IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT - To
help the government fight the funding of terrorism
and money laundering activities, Federal law requires
all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and
record information that identifies each person who
opens an account.
What this means for you: When you open
an account we will ask for your name, address, date
of birth, and other information that will allow us
to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s
license or other identifying documents.
AGREEMENT - This document, along
with any other documents we give you pertaining to
your account(s), is a contract that establishes rules
which control your account(s) with us. Please read
this carefully. If you sign the signature card or
open or continue to have your account with us, you
agree to these rules. You will receive a separate
schedule of rates, qualifying balances, and fees if
they are not included in this document. If you have
any questions, please call us.
This agreement is subject to applicable
federal laws and the laws of the state of Massachusetts
(except to the extent that this agreement can and
does vary such rules or laws). The body of state and
federal law that governs our relationship with you,
however, is too large and complex to be reproduced
here. The purpose of this document is to:
1. summarize some laws that apply to
common transactions;
2. establish rules to cover transactions or events
which the law does not regulate;
3. establish rules for certain transactions or events
which the law regulates but permits variation by agreement;
and
4. give you disclosures of some of our policies to
which you may be entitled or in which you may be interested.
If any provision of this document is
found to be unenforceable according to its terms,
all remaining provisions will continue in full force
and effect. We may permit some variations from our
standard agreement, but we must agree to any variation
in writing either on the signature card for your account
or in some other document.
As used in this document the words "we,"
"our," and "us" mean the financial
institution and the words "you" and "your"
mean the account holder(s) and anyone else with the
authority to deposit, withdraw, or exercise control
over the funds in the account. The headings in this
document are for convenience or reference only and
will not govern the interpretation of the provisions.
Unless it would be inconsistent to do so, words and
phrases used in this document should be construed
so the singular includes the plural and the plural
includes the singular.
LIABILITY - You agree,
for yourself (and the person or entity you represent
if you sign as a representative of another) to the
terms of this account and the schedule of charges.
You authorize us to deduct these charges directly
from the account balance as accrued. You will pay
any additional reasonable charges for services you
request which are not covered by this agreement.
Each of you also agrees to be jointly
and severally (individually) liable for any account
shortage resulting from charges or overdrafts, whether
caused by you or another with access to this account.
This liability is due immediately, and can be deducted
directly from the account balance whenever sufficient
funds are available. You have no right to defer payment
of this liability, and you are liable regardless of
whether you signed the item or benefited from the
charge or overdraft. This includes liability for our
costs to collect the deficit including, to the extent
permitted by law, our reasonable attorneys' fees.
DEPOSITS - We will
give only provisional credit until collection is final
for any items, other than cash, we accept for deposit
(including items drawn "on us"). Actual
credit for deposits of, or payable in, foreign currency
will be at the exchange rate in effect on final collection
in U.S. dollars. We are not responsible for transactions
by mail or outside depository until we actually record
them. We will treat and record all transactions received
after our "daily cutoff time" on a business
day we are open, or received on a day we are not open
for business, as if initiated on the next following
business day that we are open.
WITHDRAWALS - Unless
clearly indicated otherwise on the account records,
any of you, acting alone, who signs in the space designated
for signatures on the signature card may withdraw
or transfer all or any part of the account balance
at any time. Each of you (until we receive written
notice to the contrary) authorizes each other person
signing the signature card to indorse any item payable
to you or your order for deposit to this account or
any other transaction with us. We may charge your
account for a check even though payment was made before
the date of the check, unless we have received written
notice of the postdating in time to have a reasonable
opportunity to act. We may refuse any withdrawal or
transfer request which you attempt on forms not approved
by us, by any method we do not specifically permit,
which is greater in number than the frequency permitted,
or which is for an amount greater or less than any
withdrawal limitations. Even if we honor a nonconforming
request, we may treat continued abuse of the stated
limitations (if any) as your act of closing the account.
We will use the date the transaction is completed
by us (as opposed to the date you initiate it) to
apply the frequency limitations. The fact that we
may honor withdrawal requests that overdraw the available
account balance does not obligate us to do so later.
See the funds availability policy disclosure for information
about when you can withdraw funds you deposit. For
those accounts for which our funds availability policy
disclosure does not apply, you can ask us when you
make a deposit when those funds will be available
for withdrawal.
