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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF YOUR ACCOUNT
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 Illinois (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:
- summarize some laws that apply to common transactions;
- establish rules to cover transactions or events which the law
does not regulate;
- establish rules for certain transactions or events which the
law regulates but permits variation by agreement; and
- 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.
OWNERSHIP OF ACCOUNT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
- These rules apply to this account depending on the form of
ownership and beneficiary designation, if any, specified on the
account records. We make no representations as to the appropriateness
or effect of the ownership and beneficiary designations, except
as they determine to whom we pay the account funds.
Individual Account - is an account in the
name of one person.
Joint Account - With Survivorship (And Not As
Tenants In Common) - is an account in the name of two or more
persons. Each of you intend that when you die the balance in the
account (subject to any previous pledge to which we have agreed)
will belong to the survivor(s). If two or more of you survive, you
will own the balance in the account as joint tenants with survivorship
and not as tenants in common.
Joint Account - No Survivorship (As Tenants
In Common) - is owned by two or more persons, but none of you
intend (merely by opening this account) to create any right of survivorship
in any other person. We encourage you to agree and tell us in writing
of the percentage of the deposit contributed by each of you. This
information will not, however, affect the "number of signatures"
necessary for withdrawal.
Revocable Trust or Pay-On-Death Account -
If two or more of you create this type of account, you own the account
jointly with survivorship. Beneficiaries of either of these account
types cannot withdraw unless: (1) all persons creating the account
die, and (2) the beneficiary is then living. If two or more beneficiaries
are named and survive the death of the owner(s) of the account,
such beneficiaries will own this account in equal shares, without
right of survivorship. The person(s) creating either a Pay-On-Death
or Revocable Trust account reserves the right to: (1) change beneficiaries,
(2) change account types, and (3) withdraw all or part of the account
funds at any time.
BUSINESS ACCOUNTS - 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.
STOP PAYMENTS - 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).
TELEPHONE TRANSFERS - 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.
ACCOUNT TRANSFER - This account may not be transferred or
assigned without our prior written consent.
DIRECT DEPOSITS - 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.
AUTHORIZED SIGNER (Individual Accounts only)
- A single individual is the owner. The authorized signer is
merely designated to conduct transactions on the owner's behalf.
We undertake no obligation to monitor transactions to determine
that they are on the owner's behalf.
RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS - 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 or drafts) 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, our policy is to pay them according to the dollar
amount. We pay the smallest items first. 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. Our payment policy minimizes
the number of items that may result in an overdraft or NSF fee.
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 or drafts without sufficient funds and incurring
the resulting fees.
ACH AND WIRE TRANSFERS - This agreement
is subject to Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code - Fund Transfers
as adopted in the state in which you have your account with us.
If you originate a fund transfer for which Fedwire is used, and
you identify by name and number a beneficiary financial institution,
an intermediary financial institution or a beneficiary, we and every
receiving or beneficiary financial institution may rely on the identifying
number to make payment. We may rely on the number even if it identifies
a financial institution, person or account other than the one named.
You agree to be bound by automated clearing house association rules.
These rules provide, among other things, that payments made to you,
or originated by you, are provisional until final settlement is
made through a Federal Reserve Bank or payment is otherwise made
as provided in Article 4A-403(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code.
If we do not receive such payment, we are entitled to a refund from
you in the amount credited to your account and the party originating
such payment will not be considered to have paid the amount so credited.
If we receive a credit to an account you have with us by wire or
ACH, we are not required to give you any notice of the payment order
or credit.
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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.
Electronic Funds Transfers Initiated By Third
Parties. You may authorize a third party to initiate electronic
funds transfers between your account and the third party's account.
These transfers to make or receive payment may be one-time occurrences
or
may recur as directed by you. These transfers may use the Automated
Clearinghouse (ACH) or other payments network. Your authorization
to the third party to make these transfers can occur in a number
of ways. In some cases, your authorization can occur when the merchant
posts a sign informing you of their policy. In all cases, the transaction
will require you to provide the third party with your account number
and bank information. This information can be found on your check
as well as on a deposit or withdrawal slip. Thus, you should only
provide your bank and account information (whether over the phone,
the Internet, or via some other method) to trusted third parties
whom you have authorized to initiate these electronic funds transfers.
