Here is the message: Just snapped into www.jcbusa.com and this popup came up: Sounds REALLY POLITICAL - CUBA? Very unusual - what are your thoughts? Remember this is a Japanese company doing biz in the US through a sub JCBUSA??? Here it is: In compliance with an Executive Order issued by the United States President and sanction programs by the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, JCB cardmembers whose cards are issued by JCB International Credit Card Co., Ltd. are obliged to refrain from using their JCB Cards for payment at merchants located in the countries of Burma, Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, North Korea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria, Zimbabwe and certain entities in the Western Balkans. _________________ Arf - DOGMAN