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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Other Cost And Expense Disclosure Operating (Tables) [Abstract] |
Details of other commissions and fees | The following is a deta il of Other fees and commissions:
|  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended
|  |  |  |  | June 30, |  |  | June 30,
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | $ | 207 |  | $ | 222 |  | $ | 403 |  | $ | 433
Delinquency fees |  |  | 192 |  |  | 194 |  |  | 392 |  |  | 389
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 104 |  |  | 88 |  |  | 198 |  |  | 179
Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 87 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 167 |  |  | 184
Service fees |  |  | 79 |  |  | 95 |  |  | 157 |  |  | 182
Other(a) |  |  | 33 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 65 |  |  | 68
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 702 |  | $ | 727 |  | $ | 1,382 |  | $ | 1,435
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) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 197 |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 342 |  | $ | 318
Gross realized gains on sale of investment securities |  |  | ― |  |  | ― |  |  | 4 |  |  | ―
Other(a) |  |  | 348 |  |  | 366 |  |  | 685 |  |  | 671
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 545 |  | $ | 521 |  | $ | 1,031 |  | $ | 989
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) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Professional services |  | $ | 628 |  | $ | 655 |  | $ | 1,232 |  | $ | 1,279
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 438 |  |  | 415 |  |  | 903 |  |  | 849
Communications |  |  | 80 |  |  | 85 |  |  | 163 |  |  | 173
Card and merchant-related fraud losses |  |  | 57 |  |  | 83 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 183
Gain on sale of HFS portfolios(a) |  |  | (1,091) |  |  | ― |  |  | (1,218) |  |  | ―
Other(b) |  |  | 358 |  |  | 297 |  |  | 695 |  |  | 450
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 470 |  | $ | 1,535 |  | $ | 1,890 |  | $ | 2,934
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 (refer to Note 2), and foreign currency-relat ed 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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