
www.framinghambank.com
BUSINESS ACCOUNT DISCLOSURES
Table of Contents
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of
2006 Reg GG
Online Banking Agreement and Electronic Funds Transfer
Disclosure
Commercial Funds
Availability
I.
Your Ability to Withdraw
Funds
Typically,
our policy is to make funds from your deposits available to you on the following
business day after the day of your deposit. However, the first $200 of your deposits
will be immediately available on the first business day. Electronic direct deposits will be
available on the day we receive the deposit. Once they are available, you can
withdraw the funds in cash and we will use the funds to pay checks that you
have written.
For
determining the availability of your deposits, every day is a business day,
except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays. If you make a deposit 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 on a day
we are not open, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next
business day we are open.
II.
Exception Delays for Certain
Specified Reasons
In
addition, funds you deposit by check may be delayed for a longer period under
the following circumstance:
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 5th business day after the day of your deposit.
III.
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 days total deposits
of cashierÕs, certified, tellerÕs, travelerÕs and federal, state and local
government, Federal Home Loan bank checks and U.S. Postal Money Orders may 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 5th 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 5th business
day after the day of your deposit.
Deposits Made at Automated
Teller Machines
If
you are depositing funds (cash or checks) at an automated teller machine (ATM),
the funds from your deposit will typically be made available on the following
business day. All deposits are subject to review. Please refer to section I, II and III if
applicable.
1. Right of Set-Off
If
you have any debts due to us or amounts you owe us, then the Bank reserves the
right of set-off, or to use funds in your deposit account to pay any debts or
amounts you owe us, even if withdrawal results in an interest penalty or
dishonor of subsequent checks. For
joint accounts, we may exercise our rights against the entire balance to pay
the individual debts of any one owner of the account. You and your joint account owners agree
that the Bank may use the funds in your individual or joint accounts to satisfy
obligations of the joint account.
Any garnishment or other levy against your account(s) is subject to the
BankÕs right to set-off and any security interest that Bank may have. To the extent not prohibited by the law,
the Bank may exercise its right of set-off against any deposit regardless of
its source, including deposits of social security, disability or other
governmental benefits normally protected from creditorsÕ claims, and you
expressly acknowledge and agree that such set-off is permissible and to waive
your rights to such protections.
2. Expense Reimbursement
If
you fail to pay any amount owed to us, then you will be liable to pay any
expenses reasonably incurred by the Bank, including attorneyÕs fees, in seeking
payment of the amount owed.
You
also agree to be liable to the Bank for any loss, costs, or expenses, including,
without limitation, administrative costs of responding to an attachment,
garnishment or other levy, and reasonable attorneyÕs fees. This involves any fees that the Bank
incurs as a result of any dispute involving your account, that causes the Bank,
in good faith, to seek legal counsel.
In addition, you authorize us to deduct any such loss, costs, or
expenses from your account without notifying you. This obligation applies to disputes
between you and the Bank involving your account and situations where the Bank
becomes involved in disputes between you and an authorized signer, another
joint owner, or a third party claiming an interest in the account.
3. Evidence of Transactions
If
we institute legal action against you in connection with your account, we may
introduce into evidence a copy, microfilm, or microfiche of any document
evidencing a transaction under this Agreement and such copy, microfilm, or
microfiche shall be deemed as valid as the original document.
4. Choice of Law and Choice
of Venue
This
Agreement, as well as the partiesÕ rights and obligations hereunder, shall be
in all respects interpreted, enforced, and governed by and under the laws of
the United States and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Any lawsuit between the Bank and you,
arising under this Agreement or otherwise, shall be brought in a court located
within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
5. Notices
Any
notice sent by us shall be effective when mailed to you, unless otherwise
noted, at your last address on record with us. To the extent allowed by law, notices
from you to us must be in writing and shall be effective when received by us,
unless otherwise noted.
6. Waiver of Rights by the
Bank
We
reserve the right to waive the enforcement of any of the terms of this Agreement
with you with respect to any transaction or series of transactions. Any such waiver will not affect our
right to enforce any of our rights with respect to other customers, or to
enforce any of our rights with respect to future transactions with you. Please note that any waiver is not
sufficient to modify the terms and conditions of this or any other agreement.
7. 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 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, 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.
8. Amendment
We
reserve the right to modify or amend this Agreement at any time, and we will
notify you prior to any such changes that would adversely affect your account,
as required by law. Any waiver of
an Agreement term, or customer accommodation that is inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement, shall be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, and
the terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
To ensure your account information is accurate, we ask that you promptly review your account statements. In the event that you discover the existence of unauthorized signatures, alterations, or other transactions or charges, you must notify us within 30 days of receipt of the statement. Your failure to do so may result in your having to bear some or all of the loss with respect to the items contained in the statement.
Commonly
referred to as ÒCheck 21,Ó the Check Clearing for the 21st Century
Act is a new federal law designed to streamline check processing between
financial institutions. The biggest
impact for our customers is the introduction of Òsubstitute checks,Ó a new
legal document.
As you
read about substitute checks, please keep in mind that we do not send any check
information electronically. If you
do receive a substitute check, it means your check was converted to an image
elsewhere, and we received that image as a substitute check. If we receive a substitute check drawn
on your account, we treat it just like a paper check.
Below
is important information about your rights regarding substitute checks. If you have any questions, please visit
one of our offices, or call (508) 820-4000 to speak with a customer service
representative.
To
make check processing faster, federal law permits banks to replace original
checks with substitute checks.
These checks are similar in size to original checks with a slightly
reduced image of the front and back of the original check. The front of a substitute check states:
ÒThis is a legal copy of your check.
You can use it the same way you would use the original check.Ó You may use a substitute check as proof
of payment just like the original check.
Some
or all of the checks that your receive back from us may be substitute
checks. This notice describes
rights you have when you receive substitute checks from us. The rights in this notice do not apply
to original checks or to electronic debits to your account. However, you have rights under other
laws with respect to those transactions.
In
certain cases, federal law provides a special procedure that allows you to request a refund for
losses you suffer if a substitute check is posted to your account (for example,
if you think that we withdrew the wrong amount from your account or that we
withdrew money from your account
more than once for the same check).
The losses you may attempt to recover from this procedure may include
the amount that was withdrawn from your account and fees that were charged as a
result of the withdrawal (for example, bounced check fees).
The
amount of your refund under this procedure is limited to the amount of your
loss or the amount of the substitute check, whichever is less. You are also entitled to the interest on
the amount of your refund if your account is an interest-bearing account. If your loss exceeds the amount of the
substitute check, you may be able to recover additional amounts under the law.
If
you use this procedure, you may receive up to $2,500 of your refund (plus
interest if your account earns interest) within 10 business days after we
received your claim and the remainder of your refund (plus interest if your
account earns interest) not later than 45 calendar days after we received your
claim.
We
may reverse the refund (including any interest on the refund) if we later are
able to demonstrate that the substitute check was correctly posted to your
account.
If
you believe that you have suffered a loss relating to a substitute check that
you received and that was posted to your account, please contact us at (508)
820-4000. You must contact us
within 40 calendar days of the date that we mailed (or otherwise delivered by
means to which you agreed) the substitute check in question or the account
statement showing that the substitute check was posted to your account,
whichever is later. We will extend
this time period if you are not able to make a timely claim because of
extraordinary circumstances.
