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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended				3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Aug. 12, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Entity	Aug. 12, 2014 Term credit facility	Aug. 12, 2014 Revolving Credit Facility	Sep. 30, 2014 New Senior Secured Credit Facilities	Nov. 05, 2013 Official Payments Holdings, Inc.	Nov. 05, 2013 Official Payments Holdings, Inc.	Mar. 31, 2013 Profesionales en Transacciones Electronicas S.A. - Venezuela ("PTESA-V")	Mar. 31, 2013 Profesionales en Transacciones Electronicas S.A. - Ecuador ("PTESA-E")	Mar. 31, 2013 Profesionales En Transacciones Electronicas Venezuela And Ecuador	Mar. 31, 2013 Profesionales en Transacciones Electronicas S.A. - Colombia ("PTESA-C")	Mar. 31, 2013 Profesionales en Transacciones Electronicas S.A	Mar. 11, 2013 Online Resources Corporation	Sep. 30, 2013 Online Resources Corporation	Sep. 30, 2013 Online Resources Corporation	Mar. 11, 2013 Online Resources Corporation	Mar. 11, 2013 Online Resources Corporation Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock	Sep. 30, 2014 Official Payments Holdings, Inc. and Online Resources Corporation	Sep. 30, 2014 Official Payments Holdings, Inc. and Online Resources Corporation	Sep. 30, 2014 Retail Decisions Limited	Sep. 30, 2014 Retail Decisions Limited
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business acquisition cash paid	$ 205,100,000									$ 139,800,000
Additional borrowing				149,500,000			150,000,000	60,500,000		40,000,000
Acquisition related transaction expenses				1,800,000
Revenue																		36,600,000	83,800,000			66,900,000	214,000,000	5,800,000	5,800,000
Operating income		31,869,000	29,555,000	58,901,000	37,068,000													2,100,000	2,600,000			11,300,000	25,200,000	100,000	100,000
Total purchase price						378,100,000								2,800,000	11,400,000	14,200,000	260,100,000
Number of businesses acquired						3
Cash paid per common stock											$ 8.35									$ 3.85
Business acquisition common stock purchase price																	132,900,000
Business acquisition preferred stock purchase price																					127,200,000
Additional borrowings under credit facility									300,000,000
Percentage of ownership interest acquired												100.00%	100.00%
Purchase price, non tax deductible goodwill amount																$ 1,500,000

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