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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 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:
|  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  |  |  | September 30, |  |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  | $ | 207 |  | $ | 213 |  | $ | 610 |  | $ | 646
Delinquency fees |  |  | 183 |  |  | 197 |  |  | 575 |  |  | 586
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 106 |  |  | 100 |  |  | 304 |  |  | 279
Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 89 |  |  | 87 |  |  | 256 |  |  | 271
Service fees |  |  | 71 |  |  | 97 |  |  | 228 |  |  | 279
Other(a) |  |  | 38 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 103 |  |  | 101
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 694 |  | $ | 727 |  | $ | 2,076 |  | $ | 2,162
Other primarily includes revenues from fees related to Membership Rewards programs. The following is a detail of O ther revenues:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 156 |  | $ | 156 |  | $ | 498 |  | $ | 474
Gross realized gains on sale of investment securities |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1
Other(a) |  |  | 326 |  |  | 347 |  |  | 1,011 |  |  | 1,018
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 483 |  | $ | 504 |  | $ | 1,514 |  | $ | 1,493
Other includes revenues arising from net revenue earned on cross-border Card Member spending, insurance premiums earned from Card Member travel and other insurance programs, merchant-related fees, 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:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Professional services |  | $ | 630 |  | $ | 687 |  | $ | 1,862 |  | $ | 1,966
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 429 |  |  | 523 |  |  | 1,332 |  |  | 1,372
Communications |  |  | 68 |  |  | 84 |  |  | 231 |  |  | 257
Card and merchant-related fraud losses |  |  | 67 |  |  | 64 |  |  | 182 |  |  | 247
Gain on sale of HFS portfolios(a) |  |  | ― |  |  | ― |  |  | (1,218) |  |  | ―
Other(b) |  |  | 304 |  |  | 277 |  |  | 999 |  |  | 727
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,498 |  | $ | 1,635 |  | $ | 3,388 |  | $ | 4,569
Refer to Note 2 for additional information. Other expense primarily inclu des general operating expenses, gains and losses on sale s of assets or businesses not classified as discontinued operations, regulatory and litigation-related costs, certain Card Member reimbursements, insurance costs, 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 nine mont hs ended September 30, 2015). In addition, the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes a valuation allowance adjustment associated with loans and receivables HFS.

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