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SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
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SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS | SETTLEMENT PROCESSING ASSETS AND OBLIGATIONS As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, settlement processing assets and obligations consisted of the following:
| March 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (in thousands)
Settlement processing assets: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 288,551 |  |  | $ | 304,964 |
Receivable from members | 27,563 |  |  | 104,339 |
Receivable from networks | 2,340,677 |  |  | 2,055,390 |
Exception items | 9,004 |  |  | 7,867 |
Merchant reserves | (15,682 | ) |  | (13,268 | )
| $ | 2,650,113 |  |  | $ | 2,459,292 |
Settlement processing obligations: |  |  |
Interchange reimbursement | $ | 91,873 |  |  | $ | 72,053 |
Liability to members | (20,791 | ) |  | (20,369 | )
Liability to merchants | (2,249,416 | ) |  | (1,961,107 | )
Exception items | 7,709 |  |  | 6,863 |
Merchant reserves | (139,587 | ) |  | (133,907 | )
Reserve for operating losses and sales allowances | (4,232 | ) |  | (4,042 | )
| $ | (2,314,444 | ) |  | $ | (2,040,509 | )

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