Business and Basis of Presentation (Details) - country	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015
Number Of Countries In Which Entity Provide Money Remittance Services		39
Number Of Countries In Which Entity Provide Bill Pay Services		6
Number of countries in which entity provides prepaid mobile phone reload services		22
PSUs
Stock based awards, vesting period		3 years
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Number of percentage of PSUs that are ultimately vested	0.00%	0.00%
PSUs \| Maximum
Number of percentage of PSUs that are ultimately vested	170.00%	170.00%

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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