asia-pacific acquisition on july 24 , 2006 , we completed the purchase of a fifty-six percent ownership interest in the merchant acquiring business of the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation limited , or hsbc . this business provides card payment processing services to merchants in the asia-pacific region . the business includes hsbc 2019s payment processing operations in the following ten countries and territories : brunei , china , hong kong , india , macau , malaysia , maldives , singapore , sri lanka and taiwan . under the terms of the agreement , we initially paid hsbc $ 67.2 million in cash to acquire our ownership interest . we paid an additional $ 1.4 million under this agreement during fiscal 2007 , for a total purchase price of $ 68.6 million to acquire our ownership interest . in conjunction with this acquisition , we entered into a transition services agreement with hsbc that may be terminated at any time . under this agreement , we expect hsbc will continue to perform payment processing operations and related support services until we integrate these functions into our own operations , which we expect will be completed in 2010 . the operating results of this acquisition are included in our consolidated statements of income from the date of the acquisition . business description we are a leading payment processing and consumer money transfer company . as a high-volume processor of electronic transactions , we enable merchants , multinational corporations , financial institutions , consumers , government agencies and other profit and non-profit business enterprises to facilitate payments to purchase goods and services or further other economic goals . our role is to serve as an intermediary in the exchange of information and funds that must occur between parties so that a payment transaction or money transfer can be completed . we were incorporated in georgia as global payments inc . in september 2000 , and we spun-off from our former parent company on january 31 , 2001 . including our time as part of our former parent company , we have provided transaction processing services since 1967 . we market our products and services throughout the united states , canada , europe and the asia-pacific region . we operate in two business segments , merchant services and money transfer , and we offer various products through these segments . our merchant services segment targets customers in many vertical industries including financial institutions , gaming , government , health care , professional services , restaurants , retail , universities and utilities . our money transfer segment primarily targets immigrants in the united states and europe . see note 10 in the notes to consolidated financial statements for additional segment information and 201citem 1a 2014risk factors 201d for a discussion of risks involved with our international operations . total revenues from our merchant services and money transfer segments , by geography and sales channel , are as follows ( amounts in thousands ) : .

2007: domestic direct: 558026
canada: 224570
asia-pacific: 48449
central and eastern europe: 51224
domestic indirect and other: 46873
merchant services: 929142
domestic: 115416
europe: 16965
money transfer: 132381
total revenues: 1061523
2006: domestic direct: 481273
canada: 208126
asia-pacific: 2014
central and eastern europe: 47114
domestic indirect and other: 51987
merchant services: 788500
domestic: 109067
europe: 10489
money transfer: 119556
total revenues: 908056
2005: domestic direct: 410047
canada: 175190
asia-pacific: 2014
central and eastern europe: 40598
domestic indirect and other: 62033
merchant services: 687868
domestic: 91448
europe: 5015
money transfer: 96463
total revenues: 784331

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Questions:
what was the portion of total revenues in 2006 made up of merchant services?
and in 2007?

Answers:
87%
88%