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Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Other Income And Other Expense Disclosure [Abstract] |
Non-Interest Revenue and Expense Detail | 13. Other Fees and Commissions, Other Revenues and Other Expenses The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions:
|  |  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  |  |  | September 30, |  |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Fees charged to Card Members: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Delinquency fees |  | $ | 238 |  | $ | 221 |  | $ | 712 |  | $ | 653
| Foreign currency conversion fee revenue |  |  | 233 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 691 |  |  | 630
Other customer fees: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Loyalty coalition-related fees |  |  | 120 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 338 |  |  | 332
| Travel commissions and fees |  |  | 104 |  |  | 91 |  |  | 315 |  |  | 273
| Service fees and other(a) |  |  | 103 |  |  | 108 |  |  | 309 |  |  | 324
| Total Other fees and commissions |  | $ | 798 |  | $ | 755 |  | $ | 2,365 |  | $ | 2,212
Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers. The following is a detail of Other revenues:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  |  |  | September 30, |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Global Network Services partner revenues |  | $ | 62 |  | $ | 82 |  | $ | 207 |  | $ | 261
Other(a) |  |  | 272 |  |  | 290 |  |  | 853 |  |  | 851
| Total Other revenues |  | $ | 334 |  | $ | 372 |  | $ | 1,060 |  | $ | 1,112
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, prepaid card and Travelers Cheque-related revenues, earnings from equity method investments (including the GBT JV), and other miscellaneous revenue and fees. Revenue expected to be recognized in future periods related to contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less and contracts wit h variable consideration (e.g. discount revenue) are not required to be disclosed. Non-interest revenue expected to be recognized in future periods through remaining contracts with customers is not material. The following is a detail of Other expenses:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
|  | September 30, |  | September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2017
Occupancy and equipment |  | $ | 489 |  | $ | 567 |  | $ | 1,493 |  | $ | 1,525
Professional services |  |  | 489 |  |  | 494 |  |  | 1,454 |  |  | 1,506
Other(a) |  |  | 382 |  |  | 398 |  |  | 1,160 |  |  | 1,144
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,360 |  | $ | 1,459 |  | $ | 4,107 |  | $ | 4,175
For all periods, O ther expense includes general operating expenses, communication expenses, Card and merchant-related fraud losses, foreign currency-related ga ins and losses, and gains on the sale of equity investments. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, Other expense also includes the loss on a transaction involving the operations of our prepaid reloa dable and gift card business. For both the three and nine month periods, O ther expense also includes, for the current year, gains on the re-measur ement of certain equity investm ents previously carried at cost, and for the prior year, charges related to our U.S. loyalty coalition and prepaid businesses.

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