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Settlement Processing Assets and Obligations | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2015
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Settlement Processing Assets and Obligations | SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS As of November 30, 2015 and May 31, 2015, settlement processing assets and obligations consisted of the following (in thousands):
| November 30, 2015 |  | May 31, 2015
Settlement processing assets: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 186,660 |
Receivable from member sponsors | 254,635 |  |  | 294,837 |
Receivable from networks | 1,147,397 |  |  | 1,919,148 |
Exception items | 2,019 |  |  | 4,920 |
Merchant reserves | (285 | ) |  | (10,743 | )
| $ | 1,403,914 |  |  | $ | 2,394,822 |
Settlement processing obligations: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 238,314 |  |  | $ | 68,444 |
Liability to member sponsors | (209,034 | ) |  | (628 | )
Liability to merchants | (1,135,070 | ) |  | (1,931,390 | )
Exception items | 10,334 |  |  | 5,331 |
Merchant reserves | (159,370 | ) |  | (169,442 | )
Reserve for operating losses | (1,316 | ) |  | (1,286 | )
Reserve for sales allowances | (316 | ) |  | (4,929 | )
| $ | (1,256,458 | ) |  | $ | (2,033,900 | )

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