Your
claim must include:
á A description of why you
have suffered a loss (for example, you think the amount withdrawn was
incorrect);
á An estimate of the amount of
your loss;
á An explanation of why the
substitute check you received is insufficient to confirm that you suffered a
loss; and
á A copy of the substitute
check or the following information to help us identify the substitute check:
check number, name of the person to whom you wrote the check, amount of the
check, and the date of the check.
After receiving your claim, we will investigate the matter and get back
to you. If warranted, we will
recredit your account.
Because
of the anticipated decrease in the time it will take for checks to clear, it is
more important than ever that, when writing a check, you are sure there is
enough money in your account to cover it.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement
Act (UIGEA) of 2006 Reg GG
The
UIGEA, signed into law in 2006, prohibits any person engaged in the business of
betting or wagering (as defined in the Act) from knowingly accepting payments
in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful internet
gambling. The Dept of Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board have issued a
joint final rule, Regulation GG, to implement this Act.
As defined in Regulation GG, unlawful Internet gambling means to Òplace,
receive or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which
involves the use, at least in part, of the internet where such bet or wager is
unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands
in which the bet or wager is initiated, received or otherwise madeÓ.
As a customer of the Framingham Co-operative Bank, these restricted
transactions are prohibited from being processed through your account or
banking relationship with us. If you do engage in an Internet gambling business
and open a new account with us, we will ask that you provide evidence of your
legal capacity to do so.
DEBIT BUSINESSCARD AGREEMENT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Introduction
This
Debit BusinessCard Agreement (ÒAgreementÓ) contains contract terms and other
important information relating to your Debit BusinessCard (ÒCardÓ). These terms
govern the operation of this account unless varied or supplemented in writing.
This Agreement also incorporates any other terms and conditions provided
separately with your deposit account agreement as well as the terms of any
disclosures you may have received. You should read this Agreement carefully and
keep a copy for your records.
Applicable Law
This Agreement will be governed by the
laws of Massachusetts as well as the federal laws and regulations. Normal
banking customs and practices also apply.
Definitions
Unless
inconsistent, words and phrases used in this document shall be construed so that
the singular includes the plural and that the plural includes the singular. The
words ÒweÓ, ÒourÓ and ÒusÓ refer to Framingham Co-operative Bank. The words
ÒyouÓ and ÒyourÓ refer to the owner of the specific account for which Card
transactions are permitted. The word ÒCardholderÓ refers to any person
authorized by you to use the Card.
Business Card Purpose
You
and any Cardholder agree that this Card is for use by business owners and
authorized signers. The Card can be used for business purpose point-of-sale and
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions only. The Card may not be used for
personal purposes. You acknowledge and understand that the Card shall not be
treated as a consumer card under the provisions of state and federal law. You
agree to provide written instructions to all Cardholders that the Card shall
not be used for consumer purposes.
Account Requirement, Payment
Responsibility, Transferability, Enforceability
The
services described in this Agreement will be available to you only as long as
you maintain a business checking account with us. You are liable for the
payment of Card transactions authorized by you or your agent or any Cardholder
or their agent. This account may not be transferred or assigned.
If
any terms of this Agreement cannot be legally enforced, it will be considered
changed to the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws. If any part of
this Agreement becomes unenforceable, it will not make any other part
unenforceable.
How to Use the Business
Card, Security Procedure
The Card allows Cardholders to directly
access the business checking account specified in your Card Application. We
will issue Cards and codes to you at your request. Each Card will identify your
business as well as the Cardholder. Each Cardholder must sign their Card before
it may be used. As a security procedure, you agree to require both a Card and a
code to be used together to obtain cash at designated ATMs. Because your Card
may be used at a MasterCard¨ merchant without a code, as a security feature you
cannot use this card until it is activated at an ATM terminal.
Once
a Card has been issued it cannot be transferred to another person. You agree to
immediately notify us when you terminate a CardholderÕs rights and to promptly
return the Card to us.
Termination and Amendments
¥ We
may terminate this Agreement by written notice to you.
¥ You
may terminate this Agreement by written notice to us.
We
may make amendments to this Agreement in the same method as provided in the
terms and conditions provided in your account agreement. Use of your Card after
receipt of notice of an amendment constitutes your acceptance of the change.
Notices.
Any
notices mailed to you under this Agreement will be mailed to the address we
have for you in our records. You will keep us notified of your current mailing
address.
Order of Payment
Our policy is to post and pay Card
transactions in the order they are received. We reserve the right to pay Card
transactions before checks and other items.
Overdraft Protection
If your account has an overdraft
protection line of credit feature, unless otherwise agreed in writing, Card
transactions that would otherwise overdraw your account will be covered by the
overdraft protection line of credit feature.
Stop Payment
You
may not stop payment of Card transactions; therefore, you should not employ
electronic access for purchases or services unless you are satisfied that you
will not need to stop payment of the transfer.
TYPES OF AVAILABLE TRANSFERS
AND LIMITS ON TRANSFERS
You
may use your Card and code at any Cirrus¨ or NYCE¨ terminal to:
¥ Check
the balance in your designated accounts.
¥ Make
withdrawals from your designated accounts.
¥ Make
deposits or loan payments by depositing cash, check or money order along with a
deposit ticket or payment coupon (only available at certain Framingham
Co-operative
Bank terminals).
¥ Make
transfers to and from your designated accounts.
¥ Conduct
other transactions as we add services and features.
Some
of these services may not be available at all terminals. You also may have
chosen limited access by electronic means to one or more of your accounts.
You
may pay for purchases wherever Debit MasterCard¨ is accepted using your Debit
BusinessCard.
Limitations on Dollar
Amounts of Transactions. You may use your card at Automated Teller Machines or at Point-Of-Sale
(POS) terminals to withdraw cash or purchase goods up to a maximum of $510 per
24-hour period, per card as long as your available balance exceeds this limit.
You
may also choose to have a limit lower that $510, you need only inform us.
You
may use your Debit BusinessCard to make purchases up to $1,000 per day in
addition to the ATM/POS limit listed above. Some cards may have lower limits
assigned by us, due to account experience.
Our
business days are Monday through Friday except holidays. Deposits and payments
received through an ATM on a Sunday or federal holiday will be considered
received and will be posted on the next business day.
CHARGES FOR ACCOUNTS,
TRANSFERS, ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED CHARGES
Service
charges for using your Debit BusinessCard at any of our Automated Teller
Machines will follow the same schedule of charges associated with all
Framingham Co-operative Bank accounts. Additional charges per transaction may
apply. A complete listing of all current account charges will be made available
to you upon request.
1. Charges For Transfers By
Means Of Your Card. For transaction withdrawals, transfers and balance inquiries made at
any Electronic Banking Terminal, the following charges may be imposed per
transaction:
Framingham
Co-operative Bank Terminal $0.00
Any
other Terminal $0.50
Non-signature
Point-Of-Sale (POS)
transaction $0.50
Notice
Regarding ATM Fees by Others: If you use an Automated Teller Machine that is
not operated by us, you may be charged a fee by the operator of the machine
and/or by an automated transfer network.