We may require not less than 7 days'
notice in writing before each withdrawal from an interest-bearing
account other than a time deposit, or from any other
savings account as defined by Regulation D. Withdrawals
from a time account prior to maturity or prior to
any notice period may be restricted and may be subject
to penalty. See your notice of penalty for early withdrawal.
BUSINESSACCOUNTS
- Earnings in the form of interest, dividends, or
credits will be paid only on collected funds, unless
otherwise provided by law or our policy. We may require
the governing body of the legal entity opening the
account to give us a separate authorization telling
us who is authorized to act on its behalf. We will
honor the authorization until we actually receive
written notice of a change from the governing body
of the legal entity.
STOPPAYMENTS
- You must make any stop-payment order in the manner
required by law and we must receive it in time to
give us a reasonable opportunity to act on it before
our stop-payment cutoff time. To be effective, your
stop-payment order must precisely identify the number,
date and amount of the item, and the payee.
You may stop payment on any item drawn
on your account whether you sign the item or not,
if you have an equal or greater right to withdraw
from this account than the person who signed the item.
A release of the stop-payment request may be made
only by the person who initiated the stop-payment
order.
Our stop-payment cutoff time is one
hour after the opening of the next banking day after
the banking day on which we receive the item. Additional
limitations on our obligation to stop payment are
provided by law (e.g., we paid the item in cash or
we certified the item).
TELEPHONETRANSFERS
- A telephone transfer of funds from this account
to another account with us, if otherwise arranged
for or permitted, may be made by the same persons
and under the same conditions generally applicable
to withdrawals made in writing. Unless a different
limitation is disclosed in writing, we restrict the
number of transfers from a savings account to another
account or to third parties, to a maximum of six per
month (less the number of "preauthorized transfers"
during the month). Other account transfer restrictions
may be described elsewhere.
AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION
- We may change any term of this agreement. Rules
governing changes in interest rates are provided separately.
For other changes, we will give you reasonable notice
in writing or by any other method permitted by law.
We may also close this account at any time upon reasonable
notice to you and tender of the account balance personally
or by mail. Notice from us to any one of you is notice
to all of you.
STATEMENTS - You must
examine your statement of account with "reasonable
promptness." If you discover (or reasonably should
have discovered) any unauthorized signatures or alterations,
you must promptly notify us of the relevant facts.
As between you and us, if you fail to do either of
these duties, you will have to either share the loss
with us, or bear the loss entirely yourself (depending
on whether we used ordinary care and, if not, whether
we substantially contributed to the loss). The loss
could be not only with respect to items on the statement
but other items with unauthorized signatures or alterations
by the same wrongdoer.
You agree that the time you have to
examine your statement and report to us will depend
on the circumstances, but will not, in any circumstance,
exceed a total of 30 days from when the statement
is first sent or made available to you.
You further agree that if you fail to
report any unauthorized signatures, alterations, forgeries,
or any other errors in your account within 60 days
of when we first send or make the statement available,
you cannot assert a claim against us on any items
in that statement, and as between you and us the loss
will be entirely yours. This 60-day limitation is
without regard to whether we used ordinary care. The
limitation in this paragraph is in addition to that
contained in the first paragraph of this section.
ACCOUNTTRANSFER
- This account may not be transferred or assigned
without our prior written consent.
DIRECTDEPOSITS
- If, in connection with a direct deposit plan, we
deposit any amount in an account which should have
been returned to the Federal Government for any reason,
you authorize us to deduct the amount of our liability
to the Federal Government from the account or from
any other account you have with us, without prior
notice and at any time, except as prohibited by law.
We may also use any other legal remedy to recover
the amount of our liability.
TEMPORARY ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
- If this option is selected, this is a temporary
account agreement. Each person who signs in the space
designated for signatures on the signature card (except
as indicated to the contrary) may transact business
on this account. However, we may at some time in the
future restrict or prohibit further use of this account
if you fail to comply with the requirements we have
imposed within a reasonable time.
