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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Practices Recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Jun. 30, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Sep. 30, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2018 | Mar. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Jan. 01, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 504,488 | $ 397,233 | $ 286,276 |
Goodwill, Impairment Loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 0 |  |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 | 7,049 | 2,300 |
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross | $ 278,621 |  |  |  | $ 137,384 |  |  |  | 278,621 | 137,384 |  |
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance | 83,184 |  |  |  | 21,857 |  |  |  | 83,184 | 21,857 |  |
Revenues | 693,747 | $ 786,986 | $ 691,867 | $ 577,509 | 649,385 | $ 714,505 | $ 622,224 | $ 550,515 | 2,750,109 | 2,536,629 | 2,252,422 |
Restricted cash | 83,469 |  |  |  | $ 76,595 |  |  |  | 83,469 | 76,595 |  |
Deferred Revenue, Additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41,400 |  |  |
Deferred Revenue, Revenue Recognized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40,700 |  |  |
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset | $ 377,543 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 377,543 |  |  |
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88,500 |  |  |
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 269,900
Eft Processing Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 888,712 | 753,651 | 634,559 |
Epay Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 769,329 | 743,784 | 733,998 |
Money Transfer Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Finite-lived |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 0 |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,096,226 | 1,042,962 | 886,858 |
Consolidation, Eliminations [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (4,158) | (3,768) | (2,993) |
Europe [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,622,372 | 1,428,867 | 1,324,673 |
Europe [Member] | Eft Processing Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 724,163 | 608,993 | 501,161 |
Europe [Member] | Epay Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 524,907 | 491,282 | 561,232 |
Europe [Member] | Money Transfer Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 373,302 | 328,592 | 262,280 |
North America [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 759,493 | 767,241 | 608,485 |
North America [Member] | Eft Processing Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 35,461 | 32,306 | 31,469 |
North America [Member] | Epay Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 151,016 | 165,930 | 63,148 |
North America [Member] | Money Transfer Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 573,016 | 569,005 | 513,868 |
Asia Pacific [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 330,485 | 310,593 | 294,308 |
Asia Pacific [Member] | Eft Processing Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 129,060 | 112,294 | 101,787 |
Asia Pacific [Member] | Epay Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 76,491 | 71,242 | 91,516 |
Asia Pacific [Member] | Money Transfer Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 124,934 | 127,057 | 101,005 |
Other geographic locations [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 41,917 | 33,696 | 27,949 |
Other geographic locations [Member] | Eft Processing Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28 | 58 | 142 |
Other geographic locations [Member] | Epay Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,915 | 15,330 | 18,102 |
Other geographic locations [Member] | Money Transfer Segment [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 24,974 | $ 18,308 | $ 9,705 |

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