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Business Acquisition, Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value, Effective Income Tax Rate

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Business Acquisition, Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value, Royalty Rate, High End

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Business Acquisition, Noncontrolling Interest, Redemption Value

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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Value of all classes of common stock held by shareholders. May be all or portion of the number of common shares authorized. These shares exclude common shares repurchased by the entity and held as treasury shares.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Details) $ / shares in Units, £ in Millions, shares in Millions		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 17, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 GBP (£)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014	Jul. 01, 2013 USD ($) shareholder $ / shares shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill					$ 3,270,952,000	$ 3,270,952,000	$ 1,545,424,000
Identifiable intangible assets					814,100,000	814,100,000
Litigation Settlement, Amount						(21,719,000)
Purchase of noncontrolling interest						$ 5,878,000		$ 37,500,000
Business acquisition, noncontrolling interest, redemption period						2017
Business acquisition, noncontrolling interest, redemption value					27,400,000	$ 27,400,000
Netspend Holdings Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity, purchase price				$ 750,000		1,400,000,000
Number of shareholders \| shareholder										5
Share price per share \| $ / shares										$ 16.00
Shares held by dissenting shareholders \| shares										1.6
Goodwill, Period Increase (Decrease)								$ 8,500,000
Value of shares held by dissenting shareholders										$ 25,700,000
Netspend Holdings Inc \| Dissenting Shareholders
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Litigation Settlement, Amount							$ 38,600,000
TransFirst
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition, cost of acquired entity, purchase price	$ 2,350,000,000					2,351,400,000
Goodwill					1,728,088,000	1,728,088,000
Identifiable intangible assets					$ 814,131,000	$ 814,131,000
Assumption used in fair value, measurement, discount rate					8.50%	8.50%
Assumption used in fair value measurement, royalty rate low range					1.00%	1.00%
Assumption used in fair value measurement, royalty rate high range					3.00%	3.00%
Assumption used in fair value measurement,, attrition rate low range					11.00%	11.00%
Assumption used in fair value measurement, attrition rate high range					16.00%	16.00%
Assumption used in fair value, measurement, effective tax rate					40.00%	40.00%
Assumption used in fair value, measurement, long-term sustainable growth rate						3.00%
Revenue since acquisition date					$ 1,300,000,000
Operating income since acquisition date					$ 30,000,000
TransFirst \| Bridge Loan Facility \| Selling, general and administrative expenses
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition-related costs						$ 32,300,000
TransFirst \| Bridge Loan Facility \| Interest expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition-related costs						$ 9,800,000
Merchants Limited \| TSYS Managed Services EMEA Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest acquired from minority interest holders		45.00%	45.00%
Purchase of noncontrolling interest		£ 4.2	$ 5,900,000
Repayment of debt assumed upon acquisition		£ 2.2	$ 3,000,000
CPAY
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of equity interest									25.00%