7. Equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets

Refer to Note 9 to the Company's audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2018, for additional information regarding its equity-accounted investments and other long-term assets.

Equity-accounted investments

The Company's ownership percentage in its equity-accounted investments as of December 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018, was as follows:


	December 31,		June 30,
	2018		2018
Bank Frick & Co AG ("Bank Frick")	35	%	35	%
Fanaka Holdings (Pty) Ltd ("Fanaka")	40	%	-
Finbond Group Limited ("Finbond")	29	%	29	%
OneFi Limited (formerly KZ One) ("OneFi")	25	%	25	%
SmartSwitch Namibia (Pty) Ltd ("SmartSwitch Namibia")	50	%	50	%
Speckpack Field Services (Pty) Ltd ("Speckpack")	50	%	50	%
V2 Limited ("V2")	50	%	-
Walletdoc Proprietary Limited ("Walletdoc")	20	%	20	%

Finbond

As of December 31, 2018, the Company owned 267,672,032 shares in Finbond. Finbond is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and its closing price on December 31, 2018, the last trading day of the quarter, was R5.35 per share. The market value of the Company's holding in Finbond on December 31, 2018, was ZAR 1.4 billion ($99.5 million translated at exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2018). On July 11, 2018, the Company, pursuant to its election, received an additional 6,602,551 shares in Finbond as a capitalization share issue in lieu of a dividend.

V2 Limited

On October 4, 2018, the Company acquired a 50% voting and economic interest in V2 Limited ("V2") for $2.5 million. V2 is an Africa-focused technology provider dedicated to providing financial inclusion to the roughly one billion underbanked citizens on the continent. The Company has committed to provide V2 with a further equity contribution of $2.5 million and a working capital facility of $5.0 million, which are both subject to the achievement of certain pre-defined objectives. V2 has licenses for Zapper's quick response ("QR") payment technology as well as the Company's various payment solutions such as UEPS/EMV and mobile virtual card. Zapper's QR technology and payment platform is one of the most advanced and complete QR payment offerings, and it has operations currently in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. V2 will partner with Zapper to launch ZappGroup Africa, a company focused on deploying a universal white-label QR payment solution across the African continent.

Summarized below is the movement in equity-accounted investments during the six months ended December 31, 2018:


		Bank
		Frick			Finbond			Other^(1⁾			Total
Investment in equity:
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	48,129		$	30,958		$	6,092		$	85,179
Acquisition of shares		-			1,920			2,500			4,420
Stock-based compensation		-			77			-			77
Comprehensive income (loss):		(1,805	)		7,305			56			5,556
Other comprehensive income		-			5,430			-			5,430
Equity accounted earnings (loss)		(1,805	)		1,875			56			126
Share of net income		564			1,852			56			2,472
Amortization of acquired intangible assets		(375	)		-			-			(375	)
Deferred taxes on acquired intangible assets		90			-			-			90
Dilution resulting from corporate transactions		-			23			-			23
Other		(2,084	)		-			-			(2,084	)
Dividends received		-			(1,920	)		(454	)		(2,374	)
Return on investment		-			-			(284	)		(284	)
Foreign currency adjustment⁽²⁾		(341	)		(1,712	)		(104	)		(2,157	)
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	45,983		$	36,628		$	7,806		$	90,417

Investment in loans:
Balance as of June 30, 2018	$	-		$	-		$	3,152		$	3,152
Foreign currency adjustment⁽²⁾		-			-			(8	)		(8	)
Balance as of December 31, 2018	$	-		$	-		$	3,144		$	3,144


		Equity		Loans		Total
Carrying amount as of:
June 30, 2018	$	85,179	$	3,152	$	88,331
December 31, 2018	$	90,417	$	3,144	$	93,561

(1) Includes Fanaka, OneFi, SmartSwitch Namibia, Speckpack, V2 and Walletdoc;

(2) The foreign currency adjustment represents the effects of the fluctuations of the South African rand, Swiss franc, Nigerian naira and Namibian dollar, and the U.S. dollar on the carrying value.