SETOFF - We may (without
prior notice and when permitted by law) set off the
funds in this account against any due and payable
debt you owe us now or in the future, by any of you
having the right of withdrawal, to the extent of such
persons' or legal entity's right to withdraw. If the
debt arises from a note, "any due and payable
debt" includes the total amount of which we are
entitled to demand payment under the terms of the
note at the time we set off, including any balance
the due date for which we properly accelerate under
the note.
This right of setoff does not apply
to this account if: (a) it is an IRA or other tax-deferred
retirement account, or (b) the debt is created by
a consumer credit transaction under a credit card
plan (but this does not affect our rights under any
consensual security interest), or (c) the debtor's
right of withdrawal only arises in a representative
capacity. We will not be liable for the dishonor of
any check when the dishonor occurs because we set
off a debt against this account. You agree to hold
us harmless from any claim arising as a result of
our exercise of our right of setoff.
RESTRICTIVELEGENDS
- We are not required to honor any restrictive legend
on checks you write unless we have agreed in writing
to the restriction. Examples of restrictive legends
are "must be presented within 90 days" or
"not valid for more than $1,000.00."
PAYMENT ORDER OF ITEMS
- The law permits us to pay items (such as checks,
drafts, or electronic payments) drawn on your account
in any order. To assist you in handling your account
with us, we are providing you with the following information
regarding how we process the items that you write.
When processing items drawn on your account, we pay
over-the counter items as they are presented to us;
ATM and Debit Card transactions are paid next in the
order in which they are presented to us; ACH items
are paid next in the order in which they are presented
to us; we then pay the smallest item first for checks
presented to us through the FRB system. The order
in which items are paid is important if there is not
enough money in your account to pay all of the items
that are presented. If an item is presented without
sufficient funds in your account to pay it, we may,
at our discretion, pay the item (creating an overdraft)
or return the item (NSF). The amounts of the overdraft
and NSF fees are disclosed elsewhere. We encourage
you to make careful records and practice good account
management. This will help you to avoid writing checks,
drafts, or electronic payments without sufficient
funds and incurring the resulting fees.
CREDIT VERIFICATION
- You agree that we may verify credit and employment
history by any necessary means, including preparation
of a credit report by a credit reporting agency.
FACSIMILE SIGNATURES
- You authorize us, at any time, to charge you for
all checks, drafts, or other orders, for the payment
of money, that are drawn on us regardless of by whom
or by what means the facsimile signature(s) may have
been affixed so long as they resemble the facsimile
signature specimen filed with us, and contain the
required number of signatures for this purpose.
FUNDS TRANSFERS - The
terms used in this section have the meaning given
to them in Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code
- Funds Transfers (UCC 4A). This section will generally
not apply to you if you are a consumer. However, even
if you are a consumer, this section will apply to
that part of any funds transfer that is conducted
by Fedwire. This section is subject to UCC 4A as adopted
in the state in which you have your deposit with us.
This agreement is also subject to all clearing house
association rules, rules of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System and their operating
circulars. If any part of this agreement is determined
to be unenforceable, the rest of the agreement remains
effective. This agreement controls funds transfers
unless supplemented or amended in a separate written
agreement signed by us.
Funds transfer - A
funds transfer is the transaction or series of transactions
that begin with the originator's payment order, made
for the purpose of making payment to the beneficiary
of the order. A funds transfer is completed by the
acceptance by the beneficiary's bank of a payment
order for the benefit of the beneficiary of the originator's
order. Generally, a funds transfer does not include
any transaction if any part of the transfer is covered
by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978, as amended
from time to time. You may give us a payment order
orally, electronically, or in writing, but your order
cannot state any condition to payment to the beneficiary
other than the time of payment.
Authorized account
- An authorized account is a deposit account you have
with us that you have designated as a source of payment
of payment orders you issue to us. If you have not
designated an authorized account, any account you
have with us is an authorized account to the extent
that payment of the payment order is not inconsistent
with the use of the account.
Acceptance of your payment order
- We are not obligated to accept any payment order
that you give us, although we normally will accept
your payment order if you have a withdrawable credit
in an authorized account sufficient to cover the order.
If we do not execute your payment order, but give
you notice of our rejection of your payment order
after the execution date or give you no notice, we
are not liable to pay you as restitution any interest
on a withdrawable credit in a non-interest-bearing
account.