2. Charge For Replacing
Cards. The
Bank will charge a fee of $5 for each card that must be replaced due to its
being lost, stolen, destroyed or otherwise deemed unusable.
Non-Sufficient
Funds (NSF) per item $29.00
Uncollected
Funds (UCF) per item $29.00
PROCESSING OF INTERNATIONAL
TRANSACTIONS
Purchases,
cash withdrawals and cash advances made in foreign countries will be debited
from your account in U.S. dollars. The exchange rate between the transaction
currency and the billing currency used for processing international
transactions is a rate selected by MasterCard from a range of rates available
in wholesale currency markets for the applicable central processing date, which
rate may vary from the rate MasterCard itself receives, or the government
mandated rate in effect for the applicable central processing date. The
exchange rate used on the processing date may differ from the rate that would
have been used on the purchase date or cardholder statement posting date.
A
fee of 1% of the transaction amount posted to your account will be imposed on
all foreign transactions, including purchases, cash withdrawals, cash advances
and credits to your account. A foreign transaction is any transaction that you
complete or a merchant completes on your card outside of the U.S., Puerto Rico
or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
A
devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the foreign currency in which the
transaction was made will result in a higher than expected dollar amount
charged to your account. This currency differential, along with any transaction
fee for the foreign exchange could result in your account becoming overdrawn.
DOCUMENTATION
Terminal
Transfers. You can get a receipt at the time you make any transfer to or from
your account using one of our ATM terminals.
Retain
Copies for Your Records. You should retain copies of all records including
receipts, credit slips (for returned merchandise), and cancellation numbers
(for cancelled reservations). You should also mark each transaction in your
account record. You should review your periodic statement for accuracy and
compare your account records against your periodic statement to reconcile
balances.
Periodic
Statements. You will get a monthly account statement from us for your checking
account that will also include a record of transactions made using your Card.
LIMITATIONS ON OUR LIABILITY
We
will not be liable if:
¥ You
do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.
¥ You
have an overdraft line and the transfer would cause you to exceed your credit
limit.
¥ An
ATM does not have sufficient cash.
¥ A
terminal or system is not working properly.
¥ Circumstances
beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer.
¥ A
merchant refuses to accept your Card.
¥ An
ATM rejects your Card.
There
may be other limitations on our liability.
UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS
Additional
Risks Associated with Use of Business Purpose Cards. You will not have the
benefit of any consumer law limiting liability with respect to the unauthorized
use of your Card. This means your liability for the unauthorized use of your
Card could be greater than the liability in a consumer debit card transaction.
You accept and agree to undertake the additional risk and greater measure of
liability associated with the use of business purpose cards as described in
this Agreement.
Your
Liability for Unauthorized Transfers. You are liable for Card transactions you
do not authorize if we can prove that we processed the transaction in good
faith and in compliance with a commercially reasonable security procedure to
which we both agreed, unless otherwise required by law.
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 your
Card and/or code is lost, stolen, or used without your permission, you agree to
notify us immediately and to promptly confirm such notice in writing. Your
liability for transactions with your Card and/or code will continue until 2
business days after the day we receive such written notice. If you do not
notify us within 60 days from when the periodic statement containing an
unauthorized transaction was first mailed or made available to you, we will be
entitled to treat the information in the periodic statement as correct, and you
will be precluded from asserting otherwise.
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.
Consequential
Damages. We will not be liable for any consequential or incidental damages
resulting from the unauthorized use of your Card.
ERROR RESOLUTION
You
agree to examine your receipts and periodic statements using ordinary care and
to report any errors or problems to us within a reasonable time. You agree that
the time to examine your statement and report to us will depend on the
circumstances, but will not, in any circumstances, exceed a total of 60 days
from when the statement containing the error or problem was first mailed or
made available to you. If you do not report within 60 days, we will be entitled
to treat such information as correct and you will be precluded from asserting
otherwise. You further agree that if you fail to report to us within 30 days
from when the statement was first mailed or made available to you that we will
not be required to pay interest on any refund to which you may be entitled. We
will only recredit your account for errors or problems as required by law.
Call
or write us immediately with errors or questions about your electronic
transfers at the telephone number or address listed in this brochure. If you
tell us orally, we may require your complaint or question in writing within 10
business days.
If
you provide us with timely notice of an error or problem in your periodic
statement, we will investigate the matter and notify you of the results as soon
as reasonably possible under the circumstances.
You
may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.
Framingham
Co-operative Bank
828
CONCORD STREET
FRAMINGHAM,
MA
Business
Days: Monday - Friday
Excluding
Federal Holidays
Privacy
At
Framingham Co-operative Bank, we are committed to providing you with financial
products and services to meet your needs.
The safekeeping of personal information, and the accuracy of that
information, is critical to our relationship with you.
The
customer information that you provide to us is used to deliver more effective
and efficient service. Sharing information
internally or with our business partners enables us to better understand our
customersÕ financial needs. It is
also necessary to deliver basic conveniences, such as ATM access.
We
want you to be aware of our policies with respect to the disclosure of
nonpublic personal information about you that we have collected from you or
others in connection with the financial products and services that we provide
to you.
We
recognize that the confidentiality of this information is extremely important
to you and we hope that the information in this notice will assure you that we
keep this information confidential as described herein.
We
collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
We
will not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you while you are
our customer or thereafter, except (1) as required or permitted by law and (2)
to non-affiliated third parties that perform marketing service on our behalf or
to other financial institutions with whom we have a joint marketing agreement
(which prohibits further disclosures by such non-affiliated third parties
except in accordance with the law).
The
information that we will share with such non-affiliated third parties includes
the following:
Non-affiliated
third parties and financial institutions to whom we may disclose your nonpublic
personal information include the following types of third parties: insurance
companies, investment advisors, and the like.
We
restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to those of our
employees who need to know that information in order to provide financial
products or services to you. We
maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with
federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.
We
are available to answer any questions which you may have concerning our policies
with respect to your nonpublic personal information. You may call our Customer Service
Representative at (508) 820-4000.
Online Banking Agreement and
Electronic Funds Transfer Disclosure
Online Banking Agreement
This
Agreement and Disclosure contains the terms and conditions of Online Banking,
the Internet banking service of Framingham Co-operative Bank, the disclosures
required by Electronic Funds Transfer Act and additional information required
by Massachusetts law. By using
Online Banking, you indicate your agreement to the terms and conditions of
Online Banking. Online Banking is a
consumer electronic banking service that allows you to access your account
information, check balances, transfer funds and, if you elect to register for
the additional service (and are approved), to pay bills. You may access Online Banking using a
personal computer through Framingham Co-operative BankÕs web page on the
Internet. Our internet address is http://www.framinghambank.com/. For the
purpose of this document, ÒyouÓ and ÒyourÓ shall refer to each depositor who
signs up for Online Banking. ÒWeÓ,
ÒusÓ, ÒourÓ, and ÒBankÓ shall refer to the Framingham Co-operative Bank. All references to the time of day in
this agreement and disclosure refer to Eastern Standard Time.
