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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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Details of other commissions and fees | The following is a detail of O ther commissions and fees for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | $ | 852 |  | $ | 877 |  | $ | 877
Delinquency fees |  |  | 788 |  |  | 722 |  |  | 667
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 379 |  |  | 383 |  |  | 310
Service fees |  |  | 361 |  |  | 366 |  |  | 375
Other(a) |  |  | 137 |  |  | 160 |  |  | 185
| Total Other commissions and fees |  | $ | 2,517 |  | $ | 2,508 |  | $ | 2,414
Other primarily include s revenu es from fees related to M embership R ewards programs.
Details of other revenues | The following is a detail of Other revenues for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Gain on sale of investment in Concur Technologies |  | $ | ― |  | $ | 744 |  | $ | ―
Global Network Services partner revenues |  |  | 640 |  |  | 694 |  |  | 650
Gross realized gains on sale of investment securities |  |  | 1 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 136
Other(a) |  |  | 1,392 |  |  | 1,451 |  |  | 1,488
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 2,033 |  | $ | 2,989 |  | $ | 2,274
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 insura nce 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 for the years ended December 31:
(Millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Professional services |  | $ | 2,750 |  | $ | 3,008 |  | $ | 3,102
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 1,854 |  |  | 1,807 |  |  | 1,904
Goodwill and long-lived asset impairment(a) |  |  | 384 |  |  | ― |  |  | ―
Card and merchant-related fraud losses(b) |  |  | 308 |  |  | 369 |  |  | 278
Communications |  |  | 345 |  |  | 383 |  |  | 379
Gain on business travel joint venture transaction |  |  | ― |  |  | (630) |  |  | ―
Other(c) |  |  | 1,152 |  |  | 1,152 |  |  | 1,133
| Total Other expenses |  | $ | 6,793 |  | $ | 6,089 |  | $ | 6,796
Refer to Note 2 for additional information. Beginning January 1, 2015, merchant-related fraud losses 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 settlements, certain loyalty coalition-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 year ended December 31, 2015). Effective December 1, 2015, Other expenses includes the valuation allowance adjustment associated with the HFS portfolios.

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