XML 66 R55.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.20.2

Finance Assets and Lessor Operating Leases (Credit Quality) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended |
--- | --- | ---
Sep. 30, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | $ 1,465,274 | $ 1,606,227
Low |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 30.00% |
Total | $ 936,779 |
Medium |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 40.00% |
Total | $ 239,830 |
High |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Approximate percentage of portfolio | 30.00% |
Total | $ 25,443 |
Not Scored |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 263,222 |
International |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Receivables subject to review | $ 50 |
Percent of applications approved or denied | 80.00% |
Sales-type lease receivables |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
2020 | $ 289,019 |
2019 | 375,065 |
2018 | 278,842 |
2017 | 157,426 |
2016 | 61,388 |
Prior | 21,325 |
Sales-type lease receivables | Low |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
2020 | 187,763 |
2019 | 230,942 |
2018 | 178,224 |
2017 | 101,307 |
2016 | 37,346 |
Prior | 15,488 |
Sales-type lease receivables | Medium |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
2020 | 39,810 |
2019 | 58,779 |
2018 | 42,501 |
2017 | 24,903 |
2016 | 10,491 |
Prior | 3,924 |
Sales-type lease receivables | High |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
2020 | 5,752 |
2019 | 6,219 |
2018 | 4,722 |
2017 | 2,605 |
2016 | 1,344 |
Prior | 184 |
Sales-type lease receivables | Not Scored |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
2020 | 55,694 |
2019 | 79,125 |
2018 | 53,395 |
2017 | 28,611 |
2016 | 12,207 |
Prior | 1,729 |
Sales-type lease receivables | International |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 201,590 | 224,202
Loan receivables |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 282,209 |
Loan receivables | Low |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 185,709 |
Loan receivables | Medium |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 59,422 |
Loan receivables | High |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 4,617 |
Loan receivables | Not Scored |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | 32,461 |
Loan receivables | International |  |
Financing Receivable, Credit Quality Indicator [Line Items] |  |
Total | $ 22,377 | $ 27,926

X
- Definition Financing Receivable Subject To Review + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | pbi_FinancingReceivableSubjectToReview
Namespace Prefix: | pbi_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Financing Receivable Subject To Review, Percent Of Applications Approved Or Denied + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | pbi_FinancingReceivableSubjectToReviewPercentOfApplicationsApprovedOrDenied
Namespace Prefix: | pbi_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Percentage of Portfolio, Risk Designation + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | pbi_PercentageOfPortfolioRiskDesignation
Namespace Prefix: | pbi_
Data Type: | num:percentItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated more than five years prior to current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedFiveOrMoreYearsBeforeLatestFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated four years prior to current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedFourYearsBeforeLatestFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated in current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedInCurrentFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated in fiscal year prior to current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedInFiscalYearBeforeLatestFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated three years prior to current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedThreeYearsBeforeLatestFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Amount of financing receivable originated two years prior to current fiscal year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919232-210447 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableOriginatedTwoYearsBeforeLatestFiscalYear
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivableRecordedInvestmentLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 79 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922352-210448 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121599337&loc=SL82919230-210447 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 326 -SubTopic 20 -Section 55 -Paragraph 80 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121647567&loc=SL82922355-210448 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_NotesReceivableGross
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type: | debit
Period Type: | instant

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis=us-gaap_RiskLevelLowMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis=us-gaap_RiskLevelMediumMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis=us-gaap_RiskLevelHighMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_InternalCreditAssessmentAxis=pbi_NotScoredMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_GeographicDistributionAxis=us-gaap_GeographicDistributionForeignMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivablePortfolioSegmentAxis=us-gaap_FinanceLeasesPortfolioSegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_FinancingReceivablePortfolioSegmentAxis=us-gaap_ConsumerPortfolioSegmentMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |