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Pride Bank comes out today
As Brazil’s first LGBTQ-oriented bank, Pride Bank will open to the public today after almost one year of “beta operations,” during which only invited customers had access to their services. The bank tries to set itself apart by promising to invest 5 percent of its gross income to finance LGBTQ-inclusion projects. It will also allow transgender customers to use their social names, as opposed to the names on their birth...