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Other Fees and Commissions and Other Expenses
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 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 years ended December 31:
(Millions)202120202019
Fees charged to Card Members:
Delinquency fees$637 $772 $1,028 
Foreign currency conversion fee revenue523 433 982 
Other customer fees:
Loyalty coalition-related fees508 435 456 
Travel commissions and fees244 102 424 
Service fees and other (a)
480 421 407 
Total Other fees and commissions$2,392 $2,163 $3,297 
(a)Other includes Membership Rewards program fees that are not related to contracts with customers.
The following is a detail of Other expenses for the years ended December 31:
(Millions)202120202019
Data processing and equipment (a)
$2,431 $2,334 $2,168 
Professional services1,958 1,789 2,091 
Net unrealized and realized gains on Amex Ventures equity investments(767)(152)(77)
Other (b)
1,195 1,354 1,674 
Total Other expenses$4,817 $5,325 $5,856 
(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, non-income taxes, communication expenses, Card Member and merchant-related fraud losses, foreign currency-related gains and losses and litigation expenses.