Adaptation of Maskan Bank branches for easy access of disabled people to banking services
According to the financial news report According to the news site of Maskan Bank – Hibna, Ali Askari, head of Maskan Bank, referring to the bank’s actions in facilitating banking services for the disabled, said: one of the important social responsibilities of banks is to help the disabled and facilitate Service matters for them and creating equal opportunities with other people. Disabled people have shown that they are a mountain of perseverance, patience and endurance, and they have many capabilities that must be provided with the necessary platforms for their flourishing.
He added: “Maskan Bank has tried to provide equal access to banking services and facilities for these loved ones by creating a suitable space for the disabled, and in this way facilitate the conditions of opening a current account and benefiting from banking services for the blind without the need to introduce a lawyer.” Trusting the bank is one of these cases.
Referring to the improvement of the environment of the Bank’s branches for the disabled, the head of Maskan Bank added: So far, 229 branches of the Maskan Bank have been adapted for the disabled and disabled people, and in this regard, since 2017, measures such as the implementation of ramps or the installation of special lifts in the branches have been implemented. The bank has done and also with the reconstruction or opening of new branches, environmental indicators are applied to make the branches accessible for the disabled.
Askari went on to say that Maskan Bank has taken significant steps to provide access to banking facilities and services for Roshandelan, and said: the installation and operation of 12 high-resolution printers in the country’s branches to convert bank forms into audio and Braille, as well as equipping some Maskan Bank branches in Tehran, Alborz, Isfahan, East Azarbaijan, Fars and Razavi Khorasan provinces to the banking services system for the blind, equipping the keyboard and side keys of the screen for all the bank’s ATMs in Braille, making the messages of the ATMs audible from Through side buttons (Ava system), content standardization of Internet Bank system and Maskan Bank portal for the accessibility of web content for the blind and visually impaired, as well as support for text reader software are among these services.
He added: Also, introducing some of the bank’s facilities in the form of audio podcasts on the Maskan Bank website for the use of Maskan Bank and the possibility of using the TAB key to listen to the contents of the website are among other things that have been prepared to facilitate the work of dear Maskan Bank.
Payment of more than 4 thousand billion Rials of loan facilities for job creation to welfare organization applicants
Referring to the payment of Karz al-Hasna facilities by Maskan Bank to the applicants who were introduced to this bank by the country’s welfare organization, Askari said: This year, Maskan Bank was tasked with granting 7 thousand billion Rials of Karz al-Hasna facilities for job creation to the applicants of the welfare organization. that this bank has granted more than 4 thousand billion rials in this area until November 30 of this year, according to which more than 60% of Maskan Bank’s obligations in this area have been paid this year.
The supervisor of Maskan Bank added: In the eight months of this year, Maskan Bank has paid the most facilities to the welfare organizations in Khorasan Razavi, Isfahan, East Azarbaijan, Fars, Khuzestan and Mazandaran provinces.