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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Policies) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Cash and cash equivalents | Cash and cash equivalents The fair values of cash and cash equivalents approximate the carrying values due to the short period of time to maturity (Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy).
Receivables, net | Receivables, net Receivables represent amounts billed and amounts earned that are to be billed in the near future. Included in accrued receivables are services and software hosting revenues earned in the current period but billed in the following period as well as license revenues that are determined to be fixed and determinable but billed in future periods.
|  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Billed Receivables |  | $ | 177,860 |  |  | $ | 173,100 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  |  | (4,149 | ) |  |  | (4,459 | )
Billed, net |  |  | 173,711 |  |  |  | 168,641 |
Accrued Receivables |  |  | 29,889 |  |  |  | 34,934 |
Receivables, net |  | $ | 203,600 |  |  | $ | 203,575 |
Other Current Assets and Other Current Liabilities | Other Current Assets and Other Current Liabilities
|  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Settlement deposits |  | $ | 19,933 |  |  | $ | 27,770 |
Settlement receivables |  |  | 14,104 |  |  |  | 20,119 |
Current debt issuance costs |  |  | 5,181 |  |  |  | 5,276 |
Other |  |  | 11,738 |  |  |  | 12,163 |
Total other current assets |  | $ | 50,956 |  |  | $ | 65,328 |
|  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Settlement payables |  | $ | 30,679 |  |  | $ | 42,841 |
Accrued interest |  |  | 2,447 |  |  |  | 7,074 |
Vendor financed licenses |  |  | 6,611 |  |  |  | 6,410 |
Royalties payable |  |  | 5,128 |  |  |  | 5,627 |
Other |  |  | 25,953 |  |  |  | 33,064 |
Total other current liabilities |  | $ | 70,818 |  |  | $ | 95,016 |
Off Balance Sheet Accounts | Off Balance Sheet Accounts The Company also enters into agreements with certain clients to process payment funds on their behalf. When an automated clearing house or automated teller machine network payment transaction is processed, a transaction is initiated to withdraw funds from the designated source account and deposit them into a settlement account, which is a trust account maintained for the benefit of the Company’s clients. A simultaneous transaction is initiated to transfer funds from the settlement account to the intended destination account. These “back to back” transactions are designed to settle at the same time, usually overnight, such that the funds are received from the source at the same time as the funds are sent to their destination. However, due to the transactions being with various financial institutions there may be timing differences that result in float balances. These funds are maintained in accounts for the benefit of the client which are separate from the Company’s corporate assets. As the Company does not take ownership of the funds, those settlement accounts are not included in the Company’s balance sheet. The Company is entitled to interest earned on the fund balances. The collection of interest on these settlement accounts is considered in the Company’s determination of its fee structure for clients and represents a portion of the payment for services performed by the Company. The amount of off balance sheet settlement funds as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $214.8 million and $284.0 million, respectively.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss The $20.4 million and $23.3 million accumulated other comprehensive loss included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, represents the accumulated foreign currency translation adjustment. Since the undistributed earnings of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are considered to be permanently reinvested, the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss have not been tax effected.
Goodwill | Goodwill Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill attributable to each reporting unit with goodwill balances during the three months ended March 31, 2014 were as follows:
(in thousands) |  | Americas |  |  | EMEA |  |  | Asia/Pacific |  |  | Total |
Gross Balance prior to December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 488,698 |  |  | $ | 160,158 |  |  | $ | 67,793 |  |  | $ | 716,649 |
Total impairment prior to December 31, 2013 |  |  | (47,432 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (47,432 | )
Balance, December 31, 2013 |  |  | 441,266 |  |  |  | 160,158 |  |  |  | 67,793 |  |  |  | 669,217 |
Goodwill from acquisitions (1) |  |  | (5,026 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5,026 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustments |  |  | (153 | ) |  |  | 163 |  |  |  | 1,205 |  |  |  | 1,215 |
Balance, March 31, 2014 |  | $ | 436,087 |  |  | $ | 160,321 |  |  | $ | 68,998 |  |  | $ | 665,406 |
(1) | Goodwill from acquisitions relates to adjustments in the goodwill recorded for the acquisitions of Official Payments Holdings, Inc. (“OPAY”), Online Resources Corporation (“ORCC”), and Profesionales en Transacciones Electronicas S.A. (“PTESA”) as discussed in Note 2. The purchase price allocation for OPAY is preliminary as of March 31, 2014 and accordingly is subject to future changes during the maximum one-year allocation period.
In accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, we assess goodwill for impairment annually during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year using October 1 balances or when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recovered. We evaluate goodwill at the reporting unit level and have identified our reportable segments, Americas, EMEA, and Asia/Pacific, as our reporting units. Recoverability of goodwill is measured using a discounted cash flow model incorporating discount rates commensurate with the risks involved. Use of a discounted cash flow model is common practice in impairment testing in the absence of available transactional market evidence to determine the fair value. The calculated fair value was substantially in excess of the current carrying value for all reporting units based upon our October 1, 2013 annual impairment test and there have been no indications of impairment in the subsequent periods.
Revenue | Revenue Vendor Specific Objective Evidence (“VSOE”) ASC 985-605 requires the seller of software that includes post contract customer support (maintenance or “PCS”) to establish VSOE of fair value of the undelivered element of the contract in order to account separately for the PCS revenue. The Company has traditionally established VSOE of the fair value of PCS by reference to stated renewals, expressed in dollar terms, or separate sales with consistent pricing of PCS expressed in percentage terms. In determining whether a stated renewal is not substantive, the Company considers factors such as whether the period of the initial PCS term is relatively long when compared to the term of the software license or whether the PCS renewal rate is significantly below the Company’s normal pricing practices. In determining whether PCS pricing is consistent, the Company considers the population of separate sales that are within a reasonably narrow range of the median within the identified market segment over the trailing 12 month period. Effective July 2013, the Company establishes VSOE of fair value of PCS by reference to stated renewals for all identified marked segments. The Company continues to consider factors such as whether the period of the initial PCS term is relatively long when compared to the term of the software license or whether the PCS renewal is significantly below the Company’s normal pricing practices. In determining whether PCS pricing is significantly below the Company’s normal pricing practice, the Company considers the population of stated renewal rates that are within a reasonably narrow range of the median within the identified market segment over the trailing 12 month period. The change in estimation methodology does not have a material effect on our financial statements. Certain of the Company’s software license arrangements include PCS terms that fail to achieve VSOE of fair value due to non-substantive renewal periods or non-substantive PCS renewal amounts. For these arrangements, VSOE of fair value of PCS does not exist and revenues for the software license, PCS and services, if applicable, are considered to be one accounting unit and are therefore recognized ratably over the longer of the contractual service term or PCS term once the delivery of both services has commenced. The Company typically classifies revenues associated with these arrangements in accordance with the contractually specified amounts, which approximate fair value assigned to the various elements, including software license fees, maintenance fees and services, if applicable. This allocation methodology has been applied to the following amounts included in revenues in the condensed consolidated statements of operations from arrangements for which VSOE of fair value does not exist for each undelivered element:
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |
(in thousands) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Software license fees |  | $ | 6,856 |  |  | $ | 5,801 |
Maintenance fees |  |  | 2,216 |  |  |  | 2,321 |
Services |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 3 |
Total |  | $ | 9,080 |  |  | $ | 8,125 |
Earnings per share | Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed on the basis of weighted average outstanding common shares. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed on the basis of basic weighted average outstanding common shares adjusted for the dilutive effect of stock options and other outstanding dilutive securities.
Segment Information | The Company’s chief operating decision maker, together with other senior management personnel, currently focus their review of consolidated financial information and the allocation of resources based on reporting of operating results, including revenues and operating income (loss), for the geographic regions of the Americas, EMEA and Asia/Pacific and the Corporate line item. The Company’s products are sold and supported through distribution networks covering these three geographic regions, with each distribution network having its own sales force. The Company supplements its distribution networks with independent reseller and/or distributor arrangements. All administrative costs that are not directly attributable or reasonably allocable to a geographic segment are tracked in the Corporate line item. As such, the Company has concluded that its three geographic regions are its reportable segments. The Company allocates segment support expenses such as global product development, business operations, and product management based upon percentage of revenue per segment. Depreciation and amortization costs are allocated as a percentage of the headcount by segment. The Corporate line item consists of the corporate overhead costs that are not allocated to reportable segments. Corporate overhead costs relate to human resources, finance, legal, accounting, merger and acquisition activity and amortization of acquisition-related intangibles and other costs that are not considered when management evaluates segment performance.

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