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Note 4 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2018	Dec. 26, 2018	Jul. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets				$ 2,313,662	$ 5,413,264
Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Advance and Residual Purchase Agreement [Member]
Percentage of Portfolio Residuals Ownership			80.00%
Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Transactional Services Portfolios [Member]
Monthly Net Residual Income, Minimum Threshold			$ 120,000
Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Transactional Services Portfolios [Member] | Universal Partners, LLC [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total			$ 2,700,000
Business Combination, Advance Period			2 years
Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Transactional Services Portfolios [Member] | Argus Merchant Services, LLC and Treasury Payments, LLC [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total		$ 1,426,000
Business Combination, Advance Period		2 years
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 1,150,000
Universal Partners, LLC [Member] | Advance and Residual Purchase Agreement [Member]
Percentage of Portfolio Residuals Ownership			20.00%
Residual Buyouts [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life				4 years
Residual Buyouts [Member] | Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Transactional Services Portfolios [Member] | Universal Partners, LLC [Member]
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets					2,500,000
Residual Buyouts [Member] | Unified Portfolio Acquisitions, LLC [Member] | Transactional Services Portfolios [Member] | Argus Merchant Services, LLC and Treasury Payments, LLC [Member]
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets					$ 1,200,000
Client Acquisition Costs [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Asset, Useful Life				4 years	4 years
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets				$ 1,900,000	$ 1,600,000

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Amount of consideration transferred, consisting of acquisition-date fair value of assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interest issued by the acquirer.

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