merchandise quality or the merchant's service, and the disputes may not always be resolved in the merchant's favor. In some of these cases, the transaction is ''charged back'' to the merchant and the purchase price is refunded to the cardholder by the credit card-issuing institution. If the merchant is unable to fund the refund, the Company is liable for the full amount of the transaction. The Company's obligation to stand ready to perform is minimal. The Company maintains a deposit or the pledge of a letter of credit from certain merchants as an offset to potential contingent liabilities that are the responsibility of such merchants. The Company evaluates its ultimate risk and records an estimate of potential loss for chargebacks related to merchant fraud based upon an assessment of actual historical fraud loss rates compared to recent bankcard processing volume levels. The Company believes that the liability recorded as loss reserves approximates fair value.

Accrued Buyout Liability

Accrued Buyout Liability—The Company'sRelationship Managers and sales managers are paid residual commissions based on the gross margin generated by monthly SME merchant processing activity. The Company has the right, but not the obligation, to buy out some or all of these commissions, and intends to do so periodically. Such purchases of the commissions are at a fixed multiple of the last twelve months' commissions. Because of the Company's intent and ability to execute purchases of the residual commissions, and the mutual understanding between the Company and the Relationship Managers and sales managers, the Company has accounted for this deferred compensation arrangement pursuant to the substantive nature of the plan. The Company therefore records the amount that it would have to pay (the ''settlement cost'') to buy out non-servicing related commissions in their entirety from vested Relationship Managers and sales managers, and an accrual, based on their progress towards vesting, for those unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers who are expected to vest in the future. As noted above, as the liability increases over the first year of a SME merchant contract, the Company also records a related deferred acquisition cost asset for currently vested Relationship Managers and sales managers. The accrued buyout liability associated with unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers is not included in the deferred acquisition cost asset since future services are required in order to vest. Subsequent changes in the estimated accrued buyout liability due to merchant attrition, same-store sales growth and changes in gross margin are included in the same income statement caption as customer acquisition costs expense.

Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are accrued identically as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

The accrued buyout liability is based on merchants under contract at the balance sheet date, the gross margin generated by those merchants over the prior twelve months, and the contractual buyout multiple. The liability related to a new merchant is therefore zero when the merchant is installed, and increases over the twelve months following the installation date. The same procedure is applied to unvested commissions over the expected vesting period, but is further adjusted to reflect the Company's estimate that 31% of unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers become vested, which represents the Company's historical vesting rate.

The classification of the accrued buyout liability between current and non-current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets is based upon the Company's estimate of the amount of the accrued buyout liability that it reasonably expects to pay over the next twelve months. This estimate is developed by calculating the cumulative annual average percentage that total historical buyout payments represent of the accrued buyout liability. That percentage is applied to the period-end accrued buyout liability to determine the current portion.

Revenue

Revenue—Revenues are mainly comprised of gross processing revenue, payroll processing revenue and equipment-related revenue. Gross processing revenue primarily consists of discount fees, per-transaction fees and periodic fees (primarily monthly) from the processing of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover bankcard transactions for merchants. The Company passes through to its customers any changes in interchange or network fees. Gross processing revenue also includes fees for servicing American Express accounts, customer service fees, fees for processing chargebacks, termination fees on terminated contracts, gift and loyalty card fees, fees generated by our Heartland School Solutions business, and other miscellaneous revenue. Payroll processing revenue includes periodic and annual fees charged by HPC and Ovation for payroll processing services and interest earned from investing tax impound funds held for our customers. Revenue is recorded as bankcard and other processing transactions are processed or payroll services are performed.

Equipment-related revenue includes revenues from the sale, rental and deployment of bankcard terminals, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for campus and K to 12 payment solutions. Revenues are recorded at the time of shipment, or the provision of service.

Loss Contingencies and Legal Expenses

Loss Contingencies and Legal Expenses—The Company records a liability for loss contingencies when the liability is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. Legal fees associated with loss contingencies are recorded when the legal fees are incurred.

The Company records recoveries from its insurance providers when cash is received from the provider.

Other Income (Expense)

Other Income (Expense)—Other income (expense) consists of interest income on cash and investments, the interest cost on our borrowings, the gains or losses on the disposal of property and equipment and other non-operating income or expense items.

Income Taxes

Income Taxes—The Company accounts for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates.

The Company regularly evaluates its tax positions for additional unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties, if applicable. There are many factors that are considered when evaluating these tax positions including: interpretation of tax laws, recent tax litigation on a position, past audit or examination history, and subjective estimates and assumptions, which have been deemed reasonable by management. However, if management's estimates are not representative of actual outcomes, the Company's results could be materially impacted.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments—The Company utilizes derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk on its borrowings under its Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 10 herein). The Company recognizes the fair value of derivative financial instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in investments, or accrued expenses and other liabilities. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments are recognized immediately in earnings unless the derivative is designated and qualifies as a hedge of future cash flows. For derivatives that qualify as hedges of future cash flows, the effective portion of changes in fair value is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged item affects earnings. Any ineffectiveness of cash flow hedges would be recognized in Other income (expense) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income during the period of change.

Foreign Currency

Foreign Currency—The Canadian dollar is the functional currency of CPOS, which operates in Canada. CPOS' revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. The foreign currency assets and liabilities of CPOS were translated at the period-end rate of exchange. The resulting translation adjustment was allocated between the Company and CPOS' noncontrolling interests and was recorded as a component of other comprehensive income or noncontrolling interests in total equity. At March 31, 2012, the cumulative foreign currency translation reflected a loss of $0.1 million. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013. See Note 15, Discontinued Operations for more detail.

Noncontrolling Interests

Noncontrolling Interests— Noncontrolling interests represent noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of the equity and after-tax net income or loss of CPOS. Noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of after-tax net income or loss ofCPOS is included in “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The minority stockholders’ interests included in “noncontrolling interests” in the December 31, 2012 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was $1.4 million and reflected the original investments by these minority shareholders in CPOS, along with their proportionate share of the earnings or losses of CPOS. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013.

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events—The Company evaluated subsequent events with respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements— From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FinancialAccounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date.

In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on disclosures about offsetting financial assets and liabilities. This guidance requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on the entity's financial position. The amendments require enhanced disclosures by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (i) offset in accordance with current literature or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with current literature. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In July 2012, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on testing indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. This guidance will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset unless the entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is not more likely than not the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. The amendments include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. The update is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012 (early adoption is permitted). The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on improving the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update seek to attain that objective by requiring an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. This update is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments (Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Funds Held for Payroll Customers:
Cost	$ 141,759		$ 131,161
Gross Unrealized Gains	252		244
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Estimated Fair Value	142,011		131,405
Investments:
Cost, held to maturity	1,199	[1]	1,199
Estimated Fair Value, held to maturity	1,199	[1]	1,199
Cost, available for sale	100
Estimated Fair Value, available for sale	100
Cost, Total investments	1,299		1,199
Estimated Fair Value, Total investments	1,299		1,199
Certificates of deposit, remaining term, minimum	2 months
Certificates of deposit, remaining term, maximum	17 months
Fixed income bond fund | Available-for-sale securities [Member]
Funds Held for Payroll Customers:
Cost	968		968
Gross Unrealized Gains	252		244
Gross Unrealized Losses	0		0
Estimated Fair Value	1,220		1,212
Cash held for payroll customers [Member]
Funds Held for Payroll Customers:
Cost	127,066		110,334
Gross Unrealized Gains			0
Gross Unrealized Losses			0
Estimated Fair Value	127,066		110,334
Cash held for Campus Solutuions customers [Member]
Funds Held for Payroll Customers:
Cost	13,725		19,859
Estimated Fair Value	$ 13,725		$ 19,859

[1] Certificates of deposit have remaining terms ranging from 2 months to 17 months.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012		Jan. 31, 2011
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Processing-related cash in transit and collateral	$ 19,300,000			$ 31,600,000
Cash Used To Fund Merchant Advances	4,000,000			3,800,000
Due to sponsor banks	1,749,000			37,586,000
Invoicing terms	30 days
Funds held for payroll customers	142,011,000			131,405,000
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	100,000
Amortization of capitalized customer acquisition costs, period	3 years
Signing bonus amount and amortization, adjustment period	1 year
Impairment of capitalized customer acquisition costs	0
Accrued liabilities, unfavorable processing contract	5,100,000			7,300,000
Amortization of unfavorable processing contract	700,000		1,000,000
Adjustment to fair value of unfavorable processing contract	1,600,000
Buy out of Relationship Managers and sales managers commissions, fixed multiple period	12 months
Determination of Accrued Buyout Liability, Gross Margin for Prior Period	12 months
New SME merchant accrued buyout liability	0
Period Accrued Buyout Liability Increases for New SME Merchants	12 months
Estimated vesting percentage, Relationship Managers and sales managers	31.00%
Other income resulting from sale of merchant contracts	116,000		0
Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits	3,386,000			3,069,000
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	2,200,000			2,000,000
Notional amount of interest rate derivatives						50,000,000
Cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss)			(100,000)
Stockholders' equity attributable to noncontrolling interest	0			1,375,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate derivatives	32,500,000			35,000,000
Deferred tax benefit, interest rate derivatives	270,000			313,000
Prepaid card business [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other income resulting from sale of merchant contracts	100,000
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deferred Revenue	7,600,000			13,000,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	100,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	100,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Interest rate swap liabilities, at fair value	(696,000)	[1]		(817,000)	[1]
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	1,220,000	[2]		1,212,000	[2]
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	1,220,000	[2]		1,212,000	[2]
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Fair Value Disclosure	0	[2]		0	[2]
Cash held for payroll customers [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Funds held for payroll customers	140,800,000
Funding advances [Member]
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Due to sponsor banks	$ 0			$ 36,300,000

[1] Recorded as a liability in accrued expenses and other liabilities

[2] amounts included in Funds held for customers on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

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Segments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment

A summary of the Company’s segments for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues	(In thousands)
Card	$	459,025		$	443,147
Payroll	12,812			6,343
Heartland School Solutions	12,095			9,544
Campus Solutions	11,519			1,569
Other	5,791			7,037
Reconciling Items	(3		)	(64		)
Total revenues	$	501,239		$	467,576

Depreciation and amortization
Card	$	6,491		$	5,911
Payroll	833			260
Heartland School Solutions	453			593
Campus Solutions	505			83
Other	404			396
Unallocated Corporate Administration Amounts	(1,507		)	56
Total depreciation and amortization	$	7,179		$	7,299

Interest Income
Card	$	34	$	104
Total interest income	$	34	$	104

Interest Expense
Card	$	1,236		$	912
Campus Solutions	—			2
Other	1			—
Reconciling	(3		)	(64		)
Total interest expense	$	1,234		$	850

Net income from continuing operations
Card	$	15,031		$	16,115
Payroll	1,450			776
Heartland School Solutions	2,558			1,123
Campus Solutions	1,194			(175		)
Other	77			435
Unallocated corporate administration amounts	(4,665		)	(4,748		)
Total net income from continuing operations	$	15,645		$	13,526

Assets
Card	$	510,146	$	629,080
Payroll	182,574		65,974
Heartland School Solutions	69,071		51,317
Campus Solutions	69,566		6,902
Other	15,641		18,189
Total assets	$	846,998	$	771,462

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Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net (Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs Net) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net [Abstract]
Capitalized signing bonuses	$ 84,379	$ 84,728
Less accumulated amortization	(43,913)	(42,941)
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	40,466	41,787
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	39,345	37,736
Less accumulated amortization	(24,064)	(23,098)
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs, net	15,281	14,638
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	$ 55,747	$ 56,425	$ 55,339	$ 55,014

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012		Mar. 31, 2012
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Fair value measurement, transfers between Level 1 and Level 2	$ 0
Assets	846,998,000		813,414,000		771,462,000
Liabilities	631,428,000		602,253,000
Assets:
Investments available for sale	100,000
Investments held to maturity	1,199,000	[1]	1,199,000
Fair Value, Level 3, Unobservable Inputs [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Assets	0
Liabilities	0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	100,000
Total assets	1,320,000		1,212,000
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	696,000		817,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	0
Total assets	1,220,000		1,212,000
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	0		0
Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	100,000
Total assets	100,000		0
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	696,000		817,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Assets:
Total assets	1,199,000		1,199,000
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	147,000,000		152,000,000
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Assets:
Total assets	0		0
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	0		0
Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets:
Total assets	1,199,000		1,199,000
Liabilities:
Total Liabilities	147,000,000		152,000,000
Term Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	65,000,000		70,000,000
Term Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	0		0
Term Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	65,000,000		70,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	82,000,000		82,000,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	0		0
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Liabilities:
Credit facility	82,000,000		82,000,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	696,000		817,000
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	0		0
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	696,000		817,000
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member]
Assets:
Investments held to maturity	1,199,000		1,199,000
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Assets:
Investments held to maturity	0		0
Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets:
Investments held to maturity	1,199,000		1,199,000
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	1,220,000	[2]	1,212,000	[2]
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	1,220,000	[2]	1,212,000	[2]
Fixed Income Funds [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Assets:
Investments available for sale	$ 0	[2]	$ 0	[2]

[1] Certificates of deposit have remaining terms ranging from 2 months to 17 months.