Cutoff time - If we
do not receive your payment order or communication
canceling or amending a payment order before our cutoff
time on a funds transfer day for that type of order
or communication, the order or communication will
be deemed to be received at the opening of our next
funds transfer business day.
Payment of your order
- If we accept a payment order you give us, we may
receive payment by automatically deducting from any
authorized account the amount of the payment order
plus the amount of any expenses and charges for our
services in execution of your payment order. We are
entitled to payment on the payment or execution date.
Unless your payment order specifies otherwise, the
payment or execution date is the funds transfer date
we receive the payment order. The funds transfer is
completed upon acceptance by the beneficiary's bank.
Your obligation to pay your payment order is excused
if the funds transfer is not completed, but you are
still responsible to pay us any expenses and charges
for our services. However, if you told us to route
the funds transfer through an intermediate bank, and
we are unable to obtain a refund because the intermediate
bank that you designated has suspended payments, then
you are still obligated to pay us for the payment
order. You will not be entitled to interest on any
refund you receive because the beneficiary's bank
does not accept the payment order.
Security procedure
- As described more fully in a separate writing, the
authenticity of a payment order or communication canceling
or amending a payment order issued in your name as
sender may be verified by a security procedure. You
affirm that you have no circumstances which are relevant
to the determination of a commercially reasonable
security procedure unless those circumstances are
expressly contained in a separate writing signed by
us. You may choose from one or more security procedures
that we have developed, or you may develop your own
security procedure if it is acceptable to us. If you
refuse a commercially reasonable security procedure
that we have offered you, you agree that you will
be bound by any payment order issued in your name,
whether or not authorized, that we accept in good
faith and in compliance with the security procedure
you have chosen.
Duty to report unauthorized
or erroneous payment - You must exercise
ordinary care to determine that all payment orders
or amendments to payment orders that we accept that
are issued in your name are authorized, enforceable,
in the correct amount, to the correct beneficiary,
and not otherwise erroneous. If you discover (or with
reasonable care should have discovered) an unauthorized,
unenforceable, or erroneously executed payment order
or amendment, you must exercise ordinary care to notify
us of the relevant facts. The time you have to notify
us will depend on the circumstances, but that time
will not in any circumstance exceed 14 days from when
you are notified of our acceptance or execution of
the payment order or amendment or that your account
was debited with respect to the order or amendment.
If you do not provide us with timely notice you will
not be entitled to interest on any refundable amount.
If we can prove that you failed to perform either
of these duties with respect to an erroneous payment
and that we incurred a loss as a result of the failure,
you are liable to us for the amount of the loss not
exceeding the amount of your order.
Identifying number
- If your payment order identifies an intermediate
bank, beneficiary bank, or beneficiary by name and
number, we and every receiving or beneficiary bank
may rely upon the identifying number rather than the
name to make payment, even if the number identifies
an intermediate bank or person different than the
bank or beneficiary identified by name. Neither we
nor any receiving or beneficiary bank have any responsibility
to determine whether the name and identifying number
refer to the same financial institution or person.
Record of oral or telephone
orders - You agree that we may, if we choose,
record any oral or telephone payment order or communication
of amendment or cancellation.
Notice of credit -
If we receive a payment order to credit an account
you have with us, we are not required to provide you
with any notice of the payment order or the credit.
Provisional credit
- You agree to be bound by the automated clearing
house association operating rules that provide that
payments made to you or originated by you by funds
transfer through the automated clearing house system
are provisional until final settlement is made through
a Federal Reserve Bank or otherwise payment is made
as provided in Article 4A-403(a) of the Uniform Commercial
Code.
Refund of credit -
You agree that if we do not receive payment of an
amount credited to your account, we are entitled to
a refund from you in the amount credited and the party
originating such payment will not be considered to
have paid the amount so credited.
Amendment of funds transfer
agreement - From time to time we may amend
any term of this agreement by giving you reasonable
notice in writing. We may give notice to anyone who
is authorized to send payment orders to us in your
name, or to anyone who is authorized to accept service.
Cancellation or amendment of
payment order - You may cancel or amend a
payment order you give us only if we receive the communication
of cancellation or amendment before our cutoff time
and in time to have a reasonable opportunity to act
on it before we accept the payment order. The communication
of cancellation or amendment must be presented in
conformity with the same security procedure that has
been agreed to for payment orders.
