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REVENUES | REVENUES Revenue by Category The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by LOB:
(1) Other includes: recurring monitoring fees of a rated debt obligation and/or entities that issue such obligations as well as fees from programs such as commercial paper, medium term notes, and ICRA corporate finance revenue. (2) Subsequent to the divestiture of MAKS in 2019, revenue from the MALS reporting unit, which previous to 2020 was reported in the PS LOB, will now be reported as part of the RD&A LOB. Prior periods have not been reclassified as the amounts were not material. The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by LOB and geographic area:
(1) Subsequent to the divestiture of MAKS in 2019, the RD&A LOB now includes revenue from Moody's Analytics Learning Solutions (MALS) beginning in the first quarter of 2020. MALS revenue was previously reported as part of the PS LOB and prior year revenue by LOB has not been reclassified as the amounts were not material. The following table presents the Company’s reportable segment revenues disaggregated by segment and geographic region:
The following tables summarize the split between transaction and relationship revenue. In the MIS segment, excluding MIS Other, transaction revenue represents the initial rating of a new debt issuance as well as other one-time fees while relationship revenue represents the recurring monitoring fees of a rated debt obligation and/or entities that issue such obligations, as well as revenue from programs such as commercial paper, medium-term notes and shelf registrations. In MIS Other, transaction revenue represents revenue from professional services and outsourcing engagements and relationship revenue represents subscription-based revenues. In the MA segment, relationship revenue represents subscription-based revenues and software maintenance revenue. Transaction revenue in MA represents perpetual software license fees and revenue from software implementation services, risk management advisory projects, training and certification services, and outsourced research and analytical engagements.
(1) Revenue from software implementation services and risk management advisory projects, while classified by management as transactional revenue, is recognized over time under the New Revenue Accounting Standard (please also refer to the following table). The following table presents the timing of revenue recognition:
Unbilled receivables, deferred revenue and remaining performance obligations Unbilled receivables At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, accounts receivable, net included $404 million and $346 million, respectively, of unbilled receivables, net related to the MIS segment. Certain MIS arrangements contain contractual terms whereby the customers are billed in arrears for annual monitoring services, requiring revenue to be accrued as an unbilled receivable as such services are provided. In addition, for certain MA arrangements, the timing of when the Company has the unconditional right to consideration and recognizes revenue occurs prior to invoicing the customer. Consequently, at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, accounts receivable, net included $59 million and $53 million, respectively, of unbilled receivables, net related to the MA segment. Deferred revenue The Company recognizes deferred revenue when a contract requires a customer to pay consideration to the Company in advance of when revenue related to that contract is recognized. This deferred revenue is relieved when the Company satisfies the related performance obligation and revenue is recognized. Significant changes in the deferred revenue balances during the three months ended March 31, 2020 are as follows:
The increase in deferred revenue during both the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 is primarily due to the significant portion of contract renewals that occur during the first quarter within both segments. Remaining performance obligations Remaining performance obligations in the MIS segment largely reflect deferred revenue related to monitoring fees for certain structured finance products, primarily CMBS, where the issuers can elect to pay the monitoring fees for the life of the security in advance. As of March 31, 2020, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $136 million. The Company expects to recognize into revenue approximately 20% of this balance within one year, approximately 50% of this balance between one to five years and the remaining amount thereafter. With respect to the remaining performance obligations for the MIS segment, the Company has applied a practical expedient set forth in ASC Topic 606 permitting the omission from the amounts stated above relating to unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less. Remaining performance obligations in the MA segment include both amounts recorded as deferred revenue on the balance sheet as of March 31, 2020 as well as amounts not yet invoiced to customers as of March 31, 2020, largely reflecting future revenue related to signed multi-year arrangements for hosted and installed subscription based products. As of March 31, 2020, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was approximately $2.0 billion. The Company expects to recognize into revenue approximately 70% of this balance within one year, approximately 20% of this balance between one to two years and the remaining amount thereafter.
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