[2] amounts included in Funds held for customers on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

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Accrued Buyout Liability (Summary of Activity in Accrued Buyout Liability) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Accrued Buyout Liability [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 35,410	$ 31,658
Increase in settlement obligations, net	4,275	4,207
Buyouts	(2,929)	(2,297)
Ending balance	$ 36,756	$ 33,568

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Acquisitions (Weighted Average Amortization Lives) (Details)	0 Months Ended
	Jun. 29, 2012 Lunch Byte Systems [Member]	Jun. 29, 2012 Lunch Byte Systems [Member] Customer relationships	Jun. 29, 2012 Lunch Byte Systems [Member] Software	Jun. 29, 2012 Lunch Byte Systems [Member] Non-compete agreements	Dec. 14, 2012 Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 14, 2012 Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member] Customer relationships	Dec. 14, 2012 Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member] Software	Dec. 14, 2012 Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member] Non-compete agreements	Dec. 31, 2012 Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member] Customer relationships	Dec. 31, 2012 Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member] Software	Dec. 31, 2012 Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member] Non-compete agreements
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Amortization life and method, useful life, minimum (in years)	5 years 10 months 28 days	6 years	3 years 3 months 19 days	5 years	9 years 2 months 13 days	12 years	5 years	5 years	5 years 10 months 23 days	6 years 8 months 15 days	1 year 6 months 2 days	5 years

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 19,615	$ 13,852
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization of capitalized customer acquisition costs	11,256	11,197
Other depreciation and amortization	7,214	7,383
Addition to loss reserves	802	267
(Recovery) provision for doubtful receivables	(292)	83
Deferred taxes	1,251	3,602
Share-based compensation	3,866	2,934
Write downs on fixed assets and system development costs	57	0
Gain on sale of business	(3,786)	0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in receivables	(45,664)	(7,268)
(Increase) decrease in inventory	(608)	792
Payment of signing bonuses, net	(5,780)	(7,554)
Increase in capitalized customer acquisition costs	(4,798)	(3,968)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses	(3,128)	297
Decrease in current tax assets	598	2,378
Increase in deposits and other assets	(1,054)	(28)
Excess tax benefits on employee share-based compensation	(1,753)	(1,321)
Increase in reserve for unrecognized tax benefits	317	219
(Decrease) increase in due to sponsor banks	(35,836)	2,454
Increase in accounts payable	4,051	2,614
Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities	(14,197)	(10,263)
Increase in processing liabilities	64,803	5,586
Payouts of accrued buyout liability	(2,929)	(2,297)
Increase in accrued buyout liability	4,275	4,207
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities	(1,720)	25,166
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investments	(609)	(206)
Maturities of investments	201	575
Increase in funds held for customers	(10,599)	(11,054)
Increase in customer fund deposits	10,606	11,073
Proceeds from sale of business	19,343	0
Purchases of property and equipment	(11,351)	(7,361)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	7,591	(6,973)
Cash flows from financing activities
Principal payments on borrowings	(5,000)	(3,751)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	1,158	6,842
Excess tax benefits on employee share-based compensation	1,753	1,321
Repurchases of common stock	(14,280)	(10,672)
Dividends paid on common stock	(2,580)	(2,336)
Net cash used in financing activities	(18,949)	(8,596)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(13,078)	9,597
Effect of exchange rates on cash	1	45
Cash at beginning of year	50,581	40,301
Cash at end of period	37,504	49,943
Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest	1,041	771
Income taxes	$ 7,683	$ 2,302

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Credit Facilities (Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended															0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 12, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Nov. 24, 2010 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Letter of Credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility [Member] Bridge Loan [Member]	Nov. 24, 2010 Term Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Term Credit Facility [Member] Line of Credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Term Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Term Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Term Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Term Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Nov. 24, 2010 Subsequent To Administrative Agent Approval [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jul. 20, 2012 Subsequent To Administrative Agent Approval [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Subsequent To Administrative Agent Approval [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Federal Funds Rate [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 LIBOR [Member]
Line of Credit Facility
Maximum borrowing capacity				$ 140,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 10,000,000	$ 5,000,000	$ 100,000,000										$ 100,000,000	$ 150,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Commitment Increase Agreement, additional borrowings		90,000,000																50,000,000
Principal payments due under Term Credit Facility: [Abstract]
2013									20,000,000
2014									22,500,000
2015									22,500,000
Total principal payments due under Term Credit Facility	65,000,000
Credit agreement, description of variable rate periods	interest rates equal to one, two, three or six month adjusted LIBOR rates																					LIBOR rate plus 1%
Credit agreement, basis spread on variable rate																					0.50%	1.00%
Credit agreement, weighted average interest rate	2.60%
Credit agreement, fees and direct costs	2,200,000
Proceeds from Lines of Credit			82,000,000
Credit agreement, amount outstanding			82,000,000							65,000,000	70,000,000	82,000,000	82,000,000	65,000,000	70,000,000	82,000,000	82,000,000
Long-term Debt Maturities Fiscal Quarterly Repayments Current And Immediately Following Fiscal Year								3,750,000.00
Long Term Debt Maturities Fiscal Quarterly Repayments In Fiscal Year Two And Three								5,000,000.0
Long Term Debt Maturities Fiscal Quarterly Repayments In Fiscal Year Four								$ 7,500,000.0

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Effective Income Tax Rate) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Provision for income taxes	$ 9,840	$ 8,366
Effective tax rate	38.60%	38.20%

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Receivables (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable

A summary of receivables by major class was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable from merchants	$	165,281		$	160,702
Accounts receivable from bankcard networks	59,409			19,588
Accounts receivable from others	2,739			1,596
	227,429			181,886
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(944		)	(1,438		)
Total receivables, net	$	226,485		$	180,448

Summary of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivables

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,438		$	1,407
(Reductions) Additions to allowance	(306		)	50
Charges against allowance	(188		)	(36		)
Ending balance	$	944		$	1,421

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Acquisitions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Lunch Byte Systems [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Amortization Life

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Nutrikids is as follows:

Weighted-average amortization life
	(In years)
Customer relationships	6.0
Software	3.3
Non-compete agreements	5.0
Overall	5.9

Educational Computer Systems, Inc. [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Amortization Life

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of ECSI is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	12.0
	Software	5.0
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	9.2

Ovation Payroll, Inc. [Member]

Business Acquisition [Line Items]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Amortization Life

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Ovation is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	6.7
	Software	1.5
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	5.9

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Schedule of Goodwill) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013		Mar. 31, 2012
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 168,062		$ 94,255
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	2,387	[1]	0
Ending balance	170,449		94,255
Card [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	43,701		43,701
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	0	[1]	0
Ending balance	43,701		43,701
Payroll [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	30,831		0
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	420	[1]	0
Ending balance	31,251		0
Heartland School Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	53,350		40,732
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	0	[1]	0
Ending balance	53,350		40,732
Campus Solutions [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	33,679		3,321
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	1,967	[1]	0
Ending balance	35,646		3,321
Other [Member]
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	6,501		6,501
Goodwill acquired during the period	0		0
Other	0	[1]	0
Ending balance	$ 6,501		$ 6,501

[1] Reflects adjustments to allocations of purchase price. Percentage of total reportable segments' assets that was goodwill as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows: Percent of Goodwill to Reportable Segments' Total Assets March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012 Card8.6% 6.9% Payroll17.1% — Heartland School Solutions77.2% 79.4% Campus Solutions51.2% 48.1% Other41.6% 35.7%

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Share-based Compensation) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended														3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2013 Two Year Period Ending December 31 2013 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Two Year Period Ending December 31 2013 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Two Year Period Ending December 31 2014 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Two Year Period Ending December 31 2014 [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Relative Total Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (TSRs) [Member] Percentile	Dec. 31, 2012 Relative Total Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (TSRs) [Member] Peer	Mar. 31, 2013 Relative Total Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (TSRs) [Member] Minimum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Relative Total Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (TSRs) [Member] Maximum [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 4th Quarter 2011 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]		Dec. 31, 2011 4th Quarter 2011 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 4th Quarter 2012 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 4th Quarter 2012 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 4th Quarter 2010 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]		Dec. 31, 2012 4th Quarter 2010 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 4th Quarter 2010 [Member] Restricted Stock Units Performance Based [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized			329,616					72,345					164,808	[1]			72,004	[2]				508,800	[3]
Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other Than Options, Vesting Rate In Current Year																			50.00%	[3]
Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other Than Options, Vesting Rate In One Year											50.00%	[1]							25.00%	[3]
Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other Than Options, Vesting Rate In Two Years											50.00%	[1]			50.00%	[2]			25.00%	[3]
Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instrument Other Than Options, Vesting Rate In Three Years															50.00%	[2]
Pro Forma Diluted Earnings Per Share, Target																					$ 1.48
Diluted earnings per share, restricted units, benchmark year two	$ 1.74
Diluted earnings per share, restricted units, benchmark year three	$ 2.04
Compound Annual Growth Rate, Diluted Earnings Per Share				17.00%		15.00%
Compound Annual Growth Rate, Increase Over Target				1.00%		1.00%
Diluted Earnings Per Share Compound Annual Growth Rate, Period			2 years		2 years
Restricted Share Units, Increase for Exceeding CAGR Target				3.09%		2.08%
Restricted Share Units, Maximum Number of Shares Authorized to Award				100.00%		125.00%
Compound Annual Growth Rate, Decrease Below Target				1.00%		1.00%
Restricted Share Units, Decrease for Falling Below CAGR Target				1.13%		1.31%
Compound Annual Growth Rate, Percentage of Target Required to Award Shares				80.00%		67.00%
Restricted Share Units, Awards if CAGR Target Missed by 80% or More		0
Restricted Share Units, Awards if CAGR Target Missed by 67% or More		0
Number of Peers								86
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Percentage									0.00%	225.00%
Common Stock, Average Closing Price, Term							30 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shareholder Return, Peer Group Percentile							65

[1] These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of seventeen percent (17%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2013 is above the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 3.09%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 100%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2013 is below the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.13%. If the target CAGR is missed by 80% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. Management determined that achieving a CAGR for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013 which would result in earning the maximum 100% increase in the number of shares that may be awarded was probable to occur, and records share-based compensation expense for these Restricted Share Units based on 329,616 shares

[2] These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of fifteen percent (15%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2014. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two year period ending on December 31, 2014 is above the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 2.08%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 125%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2014 is below the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.31%. If the target CAGR is missed by 67% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. The Company records expense on these Restricted Share Units based on achieving the 15% target.

[3] 50% vested on March 1, 2013 since the 2012 diluted earnings per share target of $1.48 was achieved.The remaining Restricted Share Units would vest only if, over the term, the following Pro Forma diluted earnings per share targets for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2014 are achieved: 20132014 Diluted Earnings Per Share $1.74$2.04Management believes that achieving the performance targets is probable to occur and records share-based compensation expense on these Restricted Share Units.

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Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments [Abstract]

Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments

A summary of funds held for customers and investments, including the cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value for investments held to maturity and investments available-for-sale by major security type and class of security were as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
March 31, 2013
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	252	$	—	$	1,220
Cash held for payroll customers	127,066		—		—		127,066
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	13,725		—		—		13,725
Total funds held for customers	$	141,759	$	252	$	—	$	142,011
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit (a)	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Investments - available for sale	100		—		—		100
Total Investments	$	1,299	$	—	$	—	$	1,299

(a) Certificates of deposit have remaining terms ranging from 2 months to 17 months.

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	244	$	—	$	1,212
Cash held for payroll customers	110,334		—		—		110,334
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	19,859		—		—		19,859
Total funds held for customers	$	131,161	$	244	$	—	$	131,405
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Total Investments	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199

Investments Classified by Contractual Maturity Date

The maturity schedule of all available-for-sale debt securities and held to maturity investments along with amortized cost and estimated fair value as of March 31, 2013 is as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	2,234	$	2,486
Due after one year through five years	33		33
	$	2,267	$	2,519

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Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net [Abstract]

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs Net

A summary of net capitalized customer acquisition costs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Capitalized signing bonuses	$	84,379		$	84,728
Less accumulated amortization	(43,913		)	(42,941		)
	40,466			41,787
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	39,345			37,736
Less accumulated amortization	(24,064		)	(23,098		)
	15,281			14,638
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	$	55,747		$	56,425

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Activity

A summary of the activity in capitalized customer acquisition costs, net for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	56,425		$	55,014
Plus additions to:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	5,780			7,554
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	4,798			3,968
	10,578			11,522
Less amortization expense on:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	(7,101		)	(7,321		)
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	(4,155		)	(3,876		)
	(11,256		)	(11,197		)
Balance at end of period	$	55,747		$	55,339

