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	Mar. 12, 2018	Jan. 15, 2018 BRL (R$)	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017 shares	Jan. 26, 2018 $ / shares shares	Jan. 24, 2018 BRL (R$) R$ / shares
United States of America, Dollars
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Initial offer price per share \| R$ / shares						R$ 21.50
Proceeds received from the shares offered by PagSeguro Digital, excluding charges and underwriting fees, totaled approximately \| R$						R$ 1,100,000
BIVA
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Ownership - %			74.93%	59.31%
Total amount paid for this acquisition \| R$		R$ 4,600
BIVA \| Scenario, Previously Reported
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Ownership - %		75.13%
BIVA \| Acquired an additional
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Ownership - %	0.50%	15.12%
BIVA \| Acquired an additional \| Scenario, Previously Reported
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Ownership - %		15.82%
Class A common shares
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Global offering of shares					121,193,388
Share-based payment arrangement				1,821,043
Class A common shares \| Shares offered by PagSeguro Digital
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Global offering of shares					50,925,642
Initial offer price per share \| $ / shares					$ 21.50
Class A common shares \| Shares were offered by the controlling shareholder UOL
Subsequent events (Details Text)
Global offering of shares					70,267,746