General Information about
Online Banking
You
may use Online Banking any time, day or night, seven days a week. Online Banking, however, may
occasionally be temporarily unavailable due to Bank record updating or
technical problems. In addition,
access to Online Banking is made available according to the terms of a service
agreement between the Bank and Intuit financial Services. Intuit Financial Services created and
owns software that makes Online Banking possible. Any interruption of service or access
caused by Intuit Financial Services may prevent your use of Online Banking.
Services Available through
Online Banking
Online
Banking service allows you to:
á Transfer funds electronically
between certain Framingham Co-operative Bank accounts.
á Schedule recurring transfers.
á Set up notifications for
balances and certificates of deposits.
á Arrange reminders for loan
payments.
á Utilize a personal reminder
notification.
á Obtain account information
and view checks online.
á See if a check has cleared.
á View online statements
(eStatements).
á Export data to some versions
of personal financial management packages such as Quicken, QuickBooks, and
Microsoft Money.
Additional
services within online banking that have their own Terms and Conditions to be
accepted are:
á Text Message Banking
á Interbank Transfers
á POP Money
á eStatements
General Information about
Online Banking Bill Payment
You
may use Online Banking Bill Payment any time, day or night, seven days a
week. Online Banking Bill Payment,
however, may occasionally be temporarily unavailable due to technical
problems. In addition, access to
Online Banking Bill Payment service is made available according to the terms of
a third party service agreement among Framingham Co-operative Bank, Intuit
Financial Services and FIS. FIS
processes all Bill Payment transactions.
Any interruption of service or access caused by Intuit Financial
Services or FIS may prevent your use of Online Banking Bill Payment.
Online Banking Bill Payment
service allows you to:
á Access your primary checking
account to pay most bills.
á Cancel or modify Future and
Recurring Bill Payments.
Note:
your ability to cancel payments is limited; see Canceling Online Banking Bill
Payments below.
á Export Bill Payment data to
some versions of personal financial management packages such as Quicken,
QuickBooks, and Microsoft Money.
Equipment and Technical
Requirements
To
use Online Banking, you must have Internet access through an Internet Service
Provider (ISP) and Internet browser software. The Bank does not make any warranties on
equipment, hardware, software or ISP Service, or any part of them, expressed or
implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.
The Bank is not responsible for any loss, injury or damages, whether
direct, indirect, special or consequential, caused by the Internet Provider,
any related software, Online Banking or the use of any of them or arising in
any way out of the installation, use or maintenance of your personal computer
hardware, software or other equipment.
Access
If
two or more depositors are joint owners of the account accessed by Online
Banking, each may have access to the account through Online Banking. When your Online Banking is linked to
one or more joint accounts, we may act on the verbal, written, or electronic
instructions of any authorized signer regarding your service for those
accounts. Each person on a joint
account will be liable for all transactions that are made on that account by
all other joint account holders of that account. It is your responsibility to notify us
if a signer should no longer be given access to the joint account through
Online Banking. Notices sent to the
address of one account holder are binding on all account holders.
We
recommend that you print or store a copy of this Agreement for your
records. You may also review this
Agreement from time to time, and at your convenience on our website at www.framinghambank.com. If you
are unable to print or store a copy of this Agreement or if you experience a
computer or printer malfunctions, please call us and we will mail you a paper
copy of this Agreement.
Email Use
We
may, if you use any of the notification or alerts offered within any of the
Online Banking services, send account information to the email address(es) you
designate. Sensitive information
such as account numbers will be only partially shown (masked). Other than these notices, we will not
send to you, and we strongly suggest that you do not send to us, any
confidential information regarding your accounts via the public Internet, as it
is not necessarily secure.
We
may, if you are have multiple bad logins or are locked out, email you at your
designed email address, alerting you regarding the condition of your login
status.
We
will not send you email requesting confidential information such as account
numbers, PINs, or passwords. If you
receive such an email purportedly from us, do not respond to the email and
notify us by calling (508) 820-4000.
Agreement and Acknowledgment
By
using Online Banking or authorizing others to use Online Banking, you
acknowledge that you have received and understand the terms of this Agreement
and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and by the agreements
incorporated herein by reference that also govern your account with us. These Agreements may be amended from
time to time and notice of such changes will be provided to you by us as may be
required by Applicable Law.
Business Day
Framingham
Co-operative BankÕs Customer Service can be reached during normal business
hours, Monday through Friday.
Holidays are not included.
Transaction Procedures
Bill
Payments: When you initiate a Bill Payment transaction, sufficient funds must
be available in the account at the time you initiate the transaction. In the case of future or recurring
payments, sufficient funds must be available in your account on those
designated dates. The funds will
not be withdrawn from your account until those dates.
All
Bill Payments you make through Online Banking will be deducted from your
designated checking account. Your
payees must all be located within the United States and accept payment in U.S.
dollars. Each payee must appear on
the payee list you create, and the bill you are paying must be in your
name. You may not use Online
Banking to make payments to federal, state, or local governments. Some other categories of payees may also
be restricted.
Some
Bill Payments may be delivered electronically to your payee within three
business days of the scheduled ÒProcessing Date.Ó Some payees, however, are not set up to
accept electronic payment. In these
cases, a check will be sent, which may take up to ten business days to process
and deliver to the payee.
You
must allow sufficient time, up to ten business days to process the Bill
Payments so that the funds can be delivered to the payee before the payment due
date. If you do not allow
sufficient time, you will be responsible for all late fees, finance charges or
other actions taken by the payee.
Framingham Co-operative Bank is not liable in any way for damages you
incur if you do not have sufficient funds in your account to make the payment,
if you do not allow sufficient time for delivery to the payee or if there have
been delays in mail delivery, changes of merchant address or account number,
the failure of any payment in a timely manner or for any other circumstances
beyond the control of Framingham Co-operative Bank. In all cases, you are responsible for
either making alternate arrangements for the payment or rescheduling the
payment through Online Banking. We
will not automatically resubmit a payment for you after the funds have become
available.
Internal Account Transfers
You
may transfer funds only from your checking account to a Framingham Co-operative
Bank statement savings account or passbook savings account; from a statement
savings account to another statement savings account, to a passbook savings
account or to a checking account.
You may make transfers from your checking or statement savings accounts
to certain Framingham Co-operative Bank loan accounts. These transfers will be processed as
loan payments according to the terms of the individual loan account affected. You may not transfer from a passbook
savings account online. For Money
Market Accounts and Statement Savings Accounts, you may not make more than six
transfers from your account each statement period whether to accounts you
maintain with us or to third parties.
You cannot make transfers from or to Certificates of Deposit. All Bill Payments and Transfers are
subject to the terms and conditions of the deposit account being accessed. All transfers are made on collected
funds only.
Please
note that not all account types are eligible for all types of transfers.
One Time Transfers
When
transferring funds between two Framingham Co-operative Bank statement accounts
between the hours of 6am and 8pm on a business day, the funds should be
available immediately. If the
transfer takes place after 8pm, the funds will not be available until the next
business day. Sufficient funds must
be collected and available for the transfer to occur.
Scheduled and Recurring
Transfers
When
scheduling a recurring transfer, the transfer takes place at 4am on the
business day that the transfer was scheduled to occur. If the date of transfer is not a
business day, the transfer will occur on the next business day. Sufficient
funds must be collected and available for the transfer to occur.