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-In Capital	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Retained Earnings	Treasury Stock	Noncontrolling Interests
Stockholders' equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2011	$ 220,052	$ 39	$ 207,643	$ (680)	$ 29,236	$ (16,828)	$ 642
Common stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2011		38,848,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Issuance of common stock - options exercised, shares		545,000
Issuance of common stock - options exercised, amount	6,843	1	6,842
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Income Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	1,321		1,321
Repurchase of common stock, shares		(419,000)
Repurchase of common stock, amount	(11,389)	0				(11,389)
Share-based compensation	2,934		2,934
Other comprehensive income	236			167			69
Dividends on common stock	(2,336)				(2,336)
Net income for the period	13,852				13,754		98
Dividends on common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.06
Stockholders' equity, ending balance at Mar. 31, 2012	231,513	40	218,740	(513)	40,654	(28,217)	809
Common stock, shares outstanding, ending balance at Mar. 31, 2012		38,974,000
Stockholders' equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012	211,161	38	222,705	(399)	7,629	(20,187)	1,375
Common stock, shares outstanding, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2012	36,855,908	36,856,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Issuance of common stock - options exercised, shares		89,000
Issuance of common stock - options exercised, amount	1,158	0	1,158
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Income Tax Benefit from Share-based Compensation	1,753		1,753
Issuance of common stock- RSU's vested, shares		144,000
Issuance of common stock- RSU's vested, amount	(2,839)	0	(2,839)
Repurchase of common stock, shares		(491,000)
Repurchase of common stock, amount	(15,261)	0				(15,261)
Share-based compensation	3,866		3,866
Change in ownership of noncontrolling interest	(1,332)			83			(1,415)
Other comprehensive income	29			45			(16)
Dividends on common stock	(2,580)				(2,580)
Net income for the period	19,615				19,559		56
Dividends on common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07
Stockholders' equity, ending balance at Mar. 31, 2013	$ 215,570	$ 38	$ 226,643	$ (271)	$ 24,608	$ (35,448)	$ 0
Common stock, shares outstanding, ending balance at Mar. 31, 2013	36,597,692	36,598,000

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class

Intangible Assets — Intangible assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	49,814	$	9,798	$	40,016	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant portfolio	3,345		2,422		923		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,481		4,669		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,489		1,253		3,236		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		24		61		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	71,883	$	22,978	$	48,905

	December 31, 2012						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	52,125	$	8,318	$	43,807	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant Portfolio	3,345		2,316		1,029		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,016		5,134		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,590		1,030		3,560		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		21		64		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	74,295	$	20,701	$	53,594

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense

The estimated remaining amortization expense related to intangible assets in twelve month increments is as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,
	(In thousands)
2014	$	8,351
2015	7,097
2016	6,562
2017	5,486
2018	4,080
Thereafter	17,329
	$	48,905

Schedule of Goodwill

Goodwill — The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013
and 2012 were as follows:		Card		Payroll		Heartland School Solutions		Campus Solutions		Other		Total
Balance at January 1, 2012		$	43,701	$	—	$	40,732	$	3,321	$	6,501	$	94,255
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other	—		—		—		—		—		—
Balance at March 31, 2012		43,701		—		40,732		3,321		6,501		94,255
Balance at January 1, 2013		43,701		30,831		53,350		33,679		6,501		168,062
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other (a)	—		420		—		1,967		—		2,387
Balance at March 31, 2013		$	43,701	$	31,251	$	53,350	$	35,646	$	6,501	$	170,449

(a) Reflects adjustments to allocations of purchase price.

Percentage of total reportable segments' assets that was goodwill as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
		Percent of Goodwill to Reportable Segments' Total Assets
		March 31, 2013	March 31, 2012
	Card	8.6%	6.9%
	Payroll	17.1%	—
	Heartland School Solutions	77.2%	79.4%
	Campus Solutions	51.2%	48.1%
	Other	41.6%	35.7%

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, Goodwill

Percentage of total reportable segments' assets that was goodwill as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
		Percent of Goodwill to Reportable Segments' Total Assets
		March 31, 2013	March 31, 2012
	Card	8.6%	6.9%
	Payroll	17.1%	—
	Heartland School Solutions	77.2%	79.4%
	Campus Solutions	51.2%	48.1%
	Other	41.6%	35.7%

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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures

The following table shows the results of operations of CPOS for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 which are included in the earnings from discontinued operations:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	1,117	$	2,909
Expenses	870		2,461
Income from operations	247		448
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $68 and $133	184		326
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,067	3,786		—
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests	56		98
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	$	3,914	$	228

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Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net (Capitalized Customer Acquisition Activity) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net [Roll Forward]
Balance at beginning of period	$ 56,425,000	$ 55,014,000
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	5,780,000	7,554,000
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	4,798,000	3,968,000
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, additions	10,578,000	11,522,000
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	(7,101,000)	(7,321,000)
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	(4,155,000)	(3,876,000)
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, amortization expense	(11,256,000)	(11,197,000)
Balance at end of period	55,747,000	55,339,000
Signing bonus adjustments from estimated amounts to actual	(800,000)	(600,000)
Write-off of fully amortized signing bonuses	(6,900,000)	8,000,000
Write-off of fully amortized customer deferred acquisition costs	3,200,000	3,900,000
Impairment of capitalized customer acquisition costs	$ 0

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 37,504	$ 48,440
Funds held for customers	142,011	131,405
Receivables, net	226,485	180,448
Investments	1,299	1,199
Inventory	10,243	9,694
Prepaid expenses	13,712	10,421
Current deferred tax assets, net	10,311	10,475
Assets held for sale	0	17,044
Total current assets	441,565	409,126
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	55,747	56,425
Property and equipment, net	129,167	125,031
Goodwill	170,449	168,062
Intangible assets, net	48,905	53,594
Deposits and other assets, net	1,165	1,176
Total assets	846,998	813,414
Current liabilities:
Due to sponsor banks	1,749	37,586
Accounts payable	68,283	64,065
Customer fund deposits	142,011	131,405
Processing liabilities	160,928	95,273
Current portion of borrowings	102,001	102,001
Current portion of accrued buyout liability	11,468	10,478
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	36,541	47,817
Current tax liabilities	3,155	4,323
Liabilities related to assets held for sale	0	1,672
Total current liabilities	526,136	494,620
Deferred tax liabilities, net	31,618	29,632
Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits	3,386	3,069
Long-term portion of borrowings	45,000	50,000
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	25,288	24,932
Total liabilities	631,428	602,253
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 37,804,792 and 37,571,708 shares issued at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012; 36,597,692 and 36,855,908 outstanding at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012	38	38
Additional paid-in capital	226,643	222,705
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(271)	(399)
Retained earnings	24,608	7,629
Treasury stock, at cost (1,207,100 and 715,800 shares at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012)	(35,448)	(20,187)
Total stockholders’ equity	215,570	209,786
Noncontrolling interests	0	1,375
Total equity	215,570	211,161
Total liabilities and equity	$ 846,998	$ 813,414

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Common Stock Repurchases) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Oct. 21, 2011 October 21, 2011 Program [Member]	Jul. 27, 2012 July 27, 2012 Program [Member]	Nov. 03, 2012 November 2, 2012 Program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member] October 21, 2011 Program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member] July 27, 2012 Program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member] November 2, 2012 Program [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Stock Repurchase Program, Authorized Amount			$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Treasury stock, shares acquired	491,300	419,249				3,634,044	1,157,440	1,760,804	715,800
Repurchase Of Common Stock Settled	15,261,000	11,388,000
Payments for repurchase of common stock	14,280,000	10,672,000				103,359,000	33,172,000	50,000,000	20,187,000
Treasury Stock Acquired, Average Cost Per Share	$ 31.06	$ 27.16				$ 28.44	$ 28.66	$ 28.40	$ 28.20
Stock Repurchase Program, Remaining Authorized Repurchase Amount	$ 14,552,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Statement of Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 19,615	$ 13,852
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gains on investments, net of income tax of $4 and $7	3	11
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments, net of tax of $43 and ($6)	80	(6)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(54)	231
Comprehensive income	19,644	14,088
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	40	167
Comprehensive income attributable to Heartland	$ 19,604	$ 13,921

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Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves (Schedule Of Credit And Fraud Loss Reserve) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	4 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Payroll [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Payroll [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Member]		Mar. 31, 2012 Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Member]
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance					$ 1,955		$ 1,957
Additions to reserve					753		173
Charges against reserve					(753)	[1]	(173)	[1]
Ending balance					1,955		1,957
Bank chargebacks	$ 10,800	$ 11,800	$ (57)	$ (12)

[1] Included in these amounts are payroll segment losses of $57,000 and $12,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

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Credit Facilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt

Principal payments due under the Term Credit Facility as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	(In thousands)
2014	$	20,000
2015	22,500
2016	22,500
	$	65,000

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Segments (Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 Segment	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments	5
Total revenues	$ 501,239,000	$ 467,576,000
Depreciation and amortization	7,179,000	7,299,000
Interest income	34,000	104,000
Interest expense	1,234,000	850,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	15,645,000	13,526,000
Total assets	846,998,000	771,462,000	813,414,000
Card [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	459,025,000	443,147,000
Depreciation and amortization	6,491,000	5,911,000
Interest income	34,000	104,000
Interest expense	1,236,000	912,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	15,031,000	16,115,000
Total assets	510,146,000	629,080,000
Payroll [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restricted funds, percent of total assets	70.00%	81.00%
Total revenues	12,812,000	6,343,000
Depreciation and amortization	833,000	260,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	1,450,000	776,000
Total assets	182,574,000	65,974,000
Heartland School Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	12,095,000	9,544,000
Depreciation and amortization	453,000	593,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	2,558,000	1,123,000
Total assets	69,071,000	51,317,000
Campus Solutions [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Restricted funds, percent of total assets	20.00%
Total revenues	11,519,000	1,569,000
Depreciation and amortization	505,000	83,000
Interest expense	0	2,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	1,194,000	(175,000)
Total assets	69,566,000	6,902,000
Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	5,791,000	7,037,000
Depreciation and amortization	404,000	396,000
Interest expense	1,000	0
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	77,000	435,000
Total assets	15,641,000	18,189,000
Unallocated Corporate Administration Amounts [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and amortization	(1,507,000)	56,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Heartland	(4,665,000)	(4,748,000)
Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenues	(3,000)	(64,000)
Interest expense	$ (3,000)	$ (64,000)

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Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

The Company presents earnings per share data following the established standards for the computation and presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share data. Under these standards, the dilutive effect of stock options is excluded from the calculation of basic earnings per share but included in diluted earnings per share. The following is a reconciliation of the amounts used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share: 

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2013		2012
	(In thousands, except per share)
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations attributable to Heartland	$	15,645	$	13,526
Income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	3,914		228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559	$	13,754
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	36,841		38,837
Effect of dilutive instruments:
Stock options and restricted stock units	1,533		1,723
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	38,374		40,560
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.42	$	0.34
Income from discontinued operations	0.11		0.01
Basic earnings per share	$	0.53	$	0.35
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.41	$	0.33
Income from discontinued operations	0.10		0.01
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.34

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Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases

Future minimum lease payments for all non-cancelable leases as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	Operating Leases (a)
	(In thousands)
2014	$9,456
2015	7,045
2016	4,596
2017	3,103
2018	2,944
Thereafter	9,706
Total future minimum lease payments	$36,850

(a) There were no material capital leases at March 31, 2013.

Schedule Of Contractual Obligations

The following table reflects the Company’s other significant contractual obligations, including leases from above, as of March 31, 2013:

	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 Years		3 to 5 years		More than 5 years
	(In thousands)
Processing providers (a)	$	15,738	$	6,731	$	9,007	$	—	$	—
Telecommunications providers	18,459		5,662		7,803		4,994		—
Facility and equipment leases	36,850		9,456		11,641		6,047		9,706
Term Credit Facility (b)	65,000		20,000		45,000		—		—
	$	136,047	$	41,849	$	73,451	$	11,041	$	9,706

(a) The Company has agreements with several third-party processors to provide to us on a non-exclusive basis payment processing and transmittal, transaction authorization and data capture services, and access to various reporting tools. Our agreements with third-party processors require the Company to submit a minimum monthly number of transactions or volume for processing. If the Company submits a number of transactions or volume that is lower than the minimum, it is required to pay the third-party processors the fees that they would have received if the Company had submitted the required minimum number or volume of transactions.

(b) Interest rates on the Term Credit Facility are variable in nature; however, in January 2011 we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having a remaining amount of $32.5 million. If interest rates were to remain at the March 31, 2013 level, we would make interest payments of $1.9 million in the next 1 year and $1.5 million in the next 1 to 3 years or a total of $3.4 million including net settlements on the fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps. In addition, we had $82.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2013. The Revolving Credit Facility is available on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015.

