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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Other Income And Other Expense Disclosure [Abstract] |
Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 13. Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail The following is a deta il of Other commissions and fees for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | $ | 211 |  | $ | 213
Delinquency fees |  |  | 195 |  |  | 181
Loyalty Partner-related fees |  |  | 91 |  |  | 91
Service fees |  |  | 87 |  |  | 90
Other(a) |  |  | 35 |  |  | 43
| Total Other commissions and fees |  | $ | 619 |  | $ | 618
Other primarily includes revenues from fees related to Membership Rewards programs. The following is a detail of O ther revenues for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 164 |  | $ | 158
Net realized gains on investment securities |  |  | - |  |  | 39
Other(a) |  |  | 304 |  |  | 304
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 468 |  | $ | 501
Other includes revenues arising from net revenue earned on cross-border Card Member spending, merchant-related fees, insurance premiums earned from Card Member travel and other insurance programs, Travelers Cheques-related revenues, revenues related to the GBT JV transition services agreement, earnings from equity method investments (including the GBT JV) and other miscellaneous revenue and fees. The following is a detail of O ther, net expenses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Professional services |  | $ | 624 |  | $ | 692
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 434 |  |  | 462
Card and merchant-related fraud losses (a) |  |  | 100 |  |  | 84
Communications |  |  | 88 |  |  | 93
Other(b) |  |  | 153 |  |  | 218
| Total Other, net |  | $ | 1,399 |  | $ | 1,549
Beginning January 1, 2015, merchant-related fraud losses are reported within O ther, net expenses. Other expense inclu des general operating expenses, gains (losses) on sale of assets or businesses not classified as discontinued operations, litigation, certain internal and regulatory review-related reimbursements and insurance costs or settlements, investment impairments certain Loyalty Partner-related expenses and foreign currency-related gains and losses, (including the favorable impact from the reasse ssment of the functional currency of certain UK legal entities in the three months ended March 31, 2015).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 03 -Paragraph 3, 6, 7, 9 -Article 5 + Details
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