Other long-term assets

Summarized below is the breakdown of other long-term assets as of December 31, 2018, and June 30, 2018:


		December 31,		June 30,
		2018		2018

Total equity investments	$	176,051	$	199,865
Investment in 15% of Cell C, at fair value (Note 6)		149,058		172,948
Investment in 12% of MobiKwik⁽¹⁾		26,993		26,917
Total held to maturity investments		9,036		10,395
Investment in 7.625% of Cedar Cellular Investment 1 (RF) (Pty) Ltd 8.625% notes		9,036		10,395
Long-term portion of payments to agents in South Korea amortized over the contract period		14,341		17,582
Long-term portion of other finance loans receivable		12,245		12,283
Contingent purchase consideration		-		9,064
Policy holder assets under investment contracts (Note 9)		593		610
Reinsurance assets under insurance contracts (Note 9)		688		633
Other long-term assets		6,623		5,948
Total other long-term assets	$	219,577	$	256,380

(1) The Company has determined that MobiKwik does not have readily determinable fair value and has therefore elected to recorded this investment at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. The Company accounted for its investment in MobiKwik at cost as of June 30, 2018.

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2018, the Company paid $1.1 million to subscribe for additional shares in MobiKwik. The Company owned approximately 12% of MobiKwik' issued share capital before and after the subscription.

Summarized below are the components of the Company's equity securities without readily determinable fair value and held to maturity investments as of December 31, 2018:


				Unrealized		Unrealized
				holding		holding		Carrying
		Cost basis		gains		losses		value
Equity securities:
Investment in MobiKwik	$	26,993	$	-	$	-	$	26,993
Held to maturity:
Investment in Cedar Cellular notes		9,036		-		-		9,036
Total	$	35,993	$	-	$	-	$	37,591

Summarized below are the components of the Company's held to maturity investments as of June 30, 2018:


				Unrealized		Unrealized
		Cost		holding		holding		Carrying
		basis⁽¹⁾		gains⁽¹⁾		losses		value
Held to maturity:
Investment in Cedar Cellular notes	$	10,395	$	-	$	-	$	10,395
Total	$	10,395	$	-	$	-	$	10,395

(1) An amount of $1.4 million attributed to interest recognized under the Cedar Cellular note was incorrectly included in the unrealized holding gains column as of June 30, 2018, and has been reclassified to the cost basis column.

The Company recognized interest income of $1.2 million and $0.2 million, related to the Cedar Cellular notes during the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company recognized interest income of $1.4 million and $0.2 million, related to the Cedar Cellular notes during the six months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Interest on this investment will only be paid, at Cedar Cellular's election, on maturity in August 2022. The Company's effective interest rate on the Cedar Cellular note is 24.82% as of December 31, 2018.

The Company does not expect to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the Cedar Cellular notes due to a reduction in the amount of future cash flows expected to be collected from the debt security. The Company does not expect to generate any cash flows from the debt security prior to the maturity date in August 2022, and expects to recover approximately $22.0 million at maturity. The Company has calculated the present value of the expected cash flows to be collected from the debt security by discounting these cash flows at the interest rate implicit in the security upon acquisition (at a rate of 24.82%). The present value of the expected cash flows of $9.0 million is less than the amortized cost basis recorded of $11.8 million (before the impairment). Accordingly, the Company recorded an other-than-temporary impairment related to a credit loss of $2.7 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2018. The impairment of $2.7 million is included in interest income, net of impairment in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and six months ended December 31, 2018.

Contractual maturities of held to maturity investments

Summarized below is the contractual maturity of the Company's held to maturity investment as of December 31, 2018:


				Estimated
		Cost		fair
		basis		value⁽¹⁾
Due in one year or less	$	-	$	-
Due in one year through five years		9,036		8,546
Due in five years through ten years		-		-
Due after ten years		-		-
Total	$	9,036	$	8,546

(1) The estimated fair value of the Cedar Cellular note has been calculated utilizing the Company's portion of the security provided to the Company by Cedar Cellular, namely, Cedar Cellular's investment in Cell C.