Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets Other Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	$ 223,108	$ 101,280
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	112,551	72,837
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	110,557us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	28,443us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet
Subscriber Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	103,858	45,541
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	48,754	30,866
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	55,104	14,675
Merchant Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	39,448	9,186
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	18,677	7,991
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	20,771	1,195
Trade names [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	29,190	6,739
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	10,666	6,739
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	18,524	0
Developed Technology [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	25,903	23,038
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	21,989	19,547
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	3,914	3,491
Brand Relationships [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	7,664
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	1,486
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	6,178
Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	17,045	16,776
Accumulated Amortization, Intangible Assets	10,979	7,694
Net Carrying Value, Intangible Assets	$ 6,066	$ 9,082

Accumulated amount of amortization of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with a finite life.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 350

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (a)(1)

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