Notifications
When
requesting notifications, note that the information is valid as of 4am the day
you receive the information. If
requesting a Balance Greater Than or
a Balance Lesser Than notification,
you will not receive a notification if the amount is equal to the amount chosen.
Mobile Banking
Mobile
Banking is an included service in Framingham Co-operative BankÕs Online Banking
product. It is accessed by logging
on to www.framinghambank.com on an internet enabled cell
phone or tablet device. The same
user name, password, and challenge questions are required to gain access to
internet banking. Customers can
view account balances, see account histories, transfer funds between Framingham
Co-operative Bank accounts, and pay bills to existing payees.
Text Message Banking
Text
Message Banking is a service available for Online Banking customers. The cell phone number must be registered
within an online banking session.
Two cell phone numbers per customer are permitted. The customer may deactivate either or
both cell phone numbers at any time.
Once a cell phone number is registered only one primary account is
selected for balance inquiries, however balance information about accounts that
are on online banking is available by texting a short message to 454545. The messages are BAL, LAST 5, BAL ALL,
BAL CHK, BAL SAV, STOP, and HELP.
Transfers from the preselected source account to the preselected primary
account can be conducted by texting the short message TRANS and the dollar
amount. Standard text messaging
rates apply. Check with your
provider.
Canceling or Modifying
Online Banking Bill Payment
Payments
can be canceled or modified only when they are found on the Pending Payment
screen. You should not, therefore,
employ Online Banking Bill Payment service for payment of purchases or services
unless you are satisfied that you will not need to stop a payment.
Authorization to Charge
Accounts
You
authorize Framingham Co-operative Bank to debit the accounts you designate for
all Online Banking transactions, including the amount of any Bill Payment or
Transfer that you make plus any charges for that service. You authorize us to process Bill
Payments and to transfer the funds according to your instructions. It is the responsibility of the End User
to be certain that the Payee Address and Account Number are correct when
scheduling a payment.
You
also authorize Metavante to make those Bill Payments required by check even
though you have not signed the check used to make the payment.
Account Information
You
may check the balances of Framingham Co-operative Bank accounts that are
accessed by Online Banking.
Other Fees
Monthly
Service Fee: We may charge you a monthly service fee for use of Online Banking
Bill Payment. Refer to our
regularly published Fee Schedule for the applicable fees which you may be
charged. We will automatically
deduct any Bill Payment fees from your designated checking account beginning 30
days from the date of application, unless a different date is agreed to. We will continue to charge your account
monthly on the same day (or the next business day if the due date falls on a
weekend or holiday) until the service is discontinued.
Transaction Fees
The
amount of transaction and other fees is listed in Framingham Co-operative
BankÕs Fee Schedule. The BankÕs
schedule of fees is available at all branches or may be requested by
phone. Please refer to the most
recent Fee Schedule and Truth in Savings Disclosure you were provided for
important information regarding minimum balances and rates of interest
paid. The Fee Schedule and Truth in
Savings Disclosure is available at all branch locations and may be requested by
phone.
Security Procedures
You
must enter your Online Banking User ID and Password at the start of each Online
Banking session. You will enter a
Password to gain access to your account information. Your Password is confidential and you
are responsible for keeping it confidential. You agree not to disclose or otherwise
make your Password available to anyone not authorized to withdraw funds from
your account. Online Banking
software employs sophisticated encryption to ensure the secure transmission of
data. To further insure that Online
Banking transactions are kept confidential, Online Banking security system
meets the requirements of the American National Standards Institute for
Password security. By using Online
Banking, you agree with us that Online Banking security procedures are
commercially reasonable and sufficient to insure that Bill Payment and Transfer
instructions or other communication we receive from you have in fact, been made
by you. To determine this, you must
consider the size, type and frequency of Bill Payments, transfers or other
communications that you anticipate making.
In short, by using Online Banking, you have determined Online Banking is
secure for your purposes. If the
size, type and frequency of your Bill Payments and transfers change, and
because of these changes you determine that Online Banking security procedures
cease to be commercially reasonable and sufficient, you must inform the Bank of
this immediately. Such a
determination necessarily means that you will no longer use Online Banking for
any purposes. If you wish to learn
more about Online Banking security, please ask us.
Documentation and
Verification of PaymentsÕ Confirmation Numbers
Upon
completion of a Bill Payment using Online Banking, you will be given a
confirmation number. You should
record this number, along with the payee, scheduled date and transaction amount
in your checkbook register (or other permanent record), because this will help
in resolving any problems that may occur.
No printed receipts are issued through Online Banking.
Periodic Statements
Information
concerning Online Banking transactions will be shown on your regular monthly
statement for the account to and from which transfers or payments are made.
We
will deliver to you a statement of your account periodically. You must examine your statement
promptly. If you discover or should
have discovered any unauthorized withdrawal from funds in your account(s), you
must immediately notify us of your discovery and provide us with all
information necessary for us to determine whether the withdrawal was
unauthorized. To the extent that
you do not promptly notify us of any such unauthorized withdrawal, you may be
liable for any loss, which is thereafter sustained which we could have
prevented had you promptly notified us of the unauthorized withdrawal. You agree that you will not have acted
promptly if you fail to examine your statement and report any unauthorized
withdrawal to us within 60 calendar days of the date that the statement was
sent to you or made available for your examination.
You
agree that if you fail to provide notice to us of any unauthorized signature,
alteration, forgery, or other error with respect to your account within 60 days
of when we sent you the statement or made the statement available to you, you
will not be able to assert a claim against us with respect to any item(s)
reflected in such statement.
FinanceWorks & Purchase Rewards
Offers Agreement In addition to the above content, if you decide to use either
FinanceWorks or the Purchase Rewards Offers application, you acknowledge and
agree to the following terms and conditions of service.
License Grant and Restrictions
You are granted a personal, limited, non-exclusive,
non-transferable license, to electronically access and use the FinanceWorks
Service (the ÒServiceÓ) solely to manage your financial data, and the purchase
rewards application (ÒPurchase Rewards OffersÓ) to benefit from your debit card
purchases.
In addition to the FinanceWorks Service and the
Purchase Rewards Offers, the terms "Service" and ÒPurchase Rewards
OffersÓ also include any other programs, tools, internet-based services,
components and any "updates" (for example, Service maintenance,
Purchase Rewards information, help content, bug fixes, or maintenance releases,
etc.) of the Service or Purchase Rewards Offers if and when they are made
available to you by us or by our third party vendors. Certain Service and
Purchase Rewards Offers may be accompanied by, and will be subject to,
additional terms and conditions.
You are not licensed or permitted to do any of the
following and you may not allow any third party to do any of the following: (i)
access or attempt to access any other
systems, programs or data that are not made available for public use;
(ii) copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, resell or distribute
in any way the material from the FinanceWorks site or from the Purchase Rewards
Offers program; (iii) permit any third party to benefit from the use or
functionality of the Service or Purchase Rewards Offers, or any other services
provided in connection with them, via a rental, lease, timesharing, service
bureau, or other arrangement; (iv) transfer any of the rights granted to you
under this license; (v) work around any technical limitations in the Service,
use any tool to enable features or functionalities that are otherwise disabled
in the Service, or decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer the
Service except as otherwise permitted by applicable law; (vi) perform or
attempt to perform any actions that would interfere with the proper working of the
Service or Purchase Rewards Offers or any services provided in connection with
them, prevent access to or the use of the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers or
any or services provided in connection with them by other licensees or customers, or impose
an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on the infrastructure while
using the Service; or (vii) otherwise use the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers
or any services provided in connection with them except as expressly allowed
under this Section 1.
