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SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2016
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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities | As of May 31, 2016 and 2015, settlement processing assets and obligations consisted of the following:
| 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Settlement processing assets: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 150,644 |  |  | $ | 186,660 |
(Liability to) receivable from Members | (14,997 | ) |  | 294,837 |
Receivable from networks | 1,203,308 |  |  | 1,919,148 |
Exception items | 3,003 |  |  | 4,920 |
Merchant Reserves | (5,632 | ) |  | (10,743 | )
| $ | 1,336,326 |  |  | $ | 2,394,822 |
Settlement processing obligations: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 193,989 |  |  | $ | 68,444 |
Liability to Members | (261,945 | ) |  | (628 | )
Liability to merchants | (1,005,009 | ) |  | (1,931,390 | )
Exception items | 5,827 |  |  | 5,331 |
Merchant Reserves | (149,667 | ) |  | (169,442 | )
Reserve for operating losses | (2,460 | ) |  | (1,286 | )
Reserve for sales allowances | (1,050 | ) |  | (4,929 | )
| $ | (1,220,315 | ) |  | $ | (2,033,900 | )

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