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Note 3 - Notes Receivable
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Financing Receivables [Text Block]
 
3.
NOTES RECEIVABLE
 
During the quarter ended
September 30, 2017,
we entered into a Loan Agreement with a privately-held identity and professional services company with ties to the FinTech industry. We committed to lend up to
$1,500,000
all of which has been advanced. During
2018,
we advanced
$550,000
on
three
separate simple Promissory Note(s). As discussed in Note
4,
we converted the Loan Agreement and all outstanding Promissory Notes to an equity ownership of
40
percent of the company. At the same time, we entered into and advanced a
$1,000,000
Loan Agreement that bears interest at the rate of
6.0
percent annually with a maturity date of
June 2021.
In
October 2019
and
January 2020,
we entered into Loan Agreements and advanced an additional
$500,000
and
$1,000,000,
respectively, that bears interest at the rate of
6.0
percent annually with maturity dates of
October 2021
and
January 2022,
respectively. In
January 2021,
we deferred payment of these Loans to
December 2023
and have therefore classified the Loans as long-term.
 
In the quarter ended
March 31, 2018,
we entered into a Convertible Loan Agreement with a private limited India based company in the FinTech industry. We committed to lend up to
$435,000
with an initial advance of
$235,000.
The loan bears interest at the rate of
5.0
percent annually with the maturity date on the
third
anniversary of funding of such Promissory Note. We are entitled to convert the principal on the initial note for up to
ten
percent ownership of shares of the company. For the quarter ended
March 31, 2020,
we have determined that the principal and interest is likely
not
collectible and therefore recorded a valuation allowance of
$259,000,
included in investment loss on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
 
In
February 2021,
we entered into and advanced a
$550,000
Promissory Note with a privately held technology company and program manager in the FinTech industry, discussed further below in Note
4.
The note bears interest at the rate of
4.6
percent annually with the maturity date of
October 2023.