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General Information

Website Accessibility

 

  • Bank Mercantile’s website is accessible and allows people with disabilities to browse as comfortably as other users.
  • An accessible website is a website that allows people with disabilities and the elderly to browse as easily and efficiently as all other users.
  • We believe in and work for equality of opportunity in the internet space for persons with a variety of disabilities and people who use assistive technologies for computer use.

Accessible Website Symbol 

The “Accessible Website” Symbol is an initiative of the “Access Israel” association and the Israel Internet Association. The symbol is displayed in order to promote public awareness of internet accessibility and to inform the public of the accessibility of the website they are browsing.

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Information about the accessibility of this website

• The Mercantile website meets the standards of the Regulations for Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Adjustments for Access to Service), 5773-2013. 
• Accessibility adjustments were performed according to the recommendations of the Israeli Standards for Web Content Accessibility (IS 5568), level AA, and the international WCAG 2.0 document.

  • The tests showed maximum compatibility on the Firefox browser.
  • The site provides a semantic foundation for assistive technologies and support with accepted usage patterns for keyboard operation using the Enter key, as well as Esc for exiting menus and windows.
  • It is configured for display on common browsers and for use on cellphones.
  • Counseling on making this website accessible was provided by A-2-Z Internet Marketing and Accessibility Co.
  • For an optimal browsing experience with screen reader software, we recommend using the latest version of the NVDA program.

Despite our many efforts to make our website accessible, some pages may have less than optimal accessibility.

If you encounter an accessibility problem, please let us know and we will be happy to correct it as soon as we can.

Date the Accessibility Declaration was updated: 1.4.2021