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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
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 fees and commissions for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 200 |  | $ | 195
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  |  | 196 |  |  | 211
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 94 |  |  | 91
Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 80 |  |  | 89
Service fees |  |  | 78 |  |  | 87
Other(a) |  |  | 32 |  |  | 35
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 680 |  | $ | 708
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) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 145 |  | $ | 164
Gross realized gains on sale of investment securities |  |  | 4 |  |  | ―
Other(a) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 304
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 486 |  | $ | 468
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 expenses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Professional services |  | $ | 604 |  | $ | 624
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 465 |  |  | 434
Communications |  |  | 83 |  |  | 88
Card and merchant-related fraud losses |  |  | 58 |  |  | 100
Gain on sale of JetBlue HFS portfolio(a) |  |  | (127) |  |  | ―
Other(b) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 153
| Total Other Expenses |  | $ | 1,420 |  | $ | 1,399
Refer to Note 2 for additional information. Other expense inclu des general operating expenses, gains and 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, the valuation allowance adjustment associated with loans and receivables HFS during the quarter (refer to Note 2), and for eign currency-related gains and losses (including the favorable impact from the reassessment of the functional currency of certain UK legal entities in prior year).

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