Examples of these transfers include, but are not limited to:
- Preauthorized credits. You may make arrangements for
certain direct deposits to be accepted into your checking or savings
account(s).
- Preauthorized payments. You may make arrangements to
pay certain recurring bills from your checking or savings account(s).
- Electronic check conversion. You may provide your check
to a merchant or service provider who will scan the check for
the encoded bank and account information. The merchant or service
provider will then use this information to convert the transaction
into an electronic funds transfer. This may occur at the point
of purchase, or when you provide your check by other means such
as by mail or drop box.
- Electronic returned check charge. Some merchants or service
providers will initiate an electronic funds transfer to collect
a charge in the event a check is returned for insufficient funds.
ATM Transfers - types of transfers and dollar
limitations - You may access your account(s) by ATM using your
Bank of Dwight VISA Check Card and personal identification number,
to:
- make deposits to checking and savings account(s) with a debit
card
- get cash withdrawals from checking and savings account(s) with
a debit card
- you may withdraw no more than $200.00 per day
- transfer funds from savings or checking to checking and savings
account(s) with a debit card
- get information about:
- the account balance of your checking and savings accounts
Some of these services may not be available at
all terminals.
Types of Bank of Dwight VISA Check Card Point-of-Sale
Transactions - You may access your checking account(s) to purchase
goods (in person, online, or by phone), pay for services (in person,
online, or by phone), get cash from a merchant, if the merchant
permits, or from a participating financial institution, and do anything
that a participating merchant will accept.
Point-of-Sale Transactions - dollar limitations
- Using your card:
- you may not exceed $500.00 in transactions per day
Currency Conversion. When you use your VISA®
Check Card at a merchant that settles in currency other than US
dollars, the charge will be converted into the US dollar amount.
The currency conversion rate used to determine the transaction amount
in US dollars is either a rate selected by Visa from the range of
rates available in wholesale currency markets for the applicable
central processing date, which rate may vary from the rate Visa
itself receives, or the government-mandated rate in effect for the
applicable central processing date. The conversion rate in effect
on the processing date may differ from the rate in effect on the
transaction date or 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.
Computer Transfers - types of transfers and
charges - You may access your account(s) by computer through
the Internet by logging on to our website at www.bankofdwight.com
and using your password, to:
- transfer funds from checking to checking
- transfer funds from checking to savings
- transfer funds from savings to checking
- transfer funds from savings to savings
- transfer funds from line of credit to checking
- transfer funds from line of credit to savings
- make payments from checking to third parties
- make payments from savings to loan accounts with us
- make payments from checking to loan accounts with us
- get information about:
- the account balance of checking accounts
- deposits to checking accounts
- withdrawals from checking accounts
- the account balance of savings accounts
- deposits to savings accounts
- withdrawals from savings accounts
There is no charge for Bill Pay Service as long
as you have at least one bill payment per month. If you do not have
any bill payments during a month, a fee of $4.95 will be charged
for that month.
FEES
- We do not charge for direct deposits to any type of account.
- We do not charge for preauthorized payments from any type of
account.
Except as indicated elsewhere, we do not charge
for these electronic fund transfers.
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).
DOCUMENTATION
- Terminal transfers. You can get a receipt at the time
you make any transfer to or from your account using one of our
automated teller machines or point-of-sale terminals.
- Preauthorized credits. If you have arranged to have direct
deposits made to your account at least once every 60 days from
the same person or company, you can call us at (815) 584-1855
to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.
- Periodic statements.
You will get a monthly account statement
from us for your checking accounts or savings accounts that are
attached to checking.
You will get a monthly account statement
from us for your savings accounts, unless there are no transfers
in a particular month. In any case, you will get a statement at
least quarterly.
PREAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS
- Right to stop payment and procedure for doing so. If
you have told us in advance to make regular payments out of your
account, you can stop any of these payments. Here is how:
Call or write us at the telephone
number or address listed in this brochure in time for us to receive
your request 3 business days or more before the payment is scheduled
to be made. If you call, we may also require you to put your request
in writing and get it to us within 14 days after you call.
We will charge you $20.00 for each
stop-payment order you give.
- Notice of varying amounts. If these regular payments
may vary in amount, the person you are going to pay will tell
you, 10 days before each payment, when it will be made and how
much it will be. (You may choose instead to get this notice only
when the payment would differ by more than a certain amount from
the previous payment, or when the amount would fall outside certain
limits that you set.)
- Liability for failure to stop payment of preauthorized transfer.
If you order us to stop one of these payments 3 business days
or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so,
we will be liable for your losses or damages.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION'S LIABILITY
Liability for failure to make transfers.
If we do not complete a transfer to or from your account on time
or in the correct amount according to our agreement with you, we
will be liable for your losses or damages. However, there are some
exceptions. We will not be liable, for instance:
- If, through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in
your account to make the transfer.
- If you have an overdraft line and the transfer would go over
the credit limit.
- If the automated teller machine where you are making the transfer
does not have enough cash.
- If the terminal or system was not working properly and you knew
about the breakdown when you started the transfer.
- If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood)
prevent the transfer, despite reasonable precautions that we have
taken.
- There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.
CONFIDENTIALITY
We will disclose information to third parties about
your account or the transfers you make:
- where it is necessary for completing transfers; or
- in order to verify the existence and condition of your account
for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant; or
- in order to comply with government agency or court orders; or
- as explained in the separate Privacy Disclosure.
UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS
(a) Consumer liability.
Generally. Tell us
AT ONCE if you believe your card and/or code has been lost or stolen.
Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down.
You could lose all the money in your account (plus your maximum
overdraft line of credit). If you tell us within 2 business days,
you can lose no more than $50 if someone used your card and/or code
without your permission. (If you believe your card and/or code has
been lost or stolen, and you tell us within 2 business days after
you learn of the loss or theft, you can lose no more than $50 if
someone used your card and/or code without your permission.)
If you do NOT tell us within 2 business days after you learn of
the loss or theft of your card and/or code, and we can prove we
could have stopped someone from using your card and/or code without
your permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500.
Also, if your statement shows transfers that you
did not make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days
after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any
money you lost after the 60 days if we can prove that we could have
stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time.
If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital
stay) kept you from telling us, we will extend the time periods.
Additional Limit on Liability
for VISA® Check Card. Unless you have been
grossly negligent or have engaged in fraud, you will not be liable
for any unauthorized transactions using your lost or stolen VISA®
Check Card. This additional limit on liability does not apply to
ATM transactions, to transactions using your Personal Identification
Number which are not processed by VISA®, or to commercial cards.
(b) Contact in event of unauthorized transfer.
If you believe your card and/or code has been lost or stolen or
that someone has transferred or may transfer money from your account
without your permission, call or write us at the telephone number
or address listed in this brochure.
ERROR RESOLUTION NOTICE
In Case of Errors or Questions About Your Electronic
Transfers, Call or Write us at the telephone number or address listed
in this brochure, as soon as you can, if you think your statement
or receipt is wrong or if you need more information about a transfer
listed on the statement or receipt. We must hear from you no later
than 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem
or error appeared.
- Tell us your name and account number (if any).
- Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and
explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or
why you need more information.
- Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
If you tell us orally, we may require that you
send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business
days.
We will determine whether an error occurred within
10 business days (5 business days for VISA® Check Card point-of-sale
transactions and 20 business days if the transfer involved a new
account) after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly.
If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45 days (90 days
if the transfer involved a new account, a point-of-sale transaction,
or a foreign-initiated transfer) to investigate your complaint or
question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within
10 business days (5 business days for VISA® Check Card point-of-sale
transactions and 20 business days if the transfer involved a new
account) for the amount you think is in error, so that you will
have the use of the money during the time it takes us to complete
our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint or question
in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days, we
may not credit your account. Your account is considered a new account
for the first 30 days after the first deposit is made, unless each
of you already has an established account with us before this account
is opened.