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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

Discontinued Operations

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company along with the 30% non-controlling shareholders of Collective Point of Sale Solutions, Ltd. (“CPOS”) entered into an agreement to sell CPOS to a third party. CPOS was not a significant subsidiary and the Company will have no continuing involvement in its operations. After receiving regulatory approval, the transaction settled on January 31, 2013. The total sales price was $30.3 million cash including net working capital, of which the Company received $20.9 million for its 70% ownership in CPOS. The total gain recorded on the sale was $3.8 million, net of income taxes of $2.1 million. The following table shows the results of operations of CPOS for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 which are included in the earnings from discontinued operations:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Revenues	$	1,117	$	2,909
Expenses	870		2,461
Income from operations	247		448
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $68 and $133	184		326
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,067	3,786		—
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to non-controlling interests	56		98
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	$	3,914	$	228

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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $68 and $133	$ 3,970,000	$ 326,000
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,067	3,786,000	0
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	56,000	98,000
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	3,914,000	228,000
CPOS [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners				30.00%
Sale of subsidiary, including amount attributable to noncontrolling owners			30,300,000
Sale of subsidiary, portion attributable to parent			20,900,000
Parent's ownership percentage	70.00%
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Income Statement Disclosures [Abstract]
Revenue	1,117,000	2,909,000
Expenses	870,000	2,461,000
Income from operations	247,000	448,000
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $68 and $133	184,000	326,000
Income from discontinued operations, income tax	68,000	133,000
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,067	3,786,000	0
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	56,000	98,000
Gain on sale of discontinued operations, income tax	2,067,000
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	$ 3,914,000	$ 228,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Statement of Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Unrealized gains (losses) on investments, tax	$ 4	$ 7
Unrealized losses on derivative financial instruments, tax	$ 43	$ (6)

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets Parentheticals (Unaudited) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Equity
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000,000	100,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	37,804,792	37,571,708
Common stock, shares outstanding	36,597,692	36,855,908
Treasury Stock, shares	1,207,100	715,800

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Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Abstract]

Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves

Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves

Processing liabilities result primarily from the Company's card processing activities and include merchant deposits maintained to offset potential liabilities from merchant chargeback processing. A summary of processing liabilities and loss reserves was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Merchant bankcard processing	$	151,731	$	86,882
Merchant deposits	7,242		6,436
Loss reserves	1,955		1,955
	$	160,928	$	95,273

In addition to the merchant deposits listed above, the Company held letters of credit related to merchant bankcard processing totaling $100,000 at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

The Company's merchants have the liability for any charges properly reversed by the cardholder through a mechanism known as a chargeback. If the merchant is unable to pay this amount, the Company will be liable to the card brand networks for the reversed charges. The Company has determined that the fair value of its obligation to stand ready to perform is minimal. The Company requires personal guarantees and merchant deposits from certain merchants to minimize its obligation.

The card brand networks generally allow chargebacks up to four months after the later of the date the transaction is processed or the delivery of the product or service to the cardholder. As the majority of the Company's SME merchant transactions involve the delivery of the product or service at the time of the transaction, a reasonable basis for determining an estimate of the Company's exposure to chargebacks is the last four months' processing volume on the SME portfolio, which was $23.4 billion and $23.5 billion for the four months ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. However, for the four months ended March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company was presented with $10.8 million and $11.8 million, respectively, in chargebacks by issuing banks. In the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company incurred merchant credit losses of $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively, on total SME bankcard dollar volumes processed of $17.3 billion and $16.7 billion, respectively. These credit losses are included in processing and servicing costs in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The loss recorded by the Company for chargebacks associated with any individual merchant is typically small, due both to the relatively small size and the processing profile of the Company's SME merchants. However, from time to time the Company will encounter instances of merchant fraud, and the resulting chargeback losses may be considerably more significant to the Company. The Company has established a contingent reserve for estimated currently existing credit and fraud losses on its Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, amounting to $2.0 million on March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012. This reserve is determined by performing an analysis of the Company's historical loss experience applied to current processing volume and exposures.

A summary of the activity in the loss reserve for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,955		$	1,957
Additions to reserve	753			173
Charges against reserve (a)	(753		)	(173		)
Ending balance	$	1,955		$	1,957

(a) Included in these amounts are payroll segment losses of $57,000 and $12,000, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

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Document and Entity Information (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	May 01, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001144354
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		36,329,939
Entity Public Float			$ 1,136,444

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Accrued Buyout Liability

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accrued Buyout Liability [Abstract]

Accrued Buyout Liability

Accrued Buyout Liability

A summary of the accrued buyout liability was as follows as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Vested Relationship Managers and sales managers	$	35,711		$	33,926
Unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers	1,045			1,484
	36,756			35,410
Less current portion	(11,468		)	(10,478		)
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	$	25,288		$	24,932

In calculating the accrued buyout liability for unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers, the Company has assumed that 31% of the unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers will vest in the future, which represents the Company’s historical vesting rate. A 5% increase to 36% in the expected vesting rate would have increased the accrued buyout liability for unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers by $0.1 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

A summary of the activity in the accrued buyout liability for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	35,410		$	31,658
Increase in settlement obligation, net	4,275			4,207
Buyouts	(2,929		)	(2,297		)
Ending balance	$	36,756		$	33,568

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Statement of Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Total revenues	$ 501,239	$ 467,576
Costs of services:
Interchange	307,072	297,948
Dues, assessments and fees	47,332	43,868
Processing and servicing	59,397	55,628
Customer acquisition costs	10,733	11,436
Depreciation and amortization	4,090	4,352
Total costs of services	428,624	413,232
General and administrative	45,840	31,549
Total expenses	474,464	444,781
Income from operations	26,775	22,795
Other income (expense):
Interest income	34	104
Interest expense	(1,234)	(850)
Provision for processing system intrusion costs	(206)	(157)
Other, net	116	0
Total other income (expense)	(1,290)	(903)
Income before income taxes	25,485	21,892
Provision for income taxes	9,840	8,366
Net income from continuing operations	15,645	13,526
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax of $2,135 and $133	3,970	326
Net income	19,615	13,852
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	56	98
Net income attributable to Heartland	19,559	13,754
Amounts Attributable to Heartland:
Net income from continuing operations	15,645	13,526
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax and non-controlling interests	3,914	228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$ 19,559	$ 13,754
Earnings per common share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.34
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.11	$ 0.01
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.53	$ 0.35
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.41	$ 0.33
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.01
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51	$ 0.34
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	36,841	38,837
Diluted (in shares)	38,374	40,560

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Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Acquisition transactions in 2012 included:

Lunch Byte Systems, Inc.

On June 29, 2012, the Company expanded its Heartland School Solutions business through its acquisition of the net assets of Lunch Byte Systems, Inc. ("Nutrikids"). The $26.0 million cash payment made on June 29, 2012 for the purchase price was funded through our Revolving Credit Facility and subsequently repaid with cash on hand in July 2012. Beginning July 1, 2012, Nutrikids' results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $16.1 million to goodwill, $7.0 million to intangible assets and $2.9 million to net tangible assets. The fair values of the Nutrikids' assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. The entire amount of goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax reporting. The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Nutrikids is as follows:

Weighted-average amortization life
	(In years)
Customer relationships	6.0
Software	3.3
Non-compete agreements	5.0
Overall	5.9

Educational Computer Systems, Inc.

On December 14, 2012, the Company purchased for a $37.6 million cash payment, the stock of Educational Computer Systems, Inc. ("ECSI") and net assets of related entities. The cash purchase price was financed under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The acquisition expands the Company's Campus Solutions division. ECSI supports the entire life cycle of higher education and post-graduation school/student services, including student loan payment processing, default solutions, refund services, tuition payment plans, electronic billing and payment, tax document services, and business outsourcing to more than 1,800 colleges and universities nationwide. With this acquisition, the Company's Campus Solutions business gained ECSI’s client portfolio, increasing the number of higher education clients to more than 2,000 colleges and universities throughout North America.

The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Beginning December 15, 2012, ECSI results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $32.3 million to goodwill, $10.5 million to intangible assets and $5.2 million to net tangible liabilities. The fair values of ECSI's assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date and adjusted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 based on the finalization of the purchase price allocation. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. Only a portion of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for income tax reporting.

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of ECSI is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	12.0
	Software	5.0
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	9.2

Ovation Payroll, Inc.

On December 31, 2012, the Company purchased for a $44.2 million cash payment, the stock of Ovation Payroll, Inc. ("Ovation"). The cash purchase price was financed under the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The acquisition expands the Company's existing payroll processing business. Ovation serves over 10,000 clients in 48 states providing payroll processing, payroll tax preparation, Internet payroll reporting, and direct deposit.

The transaction was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Beginning January 1, 2013, Ovation's results of operations are included in the Company's results of operations. The allocation of the total purchase price was as follows: $31.3 million to goodwill, $6.6 million to intangible assets and $6.3 million to net tangible assets. The fair values of Ovation's assets acquired and liabilities assumed were estimated as of their acquisition date and adjusted during the three months ended March 31, 2013 based on the finalization of the purchase price allocation. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the effect of this acquisition was not material. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for income tax reporting.

The weighted average amortization life for the 2012 acquired finite lived intangible assets related to acquisition of Ovation is as follows:
	Weighted-average amortization life
		(In years)
	Customer relationships	6.7
	Software	1.5
	Non-compete agreements	5.0
	Overall	5.9

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates include, among other things, the accrued buyout liability, capitalized customer acquisition costs, goodwill, loss reserves, certain accounts payable and accrued expenses and certain tax assets and liabilities as well as the related valuation allowances, if any. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—At March 31, 2013, cash included approximately $19.3 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral, compared to approximately $31.6 million of processing-related cash in transit and collateral at December 31, 2012.

Receivables—Receivables are stated net of allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company estimates its allowance based on experience with its merchants, customers, and sales force and its judgment as to the likelihood of their ultimate payment. The Company also considers collection experience and makes estimates regarding collectability based on trends in aging. Historically, the Company has not experienced significant charge offs for its merchant receivables.

The Company's primary receivables are from its bankcard processing merchants. In addition to receivables for transaction fees the Company charges its merchants for processing transactions, these receivables include amounts resulting from the Company's practice of advancing interchange fees to most of its SME merchants during the month and collecting those fees at the beginning of the following month. The Company does not advance interchange fees to its Network Services Merchants. Network Services Merchants are invoiced monthly, on payment terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing. Receivables from merchants also include receivables from the sale of point of sale terminal equipment.

Historically, the Company funded interchange advances to its SME merchants first with its available cash, then when that cash had been expended, by directing its sponsor banks to fund advances, thereby incurring a payable to sponsor banks. In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company accelerated the end-of-day presentment of transaction funding files to the bankcard networks resulting in its sponsor banks receiving settlement cash one day earlier and increasing funding obligations to its SME merchants, which are carried in processing liabilities. As a result, these merchant interchange advances/receivables are first funded from the accelerated settlement cash received from bankcard networks, then from the Company's available cash or by incurring a payable to its sponsor banks. At March 31, 2013, the Company used $4.0 million of its available cash to fund merchant advances and at December 31, 2012, the Company used $3.8 million of its cash to fund merchant advances. The amount due to sponsor banks for funding advances was $36.3 million at December 31, 2012, but at March 31, 2013no merchant advances were funded from payables to our sponsor banks. The Company pays its sponsor banks the prime rate on these payables. The payable to sponsor banks is repaid at the beginning of the following month out of the fees the Company collects from its merchants.

Receivables also include amounts due from bankcard networks which reflects multiple days' processing volume at March 31, 2013 as the current quarter ended on a weekend, as well as pre-funding of Discover and American Express transactions to the Company's merchants and are due from the related bankcard networks. These amounts are recovered the next business day from the date of processing the transaction.

Receivables also include amounts resulting from the sale, installation, training and repair of payment system hardware and software for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, campus payment solutions, and Heartland School Solutions. These receivables are mostly invoiced on terms of 30 days net from date of invoicing.

Investments and Funds Held for Customers—Investments, including those carried on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as Funds held for customers, consist primarily of fixed income bond funds and certificates of deposit. Funds held for customers also include overnight bank deposits. The majority of investments carried in Funds held for payroll customers are available-for-sale and recorded at fair value based on quoted market prices. Certificates of deposit are classified as held to maturity and recorded at cost. In the event of a sale, cost is determined on a specific identification basis. At March 31, 2013, Funds held for customers included cash and cash equivalents of $140.8 million and investments available for sale of $1.2 million.

The asset funds held for customers and the liability customer fund deposits include: (1) amounts collected from customers prior to funding their payroll liabilities, as well as related tax and fiduciary liabilities for those customers, and (2) amounts collected by Campus Solutions in its capacity as loan servicer, which will be remitted to the customer/owner of the student loans the following month.

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, net—Capitalized customer acquisition costs consist of (1) up-front signing bonus payments made to Relationship Managers and sales managers (the Company's sales force) for the establishment of new merchant relationships, and (2) a deferred acquisition cost representing the estimated cost of buying out the commissions of vested sales employees. Capitalized customer acquisition costs represent incremental, direct customer acquisition costs that are recoverable through gross margins associated with merchant contracts. The capitalized customer acquisition costs are amortized using a method which approximates a proportional revenue approach over the initial three-year term of the merchant contract.

The up-front signing bonus paid for new SME bankcard, payroll and loyalty marketing accounts is based on the estimated gross margin for the first year of the merchant contract. The signing bonus, amount capitalized, and related amortization are adjusted after one year to reflect the actual gross margin generated by the merchant contract during that year. The deferred customer acquisition cost asset is accrued over the first year of SME bankcard merchant processing, consistent with the build-up in the accrued buyout liability, as described below. Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are developed the same as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

Management evaluates the capitalized customer acquisition costs for impairment on an annual basis by comparing, on a pooled basis by vintage month of origination, the expected future net cash flows from underlying merchant relationships to the carrying amount of the capitalized customer acquisition costs. If the estimated future net cash flows are lower than the recorded carrying amount, indicating an impairment of the value of the capitalized customer acquisition costs, the impairment loss will be charged to operations. The Company believes that no impairment has occurred as of March 31, 2013.

Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities— Accrued expenses and other liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated

Balance Sheets includes deferred revenue of $7.6 million and $13.0 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012,

respectively, which is primarily related to our Heartland School Solutions and Campus Solutions businesses.

