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Percentage of the Variable Interest Entity's (VIE) voting interest owned by (or beneficial interest in) the reporting entity (directly or indirectly).

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 810

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5A

-Subparagraph (d)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6970148&loc=SL6759159-111685

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2009	Mar. 31, 2010 Transaction Systems Limited (TranSys)
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Transaction gains on advances to foreign subsidiaries	$ 0.1	$ 0.8	$ 1.8
Maximum maturity period of highly liquid investment considered to be cash equivalents (in months)	3
Gain from change in exchange rates of U.S. dollar denominated investments of a wholly-owned subsidiary in the U.K	$ 3.2
Investment in variable interest entity
Percentage of common stock owned by the entity (as a percent)				50.00%