Intermediaries - We
are not liable for the actions of any intermediary,
regardless of whether or not we selected the intermediary.
We are not responsible for acts of God, outside agencies,
or non salaried agents.
Limit on liability
- You waive any claim you may have against us for
consequential or special damages, including loss of
profit arising out of a payment order or funds transfer,
unless this waiver is prohibited by law. We are not
responsible for attorney fees you might incur due
to erroneous execution of payment order.
Erroneous execution
- If we receive an order to pay you, and we erroneously
pay you more than the amount of the payment order,
we are entitled to recover from you the amount in
excess of the amount of the payment order, regardless
of whether you may have some claim to the excess amount
against the originator of the order.
Objection to payment
- If we give you a notice that reasonably identifies
a payment order issued in your name as sender that
we have accepted and received payment for, you cannot
claim that we are not entitled to retain the payment
unless you notify us of your objection to the payment
within 60 days of our notice to you.
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ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Indicated below are types of Electronic
Fund Transfers we are capable of handling, some of
which may not apply to your account. Please read this
disclosure carefully because it tells you your rights
and obligations for the transactions listed. You should
keep this notice for future reference.
Tellalink Telephone Transfers
- types of transfers - You may access your account
by telephone 24 hours per day at 1-800-492-1032 using
your personal identification number, a touch tone
phone, and your account numbers, to:
transfer funds from a checking
account to a checking account
transfer funds from a checking
account to a savings account
transfer funds from a savings account
to a checking account
transfer funds from a savings account
to a savings account
make payments from checking to loan
accounts with us
make payments from a savings account
to loan accounts with us
get information about:
the account balance of checking
accounts
the last three deposits to checking
accounts
the last five checks paid from checking
accounts
the account balance of savings
accounts
the last three deposits to savings
accounts
the last three withdrawals from
savings accounts
Your Option to Limit Cash Withdrawals
- In addition to dollar amount limitations for withdrawals
using your ATM card or Business Debit card and/or
code that we may establish, you have the option to
limit the amount of cash that can be withdrawn by
your ATM card or Business Debit card and/or code to
$50.00 per day or some other amount acceptable to
us.
ATM Transfers - NYCE and Cirrus
Networks - types of transfers and dollar
limitations - You may access your account(s) by ATM
using your Business Debit card and personal identification
number, to:
make deposits to checking account(s)
make deposits to savings account(s)
get cash withdrawals from checking
account(s)
You may withdraw no more than $300.00
per day. When your balance cannot be verified, you
may withdraw up to the lesser of $100.00 per day,
per card, or the available balance from your designated
checking account.
get cash withdrawals from savings
account(s)
You may withdraw no more than $300.00
per day. When your balance cannot be verified, you
may withdraw up to the lesser of $100.00 per day,
per card, or the available balance from your designated
savings account.
transfer funds from savings account(s)
to checking account(s)
transfer funds from checking account(s)to
savings account(s)
get information about:
the account balance of your checking
accounts
the account balance of your savings
accounts
Some of these services may not be
available at all terminals.
Please also see Limitations on
frequency of transfers section regarding limitations
that apply to ATM transfers.
Types of Point-of-Sale Transactions
- You may access your checking account to purchase
goods and pay for services (in person), get cash back
from a purchase from a merchant, if the merchant permits,
and to get balance information.
Point-of-Sale Transactions
- dollar limitations - Using your ATM card:
you may not exceed your available
daily balance or a maximum of $300.00 in transactions
per day, per card, from your designated checking
account
Types of Business Debit Card
Point-of-Sale Transactions - You may access
your checking account(s) to purchase goods (in person
or by phone), pay for services (in person or by phone),
get cash from a merchant, if the merchant permits,
or from a participating financial institution, and
do anything that can be done with a credit card (that
a participating merchant will accept with a credit
card).
Point-of-Sale Transactions
- dollar limitations - Using your card:
you may not exceed your available
daily balance or a maximum of $5,000.00 in transactions
per day, per card, from your designated checking
account.
When your balance cannot be verified,
you may withdraw up to the lesser of $1,000.00 per
day, per card or the available balance from your
designated checking account.
