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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Schedule of Segment Reporting Information
Information on segments and reconciliations to consolidated revenues, consolidated operating expenses, consolidated operating income and consolidated depreciation and amortization were as follows:

Years Ended December 31,
202420232022
(in thousands)
Revenues(1):
Merchant Solutions$7,688,703 $7,151,793 $6,204,917 
Issuer Solutions2,483,657 2,398,870 2,245,623 
Consumer Solutions— 182,740 620,482 
Intersegment eliminations(66,466)(78,984)(95,507)
Consolidated revenues
$10,105,894 $9,654,419 $8,975,515 
Operating expenses(1):
Merchant Solutions:
Cost of service$2,008,126 $1,925,880 $1,798,300 
Selling, general and administrative3,067,662 2,880,658 2,366,362 
Total Merchant Solutions expenses5,075,788 4,806,538 4,164,662 
Issuer Solutions:
Cost of service1,795,001 1,738,047 1,633,708 
Selling, general and administrative246,214 251,016 255,700 
Total Issuer Solutions expenses2,041,215 1,989,063 1,889,408 
Consumer Solutions(2)
— 186,648 566,888 
Corporate994,886 898,024 777,744 
Intersegment eliminations(66,466)(78,984)(95,507)
Operating income (loss)(1):
Merchant Solutions$2,612,915 $2,345,255 $2,040,255 
Issuer Solutions442,442 409,807 356,215 
Consumer Solutions— (3,908)53,594 
Corporate(994,886)(898,024)(777,744)
Impairment of goodwill— — (833,075)
Net gain (loss) on business dispositions273,134 (136,744)(199,094)
Consolidated operating income$2,333,605 $1,716,386 $640,151 
Depreciation and amortization(1):
Merchant Solutions$1,179,845 $1,109,186 $981,297 
Issuer Solutions658,186 646,118 623,755 
Consumer Solutions— — 35,773 
Corporate24,300 21,388 21,630 
Consolidated depreciation and amortization$1,862,331 $1,776,692 $1,662,455 

(1) Revenues, operating expenses, operating income and depreciation and amortization reflect the effects of acquired businesses from the respective acquisition dates and the effects of disposed businesses through the respective disposal dates. See “Note 2—Acquisitions” and “Note 3—Business Dispositions” for further discussion.
Operating income and operating expenses included acquisition and integration expenses of $211.6 million, $341.9 million and $259.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, which were primarily included within Corporate selling, general and administrative expenses. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, operating expenses for Corporate also included $13.4 million, $18.5 million and $47.1 million, respectively, of other charges related to facilities exit activities as a result of actions taken to reduce our facility footprint in certain markets around the world.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, Corporate operating expenses also reflected costs of $99.1 million associated with our business transformation initiative, employee termination benefits of $99.6 million, which included $19.4 million of share-based compensation expense, and charges of $55.8 million for technology assets that will no longer be utilized under a revised technology architecture development strategy. These charges are presented within selling, general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of income.

(2) Prior to the disposition of the consumer portion of our Netspend business, the information provided to the CODM included segment revenue and operating income, but not cost of service or selling, general and administrative expense. Therefore, the segment expense detail is not provided for the Consumer Solutions business.
Schedule of Long-Lived Assets by Geographic Regions
Long-lived assets, excluding goodwill and other intangible assets, by location as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:

 20242023
(in thousands)
United States$1,725,811 $1,672,532 
Foreign countries551,782 517,473 
$2,277,593 $2,190,005