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Segment Information
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information FIS reports its financial performance based on the following segments: Merchant Solutions, Banking Solutions, Capital Market Solutions and Corporate and Other. The Company regularly assesses its portfolio of assets and reclassified certain non-strategic businesses from the Merchant Solutions, Banking Solutions, and Capital Market Solutions segments into the Corporate
and Other segment during the year ended December 31, 2020, and recast all prior-period segment information presented. Below is a summary of each segment.

Merchant Solutions ("Merchant")

The Merchant segment is focused on serving merchants of all sizes globally, enabling them to accept electronic payments, including card-based payments, contactless card and mobile wallet, originated at a physical point of sale, as well as card-not-present payments in eCommerce and mobile environments. Merchant services include all aspects of payment processing, including authorization and settlement, customer service, chargeback and retrieval processing, electronic payment transaction reporting and network fee and interchange management. Merchant also includes value-added services, such as security and fraud prevention solutions, advanced data analytics and information management solutions, foreign currency management and numerous funding options. Merchant serves clients in over 140 countries. Our Merchant clients are highly-diversified, including global enterprises, national retailers and small- to medium-sized businesses. The Merchant segment utilizes broad and varied distribution channels, including direct sales forces and multiple referral partner relationships that provide us with a growing and diverse client base.

Banking Solutions ("Banking")

The Banking segment is focused on serving all sizes of financial institutions with core processing software, transaction processing software and complementary applications and services, many of which interact directly with the core processing applications. We sell these solutions and services on either a bundled or stand-alone basis. Clients in this segment include global financial institutions, U.S. regional and community banks, credit unions and commercial lenders, as well as government institutions and other commercial organizations. Banking serves clients in more than 100 countries. We provide our clients integrated solutions characterized by multi-year processing contracts that generate highly recurring revenue. The predictable nature of cash flows generated from the Banking segment provides opportunities for further investments in innovation, integration, information and security, and compliance in a cost-effective manner.

Capital Market Solutions ("Capital Markets")

The Capital Markets segment is focused on serving global financial services clients with a broad array of buy- and sell-side solutions. Clients in this segment operate in more than 100 countries and include asset managers, buy- and sell-side securities brokerage and trading firms, insurers, private equity firms, and other commercial organizations. Our buy- and sell-side solutions include a variety of mission-critical applications for recordkeeping, data and analytics, trading, financing and risk management. Capital Markets clients purchase our solutions and services in various ways including licensing and managing technology "in-house," using consulting and third-party service providers, as well as procuring fully outsourced end-to-end solutions. Our long-established relationships with many of these financial and commercial institutions generate significant recurring revenue. We have made, and continue to make, investments in modern platforms; advanced technologies, such as cloud delivery, open APIs, machine learning and artificial intelligence; and regulatory technology to support our Capital Markets clients.

Corporate and Other

The Corporate and Other segment consists of corporate overhead expense, certain leveraged functions and miscellaneous expenses that are not included in the operating segments, as well as certain non-strategic businesses that we plan to wind down or sell. The overhead and leveraged costs relate to corporate marketing, corporate finance and accounting, human resources, legal, and amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and other costs, such as acquisition and integration expenses, that are not considered when management evaluates revenue-generating segment performance.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded acquisition and integration costs primarily related to the Worldpay acquisition, as well as certain other costs associated with data center consolidation activities totaling $15 million and $18 million, respectively, and incremental costs directly related to COVID-19 of $9 million and $3 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we also recorded $104 million in accelerated stock compensation expense to reflect the impact of establishing a Qualified Retirement Equity Program that modified unvested equity awards outstanding at January 1, 2021 (see Note 8).
Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a measure of segment profit or loss that is reported to the chief operating decision maker for purposes of making decisions about allocating resources to the segments and assessing their performance. For this reason, Adjusted EBITDA, as it relates to our segments, is presented in conformity with FASB ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net earnings (loss) before net interest expense, net other income (expense), income tax provision (benefit), equity method investment earnings (loss), and depreciation and amortization, and excludes certain costs and other transactions that management deems non-operational in nature. The non-operational items affecting the segment profit measure generally include purchase accounting adjustments as well as acquisition, integration and certain other costs. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes incremental and direct costs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These costs and adjustments are recorded in the Corporate and Other segment for the periods discussed below. Adjusted EBITDA for the respective segments excludes the foregoing costs and adjustments.

Summarized financial information for the Company's segments is shown in the following tables. The Company does not evaluate performance or allocate resources based on segment asset data; therefore, such information is not presented.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 (in millions):
Capital
MerchantBankingMarketCorporate
SolutionsSolutionsSolutionsand OtherTotal
Revenue$966 $1,540 $625 $92 $3,223 
Operating expenses(603)(1,018)(419)(1,084)(3,124)
Depreciation and amortization (including purchase accounting amortization)88 145 82 638 953 
Acquisition, integration and other costs— — — 256 256 
Adjusted EBITDA$451 $667 $288 $(98)$1,308 
Adjusted EBITDA$1,308 
Depreciation and amortization(279)
Purchase accounting amortization(674)
Acquisition, integration and other costs(256)
Interest expense, net(74)
Other income (expense), net    (493)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes97 
Equity method investment earnings (loss)1 
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest(3)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to FIS common stockholders$(373)
Capital expenditures$104 $106 $54 $34 $298 
For the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in millions):
Capital
MerchantBankingMarketCorporate
SolutionsSolutionsSolutionsand OtherTotal
Revenue$935 $1,444 $597 $102 $3,078 
Operating expenses(597)(961)(392)(1,020)(2,970)
Depreciation and amortization (including purchase accounting amortization)85 129 62 638 914 
Acquisition, integration and other costs— — — 225 225 
Adjusted EBITDA$423 $612 $267 $(55)$1,247 
Adjusted EBITDA$1,247 
Depreciation and amortization(230)
Purchase accounting amortization(684)
Acquisition, integration and other costs(225)
Interest expense, net(80)
Other income (expense), net    (39)
(Provision) benefit for income taxes30 
Equity method investment earnings (loss)(1)
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interest(3)
Net earnings attributable to FIS common stockholders$15 
Capital expenditures (1)$106 $132 $58 $10 $306