Please also see Limitations
on frequency of transfers section regarding
limitations that apply to Business Debit card transactions.
Currency Conversion.
If you effect a transaction with your Business Debit
card in a currency other than US Dollars, MasterCard
International Incorporated will convert the charge
into a US dollar amount. MasterCard International
will use its currency conversion procedure, which
is disclosed to institutions that issue MasterCard
cards. Currently, the conversion rate used by MasterCard
International to determine the transaction amount
in US dollars for such transactions is generally either
a government mandated rate or a wholesale rate determined
by MasterCard International for the processing cycle
in which the transaction is processed, increased by
an adjustment factor established from time to time
by MasterCard International. The currency conversion
rate used by MasterCard International on the processing
date may differ from the rate that would have been
used on the purchase date or cardholder statement
posting date.
Advisory Against Illegal Use.
You agree not to use your card(s) for illegal gambling
or other illegal purpose. Display of a payment card
logo by, for example, an online merchant does not
necessarily mean that transactions are lawful in all
jurisdictions in which the cardholder may be located.
QuickPath Internet Banking Computer
Transfers - types of transfers - You may
access your account(s) by computer 24 hours a day
at www.web5.com using your customer access code, user
name and your password, to:
transfer funds from a checking
account to a checking account
transfer funds from a checking account
to a savings account
transfer funds from a savings account
to a checking account
transfer funds from a savings account
to a savings account
make payments from a checking account
to loan accounts with us
make payments from a savings account
to loan accounts with us
get information about:
the account balance of checking
accounts
statement history of checking accounts
the account balance of savings
accounts
statement history of savings accounts
stop payment on checks
Limitations on frequency of
transfers. In addition to those limitations
on transfers elsewhere described, if any, the following
limitations apply:
For security reasons, there are
other limits on the number of transfers you can
make by ATM.
For security reasons, there are
other limits on the number of transfers you can
make by Business Debit card.
Termination -
You may terminate the electronic
fund transfer agreement at any time by notifying
us in writing and no longer using your card or personal
identification number at any machine.
We may terminate the electronic fund transfer agreement
at any time. Whether you terminate this agreement
or we do, the termination will not affect your obligation
under this agreement, even if we allow any transaction
to be completed with your card and personal identification
number after this agreement has been terminated.
Minimum account balance
-
You must maintain a minimum account
balance of $10.00 in your checking or savings account
as a condition of using an access device (card and/or
identification code) to accomplish a transfer.
FEES
Please refer to separate fee brochure
for additional information about fees.
ATM Operator/Network Fees. When you
use an ATM not owned by us, you may be charged a fee
by the ATM operator or any network used (and you may
be charged a fee for a balance inquiry even if you
do not complete a fund transfer).
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YOUR ABILITY TO WITHDRAW FUNDS
This policy statement applies to all
deposit accounts.
Our policy is to make funds from your
cash and check deposits available to you immediately.
At that time, you can withdraw the funds in cash and
we will use the funds to pay checks that you have
written.
Please remember that even after we have
made funds available to you, and you have withdrawn
the funds, you are still responsible for checks you
deposit that are returned to us unpaid and for any
other problems involving your deposit.
For determining the availability of
your deposits, every day is a business day, except
Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. If you make
a deposit before 2:00 P.M. on a business day that
we are open, we will consider that day to be the day
of your deposit. However, if you make a deposit after
2:00 P.M. or on a day we are not open, we will consider
that the deposit was made on the next business day
we are open.
If you make a deposit at an ATM before
4:00 P.M. on a business day that we are open, we will
consider that day to be the day of your deposit. However,
if you make a deposit at an ATM after 4:00 P.M. or
on a day we are not open, we will consider that the
deposit was made on the next business day we are open.
If we cash a check for you that is drawn
on another bank, we may withhold the availability
of a corresponding amount of funds that are already
in your account. Those funds will be available at
the time funds from the check we cashed would have
been available if you had deposited it.
If we accept for deposit a check that
is drawn on another bank, we may make funds from the
deposit available for withdrawal immediately but delay
your availability to withdraw a corresponding amount
of funds that you have on deposit in another account
with us. The funds in the other account would then
not be available for withdrawal until the time periods
that are described elsewhere in this disclosure for
the type of check that you deposited.