We will tell you the results within three business
days after completing our investigation. If we decide that there
was no error, we will send you a written explanation.
You may ask for copies of the documents that we
used in our investigation.
BANK OF DWIGHT
P.O. BOX 189
DWIGHT, ILLINOIS 60420
Business Days: Monday through Friday
Excluding Federal Holidays
Phone: (815) 584-1855
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
ON REQUEST
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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 on the first business day after
the day we receive your deposit. Electronic direct deposits will
be available on the day we receive the deposit. Once the funds are
available, you can withdraw them 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 closing 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 closing 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
Case-by-case delays. In some cases, we will
not make all of the funds that you deposit by check available to
you on the first business day after the day of your deposit. 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 on the first
business day.
If we are not going to make all of the funds from
your deposit available on the first business day, 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.
Safeguard exceptions. 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 will 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 on
the first business day after the day of your deposit 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 on 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
on the tenth 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 do not own or operate will not
be available until the fifth business day after the day of your
deposit. This rule does not apply at ATMs that we own or operate.
All ATMs that we own or operate are identified
as our machines.
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TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS
DISCLOSURE
REGULAR CHECKING ACCOUNT
SENIOR CHECKING ACCOUNT
(For customers age 65 or older)
STUDENT CHECKING ACCOUNT
(For full-time students)
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $100.00 to open this account.
Minimum balance to avoid imposition of fees
- If your average daily balance falls below $300.00 for the
monthly statement cycle we will impose a service charge fee of $7.00
once during the statement cycle. The average daily balance
is calculated by adding the principal in the account for each day
of the period and dividing that figure by the number of days in
the period.
If your average daily balance is at least $300.00
but no more than $499.99 for the monthly statement cycle we will
impose a service charge fee of $5.00 once during the statement cycle.
The average daily balance is calculated by adding the principal
in the account for each day of the period and dividing that figure
by the number of days in the period.
The minimum balance fee is waived for holders of
the Senior Checking account and the Student Checking account.
MERIT CLUB ACCOUNT
Fees:
A maintenance fee of $7.00 will be charged each
month.
Account features:
- Unlimited check writing
- First 200 checks free
- Free stop payments
- Free cashier's checks and money orders
- No fee traveler's checks
- Free photocopy service
- Free notary service
- No fee VISA Check Card
- 1/4% discount on auto loans
NOW 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 every month. Interest will be credited to your
account every month.
Effect of closing an account - If you close
your account before interest is credited, you will not receive the
accrued interest.
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $500.00 to open this account.
Minimum balance to avoid imposition of fees
- A minimum balance fee of $5.00 will be imposed every statement
cycle if the balance in the account falls below $500.00 any day
of the cycle.
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).
REGULAR 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 every quarter. Interest will be credited to your
account every quarter.
Effect of closing an account - If you close
your account before interest is credited, you will not receive the
accrued interest.
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $25.00 to open this account.
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).
Transaction limitations:
Transfers from a Regular Savings account to another
account or to third parties by preauthorized, automatic, computer,
or telephone transfer are limited to six per month with no transfers
by check, draft, debit card, or similar order to third parties.
Fees:
An excess debit fee of $.50 will be charged for
each debit transaction (withdrawal, automatic transfer, or payment
out of this account) in excess of 12 during a quarter.
MONEY MARKET 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 every month. Interest will be credited to your
account every month.
Effect of closing an account - If you close
your account before interest is credited, you will not receive the
accrued interest.
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $1,000.00 to open this account.
Minimum balance to avoid imposition of fees - A minimum
balance fee of $5.00 will be imposed every statement cycle if the
balance in the account falls below $1,000.00 any day of the cycle.
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).
Transaction limitations:
Transfers from a Money Market account to another
account or to third parties by preauthorized, automatic, or telephone
transfer are limited to six per month with no more than three by
check or similar order to third parties.
