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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2015
Other Cost And Expense Disclosure Operating (Tables) [Abstract] |
Details of other commissions and fees | The following is a deta il of Other commissions and fees:
|  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  |  | June 30, |  |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | $ | 222 |  | $ | 227 |  | $ | 433 |  | $ | 440
Delinquency fees |  |  | 194 |  |  | 174 |  |  | 389 |  |  | 355
Loyalty Partner-related fees |  |  | 88 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 179 |  |  | 186
Service fees |  |  | 95 |  |  | 90 |  |  | 182 |  |  | 180
Other(a) |  |  | 33 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 68 |  |  | 81
| Total Other commissions and fees |  | $ | 632 |  | $ | 624 |  | $ | 1,251 |  | $ | 1,242
Other primarily includes revenues from fees related to Membership Rewards programs.
Details of other revenues | The following is a detail of O ther revenues:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  | June 30, |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 181 |  | $ | 318 |  | $ | 339
Net realized gains on investment securities |  |  | ― |  |  | 41 |  |  | ― |  |  | 80
Other(a) |  |  | 366 |  |  | 363 |  |  | 671 |  |  | 667
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 521 |  | $ | 585 |  | $ | 989 |  | $ | 1,086
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.
Detail of other, net expense | The following is a detail of Other expenses:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30, |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Professional services |  | $ | 655 |  | $ | 817 |  | $ | 1,279 |  | $ | 1,509
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 415 |  |  | 467 |  |  | 849 |  |  | 929
Card and merchant-related fraud losses(a) |  |  | 83 |  |  | 102 |  |  | 183 |  |  | 186
Communications |  |  | 85 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 173 |  |  | 194
Gain on business travel joint venture transaction |  |  | ― |  |  | (626) |  |  | ― |  |  | (626)
Other(b) |  |  | 297 |  |  | 387 |  |  | 450 |  |  | 605
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,535 |  | $ | 1,248 |  | $ | 2,934 |  | $ | 2,797
Beginning January 1, 2015, merchant-related fraud l osses are reported within Other 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 set tlements, certain Loyalty Partner-related expenses and foreign currency-related gains and losses (including the favorable impact from the reassessment of the functional currency of certai n UK legal entities in the six month s ended June 30, 2015).

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