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Reserves for Losses | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Reserves For Losses Card Member Loans and Receivables Disclosure [Abstract] |
Reserve for Losses | 4. Reserves for Losses Reserves for losses relating to Card Member loans and receivables represent management’s best estimate of the probable inherent losses in the Company’s outstanding por tfolio of loans and receivables as of the balance sheet date. Management’s evaluation process requires certain estimates and judgments. This Note is presented excluding amounts associated with the Card Member loans an d receivables HFS as of March 31, 2016; the Company did not have a ny Card Member loans and receivables HFS as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Changes in Card Member Loans Reserve for Losses The following table presents changes in the Card Member loans reserve for losses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 1,223 |  | $ | 1,028
| Provisions(a) |  |  | 337 |  |  | 227
| Net write-offs(b) |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Principal |  |  | (272) |  |  | (214)
|  | Interest and fees |  |  | (51) |  |  | (40)
| Other(c) |  |  | 11 |  |  | 11
Balance, March 31 |  | $ | 1,248 |  | $ | 1,012
Provisions for principal, interest and fee reserve components. Principal write-offs are presented less recoveries of $100 million and $88 million, and include net write-offs from TDRs of $12 million and $13 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Recoveries of interest and fees were de minimis. Includes foreign currency translation adjustments of $7 million and $2 million and other adjustments of $4 million and $2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The three months ended March 31, 2016 also includes reserves of $7 million associated wi th $20 million of retained Card Member loans reclassified from HFS to held for investment. Card Member Loans Evaluated Individually and Collectively for Impairment The following table presents Card Member loans evaluated individually and collectively for impairment and related reserves as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Card Member loans evaluated individually for impairment(a) |  | $ | 345 |  | $ | 346
Related reserves (a) |  | $ | 60 |  | $ | 60
Card Member loans evaluated collectively for impairment(b) |  | $ | 63,223 |  | $ | 64,919
Related reserves (b) |  | $ | 1,188 |  | $ | 1,163
Represents loans modified as a TDR and related reserves. Represents current loans and loans less than 90 days past due, loans over 90 days past due and accruing interest, and non-accrual loans. The reserves include the quantitative results of analytical models that are specific to individual pools of loans, and reserves for internal and external qualitative risk factors that apply to loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment. Changes in Card Member Receivables Reserve for Losses The following table presents changes in the Card Member receivables reserve for losses for the three months ended March 31:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Balance, January 1 |  | $ | 467 |  | $ | 462
| Provisions(a) |  |  | 213 |  |  | 169
| Net write-offs(b) |  |  | (194) |  |  | (186)
| Other(c) |  |  | 5 |  |  | 1
Balance, March 31 |  | $ | 491 |  | $ | 446
Provisions for principal and fee reserve components. P rincipal and fee components are presented less recoveries of $93 million and $101 million, including net write-offs from TDRs of $6 million and $10 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Includes foreign currency translation adjustments of $9 and $2 million and other adjustments of $(4) million and $(1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Card Member Receivables Evaluated Individually and Collectively for Impairment The following table presents Card Member receivables evaluated individually and col lectively for impairment, and related reserves, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
(Millions) |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Card Member receivables evaluated individually for impairment(a) |  | $ | 60 |  | $ | 55
Related reserves (a) |  | $ | 28 |  | $ | 28
Card Member receivables evaluated collectively for impairment |  | $ | 47,585 |  | $ | 47,253
Related reserves (b) |  | $ | 463 |  | $ | 439
Represents receivables modified as a TDR and related reserves. The reserves include the quantitative results of analytical models that are specific to individual pools of receivables, and reserves for internal and external qualitative risk factors that apply to receivables that are collectively evaluated for impairment.

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