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REVENUES (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of Disaggregation of Revenue | The following tables present a disaggregation of our revenue from contracts with customers by distribution channel for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
| North America |  | Europe |  | Asia-Pacific |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Direct: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Relationship-led | $ | 271,411 |  |  | $ | 97,041 |  |  | $ | 33,420 |  |  | $ | 401,872 |
Technology-enabled | 341,241 |  |  | 45,828 |  |  | 28,327 |  |  | 415,396 |
| 612,652 |  |  | 142,869 |  |  | 61,747 |  |  | 817,268 |
Wholesale | 65,771 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 65,771 |
| $ | 678,423 |  |  | $ | 142,869 |  |  | $ | 61,747 |  |  | $ | 883,039 |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
| North America |  | Europe |  | Asia-Pacific |  | Total
| (in thousands)
Direct: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Relationship-led | $ | 226,420 |  |  | $ | 92,214 |  |  | $ | 35,242 |  |  | $ | 353,876 |
Technology-enabled | 283,358 |  |  | 51,063 |  |  | 22,429 |  |  | 356,850 |
| 509,778 |  |  | 143,277 |  |  | 57,671 |  |  | 710,726 |
Wholesale | 84,251 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 84,251 |
| $ | 594,029 |  |  | $ | 143,277 |  |  | $ | 57,671 |  |  | $ | 794,977 |
Schedule of Supplemental Balance Sheet Information | Supplemental balance sheet information related to contracts from customers as of March 31, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:
| Balance Sheet Location |  | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
|  |  | (in thousands)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |
Capitalized costs to obtain customer contracts, net | Other noncurrent assets |  | $ | 201,896 |  |  | $ | 194,616 |
Capitalized costs to fulfill customer contracts, net | Other noncurrent assets |  | $ | 16,282 |  |  | $ | 12,954 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Contract liabilities, net (current) | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | $ | 140,808 |  |  | $ | 146,947 |
Contract liabilities, net (noncurrent) | Other noncurrent liabilities |  | $ | 9,045 |  |  | $ | 8,595 |

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