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Settlement Assets Settlement Assets (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Settlement Assets [Abstract] |
Settlement Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of
(in thousands) |  | March 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Settlement assets: |  |  |  |
Settlement cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 256,456 |  |  | $ | 282,188 |
Settlement restricted cash |  | 36,243 |  |  | 49,168 |
Accounts receivable |  | 364,148 |  |  | 574,410 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  | 116,489 |  |  | 107,301 |
Total settlement assets |  | $ | 773,336 |  |  | $ | 1,013,067 |
Settlement obligations: |  |  |  |
Trade account payables |  | $ | 353,498 |  |  | $ | 504,667 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |  | 419,838 |  |  | 508,400 |
Total settlement obligations |  | $ | 773,336 |  |  | $ | 1,013,067 |
Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of
(in thousands) |  | March 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 709,521 |  |  | $ | 786,081 |  |  | $ | 558,454 |  |  | $ | 385,031 |
Restricted cash |  | 28,953 |  |  | 34,301 |  |  | 34,398 |  |  | 31,237 |
ATM cash |  | 558,580 |  |  | 665,641 |  |  | 421,897 |  |  | 395,378 |
Settlement cash and cash equivalents |  | 256,456 |  |  | 282,188 |  |  | 235,946 |  |  | 273,948 |
Settlement restricted cash |  | 36,243 |  |  | 49,168 |  |  | 40,547 |  |  | 45,358 |
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period |  | $ | 1,589,753 |  |  | $ | 1,817,379 |  |  | $ | 1,291,242 |  |  | $ | 1,130,952 |

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