Also included in accrued expenses and other liabilities at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 is $5.1 million and $7.3 million, respectively, relating to the allocation of purchase price to an unfavorable processing contract associated with our September 30, 2011 acquisition of School-Link Technologies, Inc. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012,we amortized $0.7 million and $1.0 million of this accrued liability against the cash processing costs paid under that contract. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we recorded an adjustment to the carrying value of this unfavorable processing contract of $1.6 million to adjust the liability to reflect the latest estimate of the expected cash processing costs to be paid over the remainder of the contract. The amortization for the quarter and adjustment to the fair value were included in Cost of services in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Processing Liabilities—Processing liabilities result primarily from the Company's card processing activities. Card processing liabilities primarily reflect funds in transit associated with differences arising between the amounts our sponsor banks receive from the bankcard networks and the amounts funded to the Company's merchants. Such differences arise from timing differences, interchange expense, merchant advances, merchant reserves and chargeback processing. These differences result in payables or receivables. If the settlement received from the bankcard networks precedes the funding obligation to the merchant, the Company records a processing liability. Conversely, if funding to the merchant precedes the settlement from the bankcard networks, the Company records a receivable from the bankcard network. In addition, certain bankcard networks limit the Company from accessing merchant settlement funds and require that these funds be controlled by the Company's sponsor banks. The amounts are generally collected or paid the following business day.

Chargebacks periodically arise due to disputes between a cardholder and a merchant resulting from the cardholder's dissatisfaction with merchandise quality or the merchant's service, and the disputes may not always be resolved in the merchant's favor. In some of these cases, the transaction is ''charged back'' to the merchant and the purchase price is refunded to the cardholder by the credit card-issuing institution. If the merchant is unable to fund the refund, the Company is liable for the full amount of the transaction. The Company's obligation to stand ready to perform is minimal. The Company maintains a deposit or the pledge of a letter of credit from certain merchants as an offset to potential contingent liabilities that are the responsibility of such merchants. The Company evaluates its ultimate risk and records an estimate of potential loss for chargebacks related to merchant fraud based upon an assessment of actual historical fraud loss rates compared to recent bankcard processing volume levels. The Company believes that the liability recorded as loss reserves approximates fair value.

Accrued Buyout Liability—The Company'sRelationship Managers and sales managers are paid residual commissions based on the gross margin generated by monthly SME merchant processing activity. The Company has the right, but not the obligation, to buy out some or all of these commissions, and intends to do so periodically. Such purchases of the commissions are at a fixed multiple of the last twelve months' commissions. Because of the Company's intent and ability to execute purchases of the residual commissions, and the mutual understanding between the Company and the Relationship Managers and sales managers, the Company has accounted for this deferred compensation arrangement pursuant to the substantive nature of the plan. The Company therefore records the amount that it would have to pay (the ''settlement cost'') to buy out non-servicing related commissions in their entirety from vested Relationship Managers and sales managers, and an accrual, based on their progress towards vesting, for those unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers who are expected to vest in the future. As noted above, as the liability increases over the first year of a SME merchant contract, the Company also records a related deferred acquisition cost asset for currently vested Relationship Managers and sales managers. The accrued buyout liability associated with unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers is not included in the deferred acquisition cost asset since future services are required in order to vest. Subsequent changes in the estimated accrued buyout liability due to merchant attrition, same-store sales growth and changes in gross margin are included in the same income statement caption as customer acquisition costs expense.

Beginning in June 2012, Relationship Managers and sales managers earn portfolio equity on their newly installed payroll and loyalty marketing merchant accounts based on the residual commissions they earn on those accounts. The accrued buyout liability and deferred acquisition cost asset are accrued identically as the SME bankcard merchant portfolio equity.

The accrued buyout liability is based on merchants under contract at the balance sheet date, the gross margin generated by those merchants over the prior twelve months, and the contractual buyout multiple. The liability related to a new merchant is therefore zero when the merchant is installed, and increases over the twelve months following the installation date. The same procedure is applied to unvested commissions over the expected vesting period, but is further adjusted to reflect the Company's estimate that 31% of unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers become vested, which represents the Company's historical vesting rate.

The classification of the accrued buyout liability between current and non-current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets is based upon the Company's estimate of the amount of the accrued buyout liability that it reasonably expects to pay over the next twelve months. This estimate is developed by calculating the cumulative annual average percentage that total historical buyout payments represent of the accrued buyout liability. That percentage is applied to the period-end accrued buyout liability to determine the current portion.

Revenue—Revenues are mainly comprised of gross processing revenue, payroll processing revenue and equipment-related revenue. Gross processing revenue primarily consists of discount fees, per-transaction fees and periodic fees (primarily monthly) from the processing of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover bankcard transactions for merchants. The Company passes through to its customers any changes in interchange or network fees. Gross processing revenue also includes fees for servicing American Express accounts, customer service fees, fees for processing chargebacks, termination fees on terminated contracts, gift and loyalty card fees, fees generated by our Heartland School Solutions business, and other miscellaneous revenue. Payroll processing revenue includes periodic and annual fees charged by HPC and Ovation for payroll processing services and interest earned from investing tax impound funds held for our customers. Revenue is recorded as bankcard and other processing transactions are processed or payroll services are performed.

Equipment-related revenue includes revenues from the sale, rental and deployment of bankcard terminals, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for prepaid card and stored-value card payment systems, and from the sale of hardware, software and associated services for campus and K to 12 payment solutions. Revenues are recorded at the time of shipment, or the provision of service.

Loss Contingencies and Legal Expenses—The Company records a liability for loss contingencies when the liability is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable. Legal fees associated with loss contingencies are recorded when the legal fees are incurred.

The Company records recoveries from its insurance providers when cash is received from the provider.

Other Income (Expense)—Other income (expense) consists of interest income on cash and investments, the interest cost on our borrowings, the gains or losses on the disposal of property and equipment and other non-operating income or expense items. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, other income (expense) included pre-tax income of approximately $0.1 million reflecting the first payment relating to the sale of a group of merchant contracts within our Prepaid Card business.

Other income (expense) also includes the pretax charges or recoveries related to the provision for processing system intrusion costs.

Income Taxes—The Company accounts for income taxes by recognizing deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates.

The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the resulting effective tax rates were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	9,840		$	8,366
Effective tax rate	38.6		%	38.2		%

The increase in the effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2013, as compared to March 31, 2012, is due to higher state income tax rates in entities acquired in the fourth quarter 2012.

Our tax provision for interim periods is determined using an estimate of our annual effective tax rate, adjusted for discrete items, if any, that are taken into account in the relevant period. Each quarter we update our estimate of the annual effective tax rate, and if our estimated tax rate changes, we make a cumulative adjustment in that period.

The Company regularly evaluates its tax positions for additional unrecognized tax benefits and associated interest and penalties, if applicable. There are many factors that are considered when evaluating these tax positions including: interpretation of tax laws, recent tax litigation on a position, past audit or examination history, and subjective estimates and assumptions, which have been deemed reasonable by management. However, if management's estimates are not representative of actual outcomes, the Company's results could be materially impacted. The Company does not expect any material changes to unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months. At March 31, 2013, the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions was $3.4 million, of which $2.2 million would, if recognized, impact the effective tax rate. At December 31, 2012, the reserve for unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions was $3.1 million, of which $2.0 million would, if recognized, impact the effective tax rate.

The Company has received a final determination letter from the Joint Committee of Taxation for 2010 and such Committee has agreed to the “no change" findings of the IRS audit.

Share–Based Compensation— In the fourth quarters of 2010, 2011, and 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved grants of performance-based Restricted Share Units with grant-specific vesting and performance target terms as shown in the following table:

	Performance Awards by Grant Date
	4th Quarter 2010	4th Quarter 2011	4th Quarter 2012
RSU's Granted	508,800	164,808	72,004
Vested during 2013	50%	—	—
Vesting during 2014	25%	50%	—
Vesting during 2015	25%	50%	50%
Vesting during 2016	—	—	50%
Grant Performance Target	(a)	(b)	(c)

(a) 50% vested on March 1, 2013 since the 2012 diluted earnings per share target of $1.48 was achieved.The remaining Restricted Share Units would vest only if, over the term, the following Pro Forma diluted earnings per share targets for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2014 are achieved:

	2013	2014
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.74	$2.04

Management believes that achieving the performance targets is probable to occur and records share-based compensation expense on these Restricted Share Units.

(b) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of seventeen percent (17%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is above the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 3.09%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 100%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is below the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.13%. If the target CAGR is missed by 80% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. Management determined that achieving a CAGR for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013 which would result in earning the maximum 100% increase in the number of shares that may be awarded was probable to occur, and records share-based compensation expense for these Restricted Share Units based on 329,616 shares.

(c) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of fifteen percent (15%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2014. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two year period ending on December 31, 2014 is above the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 2.08%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 125%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2014 is below the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.31%. If the target CAGR is missed by 67% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. The Company records expense on these Restricted Share Units based on achieving the 15% target.

Pro Forma diluted earnings per share for (a), (b) and (c) performance targets will be calculated excluding non-operating gains and losses, if any, and excluding the after-tax impact of share-based compensation expense. The closing price of the Company's common stock on the grant date equals the grant date fair value of these nonvested Restricted Share Units awards and will be recognized as compensation expense over their vesting periods.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved target grants of 72,345 Relative Total

Shareholder Return Restricted Share Units (referred to as “TSRs”). These TSRs are nonvested share awards for which vesting

percentages and ultimate number of units vesting will be calculated based on the total shareholder return of our common stock

as compared to the total shareholder return of 86 peers. The payout schedule can produce vesting percentages ranging from 0%

to 225%. Total shareholder return will be calculated based upon the average closing price for the 30 calendar day period ending

December 9, 2015, divided by the closing price on December 10, 2012. The target number of units is based on achieving a total

shareholder return equal to the 65th percentile of the peer group. The Company recorded expense on these TSRs based on achieving the target. A lattice valuation model was applied to measure the grant date fair value of these TSRs.

Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 were computed based on the weighted average outstanding common shares plus equivalent shares assuming exercise of stock options and vesting of Restricted Share Units, where dilutive.

Common Stock Repurchases. On October 21, 2011, July 27, 2012, and November 2, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million worth of the Company's outstanding common stock under each authorization. Repurchases under the October 21, 2011 and July 27, 2012 authorizations were completed during the year ended December 31, 2012. Repurchases under these programs were made through the open market, or in privately negotiated transactions, from time to time in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company intends to fund any repurchases with cash flow from operations, existing cash on the balance sheet, and other sources including the proceeds of options exercises. The manner, timing and amount of repurchases, if any, will be determined by management and will depend on a variety of factors, including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, market conditions and other corporate liquidity requirements. The repurchase program may be modified or discontinued at any time.

	Repurchase Programs by Authorization Date
Activity For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	October 2011	July 2012	November 2012	Total
Shares repurchased	—	—	491,300	491,300
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	—	—	$15,261	$15,261
Average cost per share	—	—	$31.06	$31.06
Remaining authorization (in thousands)	—	—	$14,552	$14,552
Activity For the Three months ended March 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	419,249	—	—	419,249
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$11,388	—	—	$11,388
Average cost per share	$27.16	—	—	$27.16
Activity For the Year ended December 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	1,157,440	1,760,804	715,800	3,634,044
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$33,172	$50,000	$20,187	$103,359
Average cost per share	$28.66	$28.40	$28.20	$28.44

Future repurchases will be made in accordance with applicable securities laws in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Depending on market conditions and other factors, these repurchases may be commenced or suspended from time to time without prior notice.

Derivative Financial Instruments—The Company utilizes derivative instruments to manage interest rate risk on its borrowings under its Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 10 herein). The Company recognizes the fair value of derivative financial instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in investments, or accrued expenses and other liabilities. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments are recognized immediately in earnings unless the derivative is designated and qualifies as a hedge of future cash flows. For derivatives that qualify as hedges of future cash flows, the effective portion of changes in fair value is recorded in other comprehensive income and reclassified into interest expense in the same periods during which the hedged item affects earnings. Any ineffectiveness of cash flow hedges would be recognized in Other income (expense) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income during the period of change.

In January 2011, the Company entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having an initial notional amount of $50 million as a hedge of future cash flows on the variable rate debt outstanding under its Term Credit Facility (as defined in Note 10 herein). These interest rate swaps convert the related notional amount of variable rate debt to fixed rate. The following table summarizes the components of the interest rate swaps.

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in thousands)
Remaining notional value	$	32,500		$	35,000
Fair value (a)	(696		)	(817		)
Deferred tax benefit	270			313

(a) Recorded as a liability in accrued expenses and other liabilities

Foreign Currency—The Canadian dollar is the functional currency of CPOS, which operates in Canada. CPOS' revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. The foreign currency assets and liabilities of CPOS were translated at the period-end rate of exchange. The resulting translation adjustment was allocated between the Company and CPOS' noncontrolling interests and was recorded as a component of other comprehensive income or noncontrolling interests in total equity. At March 31, 2012, the cumulative foreign currency translation reflected a loss of $0.1 million. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013. See Note 15, Discontinued Operations for more detail.

Noncontrolling Interests— Noncontrolling interests represent noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of the equity and after-tax net income or loss of CPOS. Noncontrolling minority stockholders' share of after-tax net income or loss ofCPOS is included in “Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The minority stockholders’ interests included in “noncontrolling interests” in the December 31, 2012 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was $1.4 million and reflected the original investments by these minority shareholders in CPOS, along with their proportionate share of the earnings or losses of CPOS. CPOS was sold in a transaction which settled on January 31, 2013.