Fees:
An excess debit fee of $5.00 will be charged for
each debit transaction (withdrawal, check paid, automatic transfer,
or payment out of this account) in excess of six during a month.
INVESTMENT MONEY MARKET 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 every month. Interest will be credited to your
account every month.
Effect of closing an account - If you close
your account before interest is credited, you will not receive the
accrued interest.
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $5,000.00 to open this account.
Minimum balance to avoid imposition of fees
- A minimum balance fee of $9.00 will be imposed every statement
cycle if the balance in the account is more than $2,499.99, but
less than $5,000.00 any day of the cycle.
A minimum balance fee of $10.00 will be imposed
every statement cycle if the balance in the account falls below
$2,500.00 any day of the cycle.
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).
Transaction limitations:
Transfers from an Investment Money Market account
to another account or to third parties by preauthorized, automatic,
or telephone transfer are limited to six per month with no more
than three by checks, draft, or similar order to third parties.
Fees:
An excess debit fee of $5.00 will be charged for
each debit transaction (withdrawal, check paid, automatic transfer
or payment out of this account) in excess of six during a month.
IRA 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 every quarter. Interest will be credited to your
account every quarter.
Effect of closing an account - If you close
your account before interest is credited, you will not receive the
accrued interest.
Minimum balance to open the account - You
must deposit $500.00 to open this account.
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).
Transaction limitations:
You may not deposit more than $3,000.00 per year
or $3,500.00 if you are age 50 or over.
You may not make any transfers from this account
to another account of yours or to third parties by preauthorized,
automatic, or telephone transfer or similar order to third parties.
Fees:
An early withdrawal fee of $25.00 will be charged
for each withdrawal before you reach age 59 1/2.
COMMON FEATURES
The following fees may be assessed against your
account and the following transaction limitations, if any, apply
to your account.
- Account activity printout - $2.00
- Account research/account balancing - $25.00 per hour
- Account transfer fee - $5.00
- Bond redemption (per item) - $25.00 plus handling
- Cashier's checks - $3.00
- Certified checks - $10.00
- Check printing - (fee depends on style of check ordered)
- Collection (incoming) - $10.00
- Count loose coin - Noncustomer - greater of $2.00 or 2% of total
- Counter checks (booklet) - $4.00
- Daily overdraft fee after five days - $6.00
- Escrow account payment fee - $5.00
- Escrow account set-up fee - $100.00
- Extra statement - $5.00
- Fax - Outgoing (up to three pages) - $15.00
- Incoming - $5.00
- Garnishments, levies - $100.00
- Gift checks - $2.00
- Gift cards - $5.95
- Inactive account fee - $3.00 per month for checking and
- $3.00 per quarter for savings
An account is inactive if for one year (checking account), two
years (savings account) there have been no deposits or withdrawals
to the account and the balance in the account is under $200.00.
- Insufficient deposit fee - $10.00
- Large currency transactions requiring treasury reporting - $10.00
- License plate sticker - $4.75
- Money orders - $2.00
- Night deposit bag - $15.00
- Non-customer check cashing - $3.00 per $100.00
- Nonsufficient funds (NSF) - each - $17.00
- Notary fee - $2.00
- The categories of transactions for which an overdraft fee may
be imposed are those by any of the following means: check, in-person
withdrawal, ATM withdrawal, or other electronic means.
- Overdraft - each overdraft paid - $16.00
- Photocopies - $.25 per copy
- Rolled coin - $.25 per roll
- Safe deposit box - depends on size of box rented
- Safe deposit drilling - cost to the bank
- Safe deposit lost or replacement key - $25.00
- Signature guarantee - $5.00
- Special statement cut-off - $5.00
- Stop payments - each - $20.00
- Telephone inquiry on accounts - $2.00
- Telephone transfer between accounts - $2.00
- Traveler's checks - 1 3/4% of total
- Visa Check Card replacement - $10.00
- Wire transfers
- Outgoing - $25.00
- Incoming - $25.00
- Foreign wire transfer - $75.00
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.
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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.
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