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ORGANIZATION (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 customers countries branches
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Customers (in customers) | customers	70,000
Full service branches (in branches) | branches	500
Additional countries (in countries) | countries	15

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The number of countries in which the entity operates as of balance sheet date.

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Represents the number of stores.

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Represents the number of customers actively served by the Company.

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