Category: Language Services

In an increasingly globalized world, financial institutions must be able to communicate effectively across languages and cultures.
Although communication barriers have always existed, the modern, interconnected technological landscape has made it easier for us to connect.
With rising diversity in the United States, there is a growing need for banks to provide multilingual services and support.
The modern world gives us many opportunities for better communication with people who speak a language other than English, like translating apps or professional interpreting services.
The use of remote interpreting services has rapidly grown over the past decade.
As demographics in the U.S. continue to diversify, banks and financial institutions face a growing need for professional interpretation services to serve multilingual customers better.
MERFi will provide clients with seamless interpretation services with access to 230+ spoken languages plus American Sign Language and 24/7 support.
Meet MERFi: Mobile, Easy, Reliable, Fast Interpreting​. A new VRI platform that puts language access first.
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“Lenders and servicers must be required, not merely encouraged, to respond to the needs of LEP consumers with concrete steps to increase access to written and oral assistance. Without action, LEP consumers will continue to face significant barriers in achieving homeownership and saving their homes when they face hardship.” — Nicole Cabañez, Skadden Fellow at […]