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Pending Acquisition of Worldpay - (Narrative) (Details) shares in Millions, transaction in Billions		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 17, 2019 USD ($) currencies payment country transaction	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 05, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 21, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)
FIS Credit Agreements \| Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition
Credit facility maximum borrowing amount				$ 4,000,000,000	$ 3,000,000,000
FIS Credit Agreements \| Revolving Credit Facility \| Subsequent Events
Business Acquisition
Debt financing threshold for exclusion from debt ratio calculation			$ 1,500,000,000
Bridge Loan \| Line of Credit \| Bridge Facility
Business Acquisition
Credit facility maximum borrowing amount	$ 9,500,000,000.0
Bridge Loan \| Line of Credit \| Back Stop Facility
Business Acquisition
Credit facility maximum borrowing amount	2,000,000,000.0
Bridge Loan \| Line of Credit \| Capital Markets Tranche
Business Acquisition
Credit facility maximum borrowing amount	$ 7,500,000,000.0
Worldpay \| Scenario, Forecast
Business Acquisition
Ownership interest acquired (percentage)		100.00%
Business acquisition, interest issued (shares) \| shares		289
Cash consideration		$ 3,400,000,000
Share conversion rate (per share) \| $ / shares		0.9287
Cash consideration share price (usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 11.00
Debt assumed		$ 7,400,000,000
Business combination, existing notes FIS may choose to leave outstanding		1,700,000,000
Total consideration		$ 43,000,000,000
Ownership interest held by FIS (percent)		53.00%
Ownership interest held by Worldpay (percent)		47.00%
Worldpay
Business Acquisition
Number of transactions processed (transactions) \| transaction	40
Number of payment types (payment options) \| payment	300
Number of countries operating in (countries) \| country	146
Number of currencies (currencies) \| currencies	126