Ownership
The Service and Purchase
Rewards Offers are protected by copyright, trade secret and other intellectual
property laws. You do not have any rights to the trademarks or service marks.
Your Information and Account
Data with Us
You are responsible for (i) maintaining the
confidentiality and security of your access number(s), password(s), security
question(s) and answer(s), account number(s), login information, and any other
security or access information, used by you to access the Service, Purchase Rewards
Offers or any services provided in connection with them, and your accounts with us (collectively,
"Licensee Access Information"), and (ii) preventing unauthorized
access to or use of the information, files or data that you store or use in or
with the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers or any services provided in
connection with them (collectively, "Account Data"). You are
responsible for providing access and assigning passwords to other users, if
any, under your account for the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers or any
services provided in connection with them, and ensuring that such authorized
users comply with this Agreement. You will be responsible for all electronic
communications, including account registration and other account holder
information, email and financial, accounting and other data
("Communications") entered using the Licensee Access
Information. It is assumed that any
Communications received through use of the Licensee Access Information were
sent or authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us if you become
aware of any loss, theft or unauthorized use of any Licensee Access
Information. We reserve the right
to deny you access to the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers or any services provided
in connection with them (or any part thereof) if we reasonably believe that any
loss, theft or unauthorized use of Licensee Access Information has occurred.
You must inform us of, and hereby grant to us and our third party vendors
permission to use, Licensee Access Information to enable us to provide the
Service, Purchase Rewards Offers or any services provided in connection with
them to you, including updating and maintaining Account Data, addressing errors
or service interruptions, and to enhance the types of data and services we may
provide to you in the future.
We may use anonymous, aggregate information, which
we collect and store, or which is collected and stored on our behalf by third
party vendors, to conduct certain analytical research and help us to create new
offerings and services for our customers. As we make additional offerings and
online banking services available to you, some of which may rely on banking
information maintained in your accounts, you will have the opportunity to
participate in the services if you choose. If you choose not to participate,
you do not need to notify us. We
may also use anonymous, aggregate information which we collect and store, or
which is collected and stored on our behalf by third party vendors, to (i)
conduct database marketing and marketing program execution activities; (ii)
publish summary or aggregate results relating to metrics comprised of research
data from time to time; and (iii) distribute or license such aggregated
research data to third parties.
Additionally, automated technology may be used to tailor messages or
advertisements that best reflect your interest and needs.
Your Information and Account Data with Other
Financial Institutions
Our financial management
tools allow you to view accounts that you may have outside our financial institution
(this is a process called ÒaggregationÓ). When you choose to use online
financial services which are applicable to data that you have transacted with
other financial institutions or card issuers, you are consenting to us
accessing and aggregating your data from those outside financial institutions.
That data includes your
financial institution account access number(s), password(s), security
question(s) and answer(s), account number(s), login information, and any other
security or access information used to access your account(s) with other
financial institutions, and the actual data in your account(s) with such
financial institution(s) such as account balances, debits and deposits
(collectively, "Financial Account Data"). In giving that consent, you
are agreeing that we, or a third party vendor on our behalf, may use, copy and
retain all non-personally identifiable information of yours for the following
purposes: (i) as pertains to the use, function, or performance of the services
which you have selected; (ii) as necessary or useful in helping us, or third
parties on our behalf, to diagnose or correct errors, problems, or defects in
the services you have selected; (iii) for measuring downloads, acceptance, or
use of the services you have selected; (iv) for the security or protection of
the services you have selected; (v) for the evaluation, introduction,
implementation, or testing of the services you have selected, or their upgrade,
improvement or enhancement; (vi) to assist us in performing our obligations to
you in providing the services you have selected.
If we make additional online financial services
available to you which are applicable to data that you have transacted with
other financial institutions or card issuers, and which we will aggregate at
this site, we will separately ask for your consent to collect and use that
information to provide you with relevant offers and services. If you give us
your consent, you will be agreeing to permit us to use Financial Account Data
to help us suggest savings opportunities or additional products and services to
you.
If you select services that are offered by third
parties or merchants through such offers or on our behalf, you will be agreeing
that we have your consent to give such third parties or merchants your
geographic location, and other data, collected and stored in aggregate, as
necessary for such third parties or merchants to make their offerings and
services available to you and to permit us to use Financial Account Data to
help us suggest savings opportunities or additional products and services to
you. Except as specified here, we
and the third parties or merchants acting on our behalf shall not use or keep
any of your personally identifiable information.
Use, Storage and Access
We shall have the right, in our sole discretion and
with reasonable notice posted on the FinanceWorks site and/or sent to your
email address provided in the Registration Data, to establish or change limits
concerning use of the Service and any related services, temporarily or
permanently, including but not limited to (i) the amount of storage space you
have available through the Service at any time, and (ii) the number of times
(and the maximum duration for which) you may access the Service in a given
period of time. We reserve the right to make any such changes effective
immediately to maintain the security of the system or Licensee Access
Information or to comply with any laws or regulations, and to provide you with
electronic or written notice within thirty (30) days after such change. You may
reject changes by discontinuing use of the Service and any related services to
which such changes relate. Your continued use of the Service or any related
services will constitute your acceptance of and agreement to such changes. Maintenance of the Service or any
related services may be performed from time-to-time resulting in interrupted
service, delays or errors in such Service or related services. Attempts to
provide prior notice of scheduled maintenance will be made, but we cannot
guarantee that such notice will be provided.
Third Party Services
In connection with your use of the Service, Purchase
Rewards Offers, or any other services provided in connection with them, you may
be made aware of services, products, offers and promotions provided by third
parties, ("Third Party Services"). If you decide to use Third Party
Services, you are responsible for reviewing and understanding the terms and
conditions governing any Third Party Services. You agree that the third party
is responsible for the performance of the Third Party Services.
Third Party Websites
The Service may contain or reference links to
websites operated by third parties ("Third Party Websites"). These
links are provided as a convenience only. Such Third Party Websites are not
under our control. We are not responsible for the content of any Third Party
Website or any link contained in a Third Party Website. We do not review, approve, monitor,
endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to Third Party
Websites, and the inclusion of any link in the Service, Purchase Rewards Offers
or any other services provided in connection with them is not and does not
imply an affiliation, sponsorship, endorsement, approval, investigation,
verification or monitoring by us of any information contained in any Third
Party Website. In no event will we be responsible for the information contained
in such Third Party Website or for your use of or inability to use such
website. Access to any Third Party Website is at your own risk, and you
acknowledge and understand that linked Third Party Websites may contain terms
and privacy policies that are different from ours. We are not responsible for such
provisions, and expressly disclaim any liability for them.
Export Restrictions
You acknowledge that the Service may contain or use
software that is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR,
Chapter VII) and that you will comply with these regulations. You will not
export or re-export the Service, directly or indirectly, to: (1) any countries
that are subject to US export restrictions; (2) any end user who has been
prohibited from participating in US export transactions by any federal agency
of the US government; or (3) any end user who you know or have reason to know
will utilize them in the design, development or production of nuclear, chemical
or biological weapons. You further acknowledge that this product may include
technical data subject to export and re-export restrictions imposed by US law.
