Other Non-Interest Income and Expense

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other non-interest income and expense totals are presented in the following tables. Components of these totals exceeding 1% of the aggregate of total net interest income and total non-interest income for any of the years presented are stated separately.



	2018		2017		2016
Other non-interest income:
Other	$	46,790	$	37,222	$	41,144
Total	$	46,790	$	37,222	$	41,144
Other non-interest expense:
Professional services	$	35,941	$	27,968	$	26,664
Advertising, promotions and public relations	32,514		29,337		27,677
Travel/meals and entertainment	15,030		15,066		14,393
Check card expense	4,744		16,501		19,442
Other	85,309		86,417		90,812
Total	$	173,538	$	175,289	$	178,988

As discussed in Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, a new accounting standard adopted in 2018 requires us to report network costs associated with debit card and ATM transactions netted against the related fee income from such transactions. Previously, such network costs were reported as a component of check card expense and included in other non-interest expense. In 2018, network costs totaling $11.9 million are reported as a component of interchange and debit card transaction fees in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Income rather than as a component of check card expense in the table above. For 2017 and 2016, network costs totaling $11.9 million and $12.9 million, respectively, were reported as a component of check card expense in the table above.

In the ordinary course of business, we transact with certain directors and/or their affiliates. Payments for services provided totaled $568 thousand in 2018, $833 thousand in 2017 and $113 thousand in 2016.