LONGER DELAYS MAY APPLY
In some cases, we will not make all
of the funds that you deposit by check available to
you immediately. Depending on the type of check that
you deposit, funds may not be available until the
fifth business day after the day of your deposit.
The first $100 of your deposits, however, may be available
immediately.
If we are not going to make all of the
funds from your deposit available immediately, we
will notify you at the time you make your deposit.
We will also tell you when the funds will be available.
If your deposit is not made directly to one of our
employees, or if we decide to take this action after
you have left the premises, we will mail you the notice
by the day after we receive your deposit.
If you will need the funds from a deposit
right away, you should ask us when the funds will
be available.
In addition, funds you deposit by check
may be delayed for a longer period under the following
circumstances:
We believe a check you deposit will
not be paid.
You deposit checks totaling more than $5,000 on any
one day.
You redeposit a check that has been returned unpaid.
You have overdrawn your account repeatedly in the
last six months.
There is an emergency, such as failure of computer
or communications equipment.
We will notify you if we delay your ability to withdraw
funds for any of these reasons, and we will tell you
when the funds will be available. They will generally
be available no later than the eleventh business day
after the day of your deposit.
SPECIAL RULES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS
If you are a new customer, the following
special rules may apply during the first 30 days your
account is open.
Funds from electronic direct deposits
to your account will be available on the day we receive
the deposit. Funds from deposits of cash, wire transfers,
and the first $5,000 of a day's total deposits of
cashier's, certified, teller's, traveler's, and federal,
state and local government checks will be available
immediately if the deposit meets certain conditions.
For example, the checks must be payable to you (and
you may have to use a special deposit slip). The excess
over $5,000 will be available by the ninth business
day after the day of your deposit. If your deposit
of these checks (other than a U.S. Treasury check)
is not made in person to one of our employees, the
first $5,000 will not be available until the second
business day after the day of your deposit.
Funds from all other check deposits
will be available by the ninth business day after
the day of your deposit.
DEPOSITS AT AUTOMATED TELLER
MACHINES
Funds from any deposits (cash or checks)
made at automated teller machines (ATMs) we own or
operate will not be available until the first business
day after the day of your deposit.
All ATMs that we own or operate are
identified as our machines.
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SPECIFIC ACCOUNT DETAILS
BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNT
Earnings Credit - This
account features an earnings credit which is applied
to reduce or eliminate some of the fees on the account.
If the earnings credit exceeds those fees for any
period, you will be assessed none of those fees but
you will not be paid, carry forward or otherwise receive
credit for any excess earnings credit. The fees to
which the earnings credit is applied are designated
by an asterisk on the separate commercial account
fee schedule.
Earnings Credit Calculation
- The earnings credit will be calculated by applying
the periodic earnings credit rate to the average daily
balance in the account for the period. The periodic
earnings credit rate is based on 90% of the average
of the prior month's 90-Day Treasury Bill Rate. The
periodic earnings credit rate may change monthly.
The average daily balance is calculated by adding
the principal in the account for each day of the period
and dividing by the number of days in the period.
The period we use is the monthly statement cycle.
Minimum balance to open the
account - You must deposit $100.00 to open
this account.
Minimum balance to obtain earnings
credit - You must maintain a minimum average
daily balance for the monthly statement cycle of $100.00
in order to obtain earnings credit during the monthly
statement cycle.
Accrual of earnings credit on
noncash deposits - Earnings credit begins
to accrue on the business day you deposit noncash
items (for example, checks).
Fees:
All monthly service fees designated
by an asterisk will be off set by E.C.A. for that
month. All other fees are direct charge. Please refer
to the separate commercial account fee schedule.
BUSINESS NOW ACCOUNT
This account is available to sole proprietorships
and nonprofit organizations.
Rate Information -
At our discretion, we may change the interest rate
and annual percentage yield on your account at any
time.
Compounding and crediting frequency
- Interest will be compounded continuously. Interest
will be credited to your account every month.
Minimum balance to open the
account - You must deposit $100.00 to open
this account.
Minimum balance to obtain the
annual percentage yield disclosed - You must
maintain a minimum balance of $100.00 in the account
each day in order to obtain the disclosed annual percentage
yield.
