Credit card cards. Merchants often advertise which cards they accept by displaying acceptance marks – generally derived from logos – or this may be communicated in signage in the establishment or in company material (e.g., a restaurant's menu may indicate which credit cards are accepted). Merchants may also communicate this orally, as in "We take (brands X, Y, and Z)" or "We don't take credit cards". The credit card issuer issues a credit card to a customer at the time or after an account has been approved by the credit provider, which need not be the same entity as the card issuer.
Credit card equipment, more specifically "a terabyte of hard disks". Similarly, filmmaker Robert Townsend financed part of "Hollywood Shuffle" using credit cards. Director Kevin Smith funded "Clerks" in part by maxing out several credit cards. Actor Richard Hatch also financed his production of "" partly through his credit cards. Famed hedge fund manager Bruce Kovner began his career (and, later on, his firm Caxton Associates) in financial markets by borrowing from his credit card. UK entrepreneur James Caan (as seen on "Dragons' Den") financed his first business using several credit cards. Travellers from the U.S. had encountered problems abroad because many countries