Some hotels and rental car services only accept credit cards because it's easier, cheaper, and less of a risk to them than check cards.

有些酒店和汽车租赁公司只接受信用卡，因为它比支票卡更容易、更便宜，风险也更小。

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Carry large bills: Carry only large bills and leave your credit and debit CARDS at home.

带大钞出门：只带大钞出门，把你的信用卡或借记卡留在家里。

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Today, mobile phones are more prevalent than cars (about 800 million registered vehicles in the world) and credit CARDS (only 1.4 billion of those).

如今，手机已经比汽车和信用卡更为普遍(世界上登记的汽车有8亿辆，而信用卡只有14亿)。

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The government then ordered banks to keep ATMs stocked since cash and credit cards were the only remaining methods of transacting.

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"HSBC, NatWest and RBS will only offer new credit cards or unsecured loans to their current account customers, " he said.

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In countries such as France, Belgium, Switzerland, Britain and the Netherlands, chip-and-pin credit cards are often the only ones accepted at unmanned machines in subway stations, train stations, bike sharing kiosks, parking meters, gas stations, parking garages and other transportation terminals.

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