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Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
Service Fees and Other Revenue and Other Expenses [Abstract] |
Service fees and other revenue | The following is a detail of Service fees and other revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Service fees |  | $ | 375 |  |  | $ | 353 |  |  | $ | 1,114 |  |  | $ | 1,072 |
Foreign currency-related revenue |  | 374 |  |  | 338 |  |  | 1,071 |  |  | 867 |
Delinquency fees |  | 245 |  |  | 211 |  |  | 717 |  |  | 583 |
Travel commissions and fees |  | 183 |  |  | 155 |  |  | 476 |  |  | 374 |
Other fees and revenues |  | 84 |  |  | 112 |  |  | 333 |  |  | 444 |
Total Service fees and other revenue |  | $ | 1,261 |  |  | $ | 1,169 |  |  | $ | 3,711 |  |  | $ | 3,340 |
Other expenses | The following is a detail of Other expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Millions) |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Data processing and equipment |  | $ | 704 |  |  | $ | 651 |  |  | $ | 2,041 |  |  | $ | 1,874 |
Professional services |  | 477 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 1,384 |  |  | 1,473 |
Net unrealized and realized losses on Amex Ventures investments (a) |  | 39 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 145 |  |  | 68 |
Other |  | 385 |  |  | 376 |  |  | 1,143 |  |  | 1,008 |
Total Other expenses |  | $ | 1,605 |  |  | $ | 1,574 |  |  | $ | 4,713 |  |  | $ | 4,423 |
(a)Refer to Note 9 for further information regarding Amex Ventures investments accounted for as equity investments without readily determinable fair values.

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