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Commitments and contingencies - Employment agreements and contingent liabilities and acquiring bank sponsorship agreements (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended
	Sep. 01, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Employment agreements
Commitment to pay severance in event of employment termination without cause			$ 1.3	$ 1.2
Commitment to pay severance in event of employment termination upon change of control			1.6	1.4
Fraud related to certain credit card transactions
Employment agreements
Reserves posted by merchants with sponsor bank			1.1
Reserves posted by entity			0.3
Cash reserves required to be posted by merchant, entity			2.2
Contingent liability			0.0	$ 0.0
Bank Sponsorship Agreement
Employment agreements
Contingent liability			$ 0.0
Term of Bank Sponsorship Agreement	5 years	5 years
Bank Sponsorship Agreement \| Financial Guarantee \| Minimum
Employment agreements
Bank sponsorship agreement annual fees in year one	$ 0.3
Bank sponsorship agreement fees final year	0.5
Cost of sales \| Bank Sponsorship Agreement \| Financial Guarantee \| Minimum
Employment agreements
Bank sponsorship agreement fees due	$ 1.8

Represents the total minimum amount of sponsorship fees required to be paid over the term of the bank sponsorship agreement.

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No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the amount of minimum annual fee to be paid in year one under the commitment of the bank sponsorship agreement.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the final minimum annual fee to be paid in year five under the commitment of the bank sponsorship agreement.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the term of the bank sponsorship agreement.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:durationItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Represents the amount of commitment to pay severance in the event of employment termination upon a change of control, as defined in the agreements.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the amount of commitment to pay severance in the event of employment termination without cause, as defined in the agreements.

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No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the amount of cash reserves required to be posted by merchant that are held by the Company.

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No definition available.

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Name:	plpm_LossContingencyCashReservesRequiredToBePostedByMerchantEntity
Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Represents the amount of cash reserves required to be posted by merchant held by the sponsor bank.

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No definition available.

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Namespace Prefix:	plpm_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Amount of loss contingency liability.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 450
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25496072&loc=d3e14326-108349

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Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of an asset, typically cash, provided to a counterparty to provide certain assurance of performance by the entity pursuant to the terms of a written or oral agreement, such as a lease.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.8,17)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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- Details

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- Details

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Balance Type:
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- Details

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- Details

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