Access to Internet Banking
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- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:38:40 -0400
di-ve.com, Malta
Friday, October 05, 2007
Access to Internet Banking
Friday, 5 October, 2007
A group of blind and visually impaired users, has attended an information
meeting coordinated by the Foundation for Information Technology Accessibility
and held by HSBC Bank Malta Ltd. on the new Internet Banking platform being
provided by HSBC.
These users have expressed satisfaction in the ICT accessibility awareness
shown through this initiative. The desktop token generator being distributed to
disabled persons who request it, provides a bigger display and speech output.
The large numeric keypad could also make it easier for people with mild
mobility impairments to key in pin numbers.
However accessibility is not limited to the token generator, but extends to
HSBC's Internet based services which follow the Web Accessibility Guidelines
that are endorsed by FITA. These guidelines are important in ensuring that ICT
is accessible to all disabled persons.
Internet banking allows customers to do their banking outside of bank hours and
from any site where Internet access is available, thus Internet banking is
particularly convenient for disabled persons who may not share equal access to
transport services and whose individual impairment may mean that visits to bank
branches, and the possibility of queuing, present particular problems for them.
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