David, On Wednesday I attended the ADA@25 National Disability Institute (NDI) Anniversary and Economic Summit which was wholly sponsored by JP Morgan Chase. The Chairman of the FDIC, Martin Gruenberg, after reporting on the outcome of a survey they conducted about how persons with disabilities interact with financial systems, stated that "Mobile banking is our focus going forward. Economic inclusion for the unbanked/underbanked and persons with disabilities is our main focus and priority. We want to partner with others to help allow these populations to improve access to the banking system" . If we want to attract banks in particular to our efforts, and fulfill a W3C goal to allow the web to be available to all, it would behoove us to ensure that we have clearly identified in all of our documents - including the new WG charters - that this goal is integral to our vision - that Goal being 'to advance or improve the economic/financial inclusion for the unbanked, underbanked and persons with disabilities'. The banking industry in many nations have requirements under these kinds of initiatives. Let help them meet some of their requirement in this area - and - bring them to our table to help us build this in. * katie * Katie Haritos-Shea Senior Accessibility SME (WCAG/Section 508/ADA/AODA) Cell: 703-371-5545 | <mailto:ryladog@gmail.com> ryladog@gmail.com | Oakton, VA | <http://www.linkedin.com/in/katieharitosshea/> LinkedIn Profile | Office: 703-371-5545
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