Basis of Presentation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Schedule of Glossary of Terms in Document

The following is provided to aid the reader and provide a reference point when reviewing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



2014 Amendment Agreement		Amendment and restatement agreement entered into on August 22, 2014, among the Company, the lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent
2014 Credit Agreement		Second amended and restated credit agreement entered into on August 22, 2014, by and among the Company and certain of our subsidiaries, as borrowers, WEX Card Holding Australia Pty Ltd., as designated borrower, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent on behalf of consenting lenders
2016 Credit Agreement		Credit agreement entered into on July 1, 2016 by and among the Company and certain of our subsidiaries, as borrowers, WEX Card Holding Australia Pty Ltd., as designated borrower, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent on behalf of the lenders
Adjusted Net Income or ANI		A non-GAAP metric that adjusts net earnings attributable to shareholders to exclude acquisition and divestiture related items, debt restructuring and debt issuance cost amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring and other costs related to certain outsourcing initiatives, changes in unrealized fuel price derivatives, net foreign currency remeasurement gains and losses, non-cash adjustments related to our tax receivable agreement, reserves for regulatory penalties, similar adjustments attributed to our non-controlling interest and certain tax related items.
ASU 2014-09		Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)
ASU 2015-03		Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 Interest—Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs
ASU 2015-16		Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-16 Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments
ASU 2016-01		Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01 Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
ASU 2016-02		Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842)
ASU 2016-09		Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09 Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topical 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting
ASU 2016-13		Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments
ASU 2016-15		Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-15 Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
Australian Securitization Subsidiary		Southern Cross WEX 2015-1 Trust, a bankruptcy-remote subsidiary consolidated by the Company
Average expenditure per payment processing transaction		Average total dollars of spend in a funded fuel transaction
Benaissance		Benaissance, a leading provider of integrated SaaS technologies and services for healthcare premium billing, payment and workflow management, acquired by the Company on November 18, 2015
Company		WEX Inc. and all entities included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
EFS		Electronic Funds Source, LLC, a provider of customized corporate payment solutions for fleet and corporate customers with a focus on the large and mid-sized over-the-road fleet segments. On July 1, 2016, the Company acquired WP Mustang Topco LLC, the indirect parent of Electronic Funds Source, LLC and Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI (Lexington), LLC, an affiliated entity, from investment funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC.
Esso portfolio in Europe		European commercial fleet card portfolio acquired from ExxonMobil
European Securitization Subsidiary		Gorham Trade Finance B.V., a bankruptcy-remote subsidiary consolidated by the Company
Evolution1		EB Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries which includes Evolution1, Inc., acquired by the Company on July 16, 2014
FASB		Financial Accounting Standards Board
FX		Foreign exchange
GAAP		Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States



Indenture		The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 30, 2013 among the Company, the guarantors listed therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
NCI		Non-controlling interest
NOL		Net operating loss
Notes		$400 million notes with a 4.75% fixed rate, issued on January 30, 2013
NOW deposits		Negotiable order of withdrawal deposits
Over-the-road		Typically heavy trucks traveling long distances
Payment solutions purchase volume		Total amount paid by customers for transactions
Payment processing transactions		Funded payment transactions where the Company maintains the receivable for total purchase
PPG		Price per gallon of fuel
rapid! PayCard		rapid! PayCard, previously a line of business of the Company, sold on January 7, 2015
SaaS		Software-as-a-service
SEC		Securities and Exchange Commission
Ticking fees		A fee incurred by a borrower to compensate the lender to delay a financing arrangement and hold a commitment of funds for the borrower for a period of time
Total fleet transactions		Total of transaction processing and payment processing transactions
Transaction processing transactions		Unfunded payment transactions where the Company is the processor and only has receivables for the processing fee
UNIK		UNIK S.A., the Company's Brazilian subsidiary
WEX		WEX Inc.
WEX Europe Services		Consists primarily of our European commercial fleet card portfolio acquired by the Company from ExxonMobil on December 1, 2014
WEX Health		Evolution1 and Benaissance, collectively

Schedule of Error Corrections and Prior Period Adjustments

As a result of the adoption, the December 31, 2015 unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet is restated as follows:



	Previously Reported		Effect of Accounting Principle Adoption			Adjusted
Unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet
Other assets	$	225,581	$	(10,037	)	$	215,544
Total assets	$	3,857,946	$	(10,037	)	$	3,847,909
Revolving line-of-credit facilities and term loan, net	$	669,755	$	(4,837	)	$	664,918
Notes outstanding, net	$	400,000	$	(5,200	)	$	394,800
Total liabilities	$	2,762,265	$	(10,037	)	$	2,752,228
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	3,857,946	$	(10,037	)	$	3,847,909