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Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2022
Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses [Abstract] |
Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses | Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses The following is a detail of Service fees and other revenue for the three months ended March 31:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
(Millions) |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
Service fees |  | $ | 349 |  |  | $ | 340 |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency-related revenue |  | 225 |  |  | 114 |  |  |  |  |
Delinquency fees |  | 179 |  |  | 148 |  |  |  |  |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 88 |  |  | 33 |  |  |  |  |
Other fees and revenues |  | 65 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |
Total Service fees and other revenue |  | $ | 906 |  |  | $ | 638 |  |  |  |  |
The following is a detail of Other expenses for the three months ended March 31:
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
(Millions) |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  |  |  |
Data processing and equipment |  | $ | 600 |  |  | $ | 582 |  |  |  |  |
Professional services |  | 472 |  |  | 403 |  |  |  |  |
Net unrealized and realized losses (gains) on Amex Ventures equity investments |  | 11 |  |  | (384) |  |  |  |  |
Other (a) |  | 315 |  |  | 269 |  |  |  |  |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,398 |  |  | $ | 870 |  |  |  |  |
(a)Other primarily includes general operating expenses, non-income taxes, communication expenses, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses and foreign currency-related gains and losses.

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