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   Big Bank Now Offers Ten New ‘Gender Neutral’ Titles For Credit Cards   
      
   A global bank has rolled out ten new gender-neutral titles for   
   customers who don’t want to use traditional gender identifiers on their   
   credit cards.   
      
   Familiar monikers like Mr, Mrs and Miss have now been joined by a host of   
   terms including Ind, Sai, Myr and even Mre, which is short for “mystery”.   
      
   HSBC, a UK-based bank which has branches in 70 countries, including the USA,   
   made the change after pressure from campaigners. The new terms will be used on   
   all banking correspondence as well as being printed on credit and debit cards.   
      
   They also changed internal regulations to make it easier for existing   
   customers to swap gender in the bank’s internal systems.   
      
   A spokesman for the bank said the variants, listed in full below, would help   
   trans customers “feel confident” in an organisation which has been taught   
   to “better understand them”.   
       
   Before the change, the bank limited customers to Mr, Mrs and Miss, as well as   
   professional variants like Dr and Reverend.   
      
   Here are the new titles in full:   
      
      
   Mx (pronounced “mix” or “mux”)   
   Ind (abbreviation of “individual”)   
   M (a gender-neutral variant of Mr/Miss/Mrs)   
    Misc (“miscellaneous”)   
   Mre (“mystery”)   
   Msr (a mix of “miss” and sir”)   
   Myr (pronounced “meer”)   
   Pr (pronounced “per” – short for “person”)   
   Sai (pronounced “sigh” – used predominantly in Asia)   
    Ser (pronounced “sair” – used in Latin America)   
      
   The change follows efforts from other banks to cater to customers with   
   non-traditional gender identities.   
      
   Metro Bank, an institution based mainly in London, scored a publicity coup   
   last November by adding a “nonbinary” gender option and introducing the   
   title “Mx”.   
      
   In 2014, the Royal Bank of Scotland stopped asking customers for their   
   mother’s maiden name as a security answer – in case they had two fathers.   
   They also introduced “Mx” for customers.   
      
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