Subsequent Events—The Company evaluated subsequent events with respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

New Accounting Pronouncements— From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FinancialAccounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date.

In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on disclosures about offsetting financial assets and liabilities. This guidance requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on the entity's financial position. The amendments require enhanced disclosures by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (i) offset in accordance with current literature or (ii) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with current literature. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In July 2012, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on testing indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. This guidance will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset unless the entity determines, based on qualitative assessment, that it is not more likely than not the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. The amendments include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. The update is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012 (early adoption is permitted). The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update on improving the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendments in this update seek to attain that objective by requiring an entity to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the respective line items in net income if the amount being reclassified is required under generally accepted accounting principles to be reclassified in its entirety to net income. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income in the same reporting period, an entity is required to cross-reference other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. This update is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The implementation of this update did not have a material effect on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company applies a fair value framework in order to measure and disclose its financial assets and liabilities which include fixed income equity securities, interest swap derivatives and certain other financial instruments. The Company determines fair value based on quoted prices when available or through the use of alternative approaches when market quotes are not readily accessible or available.

The Company’s framework for measuring fair value provides a three-level hierarchy, which prioritizes the factors (inputs) used to calculate the fair value of assets and liabilities as follows:

• Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices, such as a New York Stock Exchange closing price, in active markets for identical assets. Level 1 is the highest priority in the hierarchy.

• Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as other significant inputs that are observable at commonly quoted intervals, such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves.

• Level 3 inputs are unobservable and are based on company assumptions due to little, if any, observable market information. Level 3 is the lowest priority in the hierarchy.

For the three months ended March 31, 2013, there have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 categories. As of March 31, 2013, the Company owns no Level 3 assets or liabilities. The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and at December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,220	$	1,220	$	—
Investment - available for sale	100		—		100
Total assets	$	1,320	$	1,220	$	100
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	696	$	—	$	696
Total liabilities	$	696	$	—	$	696

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments available for sale:
Fixed income bond fund (a)	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Total assets	$	1,212	$	1,212	$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps	$	817	$	—	$	817
Total liabilities	$	817	$	—	$	817

(a) amounts included in Funds held for customers on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

The following tables provide the assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

March 31, 2013			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	65,000	$	—	$	65,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	147,000	$	—	$	147,000

December 31, 2012			Fair value measurement category
	Total		Level 1		Level 2
Assets:	(In thousands)
Investments held to maturity:
Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Total assets	$	1,199	$	—	$	1,199
Liabilities:
Term loan credit facility	$	70,000	$	—	$	70,000
Revolving credit facility	82,000		—		82,000
Total liabilities	$	152,000	$	—	$	152,000

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, all investments in available-for-sale securities held by the Company were measured using Level 1 inputs and all held to maturity investments held by the Company were measured using Level 2 inputs.

The Company's liabilities include interest rate swaps that are measured at fair value using observable market inputs including the Company's credit risk and its counterparties' credit risks. Based on these inputs, the interest rate swaps are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. Based on the Company's continued ability to enter into these swaps, the Company considers the markets for its fair value instruments to be active. The Company's liabilities also include the term loan credit facility and the revolving credit facility and the carrying value of these liabilities approximates fair value.

The Company's financial instruments also include cash and cash equivalents and cash held for customers and their carrying values approximate fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, because they bear interest at market rates and had maturities of less than 90 days at the time of purchase. The carrying amount of the Company's accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximates fair value as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, because of the relatively short timeframe to realization.

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Credit Facilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Credit Facilities

Credit Facilities

On November 24, 2010, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders who are a party to the Credit Agreement. Credit extended under the Credit Agreement is guaranteed by the Company's subsidiaries and is secured by substantially all of its assets and the assets of its subsidiaries.

The Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility, as subsequently amended and increased, in the aggregate amount of up to $140 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), of which up to $10 million may be used for the issuance of letters of credit and up to $5 million is available for swing line loans. As originally structured on November 24, 2010, the Revolving Credit Facility provided for $50 million plus, upon the prior approval of the administrative agent, the Company may increase the total revolving commitments of $50 million for a total commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility of $100 million. On July 20, 2012, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement. The Amendment amended the Credit Agreement by, among other things, allowing the Company to increase the total Revolving Credit Facility commitments from $100 million to $150 million upon the prior approval of the administrative agent. On December 12, 2012, the Company entered into the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase Agreement (the “Increase Agreement”) with the lenders under the Credit Agreement to increase the total available commitment under the facilities revolving credit facility by $90 million. The Revolving Credit Facility is available to the Company on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Revolving Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015.

The Credit Agreement also provided a term credit facility in the aggregate amount of $100 million (the “Term Credit Facility”). The Term Credit Facility required amortization payments in the amount of $3.75 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012, and requires $5.0 million for each fiscal quarter during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2014, and $7.5 million for each fiscal quarter during the period commencing on January 1, 2015 through the maturity date on November 24, 2015. All principal and interest not previously paid on the Term Credit Facility will mature and be due and payable on November 24, 2015. Amounts borrowed and repaid under the Term Credit Facility may not be re-borrowed. Principal payments due under the Term Credit Facility as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	(In thousands)
2014	$	20,000
2015	22,500
2016	22,500
	$	65,000

The Credit Agreement contains covenants which include: the Company's maintenance of certain leverage and fixed charge coverage ratios; limitations on its indebtedness; liens on its properties and assets, its investments in, and loans to other business units; its ability to enter into business combinations and asset sales; and certain other financial and non-financial covenants. These covenants also apply to certain of the Company's subsidiaries. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of March 31, 2013 and expects it will remain in compliance with these covenants for at least the next twelve months.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company may borrow, at its option, at interest rates equal to one, two, three or six month adjusted LIBOR rates, or equal to the greater of the prime rate, the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and the adjusted LIBOR rate plus 1%, in each case plus a margin determined by its current leverage ratio. The weighted average interest rate at March 31, 2013 was 2.6%. Total fees and direct costs paid for the Credit Agreement through March 31, 2013 were $2.2 million. These costs are being amortized to interest expense over the life of the Credit Agreement.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company borrowed $82.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the acquisitions of ECSI and Ovation. At March 31, 2013, there was $65.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility and $82.0 million borrowings outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. At December 31, 2012, the Company had $82.0 million outstanding balance under the Revolving Credit Facility and $70.0 million outstanding under the Term Credit Facility.

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Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net [Abstract]

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net

Capitalized Customer Acquisition Costs, Net

A summary of net capitalized customer acquisition costs as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Capitalized signing bonuses	$	84,379		$	84,728
Less accumulated amortization	(43,913		)	(42,941		)
	40,466			41,787
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	39,345			37,736
Less accumulated amortization	(24,064		)	(23,098		)
	15,281			14,638
Capitalized customer acquisition costs, net	$	55,747		$	56,425

A summary of the activity in capitalized customer acquisition costs, net for the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	56,425		$	55,014
Plus additions to:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	5,780			7,554
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	4,798			3,968
	10,578			11,522
Less amortization expense on:
Capitalized signing bonuses, net	(7,101		)	(7,321		)
Capitalized customer deferred acquisition costs	(4,155		)	(3,876		)
	(11,256		)	(11,197		)
Balance at end of period	$	55,747		$	55,339

Net signing bonus adjustments from estimated amounts to actual were $(0.8) million and $(0.6) million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Net signing bonus adjustments are netted against additions in the table above. Negative signing bonus adjustments occur when the actual gross margin generated by the merchant contract during the first year is less than the estimated gross margin for that year, resulting in the overpayment of the up-front signing bonus and would be recovered from the relevant salesperson. Positive signing bonus adjustments result from the prior underpayment of signing bonuses and would be paid to the relevant salesperson.

Fully amortized signing bonuses of $6.9 million and $8.0 million, respectively, were written off during the three month periods ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. In addition, fully amortized customer deferred acquisition costs of $3.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively, were written off during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

The Company believes that no impairment of capitalized customer acquisition costs has occurred as of March 31, 2013.

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Accrued Buyout Liability (Summary of Accrued Buyout Liability) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Accrued Buyout Liability [Line Items]
Accrued Buyout Liability Total	$ 36,756,000	$ 35,410,000	$ 33,568,000	$ 31,658,000
Less current portion	(11,468,000)	(10,478,000)
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	25,288,000	24,932,000
Estimated vesting percentage, Relationship Managers and sales managers	31.00%
Hypothetical increase to vesting percentage, Relationship Managers and sales managers	5.00%
Hypothetical vesting percentage, Relationship Managers and sales managers	36.00%
Hypothetical increase to accrued buyout liability	100,000	100,000
Accrued Buyout Liability [Member]
Accrued Buyout Liability [Line Items]
Accrued Buyout Liability Total	36,756,000	35,410,000
Less current portion	(11,468,000)	(10,478,000)
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	25,288,000	24,932,000
Accrued Buyout Liability [Member] | Vested Relationship Managers and sales managers [Member]
Accrued Buyout Liability [Line Items]
Accrued Buyout Liability Total	35,711,000	33,926,000
Accrued Buyout Liability [Member] | Unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers [Member]
Accrued Buyout Liability [Line Items]
Accrued Buyout Liability Total	$ 1,045,000	$ 1,484,000

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Receivables

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Receivables [Abstract]

Receivables

Receivables

A summary of receivables by major class was as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Accounts receivable from merchants	$	165,281		$	160,702
Accounts receivable from bankcard networks	59,409			19,588
Accounts receivable from others	2,739			1,596
	227,429			181,886
Less allowance for doubtful accounts	(944		)	(1,438		)
Total receivables, net	$	226,485		$	180,448

Included in accounts receivable from others are amounts due from employees which are $0.6 million and $0.4 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Accounts receivable from bankcard networks at March 31, 2013 reflect multiple days' processing volume as the quarter ended on a weekend, and both March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 include amounts which were pre-funded to merchants for processing Discover and American Express bankcard transactions.

A summary of the activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	1,438		$	1,407
(Reductions) Additions to allowance	(306		)	50
Charges against allowance	(188		)	(36		)
Ending balance	$	944		$	1,421

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Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments [Abstract]

Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments

Funds Held for Customers and Investments

A summary of funds held for customers and investments, including the cost, gross unrealized gains (losses) and estimated fair value for investments held to maturity and investments available-for-sale by major security type and class of security were as follows at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
March 31, 2013
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	252	$	—	$	1,220
Cash held for payroll customers	127,066		—		—		127,066
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	13,725		—		—		13,725
Total funds held for customers	$	141,759	$	252	$	—	$	142,011
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit (a)	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Investments - available for sale	100		—		—		100
Total Investments	$	1,299	$	—	$	—	$	1,299

(a) Certificates of deposit have remaining terms ranging from 2 months to 17 months.

	Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
Funds held for customers
Fixed income bond fund - available for sale	$	968	$	244	$	—	$	1,212
Cash held for payroll customers	110,334		—		—		110,334
Cash held for Campus Solutions customers	19,859		—		—		19,859
Total funds held for customers	$	131,161	$	244	$	—	$	131,405
Investments:
Investments held to maturity - Certificates of deposit	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199
Total Investments	$	1,199	$	—	$	—	$	1,199

During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and during the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, the Company did not experience any other-than-temporary losses on its investments. The maturity schedule of all available-for-sale debt securities and held to maturity investments along with amortized cost and estimated fair value as of March 31, 2013 is as follows:

	Amortized Cost		Estimated Fair Value
	(In thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	2,234	$	2,486
Due after one year through five years	33		33
	$	2,267	$	2,519

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Intangible Assets and Goodwill

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Intangible Assets — Intangible assets consisted of the following as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	49,814	$	9,798	$	40,016	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant portfolio	3,345		2,422		923		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,481		4,669		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,489		1,253		3,236		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		24		61		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	71,883	$	22,978	$	48,905

	December 31, 2012						Amortization Life and Method
	Gross Assets		Accumulated Amortization		Net Asset
	(In thousands)
Finite Lived Assets:
Customer relationships	$	52,125	$	8,318	$	43,807	3 to 18 years—proportional cash flow
Merchant Portfolio	3,345		2,316		1,029		7 years—proportional cash flow
Software	14,150		9,016		5,134		2 to 5 years—straight line
Non-compete agreements	4,590		1,030		3,560		3 to 5 years—straight line
Other	85		21		64		2 to 9 years—straight line
	$	74,295	$	20,701	$	53,594

Amortization expense related to the intangible assets was $2.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. The estimated remaining amortization expense related to intangible assets in twelve month increments is as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,
	(In thousands)
2014	$	8,351
2015	7,097
2016	6,562
2017	5,486
2018	4,080
Thereafter	17,329
	$	48,905

Goodwill — The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2013
and 2012 were as follows:		Card		Payroll		Heartland School Solutions		Campus Solutions		Other		Total
Balance at January 1, 2012		$	43,701	$	—	$	40,732	$	3,321	$	6,501	$	94,255
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other	—		—		—		—		—		—
Balance at March 31, 2012		43,701		—		40,732		3,321		6,501		94,255
Balance at January 1, 2013		43,701		30,831		53,350		33,679		6,501		168,062
	Goodwill acquired during the period	—		—		—		—		—		—
	Other (a)	—		420		—		1,967		—		2,387
Balance at March 31, 2013		$	43,701	$	31,251	$	53,350	$	35,646	$	6,501	$	170,449

(a) Reflects adjustments to allocations of purchase price.

