Segment Reporting, including Geographic Area Data and Major Customers (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Operating Segments

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. TSYS’ operating segments share certain resources, such as Information Technology support, that TSYS allocates asymmetrically.

Years ended December 31,
(in thousands)
Operating Segments	2011			2010			2009
Revenues before reimbursable items
North America Services	$	809,069			809,012			880,668
International Services		380,129			321,846			322,697
Merchant Services		373,159			337,178			232,262
Intersegment revenues		(21,659	)		(25,600	)		(28,322	)
Revenues before reimbursable items from external customers	$	1,540,698			1,442,436			1,407,305
Total revenues
North America Services	$	954,550			956,546			1,048,932
International Services		394,831			334,954			337,757
Merchant Services		487,997			458,921			327,055
Intersegment revenues		(28,412	)		(32,844	)		(36,261	)
Revenues from external customers	$	1,808,966			1,717,577			1,677,483
Depreciation and amortization
North America Services	$	78,155			78,834			84,577
International Services		51,888			40,792			34,791
Merchant Services		36,124			40,298			32,590
Corporate Administration		2,998			3,003			3,690
Total depreciation and amortization	$	169,165			162,927			155,648
Segment operating income
North America Services	$	253,844			244,989			285,409
International Services		41,408			42,689			57,654
Merchant Services		112,986			102,444			71,437
Corporate Administration		(85,782	)		(80,693	)		(70,474	)
Operating income	$	322,456			309,429			344,026
At December 31,	2011			2010			2009
Total assets
North America Services	$	1,621,664			1,632,882			1,535,129
International Services		433,203			408,880			379,606
Merchant Services		487,858			460,750			215,855
Intersegment assets		(684,333	)		(550,251	)		(419,636	)
Total assets	$	1,858,392			1,952,261			1,710,954

Property and Equipment, Net of Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization

GEOGRAPHIC AREA DATA:    The Company maintains property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization, in the following geographic areas:

	At December 31,
(in millions)	2011		2010
United States	$	194.8		203.8
Europe		52.4		58.3
Japan		9.7		11.3
Other		9.7		26.7
Totals	$	266.6		300.1

Revenues Based on Domicile of the Company's Customers

The following geographic area data represents revenues for the years ended December 31 based on the domicile of the Company’s customers:

(in millions)	2011		%		2010		%		2009		%
United States	$	1,227.8		67.9	$	1,204.4		70.1	$	1,183.8		70.6
Europe		283.5		15.7		250.2		14.6		269.4		16.1
Canada		171.5		9.5		161.9		9.4		139.7		8.3
Japan		76.3		4.2		61.3		3.6		48.9		2.9
Mexico		7.8		0.4		7.9		0.5		8.1		0.5
Other		42.1		2.3		31.9		1.8		27.6		1.6
Totals	$	1,809.0		100.0	$	1,717.6		100.0	$	1,677.5		100.0

Reconciliation of Geographic Revenues to Revenues by Operating Segments

GEOGRAPHIC AREA REVENUE BY OPERATING SEGMENT:    The following table reconciles segment revenue to revenues by geography for the years ended December 31:

	North America Services						International Services						Merchant Services
(in millions)	2011		2010		2009		2011		2010		2009		2011		2010		2009
United States	$	741.5		748.2		859.5	$	—		—		—	$	486.3		456.2		324.3
Europe		0.7		0.8		0.8		282.8		249.4		268.6		—		—		—
Canada		171.1		161.4		139.2		—		—		—		0.4		0.5		0.5
Japan		—		—		—		76.3		61.3		48.9		—		—		—
Mexico		7.8		7.9		8.1		—		—		—		—		—		—
Other		9.6		9.3		8.7		31.8		21.5		18.1		0.7		1.1		0.8
Totals	$	930.7		927.6		1,016.3	$	390.9		332.2		335.6	$	487.4		457.8		325.6