Purchase
Rewards Offers
If you decide you wish to participate in the
Purchase Rewards Offers application, you acknowledge and agree to the following
terms and conditions of service.
Purchase Rewards. You will earn rewards for your participation in
the Purchase Rewards Offers program
based on total purchases. If you participate in the Purchase Rewards
Offers, we will credit all cash or point
rewards earned to your rewards balance and send you a lump sum of all rewards
due to you. For any qualifying
purchases during the current month, we will distribute the lump sum amount to
you during the following calendar month. For example, if the payment date of all rewards end user disbursements is August
30, the applicable Measurement Period would be the calendar month ended July
31. Cash rewards will be deposited in the
Purchase Rewards Offers deposit account which is associated with the Purchase
Rewards Offers program.
Purchase Rewards Offers
Account. You must
use the debit card associated with the Purchase Rewards Offers account in order
to receive the offers which qualify for the rewards. Rewards will not be earned for any
portion of your purchase that you pay for with store credit, gift certificates
or other payment types.
Purchases
must be made as indicated in the offers made available under the Purchase
Rewards Offers program. Each offer
will specify whether the purchase can be made online, at a store location, or
by telephone to be eligible for rewards.
You must also comply with any guidelines included with the offer, such
as offer expiration dates, minimum purchase amounts, purchase limits, etc. You must also pay using the debit card
associated with the account that received the Purchase Rewards offer in order
for the purchase to qualify.
While we and the merchants work hard to properly
track and credit all eligible purchases, there may be times that we are unable
to do so because of problems with your internet browser, the merchant's web
site or our system. Please contact
our support team if you believe you have made a qualifying purchase for which
you did not receive Rewards.
Please note that you will not earn rewards as part of this program if
you use a debit card not issued by us or do not have the designated deposit
account opened with us at the time of disbursement.
You understand and agree that we make no warranties and have no
liability as to:
● Any
offers, commitments, promotions, money back, or other incentives offered by any
of the merchants in the Purchase Rewards Offers program.
● The
rewards information that we provide to you, which is provided Òas isÓ and Òas
availableÓ.
● (i)
your inability to comply with offer guidelines, (ii) the accuracy, timeliness,
loss or corruption, or mis-delivery, of any qualifying purchase information or
any other information, (iii) unauthorized access to your account(s) or to your
account information and any misappropriation, or alteration, of your account
information or data, to the extent that the unauthorized access results from
your acts or omissions, or (iv) your inability to access your account(s)
including, but not limited to, failure of electronic or mechanical equipment,
interconnect problems with telephone providers or internet service providers,
acts of God, strikes, or other labor problems.
● Some
states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so that
the above limitations may not apply to you, and that you may also have other
rights, which vary from state to state.
The following highlighted section DOES NOT apply to
business accounts, as this portion relates only to consumer accounts.
THE FOLLOWING
SECTION CONTAINS DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATION
Liability for
Unauthorized Use
You will notify the Bank immediately if you believe
that your Password has become known to an unauthorized person.
Notifying us by phone is the best way of keeping
possible losses to a minimum.
If you believe that an unauthorized transfer or
payment may have occurred, we may require you to sign an affidavit.
Notification
of Unauthorized Transaction or a Lost or Stolen Access Device
If you believe your Password has become known by an
unauthorized person or that someone has transferred money or made payments
without your permission, immediately call Customer Service at (508) 820-4000.
Liability for
Failure to Make Payments
If we do not send a Payment or make a Transfer on
time or in the correct amount according to your instruction and in accordance
with this Agreement and Disclosure, we will be liable for damages caused. However, there are some exceptions. We will not be liable, for instance, if:
á Through no fault of ours,
your account does not contain sufficient funds to make the payment or transfer.
á The equipment, ATM network,
phone lines, or computer systems were not working properly or were temporarily
unavailable.
á Circumstance beyond our
control, such as fire or flood, prevented the Payment or Transfer, despite
reasonable precautions that we have taken.
á A court order or legal
process prevents us from making a transfer or payment.
á You have previously reported
or if we have a reasonable basis for believing that an unauthorized use of your
Password, or designated account have occurred or may be occurring or if you
default under any agreement with us or if you or the Bank terminates this Agreement.
á The payee does not process a
payment correctly or in a timely manner.
á There may be other exceptions
stated in our other agreements with you.
á If any of the circumstances
listed immediately above occur, we will make a reasonable effort to take
appropriate corrective action or to reprocess the transactions that may not
have been completed or to correct transactions that have incorrectly been
processed.
Electronic
Funds Transfer Disclosure
In Case of
Errors or Questions about Your Electronic Transfers
You should telephone Framingham Co-operative Bank
Customer Service at (508) 820-4000 or write Framingham Co-operative Bank,
Attention: Customer Service, 828 Concord Street, Framingham, MA 01701, as soon
as you can, if you think a statement is wrong or if you need more information
about a Bill Payment or Transfer listed on the statement.
We must hear
from you no later than 60 days after we sent you the FIRST statement on which
the problem or error appeared.
1. Tell us your name and account
number.
2. Describe the error or
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.
3. 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 calendar days after we hear from you and will correct any error
promptly. If we need more time,
however, we may take up to 45 days to investigate your complaint or
question. If we decide to do this,
we will recredit your account within 10 calendar days for the amount you think
is in error, so that you will have use of the money during the time it take us
to complete our investigation. If
we ask you to put your request in writing and we do not receive it within 10
business days, we may not recredit your account.
We will tell you the results within 3 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
on our investigation.
Other Problems
If
you believe an error other than an electronic funds transfer problem has
occurred concerning a deposit account, please call Customer Service at (508)
820-4000.
Account Information
Disclosure
We
will disclose information to third parties about your account and the payments
or transfers you make:
á When it is necessary for
verifying or completing payments or tranfers, or resolving a problem relating
to a payment or transfer;
á In order to verify the
existence and the condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit
bureau or merchant;
á In order to comply with
government agencies or court orders;
á To any subsidiary or
affiliate;
á To any employee or other
auditor of Framingham Co-operative Bank solely for the purpose of an official
audit, accounting, or to any other person for the purpose of servicing the
account relationship, including preparation of the periodic statement of
account, but only to the extent actually necessary;
á To any attorney or collection
agent of the Bank;
á If you give us your written
permission; or
á As otherwise permitted by
law, or as required by government regulations.
Recurring Deposits
If
you have arranged to have deposits made to a deposit account at least once
every 60 days from the same person or company, you can find out whether or not
the deposit has been made through Online Banking, by logging onto www.framinghambank.com, through Telephone Banking by calling
1-888-415-9901, or by calling Customer Service at 508-820-4000.
Other Conditions
You
are responsible for complying with all terms of this Agreement and Disclosure
and the regulations governing the deposit accounts which you access using
Online Banking. We can
terminate your Online Banking
privileges without notice to you if you
do not pay any fee required in this Agreement and Disclosure when due or
if you do not comply with any of the other terms and conditions of this
Agreement. You may terminate Online
Banking by providing the Bank with written notice of your desire to do so.