Percentage of total reportable segments' assets that was goodwill as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:
		Percent of Goodwill to Reportable Segments' Total Assets
		March 31, 2013	March 31, 2012
	Card	8.6%	6.9%
	Payroll	17.1%	—
	Heartland School Solutions	77.2%	79.4%
	Campus Solutions	51.2%	48.1%
	Other	41.6%	35.7%

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Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Contractual Obligations) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2011	Mar. 31, 2013 Processing providers [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Telecommunications providers [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Office and equipment leases [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Term Credit Facility [Member]		Mar. 31, 2013 Interest Payments Including Net Settlements On Interest Rate Swaps [Member] Term Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Swap [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Contractual Obligation Commitments [Line Items]
Payouts under employee severance and medical benefit agreements	$ 0
Other significant contractual obligations:
Total	136,047,000		15,738,000	[1]	18,459,000	36,850,000	65,000,000	[2]	3,400,000
Less than 1 year	41,849,000		6,731,000	[1]	5,662,000	9,456,000	20,000,000	[2]	1,900,000
1 to 3 years	73,451,000		9,007,000	[1]	7,803,000	11,641,000	45,000,000	[2]	1,500,000
3 to 5 years	11,041,000		0	[1]	4,994,000	6,047,000	0	[2]
More than 5 years	9,706,000		0	[1]	0	9,706,000	0	[2]
Notional amount of fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps		50,000,000									32,500,000	35,000,000
Total	136,047,000		15,738,000	[1]	18,459,000	36,850,000	65,000,000	[2]	3,400,000
Credit agreement, amount outstanding										$ 82,000,000

[1] The Company has agreements with several third-party processors to provide to us on a non-exclusive basis payment processing and transmittal, transaction authorization and data capture services, and access to various reporting tools. Our agreements with third-party processors require the Company to submit a minimum monthly number of transactions or volume for processing. If the Company submits a number of transactions or volume that is lower than the minimum, it is required to pay the third-party processors the fees that they would have received if the Company had submitted the required minimum number or volume of transactions.

[2] Interest rates on the Term Credit Facility are variable in nature; however, in January 2011 we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having a remaining amount of $32.5 million. If interest rates were to remain at the March 31, 2013 level, we would make interest payments of $1.9 million in the next 1 year and $1.5 million in the next 1 to 3 years or a total of $3.4 million including net settlements on the fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps. In addition, we had $82.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2013. The Revolving Credit Facility is available on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015.

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Earnings Per Share (Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations attributable to Heartland	$ 15,645	$ 13,526
Income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	3,914	228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$ 19,559	$ 13,754
Denominator:
Basic weighted average common stock outstanding (in shares)	36,841	38,837
Stock options and restricted share units (in shares)	1,533	1,723
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	38,374	40,560
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.42	$ 0.34
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.11	$ 0.01
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.53	$ 0.35
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.41	$ 0.33
Income from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.01
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51	$ 0.34

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Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 capital_lease		Mar. 31, 2012
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
2013	$ 9,456,000	[1]
2014	7,045,000	[1]
2015	4,596,000	[1]
2016	3,103,000	[1]
2017	2,944,000	[1]
Thereafter	9,706,000	[1]
Total future minimum lease payments	36,850,000	[1]
Leases, Operating [Abstract]
Number of capital leases	0
Rent expense, leased facilities and expense	$ 2,300,000		$ 2,000,000
Maximum [Member]
Leases, Operating [Abstract]
Operating Lease, Term of Lease Agreement	10 years

[1] There were no material capital leases at March 31, 2013.

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Accrued Buyout Liability (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accrued Buyout Liability [Abstract]

Summary of Accrued Buyout Liability

A summary of the accrued buyout liability was as follows as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(In thousands)
Vested Relationship Managers and sales managers	$	35,711		$	33,926
Unvested Relationship Managers and sales managers	1,045			1,484
	36,756			35,410
Less current portion	(11,468		)	(10,478		)
Long-term portion of accrued buyout liability	$	25,288		$	24,932

Summary of Activity in Accrued Buyout Liability

A summary of the activity in the accrued buyout liability for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Beginning balance	$	35,410		$	31,658
Increase in settlement obligation, net	4,275			4,207
Buyouts	(2,929		)	(2,297		)
Ending balance	$	36,756		$	33,568

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Funds Held for Payroll Customers and Investments (Investment Maturities) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013
Amortized Cost [Abstract]
Marketable securities maturities within one year, amortized cost	$ 2,234
Marketable securities maturities, after one through five years, amortized cost	33
Marketable securities, amortized cost	2,267
Estimated Fair Value
Marketable securities maturities within one year, fair value	2,486
Marketable securities maturities, after one through five years, fair value	33
Marketable securities, fair value	$ 2,519

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Segments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segments

Segments

The Company bases its business segments on how it monitors and manages the performance of its operations as determined by the Company's chief operating decision maker or decision making group. The Company's operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. They are managed separately because each business requires different marketing strategies, personnel skill sets and technology.

The Company has five reportable segments, as follows: (1) Card, which provides bankcard payment processing and related services to our SME and Network Services merchants (2) Payroll, which provides payroll processing and related tax filing services, (3) Heartland School Solutions, which provides school nutrition and point-of-sale solutions, (4) Campus Solutions, which provides open- and closed-loop payment solutions and with the December 2012 acquisition of ECSI, provides higher education loan services, and (5) Other. The Other segment consists of Prepaid Card, which provides prepaid card, stored-value card and loyalty and gift card marketing solutions and other miscellaneous income. The components of the Other segment do not meet the defined thresholds for being an individually reportable segment.

SME merchants and Network Services merchants are aggregated for financial reporting purposes in the Card Segment, as they both provide processing services related to bankcard transactions, exhibit similar economic characteristics, and share the same methods to provide services.

During the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company revised the presentation of reportable segments as a result of the acquisitions of Nutrikids, Ovation and ECSI. This change resulted in five reportable segments as of March 31, 2013. Additionally, the presentation of the Card segment was revised to classify CPOS as a discontinued operation. The prior period segments were revised to conform to the current period presentation.

The Company allocates revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities to segments only where directly attributable. The unallocated corporate administration amounts consist primarily of costs attributed to finance, corporate administration, human resources and corporate services. Reconciling items include eliminations of intercompany investments and receivables.

The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company believes the terms and conditions of transactions between the segments are comparable to those which could have been obtained in transactions with unaffiliated parties.

At March 31, 2013 and 2012, 70% and 81% of the Payroll segment's total assets were funds that the Company holds as a fiduciary in its Payroll services activities for payment to taxing authorities. At March 31, 2013, 20% of the Campus Solutions segment's total assets represent funds held for our loan servicing customers related to payment processing services provided for federal student loan billing and processing that are payable to higher education institutions and other businesses. See Note 7, Intangible Assets and Goodwill for goodwill as a percentage of the reportable segments' total assets.

A summary of the Company’s segments for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
Revenues	(In thousands)
Card	$	459,025		$	443,147
Payroll	12,812			6,343
Heartland School Solutions	12,095			9,544
Campus Solutions	11,519			1,569
Other	5,791			7,037
Reconciling Items	(3		)	(64		)
Total revenues	$	501,239		$	467,576

Depreciation and amortization
Card	$	6,491		$	5,911
Payroll	833			260
Heartland School Solutions	453			593
Campus Solutions	505			83
Other	404			396
Unallocated Corporate Administration Amounts	(1,507		)	56
Total depreciation and amortization	$	7,179		$	7,299

Interest Income
Card	$	34	$	104
Total interest income	$	34	$	104

Interest Expense
Card	$	1,236		$	912
Campus Solutions	—			2
Other	1			—
Reconciling	(3		)	(64		)
Total interest expense	$	1,234		$	850

Net income from continuing operations
Card	$	15,031		$	16,115
Payroll	1,450			776
Heartland School Solutions	2,558			1,123
Campus Solutions	1,194			(175		)
Other	77			435
Unallocated corporate administration amounts	(4,665		)	(4,748		)
Total net income from continuing operations	$	15,645		$	13,526

Assets
Card	$	510,146	$	629,080
Payroll	182,574		65,974
Heartland School Solutions	69,071		51,317
Campus Solutions	69,566		6,902
Other	15,641		18,189
Total assets	$	846,998	$	771,462

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Organization and Operations (Tables) (Visa And MasterCard [Member])

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Visa And MasterCard [Member]

Bankcard Processing Volume [Line Items]

Bankcard Processing Volume

Following is a breakout of the Company’s total Visa and MasterCard settled bankcard processing volume for the month ending March 31, 2013 by percentage processed under its individual bank sponsorship agreements:

	% of	March 2013
Sponsor Bank	Bankcard Processing Volume
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	64%
The Bancorp Bank	16%
Barclays Bank Delaware	13%
Heartland Bank	7%

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Receivables (Summary of Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivables) (Details) (Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts [Member]
Movement in Valuation Allowances and Reserves [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 1,438	$ 1,407
Additions to allowance	(306)	50
Charges against allowance	(188)	(36)
Ending balance	$ 944	$ 1,421

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Organization and Operations (Bankcard Processing Volume) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			50 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 Bank_Sponsorship_Agreements	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013 Processing System Intrusion [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Wells Fargo Bank [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Wells Fargo Bank [Member] Visa And MasterCard [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 The Bancorp Bank [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 The Bancorp Bank [Member] Visa And MasterCard [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Barclays Bank Delaware [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Barclays Bank Delaware [Member] Visa And MasterCard [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Heartland Bank [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Heartland Bank [Member] Visa And MasterCard [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Merchant Bankcard Processing [Member] Visa And MasterCard [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 CPOS [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Fair Value, Measurements, Nonrecurring [Member] Revolving Credit Facility [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock [Member]
Organization and Operations
Parent's ownership percentage														70.00%
Sales revenue, minimum percentage													72.00%
Days to Identify Alternative Bank Sponsor Following Terminated Agreement	180 days										180 days
Number of bank sponsorship agreements	4
Automatic Renewal Period, Sponsor Bank Agreement					3 years		1 year		1 year		3 years
Written Notice of Non-renewal							6 months
Sponsor banks, bankcard processing volume percentage						64.00%		16.00%		13.00%		7.00%
Working capital	$ (84,600,000)		$ (85,500,000)
Revolving credit facility, amount outstanding															82,000,000	82,000,000	82,000,000	82,000,000
Payments for repurchase of common stock	14,280,000	10,672,000																	103,359,000
Treasury stock, shares acquired	491,300	419,249																	3,634,044
Processing System Intrusion Expenses, Gross	(200,000)	(200,000)		(147,900,000)
Insurance recoveries, non-operating income				31,200,000
Processing System Intrusion Expenses Settlement Of Claims				(114,700,000)
Legal Fees				$ 33,200,000

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Parentheticals) (Income From Discontinued Operations [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Income From Discontinued Operations [Member]
Tax effect of discontinued operations	$ 2,135	$ 133

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Organization and Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization and Operations

Organization and Operations

Basis of Financial Statement Presentation— The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include those of Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Heartland Payroll Company (“HPC”), Ovation Payroll, Inc. ("Ovation"), Educational Computer Systems, Inc. ("ECSI"), Debitek, Inc. (“Debitek”) and Heartland Acquisition LLC (“Network Services”), and its previously 70% owned subsidiary Collective POS Solutions Ltd. (“CPOS”). The Company entered into an agreement during the fourth quarter of 2012 to sell CPOS. The transaction was settled on January 31, 2013 and the Company recorded a gain on the sale in the first quarter of 2013. The Company presented CPOS as a discontinued operation in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 15, Discontinued Operations for more detail. The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All intercompany balances and transactions with the Company's subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In the opinion of the Company's management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Company's financial position at March 31, 2013, its results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The December 31, 2012 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from the audited 2012 consolidated financial statements.

Business Description—The Company’s principal business is to provide payment processing services related to bankcard transactions for merchants throughout the United States, and until January 31, 2013 in Canada (See Note 15, Discontinued Operations). In addition, the Company provides certain other merchant services, including the sale and rental of terminal equipment, sale of terminal supplies and loyalty and gift card marketing solutions ("Heartland Marketing Solutions"). The Company provides K to 12 school solutions ("Heartland School Solutions") in the United States including school nutrition and point-of-sale and payment solutions. HPC and Ovation provide payroll and related tax filing services throughout the United States. Debitek provides campus payment solutions ("Campus Solutions"), prepaid card and stored-value card payment solutions throughout the United States and Canada. ECSI also provides Campus Solutions, including higher education loan servicing, throughout the United States.

Over 72% of the Company's revenue is derived from processing and settling Visa and MasterCard bankcard transactions for its merchant customers. Because the Company is not a ''member bank'' as defined by Visa and MasterCard, in order to process and settle these bankcard transactions for its merchants, the Company has entered into sponsorship agreements with member banks. Visa and MasterCard rules restrict the Company from performing funds settlement or accessing merchant settlement funds and require that these funds be in the possession of the member bank until the merchant is funded. A sponsorship agreement permits the Company to route Visa and MasterCard bankcard transactions under the member bank's control and identification numbers to clear credit and signature debit bankcard transactions through Visa and MasterCard. A sponsorship agreement also enables the Company to settle funds between cardholders and merchants by delivering funding files to the member bank, which in turn transfers settlement funds to the merchants' bank accounts. These restrictions place the settlement assets and obligations under the control of the member bank.

