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Fair value measurement of assets and liabilities (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis | The following table summarizes the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
Description |  | Balances as of March 31, 2014 |  |  | Quoted Prices in active markets for identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Balances as of December 31, 2013 |  |  | Quoted Prices in active markets for identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and Cash Equivalents: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money Market Funds |  | $ | 28,530,439 |  |  | $ | 28,530,439 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 19,630,109 |  |  | $ | 19,630,109 |  |  | $ | — |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 5,033 |  |  |  | 5,033 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 88,648 |  |  |  | 88,648 |  |  |  | — |
Investments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Debt Securities |  |  | 30,638,940 |  |  |  | 30,638,940 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 30,395,890 |  |  |  | 30,395,890 |  |  |  | — |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 21,584,208 |  |  |  | 13,077,405 |  |  |  | 8,506,803 |  |  |  | 25,239,905 |  |  |  | 19,110,709 |  |  |  | 6,129,196 |
Total Financial Assets |  | $ | 80,758,620 |  |  | $ | 72,251,817 |  |  | $ | 8,506,803 |  |  | $ | 75,354,552 |  |  | $ | 69,225,356 |  |  | $ | 6,129,196 |
Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Amortized Cost | The following table summarizes the fair value level for those financial assets and liabilities of the Company measured at amortized cost as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013:
|  | Balances as of March 31, 2014 |  |  | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Balances as of December 31, 2013 |  |  | Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Time Deposits |  | $ | 79,581,194 |  |  |  | 79,581,194 |  |  | $ | 66,677,156 |  |  |  | 66,677,156 |
Accounts receivable |  |  | 30,331,297 |  |  |  | 30,331,297 |  |  |  | 25,884,260 |  |  |  | 25,884,260 |
Credit Cards receivable |  |  | 54,322,496 |  |  |  | 54,322,496 |  |  |  | 52,045,851 |  |  |  | 52,045,851 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 4,554,266 |  |  |  | 4,554,266 |  |  |  | 3,836,081 |  |  |  | 3,836,081 |
Other assets |  |  | 33,584,925 |  |  |  | 33,584,925 |  |  |  | 35,888,029 |  |  |  | 35,888,029 |
Total Assets |  | $ | 202,374,178 |  |  | $ | 202,374,178 |  |  | $ | 184,331,377 |  |  | $ | 184,331,377 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts and funds payable |  | $ | 36,582,107 |  |  | $ | 36,582,107 |  |  | $ | 34,405,333 |  |  | $ | 34,405,333 |
Funds payable to customers |  |  | 132,368,104 |  |  |  | 132,368,104 |  |  |  | 129,038,663 |  |  |  | 129,038,663 |
Salaries and social security payable |  |  | 21,965,845 |  |  |  | 21,965,845 |  |  |  | 15,863,028 |  |  |  | 15,863,028 |
Tax payable |  |  | 16,788,250 |  |  |  | 16,788,250 |  |  |  | 17,854,110 |  |  |  | 17,854,110 |
Dividends payable |  |  | 7,329,546 |  |  |  | 7,329,546 |  |  |  | 6,313,869 |  |  |  | 6,313,869 |
Loans payable and other financial liabilities |  |  | 9,489,706 |  |  |  | 9,489,706 |  |  |  | 15,860,642 |  |  |  | 15,860,642 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 3,775,268 |  |  |  | 3,775,268 |  |  |  | 3,699,109 |  |  |  | 3,699,109 |
Total Liabilities |  | $ | 228,298,826 |  |  | $ | 228,298,826 |  |  | $ | 223,034,754 |  |  | $ | 223,034,754 |
Fair Value of Money Market Funds, Short and Long-Term Investments Classified as Available for Sale Securities | As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the fair value of money market funds, short and long-term investments classified as available for sale securities are as follows:
|  | March 31, 2014 |
|  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses (1) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money Market Funds |  | $ | 28,529,873 |  |  | $ | 4,628 |  |  | $ | (4,062 | ) |  | $ | 28,530,439 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 5,037 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (4 | ) |  |  | 5,033 |
Total Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 28,534,910 |  |  | $ | 4,628 |  |  | $ | (4,066 | ) |  | $ | 28,535,472 |
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Debt Securities |  | $ | 2,657,753 |  |  | $ | 2,456 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,660,209 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 5,144,257 |  |  |  | 5,184 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 5,149,441 |
Total Short-term investments |  | $ | 7,802,010 |  |  | $ | 7,640 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,809,650 |
Long-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Debt Securities |  | $ | 28,008,215 |  |  | $ | 833 |  |  | $ | (30,317 | ) |  | $ | 27,978,731 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 16,358,275 |  |  |  | 81,607 |  |  |  | (5,115 | ) |  |  | 16,434,767 |
Total Long-term investments |  | $ | 44,366,490 |  |  | $ | 82,440 |  |  | $ | (35,432 | ) |  | $ | 44,413,498 |
Total |  | $ | 80,703,410 |  |  | $ | 94,708 |  |  | $ | (39,498 | ) |  | $ | 80,758,620 |
|  | December 31, 2013 |
|  | Cost |  |  | Gross Unrealized Gains |  |  | Gross Unrealized Losses (1) |  |  | Estimated Fair Value |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Money Market Funds |  | $ | 19,631,550 |  |  | $ | 2,619 |  |  | $ | (4,060 | ) |  | $ | 19,630,109 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 88,640 |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 88,648 |
Total Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 19,720,190 |  |  | $ | 2,627 |  |  | $ | (4,060 | ) |  | $ | 19,718,757 |
Short-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Debt Securities |  | $ | 5,518,577 |  |  | $ | 1,616 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,520,193 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 4,393,594 |  |  |  | 2,271 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,395,865 |
Total Short-term investments |  | $ | 9,912,171 |  |  | $ | 3,887 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 9,916,058 |
Long-term investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sovereign Debt Securities |  | $ | 24,881,440 |  |  | $ | 483 |  |  | $ | (6,226 | ) |  | $ | 24,875,697 |
Corporate Debt Securities |  |  | 20,804,125 |  |  |  | 59,437 |  |  |  | (19,522 | ) |  |  | 20,844,040 |
Total Long-term investments |  | $ | 45,685,565 |  |  | $ | 59,920 |  |  | $ | (25,748 | ) |  | $ | 45,719,737 |
Total |  | $ | 75,317,926 |  |  | $ | 66,434 |  |  | $ | (29,808 | ) |  | $ | 75,354,552 |
(1) | Unrealized losses from securities are primarily attributable to market price movements. Management does not believe any remaining unrealized losses represent other-than-temporary impairments based on the evaluation of available evidence including the credit rating of the investments, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
Estimated Fair Values of Money Market Funds, Short-Term and Long-Term Investments | As of March 31, 2014, the estimated fair values of money market funds, short-term and long-term investments classified by its effective maturities are as follows:
One year or less |  |  | 36,345,122 |
One year to two years |  |  | 17,142,394 |
Two years to three years |  |  | 15,128,943 |
Three years to four years |  |  | 8,138,421 |
Four years to five years |  |  | 4,003,740 |
More than five years |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 80,758,620 |

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