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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
SEGMENT INFORMATION | SEGMENT INFORMATION Information About Profit and Assets Prior to the completion of the Merger, we operated in three reportable segments: North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. In the fourth quarter of 2019, as a result of the merger with TSYS, we realigned our executive management and organizational structures. Based on an evaluation performed in accordance with the guidance provided in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, we determined that our new reportable segments as of December 31, 2019 were: Merchant Solutions, Issuer Solutions and Business and Consumer Solutions. In connection with the organizational realignment, the legacy Global Payments businesses are included in the Merchant Solutions segment with the exception of a small portion of our European business that is included in the Issuer Solutions segment. Certain operating expenses that prior to the Merger were considered "enterprise-wide" expenses and reported in Corporate are now reflected in the Merchant Solutions segment. Our payment technology solutions are similar around the world in that we enable our customers to accept card, electronic, check and digital-based payments. Through our Merchant Solutions segment, our offerings include, but are not limited to, authorization services, settlement and funding services, customer support and help-desk functions, chargeback resolution, terminal rental, sales and deployment, payment security services, consolidated billing and statements and on-line reporting. In addition, we offer a wide array of enterprise software solutions that streamline business operations to customers in numerous vertical markets. We also provide a variety of value-added services, including analytic and engagement tools, payroll services and reporting that assist our customers with driving demand and operating their businesses more efficiently. Through our Issuer Solutions segment, we provide solutions that enable financial institutions and retailers to manage their card portfolios, reduce technical complexity and overhead and offer a seamless experience for cardholders on a single platform. In addition, we provide flexible commercial payments and ePayables solutions that support business-to-business payment processes for businesses and governments. We also offer complementary services including account management and servicing, fraud solution services, analytics and business intelligence, cards, statements and correspondence, customer contact solutions and risk management solutions. Through our Business and Consumer Solutions segment, we provide general purpose reloadable prepaid debit and payroll cards, demand deposit accounts and other financial service solutions to the underbanked and other consumers and businesses in the United States. We evaluate performance and allocate resources based on the operating income of each operating segment. The operating income of each operating segment includes the revenues of the segment less expenses that are directly related to those revenues. Operating overhead, shared costs and share-based compensation costs are included in Corporate. Interest and other income, interest and other expense, income tax expense and equity in income of equity method investments, net of tax, are not allocated to the individual segments. We do not evaluate the performance of or allocate resources to our operating segments using asset data. The accounting policies of the reportable operating segments are the same as those described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in "Note 1 - Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies." The presentation of segment information for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 has been recast to align with the segment presentation for the year ended December 31, 2019. Information on segments and reconciliations to consolidated revenues, consolidated operating income and consolidated depreciation and amortization are as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
| (in thousands)
Revenues (1)(2): |  |  |  |  |
Merchant Solutions | $ | 4,098,580 |  |  | $ | 3,345,181 |  |  | $ | 3,955,988 |
Issuer Solutions | 604,654 |  |  | 21,185 |  |  | 19,175 |
Business and Consumer Solutions | 227,440 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Segment revenues | 4,930,674 |  |  | 3,366,366 |  |  | 3,975,163 |
Less: intersegment revenues | (18,782 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Consolidated revenues | $ | 4,911,892 |  |  | $ | 3,366,366 |  |  | $ | 3,975,163 |
Operating income (loss) (2)(3): |  |  |  |  |
Merchant Solutions | $ | 1,148,975 |  |  | $ | 940,157 |  |  | $ | 771,911 |
Issuer Solutions | 82,172 |  |  | 14,084 |  |  | 12,710 |
Business and Consumer Solutions | 19,473 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Corporate | (459,203 | ) |  | (217,186 | ) |  | (225,753 | )
Consolidated operating income | $ | 791,417 |  |  | $ | 737,055 |  |  | $ | 558,868 |
Depreciation and amortization (2): |  |  |  |  |
Merchant Solutions | $ | 677,196 |  |  | $ | 516,731 |  |  | $ | 444,100 |
Issuer Solutions | 157,799 |  |  | 710 |  |  | 647 |
Business and Consumer Solutions | 34,914 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Corporate | 8,426 |  |  | 5,372 |  |  | 6,404 |
Consolidated depreciation and amortization | $ | 878,335 |  |  | $ | 522,813 |  |  | $ | 451,151 |
(1) As more fully described in "Note 1—Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" and "Note 3—Revenues" we adopted a new revenue accounting standard on January 1, 2018 that resulted in revenue being presented net of certain fees that we pay to third parties, including payment networks. This change in presentation affected our reported revenues and operating expenses for all periods after the year ended December 31, 2017 by the same amount and had no effect on operating income. (2) Revenues, operating income and depreciation and amortization reflect the effects of acquired businesses from the respective dates of acquisition. For further discussion, see "Note 2—Acquisitions." (3) During the year ended December 31, 2019, operating income for our Merchant Solutions segment reflected the effect of acquisition and integration expenses of $56.1 million. Operating loss for Corporate included acquisition and integration expenses of $199.5 million, $56.1 million and $94.6 million, respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017. Acquisition and integration expenses for 2019 were primarily related to the Merger. Entity-Wide Information As a percentage of our total consolidated revenues, revenues from external customers in the United States and the United Kingdom were 72% and 8%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019, 67% and 9%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2018, and 66% and 11%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2017. Revenues from external customers are attributed to individual countries based on the location of the customer arrangements. Our results of operations and our financial condition are not significantly reliant upon any single customer. Long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and other intangible assets, by location as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 were as follows:
| 2019 |  | 2018
| (in thousands)
United States | $ | 950,567 |  |  | $ | 516,449 |
Foreign countries | 432,235 |  |  | 137,093 |
| $ | 1,382,802 |  |  | $ | 653,542 |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134510 + Details
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