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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 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 nine months ended September 30:
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(Millions)2021202020212020
Fees charged to Card Members:
Delinquency fees$166 $159 $460 $615 
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue142 86 347 336 
Other customer fees:
Loyalty coalition-related fees123 112 368 309 
Travel commissions and fees74 19 164 84 
Service fees and other (a)
127 102 373 303 
Total Other fees and commissions$632 $478 $1,712 $1,647 
(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 nine months ended September 30:
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
(Millions)2021202020212020
Data processing and equipment (a)
$613 $577 $1,772 $1,690 
Professional services490 421 1,351 1,266 
Net unrealized and realized gains on Amex Ventures equity investments
(142)(66)(773)(116)
Other (b)
257 297 745 908 
Total Other expenses$1,218 $1,229 $3,095 $3,748 
(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)Other 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.