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SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS | 6 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2016
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SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS | SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS As of November 30, 2016 and May 31, 2016, settlement processing assets and obligations consisted of the following:
| November 30, 2016 |  | May 31, 2016
| (in thousands)
Settlement processing assets: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 260,227 |  |  | $ | 150,644 |
Liability to Members | (120,422 | ) |  | (14,997 | )
Receivable from networks | 1,003,108 |  |  | 1,203,308 |
Exception items | 5,420 |  |  | 3,003 |
Merchant Reserves | (30,667 | ) |  | (5,632 | )
| $ | 1,117,666 |  |  | $ | 1,336,326 |
Settlement processing obligations: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 66,519 |  |  | $ | 193,989 |
Liability to Members | (33,566 | ) |  | (261,945 | )
Liability to merchants | (771,239 | ) |  | (1,005,009 | )
Exception items | 8,742 |  |  | 5,827 |
Merchant Reserves | (150,260 | ) |  | (149,667 | )
Reserves for operating losses and sales allowances | (3,643 | ) |  | (3,510 | )
| $ | (883,447 | ) |  | $ | (1,220,315 | )

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