How to Prioritize Credit Union Website Accessibility Issues
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) offers a comprehensive checklist to guarantee your bank website is accessible. In this article, we simplify those recommendations by organizing them into high-, medium-, and low-priority fixes.
Regulatory Compliance and Your Credit Union Website: Part Two, Web Design and Development
Last week, we discussed how your web hosting provider can ensure your bank or credit union website is compliant with federal examiners. In the conclusion of the series, we’ll look at the regulatory requirements affected by the design of your website.
The Benefits of Accessible Credit Union Website Design for Visually Impaired Users
More than 7.5 million Americans had a vision disability in 2018. The Bureau’s Americans with Disabilities Report found that the visually impaired had a median income of $35,167 in 2014. Americans with disabilities have more than $200 billion in discretionary spending, according to the National Organization on Disability. With these statistics in mind, your bank website needs to be ADA compliant. In addition to avoiding an ADA lawsuit, being accessible to visually impaired customers is good public relations, boosts your SEO, and increases your customer base.
3 Website Fixes for Your Credit Union to Avoid an ADA Lawsuit
The statistics for 2019 are still being tallied, but law firm Seyfarth Shaw predicts that at least 20 percent of ADA Title III lawsuits last year involved inaccessible websites and mobile apps. Although the rate of filings slowed down during the last quarter of the year, the total number of lawsuits was on track for surpassing the more than 10,000 […]
Is Your Credit Union Website Endangered by ADA?
In an earlier blog, we told you about three Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) lawsuits that could affect your credit union website in the future. International law firm Seyfarth Shaw projects a total of 2,408 ADA website accessibility lawsuits will be filed by the end of 2019, a 7% increase compared to 2018. In fact, in the first half of […]
3 Scary ADA Lawsuits that Might Affect Your Credit Union in the Future
As more customers conduct business online, the number of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title III lawsuits has increased against companies with inaccessible websites. According to international law firm Seyfarth Shaw, 2,258 ADA compliance website claims were filed in federal court in 2018, an increase of 177% from 2017. At least 133 of these lawsuits involved a bank or credit […]
