Mastercard to Offer Cards Aimed at Transgender and Nonbinary People

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plastic card bearing a name that conflicts with their appearance can be stressful. The disconnect may provoke suspicion or hostility, advocates say, turning a simple shopping trip into a minefield.

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I like how this pretends cashiers are suspicious because your card says Josephine and you're obviously Joe in a dress

They're just weirded out and want you to go away

This was on the Portland DMV's drivers license form.

My next card is going to say Filthy Rich Shitlord.

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An all too obvious societal need. Kudos to Mastercard for solving real world problems.

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People in 1969 - "I bet in 50 years cars fly, there is no more disease and we've colonized mars!"

2019 - "We've spent years developing a credit card for guys who want to be girls"

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But soon, cards issued by some banks on the Mastercard network will let customers use their chosen names on payment cards — even if they have not changed their legal names.

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Gonna be funny when a cashier that actually checks IDs won't take their payment because their drivers license says Bruce but their credit card says Kaitlyn


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paying with a plastic card bearing a name that conflicts with their appearance can be stressful. The disconnect may provoke suspicion or hostility, advocates say, turning a simple shopping trip into a minefield.

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I doubt its the name on the card that is the reason the cashier is looking at them funny. Most cashiers never look at the name on the card, but they do notice when a "woman" has a 5 o'clock shadow and an adam's apple

Short mastercard stock because the fraud is going to be massive.

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People in 1969 - "I bet in 50 years cars fly, there is no more disease and we've colonized mars!"

2019 - "We've spent years developing a credit card for guys who want to be girls"

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So what happens when the cashier wants to verify with xyr's ID?