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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Other Income And Other Expense Disclosure [Abstract] |
Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 13. Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016
Delinquency fees |  | $ | 214 |  | $ | 200
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  |  | 199 |  |  | 196
Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 102 |  |  | 94
Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 84 |  |  | 80
Other(a) |  |  | 114 |  |  | 110
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 713 |  | $ | 680
Other primarily includes s ervice fees and fees related to Membership Rewards programs. The following is a detail of Other revenues for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 156 |  | $ | 145
Other(a) |  |  | 253 |  |  | 341
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 409 |  | $ | 486
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, revenues related to the GBT JV transition services agreement, p repaid card and Travelers Cheque-related revenues, 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) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Professional services |  | $ | 512 |  | $ | 604
Occupancy and equipment |  |  | 475 |  |  | 465
Communications |  |  | 63 |  |  | 83
Gain on sale of JetBlue HFS portfolio(a) |  |  | ― |  |  | (127)
Other(b) |  |  | 357 |  |  | 395
| Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,407 |  | $ | 1,420
Refer to Note 2 for additional information. Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, Card and merchant-related fraud losses, foreign currency-related gains and losses, certain loyalty coalition-related expenses and insurance costs. In addition, f or the three months ended March 31, 2016, Other expenses includes the valuation allowance adjustment associated with loans and receivables HFS.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 225 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3,6,7,9) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688 + Details
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