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- Details

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Primary financial statement caption in which reported facts about foreign currency gain (loss) have been included.

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Represents fees generated by the Loyalty Partner business.

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Represents revenues from miscellaneous items within other commissions and fees not previously classified.

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Fee for services rendered usually based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid for professional services.

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Fee and commission revenue earned from sources not otherwise specified in the existing taxonomy.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 942

-SubTopic 225

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-04.13)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879574&loc=d3e536633-122882

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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Paragraph 13

-Article 9