First Data 2007 Annual Report Download - page 32

Year ended
December 31,
2007
Year ended
December 31,
2006
Year ended
December 31,
2005
Year ended
December 31,
2004
Year ended
December 31,
2003
Summary operating data:
At year-end—
Domestic active card accounts on file (in millions) (d) 128.3 116.8 91.9 99.7 106.2
International card accounts on file (in millions) (e) 73.8 48.3 30.9 31.5 30.9
For the year—
Domestic merchant transactions (in millions) (f) 28,447.7 25,499.9 22,546.7 19,107.1 11,702.8
Domestic debit issuer transactions (in millions) (g) 10,450.6 9,407.4 7,908.1 6,818.9 2,605.9
International transactions (in millions) (h) 5,476.0 4,591.6 2,816.0 1,885.6 1,266.9
(a) Operating expenses include Cost of services; Cost of products sold; Selling, general and administrative; and Reimbursable debit network fees, postage
and other.
(b) Other operating expenses include Restructuring, net; Impairments; Litigation and regulatory settlements; and Other charges.
(c) Other income (expense) includes Investment gains and losses; Derivative financial instruments gains and losses; Divestitures, net; Debt repayment
gains and losses; and Non-operating foreign exchange loss.
(d) Domestic active card accounts on file include bankcard and retail customer accounts that had a balance or any monetary posting or authorization
activity during the month.
(e) International card accounts on file include bankcard and retail accounts.
(f) Domestic merchant transactions include acquired VISA and MasterCard credit and signature debit, PIN-debit, electronic benefits transactions ("EBT"),
and processed-only or gateway customer transactions at the point of sale ("POS"). Domestic merchant transactions also include acquired ATM
transactions, gateway transactions at ATMs, and STAR PIN-debit POS transactions received from other acquirers.
(g) Domestic debit issuer transactions include VISA and MasterCard signature debit, STAR ATM, STAR PIN-debit POS and ATM, and PIN-debit POS
gateway transactions.
(h) International transactions include VISA, MasterCard and other card association merchant acquiring and switching, and debit issuer transactions for
clients outside the U.S. Transactions include credit, signature debit and PIN-debit POS, POS gateway and ATM transactions. Transactions for prior
years have been adjusted to conform to current year presentation.
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