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Divestitures, Investment Activities, and Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Divestitures Investment Activities and Goodwill [Abstract] |
Schedule of Assets and Liabilities Held for Sale | The following table reflects the assets held for sale and associated liabilities of the Business Solutions business in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets (in millions).
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2022 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 5.2 |
Settlement assets |  |  | 74.9 |
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $1.0 |  |  | 0.7 |
Goodwill |  |  | 61.4 |
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $9.8 |  |  | 1.4 |
Other assets |  |  | 118.0 |
Total assets |  | $ | 261.6 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | 18.2 |
Settlement obligations |  |  | 74.9 |
Other liabilities |  |  | 89.4 |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 182.5 |
Schedule of Changes to Goodwill and Accumulated Impairment Losses | The following tables present changes to goodwill for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the accumulated impairment losses as of December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 (in millions):
|  | Consumer Money Transfer |  |  | Business Solutions(a) |  |  | Consumer Services |  |  | Total |
January 1, 2022 goodwill, net |  | $ | 1,980.7 |  |  | $ | 532.0 |  |  | $ | 53.9 |  |  | $ | 2,566.6 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Divestiture(a) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (470.6 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (470.6 | )
December 31, 2022 goodwill, net |  | $ | 1,980.7 |  |  | $ | 61.4 |  |  | $ | 53.9 |  |  | $ | 2,096.0 |
Additions |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Divestiture(a) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61.4 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61.4 | )
December 31, 2023 goodwill, net |  | $ | 1,980.7 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 53.9 |  |  | $ | 2,034.6 |
(a) Related to the Business Solutions divestiture, as described above.
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Goodwill, gross |  | $ | 2,034.6 |  |  | $ | 2,125.6 |  |  | $ | 3,030.6 |
Accumulated impairment losses |  |  | — |  |  |  | (29.6 | ) |  |  | (464.0 | )
Goodwill, net(a) |  | $ | 2,034.6 |  |  | $ | 2,096.0 |  |  | $ | 2,566.6 |
(a) As of December 31, 2022, Goodwill of $61.4 million related to the Company’s Business Solutions business was included in Assets held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets, as further described above. All of the Company’s accumulated impairment losses related to the Business Solutions business.

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