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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
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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