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ACQUISITIONS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Total System Services, Inc. |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Total Purchase Consideration | The fair value of total purchase consideration was determined as follows (in thousands, except per share data):
Shares of TSYS common stock issued and outstanding (including Single-Trigger Awards) |  | 177,643 |
Exchange Ratio |  | 0.8101 |
Shares of Global Payments common stock issued to TSYS shareholders |  | 143,909 |
Price per share of Global Payments common stock |  | $ | 163.74 |
Fair value of common stock issued to TSYS shareholders(1) |  | 23,563,568 |
Value of Replacement Awards attributable to purchase consideration |  | 207,821 |
Cash paid to TSYS shareholders in lieu of fractional shares |  | 1,352 |
Total purchase consideration transferred to TSYS shareholders |  | 23,772,741 |
Repayment of TSYS' unsecured revolving credit facility (including accrued interest and fees) |  | 702,212 |
Total purchase consideration |  | $ | 24,474,953 |
(1) Fair value of common stock issued to TSYS shareholders does not equal the product of shares of Global Payments common stock issued to TSYS shareholders and price per share of Global Payments common stock as presented in the table above due to the rounding of the number of shares in thousands.
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The estimated acquisition-date fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of December 31, 2020, including a reconciliation to the total purchase consideration, were as follows (in thousands):
|  | Provisional Amounts at December 31, 2019 |  | Measurement- Period Adjustments |  | Final
|  | (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 446,009 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 446,009 |
Accounts receivable |  | 442,848 |  |  | (2,660) |  |  | 440,188 |
Identified intangible assets |  | 10,980,000 |  |  | 978 |  |  | 10,980,978 |
Property and equipment |  | 644,084 |  |  | (978) |  |  | 643,106 |
Other assets |  | 1,474,825 |  |  | (2,969) |  |  | 1,471,856 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | (614,060) |  |  | (11,899) |  |  | (625,959) |
Debt |  | (3,295,342) |  |  | 4,787 |  |  | (3,290,555) |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  | (2,687,849) |  |  | 52,598 |  |  | (2,635,251) |
Other liabilities |  | (314,415) |  |  | (173) |  |  | (314,588) |
Total identifiable net assets |  | 7,076,100 |  |  | 39,684 |  |  | 7,115,784 |
Goodwill |  | 17,398,853 |  |  | (39,684) |  |  | 17,359,169 |
Total purchase consideration |  | $ | 24,474,953 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,474,953 |
Schedule of Fair Values of Identified Intangible Assets Acquired and Respective Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods | The following table reflects the estimated fair values of the identified intangible assets of TSYS and the respective weighted-average estimated amortization periods:
| Estimated Fair Values |  | Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods
| (in thousands) |  | (years)
Customer-related intangible assets | $ | 6,420,000 |  |  | 15
Contract-based intangible assets | 1,800,000 |  |  | 18
Acquired technologies | 1,810,000 |  |  | 7
Trademarks and trade names | 950,000 |  |  | 11
Total estimated identified intangible assets | $ | 10,980,000 |  |  | 13
Schedule of Pro Forma Information |
| Year Ended December 31, 2019 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2018
| Actual |  | Pro Forma |  | Actual |  | Pro Forma
| (in thousands)
Total revenues | $ | 4,911,892 |  |  | $ | 7,854,282 |  |  | $ | 3,366,366 |  |  | $ | 7,359,631 |
Net income attributable to Global Payments | $ | 430,613 |  |  | $ | 711,658 |  |  | $ | 452,053 |  |  | $ | 510,795 |
SICOM |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The estimated acquisition-date fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including a reconciliation to the total purchase consideration, were as follows:
|  | Provisional Amounts at December 31, 2018 |  | Measurement- Period Adjustments |  | Final
|  | (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 7,540 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,540 |
Property and equipment |  | 5,943 |  |  | (105) |  |  | 5,838 |
Identified intangible assets |  | 188,294 |  |  | — |  |  | 188,294 |
Other assets |  | 22,278 |  |  | (3) |  |  | 22,275 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  | (48,448) |  |  | 838 |  |  | (47,610) |
Other liabilities |  | (31,250) |  |  | (100) |  |  | (31,350) |
Total identifiable net assets |  | 144,357 |  |  | 630 |  |  | 144,987 |
Goodwill |  | 264,844 |  |  | 370 |  |  | 265,214 |
Total purchase consideration |  | $ | 409,201 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |  |  | $ | 410,201 |
Schedule of Fair Values of Identified Intangible Assets Acquired and Respective Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods | The following table reflects the estimated fair values of the identified intangible assets of SICOM and the respective weighted-average estimated amortization periods:
| Estimated Fair Values |  | Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods
| (in thousands) |  | (years)
Customer-related intangible assets | $ | 104,900 |  |  | 14
Acquired technologies | 65,312 |  |  | 6
Trademarks and trade names | 11,202 |  |  | 5
Contract-based intangible assets | 6,880 |  |  | 5
Total estimated acquired intangible assets | $ | 188,294 |  |  | 10
AdvancedMD |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The estimated acquisition-date fair values of major classes of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including a reconciliation to the total purchase consideration, were as follows:
|  | Provisional Amounts at December 31, 2018 |  | Measurement- Period Adjustments |  | Final
|  | (in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 7,657 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,657 |
Property and equipment |  | 5,672 |  |  | — |  |  | 5,672 |
Identified intangible assets |  | 419,500 |  |  | — |  |  | 419,500 |
Other assets |  | 11,958 |  |  | (173) |  |  | 11,785 |
Deferred income tax liabilities |  | (98,979) |  |  | 4,935 |  |  | (94,044) |
Other liabilities |  | (15,624) |  |  | (23) |  |  | (15,647) |
Total identifiable net assets |  | 330,184 |  |  | 4,739 |  |  | 334,923 |
Goodwill |  | 376,701 |  |  | (4,739) |  |  | 371,962 |
Total purchase consideration |  | $ | 706,885 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 706,885 |
Schedule of Fair Values of Identified Intangible Assets Acquired and Respective Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods | The following table reflects the estimated fair values of the identified intangible assets of AdvancedMD and the respective weighted-average estimated amortization periods:
| Estimated Fair Values |  | Weighted-Average Estimated Amortization Periods
| (in thousands) |  | (years)
Customer-related intangible assets | $ | 303,100 |  |  | 11
Acquired technologies | 83,700 |  |  | 5
Trademarks and trade names | 32,700 |  |  | 15
Total estimated identified intangible assets | $ | 419,500 |  |  | 10

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