Daily balance computation method
- We use the daily balance method to calculate the
interest on your account. This method applies a daily
periodic rate to the principal in the account each
day.
Accrual of interest on noncash
deposits - Interest begins to accrue on the
business day you deposit noncash items (for example,
checks).
BUSINESS MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Rate Information -
At our discretion, we may change the interest rate
and annual percentage yield on your account at any
time.
Compounding and crediting frequency
- Interest will be compounded continuously. Interest
will be credited to your account every month.
Minimum balance to open the
account - You must deposit $100.00 to open
this account.
Minimum balance to obtain the
annual percentage yield disclosed - You must
maintain a minimum balance of $10.00 in the account
each day in order to obtain the disclosed annual percentage
yield.
Daily balance computation method
- We use the daily balance method to calculate the
interest on your account. This method applies a daily
periodic rate to the principal in the account each
day.
Accrual of interest on non-cash
deposits - Interest begins to accrue on the
business day you deposit non-cash items (for example,
checks).
Transaction limitations:
Transfers from this account to another
account or to third parties by preauthorized, automatic,
telephone, or computer transfer are limited to six
per statement cycle with no more than three by check,
draft, or similar order to third parties.
BUSINESS PLUS SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Rate Information -
Your interest rate and annual percentage yield may
change.
Frequency of rate changes
- We may change the interest rate on your account
at any time.
Determination of rate - At our
discretion, we may change the interest rate
on your account.
Compounding and crediting frequency
- Interest will be compounded continuously. Interest
will be credited to your account on the last day of
the statement cycle.
Minimum balance to open the
account - You must deposit $10.00 to open
this account.
Minimum balance to obtain the
annual percentage yield disclosed - You must
maintain a minimum balance of $10.00 in the account
each day to obtain the disclosed annual percentage
yield.
Daily balance computation method
- We use the daily balance method to calculate
the interest on your account. This method applies
a daily periodic rate to the principal in the account
each day.
Accrual of interest on non-cash
deposits - Interest begins to accrue on the
business day you deposit non-cash items (for example,
checks).
Transaction limitations:
Transfers from a Business Plus Savings
account to another account or to third parties by
preauthorized, automatic telephone or computer transfer
are limited to six per statement cycle with no transfers
by check, draft, debit card, or similar order to third
parties.
SMALL BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNT
Further details about this account are
inside the brochure: All About Your Business Deposit
Account
Minimum balance to open the
account - You must deposit $10.00 to open
this account.
Please refer to our separate Small Business
checking account fee schedule for additional information
about charges.
COMMON FEATURES
Please refer to our separate business
account fee schedule for additional information about
charges.
Check printing - (fee depends on style
of check ordered)
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YOUR ACCOUNT
These are the accounts you have opened
or inquired about. Further details about these accounts
are inside this brochure. If the figures are not filled
in, please see the insert that is with this disclosure
or your periodic statement.
BUSINESS CHECKING ACCOUNT
The periodic earnings credit rate for
your account is _______%
BUSINESS NOW ACCOUNT
The interest rate for your account is
_______%
with an annual percentage yield of _______%
BUSINESS MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
Rate information:
Tier 1 - If your daily
balance is $2,500.00 or more, the interest rate paid
on the entire balance in your account will be _______%
with an annual percentage yield of _______%
Tier 2 - If your daily
balance is more than $9.99, but less than $2,500.00,
the interest rate paid on the entire balance in your
account will be _______% with an annual percentage
yield of _______%
BUSINESS PLUS SAVINGS ACCOUNT
Rate information:
Tier 1 - If your daily
balance is $75,000.00 or more, the interest rate paid
on the entire balance in your account will be _______%
with an annual percentage yield of _______%
Tier 2 - If your daily
balance is more than $49,999.99, but less than $75,000.00,
the interest rate paid on the entire balance in your
account will be _______% with an annual percentage
yield of _______%
Tier 3 - If your daily
balance is more than $9,999.99, but less than $50,000.00,
the interest rate paid on the entire balance in your
account will be _______% with an annual percentage
yield of _______%
Tier 4 - If your daily
balance is more than $9.99, but less than $10,000.00,
the interest rate paid on the entire balance in your
account will be _______% with an annual percentage
yield of _______%