Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


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 ) : . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>2007</td><td>2006</td><td>2005</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>domestic direct</td><td>$ 558026</td><td>$ 481273</td><td>$ 410047</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>canada</td><td>224570</td><td>208126</td><td>175190</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>asia-pacific</td><td>48449</td><td>2014</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>central and eastern europe</td><td>51224</td><td>47114</td><td>40598</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>domestic indirect and other</td><td>46873</td><td>51987</td><td>62033</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>merchant services</td><td>929142</td><td>788500</td><td>687868</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>domestic</td><td>115416</td><td>109067</td><td>91448</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>europe</td><td>16965</td><td>10489</td><td>5015</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>money transfer</td><td>132381</td><td>119556</td><td>96463</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>total revenues</td><td>$ 1061523</td><td>$ 908056</td><td>$ 784331</td></tr></table> .
Question: what was the portion of total revenues in 2006 made up of merchant services?
Answer: 0.86834
Question: and in 2007?

0.87529