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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail

3 Months Ended

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 detail 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 Other 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 Other, 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 Other, net expenses.
• Other expense includes 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 reassessment of the functional currency of certain UK legal entities in the three months ended March 31, 2015).

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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.

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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

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