Our primary objective in holding derivatives is to reduce the volatility of earnings and cash flows associated with changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. These hedging contracts reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of adverse foreign exchange rate and interest rate movements. We do not use any of our derivative instruments for trading purposes.

We use foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of cash flows related to forecasted revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, including intercompany balances denominated in foreign currencies. These contracts are generally one month to one year in duration but with maturities up to 18 months. The objective of the foreign exchange contracts is to better ensure that ultimately the U.S. dollar-equivalent cash flows are not adversely affected by changes in the applicable U.S. dollar/foreign currency exchange rate. We evaluate the effectiveness of our foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow or net investment hedges on a quarterly basis.

We use interest rate swaps to manage interest rate risk on our fixed rate notes issued in July 2014 and maturing in 2019, 2021 and 2024. These interest rate swaps had the economic effect of modifying the fixed interest obligations associated with $2.4 billion of these notes so that the interest payable on these senior notes effectively became variable based on London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a spread. The duration of these interest rate contracts matches the duration of the fixed rate notes due 2019, 2021 and 2024.

For derivative instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and subsequently reclassified into earnings in the same period the forecasted transaction affects earnings. Derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges must be de-designated as hedges when it is probable the forecasted hedged transaction will not occur in the initially identified time period or within a subsequent two-month time period. Unrealized gains and losses in AOCI associated with such derivative instruments are immediately reclassified into earnings. As of September 30, 2018, we have estimated that approximately $33 million of net derivative gain related to our cash flow hedges included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.

For derivative instruments that are designated as net investment hedges, the derivative’s gain or loss is initially reported in the translation adjustments component of AOCI and is reclassified to net earnings in the period in which the hedged subsidiary is either sold or substantially liquidated.

We have designated the interest rate swaps used to manage interest rate risk on our fixed rate notes issued in July 2014 and maturing in 2019, 2021 and 2024 as qualifying hedging instruments and are accounting for them as fair value hedges. These transactions are designated as fair value hedges for financial accounting purposes because they protect us against changes in the fair value of certain of our fixed rate borrowings due to benchmark interest rate movements. Changes in the fair values of these interest rate swap agreements are recognized in other assets or other liabilities with a corresponding increase or decrease in long-term debt. Each quarter we pay interest based on LIBOR plus a spread to the counterparty and on a semi-annual basis receive interest from the counterparty per the fixed rate of these senior notes. The net amount is recognized as interest expense in interest and other, net.

Our derivatives not designated as hedging instruments consist of foreign currency forward contracts that we primarily use to hedge monetary assets or liabilities, including intercompany balances denominated in non-functional currencies. The gains and losses on our derivatives not designated as hedging instruments are recorded in interest and other, net, which are offset by the foreign currency gains and losses on the related assets and liabilities that are also recorded in interest and other, net.

We entered into a warrant agreement in addition to a commercial agreement with a service provider that, subject to meeting certain conditions, entitles us to acquire a fixed number of shares up to 5% of the service providers fully diluted issued and outstanding share capital at a specific date. The warrant has a term of seven years and will vest in a series of four tranches, at a specified price per share upon meeting significant processing volume milestone targets on a calendar year basis. If and when the relevant milestone is reached, the warrant becomes exercisable with respect to the corresponding tranche of warrant shares up until the warrant expiration date of January 31, 2025. The maximum number of tranches that can vest in one calendar year is two.

The warrant is accounted for as a derivative under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. We report the warrant at fair value within other assets in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and changes in the fair value of the warrant are recognized in interest and other, net in our condensed consolidated statement of income. The day-one value attributable to the warrant, which was recorded as a deferred credit, is reported within other liabilities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be amortized over the life of the commercial arrangement.



	Balance Sheet Location	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Derivative Assets:
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	Other Current Assets	$	62	$	16
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges	Other Current Assets	9		—
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments	Other Current Assets	14		10
Warrant	Other Assets	276		—
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	Other Assets	2		—
Interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges	Other Assets	—		2
Total derivative assets		$	363	$	28

Derivative Liabilities:
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	Other Current Liabilities	$	—	$	18
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges	Other Current Liabilities	2		—
Interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges	Other Current Liabilities	9		—
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments	Other Current Liabilities	12		11
Interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges	Other Liabilities	32		—
Total derivative liabilities		$	55	$	29

Total fair value of derivative instruments		$	308	$	(1	)

Under the master netting agreements with the respective counterparties to our derivative contracts, subject to applicable requirements, we are allowed to net settle transactions of the same type with a single net amount payable by one party to the other. However, we have elected to present the derivative assets and derivative liabilities on a gross basis on our condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2018, the potential effect of rights of set-off associated with the foreign exchange contracts would be an offset to both assets and liabilities by $14 million, resulting in net derivative assets of $73 million and net derivative liabilities of zero.

The following tables present the activity of derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the impact of these derivative contracts on AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in millions):



	December 31, 2017			Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income		Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified From AOCI to Earnings			September 30, 2018
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	$	(57	)	$	54	$	(37	)	$	34



	December 31, 2016		Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income			Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified From AOCI to Earnings		September 30, 2017
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	$	54	$	(94	)	$	28	$	(68	)



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017			2018			2017
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges recognized in net revenues	$	12	$	(7	)	$	(37	)	$	(7	)
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges recognized in cost of net revenues and operating expenses	—		—			—			11
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges recognized in interest and other, net	—		—			—			24
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments recognized in interest and other, net	2		(6		)	4			(14		)
Total gain (loss) recognized from foreign exchange derivative contracts in the condensed consolidated statement of income	$	14	$	(13	)	$	(33	)	$	14



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Gain (loss) from interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges recognized in interest and other, net	$	(4	)	$	(5	)	$	(43	)	$	(4	)
Gain (loss) from hedged items attributable to hedged risk recognized in interest and other, net	4			5			43			4
Total gain (loss) recognized from interest rate derivative contracts in the condensed consolidated statement of income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—

Derivative transactions are measured in terms of the notional amount, but this amount is not recorded on the balance sheet and is not, when viewed in isolation, a meaningful measure of the risk profile of the instruments. The notional amount is generally not exchanged, but is used only as the basis on which the value of foreign exchange payments under these contracts are determined. The following table provides the notional amounts of our outstanding derivatives as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 (in millions):



	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Foreign exchange contracts designated as cash flow hedges	$	1,857	$	1,990
Foreign exchange contracts designated as net investment hedges	1,002		—
Foreign exchange contracts not designated as hedging instruments	2,851		2,349
Interest rate contracts designated as fair value hedges	2,400		2,400
Total	$	8,110	$	6,739