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Other Investments (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Components of other investments | The following table presents the components of Other investments, net:
|  | As of
|  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Other investments, net: |  |  |  |
Equity method investments |  | $ | 151,899 |  |  | $ | 166,209 |
Other equity investments |  | 34,104 |  |  | 66,627 |
Other debt investments, net |  | 98,235 |  |  | 92,569 |
Total other investments, net |  | $ | 284,238 |  |  | $ | 325,405 |
The following table presents revenue recognized:
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Deluxe |  | $ | 1,067 |  |  | $ | 878 |  |  | $ | 3,340 |  |  | $ | 2,632 |
BCS |  | $ | 2,190 |  |  | $ | 1,690 |  |  | $ | 6,643 |  |  | $ | 6,236 |
The following table presents trade accounts receivable:
|  | As of
|  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Deluxe |  | $ | 750 |  |  | $ | 631 |
BCS |  | $ | 6,981 |  |  | $ | 5,171 |
The following table presents reductions to the carrying amount of our investments based on circumstances that indicated the fair value of the investments was less than their carrying amount:
|  | For the three months ended September 30, |  | For the nine months ended September 30,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Loss (gain) on investments, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 29,833 |  |  | $ | 28,653 |
The following table presents our other debt investments, net:
|  | As of
|  | September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Other debt investments, net: |  |  |  |
Cost basis |  | $ | 110,893 |  |  | $ | 102,878 |
Discount |  | (10,243) |  |  | (10,309) |
Allowance for credit losses |  | (2,415) |  |  | — |
Total other debt investments, net |  | $ | 98,235 |  |  | $ | 92,569 |
Allowance for credit loss | The following table presents the activity in our allowance for credit losses for these investments:
|  | For the nine months ended September 30, 2020
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | — |
Credit losses(1) |  | 2,415 |
Deductions |  | — |
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 2,415 |
(1) The impact of adopting ASC 326 on January 1, 2020 was a $2.1 million adjustment to Accumulated earnings (losses).
Interest income | The following table presents the interest income, net related to our other debt investments, net:
|  | For the three months ended September 30, 2020 |  | For the nine months ended September 30, 2020
Interest income, net |  |  |  |
Interest income |  | $ | 3,764 |  |  | $ | 10,668 |
Credit losses |  | (93) |  |  | (269) |
Total interest income, net |  | $ | 3,671 |  |  | $ | 10,399 |

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