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Business segment information (Details) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) customers | Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($) customers
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | $ 536,471 | $ 534,955
Depreciation and amortization expense |  | (35,279) | (41,747)
Interest expense |  | (31,266) | (30,809)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest |  | 35 | 27
Restructuring and integration expense |  | (8,420) | (14,737)
Share-based compensation expense |  | (5,459) | (5,121)
Certain legal and environmental expense |  | (512) | (300)
Gain on sale of businesses and long-lived assets |  | 0 | 8,581
Income before income taxes |  | 19,269 | 16,352
Operating segments [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 536,471 | 534,955
Other segment items |  | (391,280) | (390,796)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 145,191 | 144,159
Operating segments [Member] | Merchant Services [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 97,769 | 96,477
Other segment items |  | (76,391) | (75,040)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 21,378 | 21,437
Operating segments [Member] | B2B Payments [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 70,155 | 69,418
Other segment items |  | (56,833) | (56,157)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 13,322 | 13,261
Operating segments [Member] | Data Solutions [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 77,227 | 59,712
Other segment items |  | (57,534) | (44,843)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 19,693 | 14,869
Operating segments [Member] | Print [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 291,304 | 303,334
Other segment items |  | (200,470) | (212,378)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 90,834 | 90,956
Operating segments [Member] | Total reportable segments [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue |  | 536,455 | 528,941
Other segment items |  | (391,228) | (388,418)
Adjusted EBITDA |  | 145,227 | 140,523
Operating segments [Member] | All Other [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Revenue | [1] | 16 | 6,014
Other segment items | [1] | (52) | (2,378)
Adjusted EBITDA | [1] | (36) | 3,636
Corporate operations [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ (45,021) | $ (43,701)
Customer concentration risk [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Number of customers | customers |  | 0 | 0
Customer concentration risk [Member] | Total revenue benchmark [Member] | Major Customers [Member] |  |  |
Business segment information [Line Items] |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  | 10.00% | 10.00%
[1] | Includes the payroll and human resources services business, which we substantially exited during 2024 (Note 6)

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