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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses [Abstract]  
Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses
The following is a detail of Other fees and commissions for the three and six months ended June 30:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended
June 30,
(Millions)2021202020212020
Fees charged to Card Members:
Delinquency fees$146 $196 $294 $456 
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue109 57 205 250 
Other customer fees:
Loyalty coalition-related fees121 90 245 198 
Travel commissions and fees57 5 90 65 
Service fees and other (a)
127 101 246 200 
Total Other fees and commissions$560 $449 $1,080 $1,169 
(a)Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers.
Revenue expected to be recognized in future periods related to contracts that have an original expected duration of one year or less and contracts with 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 for the three and six months ended June 30:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Six Months Ended
June 30,
(Millions)2021202020212020
Data processing and equipment (a)
$577 $564 $1,159 $1,113 
Professional services458 406 861 845 
Net unrealized gains on Amex Ventures equity investments (b)
(248)(7)(625)(22)
Other (c)
220 267 482 583 
Total Other expenses$1,007 $1,230 $1,877 $2,519 
(a)Effective for the first quarter of 2021, we changed the expense category name from Occupancy and equipment to Data processing and equipment to better reflect the nature and components of the expense.
(b)Represents net unrealized gains on equity investments without a readily determinable fair value.
(c)Other expense primarily includes general operating expenses, communication expenses, non-income taxes, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses, foreign currency-related gains and losses and litigation expenses.