The sponsorship agreements with the member banks require, among other things, that the Company abide by the bylaws and regulations of the Visa and MasterCard networks, and certain of the sponsor banks require a certificate of deposit or a cash balance in a deposit account. If the Company breaches a sponsorship agreement, the sponsor banks may terminate the agreement and, under the terms of the agreement, the Company would have 180 days to identify an alternative sponsor bank.

The Company is dependent on its sponsor banks, Visa and MasterCard for notification of any compliance breaches. As of March 31, 2013, the Company has not been notified of any such issues by its Sponsor banks, Visa or MasterCard.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company is party to four bank sponsorship agreements.

• On February 8, 2012, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

("WFB"). The WFB sponsorship agreement will be in effect until February 8, 2016 and will automatically

renew for successive three-year periods unless either party provides six months written notice of non-renewal to the other party. Processing for small and mid-sized merchants (referred to as "Small and Midsized Enterprises," or “SME merchants”) under the WFB sponsorship commenced in August 2012, when that activity was transferred from its previous sponsor, KeyBank, National Association.

• In November 2009, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with The Bancorp Bank to sponsor processing for the Company's large national and mid-tier merchants. The agreement with The Bancorp Bank expires in November 2014 and will automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless either party provides six months written notice of non-renewal to the other party.

• On March 24, 2011, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Barclays Bank Delaware to sponsor processing for certain of the Company's large national merchants. The agreement with Barclays Bank Delaware expires in March 2016 with an automatic one-year renewal.

• In 2007, the Company entered into a sponsorship agreement with Heartland Bank, an unrelated third party, to sponsor SME merchant processing. The agreement with Heartland Bank has been renewed through September 2013. The Agreement continues for successive three-year terms unless terminated by either party with 180 days prior written notice. In March 2013 the Company notified Heartland Bank it intends to terminate the sponsorship agreement and has made arrangements for continuing sponsorship with an alternative sponsor bank.

Following is a breakout of the Company’s total Visa and MasterCard settled bankcard processing volume for the month ending March 31, 2013 by percentage processed under its individual bank sponsorship agreements:

	% of	March 2013
Sponsor Bank	Bankcard Processing Volume
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	64%
The Bancorp Bank	16%
Barclays Bank Delaware	13%
Heartland Bank	7%

The Company also provides card transaction processing for DFS Services, LLC ("Discover") and is designated as an

acquirer by Discover. The agreement with Discover allows the Company to acquire, process and fund transactions directly

through Discover's network without the need of a bank sponsor. The Company processes Discover transactions similarly to

how it processes Visa and MasterCard transactions. The Company must comply with Discover acquirer operating regulations

and uses its sponsor banks to assist in funding its merchants' Discover transactions.

Under a sales and servicing program agreement with American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

("American Express") the Company: (a) provides solicitation services by signing new-to-American Express merchants directly

with American Express; (b) provides transactional support services on behalf of American Express to the Company's American

Express accepting merchants; and (c) provides processing, settlement, customer support and reporting to merchants, similar to

the services provided for the merchants' Visa, MasterCard and Discover transactions.

Working Capital- The Company's working capital, defined as current assets less current liabilities, was negative by $84.6 million at March 31, 2013 and $85.5 million at December 31, 2012. The negative working capital primarily reflects the Company (a) borrowing $82.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility to fund the acquisitions of ECSI and Ovation as described above an in Note 3, Acquisitions, (b) using $103.4 million of operating cash to repurchase 3.6 million shares of the Company's common stock during 2012 and (c) using $14.3 million of operating cash to repurchase 491,300 shares during the three months ended March 31, 2013. See Note 10, Credit Facilities for information on the Company's Revolving Credit Facility. The Company believes that its current cash and investment balances, cash generated from operations and its agreements with its sponsor banks to fund SME merchant advances will provide sufficient liquidity to meet its anticipated needs for operating capital for at least the next twelve months.

Processing System Intrusion—On January 20, 2009, the Company publicly announced the discovery of a criminal breach of its payment systems environment (the “Processing System Intrusion”). The Processing System Intrusion involved malicious software that appears to have been used to collect in-transit, unencrypted payment card data while it was being processed by the Company during the transaction authorization process. The Company believes the breach did not extend beyond 2008.

Since its announcement of the Processing System Intrusion on January 20, 2009 and through March 31, 2013, the Company has expensed a total of $147.9 million, before reducing those charges by $31.2 million of total insurance recoveries. The majority of the total charges of approximately $114.7 million relates to settlements of claims. Approximately $33.2 million of the total charges were for legal fees and costs the Company incurred for investigations, defending various claims and actions, remedial actions and crisis management services.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company incurred approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, for legal fees and costs it incurred related to the Processing System Intrusion. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, the Company expensed approximately $0.2 million, or less than one cent per share, related to the Processing System Intrusion.

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Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Line Items]
Processing liabilities and loss reserves	$ 160,928,000		$ 160,928,000	$ 95,273,000
Chargebacks, card brand networks, period	4 months
Bank chargebacks			10,800,000	11,800,000
Merchant credit losses	700,000	200,000
SME [Member]
Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Line Items]
Processing volume	17,300,000,000	16,700,000,000	23,400,000,000	23,500,000,000
Merchant bankcard processing
Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Line Items]
Processing liabilities and loss reserves	151,731,000		151,731,000	86,882,000
Letters of credit	100,000		100,000	100,000
Merchant deposits
Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Line Items]
Processing liabilities and loss reserves	7,242,000		7,242,000	6,436,000
Loss reserves
Processing Liabilities and Loss Reserves [Line Items]
Processing liabilities and loss reserves	$ 1,955,000		$ 1,955,000	$ 1,955,000

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate

The provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the resulting effective tax rates were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(In thousands)
Provision for income taxes	$	9,840		$	8,366
Effective tax rate	38.6		%	38.2		%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock Units Award Activity

In the fourth quarters of 2010, 2011, and 2012, the Company's Board of Directors approved grants of performance-based Restricted Share Units with grant-specific vesting and performance target terms as shown in the following table:

	Performance Awards by Grant Date
	4th Quarter 2010	4th Quarter 2011	4th Quarter 2012
RSU's Granted	508,800	164,808	72,004
Vested during 2013	50%	—	—
Vesting during 2014	25%	50%	—
Vesting during 2015	25%	50%	50%
Vesting during 2016	—	—	50%
Grant Performance Target	(a)	(b)	(c)

(a) 50% vested on March 1, 2013 since the 2012 diluted earnings per share target of $1.48 was achieved.The remaining Restricted Share Units would vest only if, over the term, the following Pro Forma diluted earnings per share targets for the years ended December 31, 2013, and 2014 are achieved:

	2013	2014
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$1.74	$2.04

Management believes that achieving the performance targets is probable to occur and records share-based compensation expense on these Restricted Share Units.

(b) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of seventeen percent (17%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is above the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 3.09%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 100%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved by the Company for the two-yearperiod ending on December 31, 2013 is below the 17% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.13%. If the target CAGR is missed by 80% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. Management determined that achieving a CAGR for the two-year period ending December 31, 2013 which would result in earning the maximum 100% increase in the number of shares that may be awarded was probable to occur, and records share-based compensation expense for these Restricted Share Units based on 329,616 shares.

(c) These Restricted Share Units would vest only if the Company achieves a Pro Forma diluted earnings per share compound annual growth rate ("CAGR") of fifteen percent (15%) for the two-year period ending December 31, 2014. For each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two year period ending on December 31, 2014 is above the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be increased by 2.08%; provided, however, that the maximum increase in the number of shares that may be awarded is 125%. Likewise, for each 1% that the CAGR actually achieved for the two-year period ending on December 31, 2014 is below the 15% target, the number of shares underlying the Restricted Share Units awarded would be decreased by 1.31%. If the target CAGR is missed by 67% or more, then the number of shares awarded is zero. The Company records expense on these Restricted Share Units based on achieving the 15% target.

Summary of Interest Rate Swaps

The following table summarizes the components of the interest rate swaps.

	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in thousands)
Remaining notional value	$	32,500		$	35,000
Fair value (a)	(696		)	(817		)
Deferred tax benefit	270			313

(a) Recorded as a liability in accrued expenses and other liabilities

Summary of Common Stock Repurchases

	Repurchase Programs by Authorization Date
Activity For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013	October 2011	July 2012	November 2012	Total
Shares repurchased	—	—	491,300	491,300
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	—	—	$15,261	$15,261
Average cost per share	—	—	$31.06	$31.06
Remaining authorization (in thousands)	—	—	$14,552	$14,552
Activity For the Three months ended March 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	419,249	—	—	419,249
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$11,388	—	—	$11,388
Average cost per share	$27.16	—	—	$27.16
Activity For the Year ended December 31, 2012
Shares repurchased	1,157,440	1,760,804	715,800	3,634,044
Cost of shares repurchased (in thousands)	$33,172	$50,000	$20,187	$103,359
Average cost per share	$28.66	$28.40	$28.20	$28.44

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Calculation of Numerator and Denominator in Earnings Per Share

The following is a reconciliation of the amounts used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share: 

	Three Months Ended March 31
	2013		2012
	(In thousands, except per share)
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations attributable to Heartland	$	15,645	$	13,526
Income from discontinued operations attributable to Heartland	3,914		228
Net income attributable to Heartland	$	19,559	$	13,754
Denominator:
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	36,841		38,837
Effect of dilutive instruments:
Stock options and restricted stock units	1,533		1,723
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	38,374		40,560
Basic earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.42	$	0.34
Income from discontinued operations	0.11		0.01
Basic earnings per share	$	0.53	$	0.35
Diluted earnings per share:
Income from continuing operations	$	0.41	$	0.33
Income from discontinued operations	0.10		0.01
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.34

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Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation—The Company is involved in ordinary course legal proceedings, which include all claims, lawsuits,investigations and proceedings, including unasserted claims, which are probable of being asserted, arising in the ordinary course of business and otherwise not described below. The Company has considered all such ordinary course legal proceedings in formulating its disclosures and assessments. In the opinion of the Company, based on consultations with outside counsel, material losses in addition to amounts previously accrued are not considered reasonably possible in connection with these ordinary course legal proceedings.

The Company has also been subject to lawsuits, claims, and investigations which resulted from the Processing System Intrusion. See Contingencies below for a description of the Processing System Intrusion.

Contingencies—The Company collects and stores sensitive data about its merchant customers and bankcard holders. If the Company’s network security is breached or sensitive merchant or cardholder data is misappropriated, the Company could be exposed to assessments, fines or litigation costs.

On January 20, 2009, the Company publicly announced the Processing System Intrusion. The Processing System Intrusion involved malicious software that appears to have been used to collect in-transit, unencrypted payment card data while it was being processed by the Company during the transaction authorization process. See Note 1 for a description of the Processing System Intrusion.

Leases—The Company leases various office spaces and certain equipment under operating leases with remaining terms ranging up to 10 years. The majority of the office space lease agreements contain renewal options and generally require the Company to pay certain operating expenses.

Future minimum lease payments for all non-cancelable leases as of March 31, 2013 were as follows:

For the Twelve Months Ended March 31,	Operating Leases (a)
	(In thousands)
2014	$9,456
2015	7,045
2016	4,596
2017	3,103
2018	2,944
Thereafter	9,706
Total future minimum lease payments	$36,850

(a) There were no material capital leases at March 31, 2013.

Rent expense for leased facilities and equipment was $2.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

Commitments—Certain officers of the Company have entered into employee confidential information and non-competition agreements under which they are entitled to severance pay equal to their base salary and medical benefits for six months, one year or two years depending on the officer and a pro-rated bonus in the event they are terminated by the Company other than for cause. There were no payouts under these agreements in the three months ended March 31, 2013.

The following table reflects the Company’s other significant contractual obligations, including leases from above, as of March 31, 2013:

	Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 Years		3 to 5 years		More than 5 years
	(In thousands)
Processing providers (a)	$	15,738	$	6,731	$	9,007	$	—	$	—
Telecommunications providers	18,459		5,662		7,803		4,994		—
Facility and equipment leases	36,850		9,456		11,641		6,047		9,706
Term Credit Facility (b)	65,000		20,000		45,000		—		—
	$	136,047	$	41,849	$	73,451	$	11,041	$	9,706

(a) The Company has agreements with several third-party processors to provide to us on a non-exclusive basis payment processing and transmittal, transaction authorization and data capture services, and access to various reporting tools. Our agreements with third-party processors require the Company to submit a minimum monthly number of transactions or volume for processing. If the Company submits a number of transactions or volume that is lower than the minimum, it is required to pay the third-party processors the fees that they would have received if the Company had submitted the required minimum number or volume of transactions.

(b) Interest rates on the Term Credit Facility are variable in nature; however, in January 2011 we entered into fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps having a remaining amount of $32.5 million. If interest rates were to remain at the March 31, 2013 level, we would make interest payments of $1.9 million in the next 1 year and $1.5 million in the next 1 to 3 years or a total of $3.4 million including net settlements on the fixed-pay amortizing interest rate swaps. In addition, we had $82.0 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2013. The Revolving Credit Facility is available on a revolving basis until November 24, 2015.