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Segment Information - Pre-Tax Income Before NCI (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2016 | Sep. 30, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payment processing revenue | $ 146,182 | $ 133,198 | $ 383,319 | $ 378,714
Account servicing revenue | 58,815 | 39,578 | 150,770 | 115,000
Finance fee revenue | 36,138 | 23,502 | 92,348 | 64,094
Other revenue | 46,621 | 29,779 | 101,184 | 84,187
Total revenues | 287,756 | 226,057 | 727,621 | 641,995
Operating interest expense | 2,599 | 1,483 | 5,490 | 4,419
Depreciation and amortization | 46,008 | 20,778 | 91,381 | 62,924
Pre-tax adjusted net income | 84,531 | 85,526 | 211,464 | 233,945
Fleet Solutions Segment |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payment processing revenue | 83,132 | 80,230 | 216,133 | 233,300
Account servicing revenue | 37,414 | 26,024 | 90,400 | 75,267
Finance fee revenue | 33,230 | 21,794 | 85,841 | 59,858
Other revenue | 30,982 | 14,789 | 57,417 | 43,345
Total revenues | 184,758 | 142,837 | 449,791 | 411,770
Operating interest expense | 1,066 | 405 | 1,867 | 1,566
Depreciation and amortization | 35,172 | 13,266 | 62,927 | 41,877
Pre-tax adjusted net income | 49,718 | 55,902 | 121,096 | 153,725
Travel and corporate solutions |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payment processing revenue | 52,551 | 44,387 | 130,372 | 114,586
Account servicing revenue | 242 | 449 | 852 | 1,329
Finance fee revenue | 115 | 104 | 336 | 233
Other revenue | 10,407 | 11,542 | 30,235 | 31,621
Total revenues | 63,315 | 56,482 | 161,795 | 147,769
Operating interest expense | 840 | 488 | 2,003 | 754
Depreciation and amortization | 1,630 | 1,336 | 3,007 | 2,251
Pre-tax adjusted net income | 31,449 | 26,991 | 74,797 | 68,076
Health and Employee Benefit Solutions Segment |  |  |  |
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Payment processing revenue | 10,499 | 8,581 | 36,814 | 30,828
Account servicing revenue | 21,159 | 13,105 | 59,518 | 38,404
Finance fee revenue | 2,793 | 1,604 | 6,171 | 4,003
Other revenue | 5,232 | 3,448 | 13,532 | 9,221
Total revenues | 39,683 | 26,738 | 116,035 | 82,456
Operating interest expense | 693 | 590 | 1,620 | 2,099
Depreciation and amortization | 9,206 | 6,176 | 25,447 | 18,796
Pre-tax adjusted net income | $ 3,364 | $ 2,633 | $ 15,571 | $ 12,144

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