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ACQUISITIONS - Fair Value of Equity Interest (Details) - Heartland Payment Systems, Inc $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | Apr. 22, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Shares of Heartland common stock (in shares) | 38,350,000
Exchange ratio (in shares) | 0.6687
Shares of Global Payments common stock issued (in shares) | 25,600,000
Price per share of Global Payments common stock (in dollars per share) | $ / shares | $ 73.29
Fair value of Global Payments common stock issued to Heartland stockholders | $ | $ 1,879,458

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