Change in Terms
We
will mail or deliver a written notice to you at least 30 days before the
effective date of any change in a term or condition disclosed in this Agreement
and Disclosure, if the change would result in increased fees or charges,
increased liability for you, fewer types of available electronic fund transfers
or stricter limitations on the frequency or dollar amounts of transfers, unless
prior notice is excused by law.
Virus Protection
You
agree that we are not responsible for any electronic virus that you may
encounter using Online Banking. We
encourage you to routinely scan your computer and diskettes using any reliable
virus protection product to detect and remove any viruses found. Undetected or unrepaired, a virus may
corrupt and destroy your programs, files, and even your hardware.
Additional Information
Required by Massachusetts Law
Any
documentation provided to you which indicates that an electronic funds transfer
was made shall be admissible as evidence of the transfer and shall constitute
prima facie proof that the transfer was made.
The
initiation by you of certain electronic funds transfers from your account will,
except as otherwise provided in our Electronic Funds Transfer Disclosure,
effectively eliminate your ability to stop payment of the transfer.
UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
OUR ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER DISCLOSURE, YOU MAY NOT STOP PAYMENT OF
ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS; THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD NOT EMPLOY ELECTRONIC ACCESS
FOR PURCHASES OR SERVICES, UNLESS YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT YOU WILL NOT NEED TO
STOP PAYMENT.
Protected Consumer Use of
Electronic Funds Transfers
Chapter
167B of the Massachusetts General Laws was enacted to provide a means for
financial institutions, businesses, and consumers to conduct their business
relations more conveniently.
Transferring funds electronically will supplement the use of checks, credit,
and cash and will not replace these present methods of doing business. As a consumer, you should be aware of
your rights if you choose to utilize electronic funds transfers.
Overdraft Privilege
It
is Framingham Co-operative BankÕs (Òwe, us, or ourÓ) policy to comply with
applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to conduct business in accordance
with strict safety and soundness standards. A non-sufficient funds
(overdraft/negative balance) may result from:
(A) The payment of checks,
electronic funds transfers, or other withdrawal requests you initiate;
(B) Payments authorized by you;
(C) The return, unpaid, of items
deposited by you;
(D) Charging your account for our
applicable service charges and fees;
(E) The deposit of items to your
account which, according to our Funds Availability Policy, are treated as not
yet ÒavailableÓ or Òfinally paidÓ.
We are not obligated to pay
any item initiated for payment against your account if your account does not
contain sufficient collected funds.
Rather than automatically
returning, unpaid, all non-sufficient funds items that you may have, if your eligible account
has been open for at least thirty (30) days and you maintain your account in
good standing thereafter, we will
consider, without obligation on our part, approving your reasonable overdrafts
up to your assigned Overdraft Privilege Limit, including our fees.
Maintaining your account in good standing includes at least:
(A) Making deposits totaling $400 or
more in your account within the first thirty (30) day period,
(B) You are not in default on any
loan obligation to us,
(C) We reserve the right to require
you to pay your outstanding overdraft (negative) balance, including our fees,
immediately or on demand, and
(D) Your account is not the subject
of any legal or administrative order or levy, such as bankruptcy or a tax lien.
This
discretionary service will generally
be limited to a $750 overdraft (negative) balance for eligible personal
checking account types, or a $1,200 overdraft (negative) balance for eligible
business checking account types.
Our
normal fees and charges including, without limitation, our non-sufficient funds
(NSF) or overdraft (OD) fees; currently up to $29.00 per item, as set forth in
our fee schedule, will be charged for each transaction initiated for payment
from your checking account that does not have sufficient collected funds.
Typically,
we will charge our normal NSF/OD fee whether we approve an overdraft item for
payment or return it unpaid. Our NSF/OD
fees will be included in and count against your assigned Overdraft Privilege
Limit of $750 or $1,200. Whether your overdrafts will be paid or not is at
our sole discretion and we reserve the right not to pay. For example, we
typically do not pay overdrafts if your account is not in good standing as
described above.
We may refuse to pay an
overdraft for you at any time, even though your account is in good standing and
even though we may have previously paid overdrafts for you. You will be notified by mail
of any non-sufficient funds items paid or returned that you may have; however,
we have no obligation to notify you before we pay or return any item. The
amount of any overdrafts, including our fees that you owe us, shall be due and
payable immediately. If there is an overdraft paid by us on an account with
more than one (1) owner on the signature card, each owner, and agent if
applicable, drawing/presenting the item creating the overdraft, shall be
jointly and severally liable for such overdrafts including our fees.
■ Optional Overdraft
Protection Service: We offer an additional overdraft protection service that links your
Framingham Co-operative Bank Statement Savings Account to
your Framingham Co-operative Bank Checking Account to cover an occasional overdraft item. If you apply
and are approved for this optional service, you may save money on the total
fees you pay us for overdraft protection services.
■ Account Limitations:
This
service is available only for eligible checking accounts that are maintained in
good standing as defined above. We may, in our sole discretion, limit the
number of your accounts eligible for Overdraft Privilege to one account per
household and/or one account per taxpayer identification number.
■ Eligible Account
Types: The
account types that are eligible for Overdraft Privilege are: Direct Deposit
Checking, No Minimum Balance Checking, Free Checking for Seniors, Interest
Checking, Apex Checking, Free Checking, Advantage Interest Checking, Commercial
Checking, Free Business Checking and Premier Business Checking accounts.
■ Transactions That
May Cause or Create Overdrafts Using Your Overdraft Privilege Limit: NSF transactions initiated
for payment against your checking account may be paid by us using your assigned
Overdraft Privilege Limit, including our fees. Our NSF/OD fee may be imposed
for paying, or not paying, overdrafts you create by checks, ACH, or in-person
(teller) withdrawals. For all consumer accounts, ATM withdrawals and everyday
debit card transactions require a customer to ÒOpt-InÓ to the service. Please
contact a Customer Service Representative for more information about the Opt-In
process for ATM and everyday debit card transactions.
If
you have questions concerning the Overdraft
Privilege Service, please visit one of our offices.
■ You May Always
Opt-Out:
You may choose at any time to not participate in Overdraft Privilege by
notifying one of our Customer Service Representatives who will explain what
this (ÒOpt-OutÓ) means, and the potential consequences, for you.
■ If You Need Help: Of course, overdrafts
should not be used to pay ordinary or routine expenses and you should not rely
on overdrafts as a means to cover these expenses. If at any time you feel you
need help with your financial obligations, please contact us at (508) 820-4000.
■ Always a
Discretionary Service: Our Overdraft Privilege Service does not constitute an actual or
implied agreement between you and us. Nor does it constitute an actual or
implied obligation of or by us. Our Overdraft Privilege Service represents a
purely discretionary courtesy or privilege that we may provide to you from time
to time and which may be withdrawn or withheld by us at any time without prior
notice or reason or cause.
YOU DESERVE CONSIDERATIONÉ
Rather than automatically
returning unpaid all insufficient funds items that you may have, we will
consider, without obligation on our part, payment of your reasonable overdrafts
created by checks, ACH, or in-person (teller) withdrawals up to your assigned
Overdraft Privilege Limit.
You
do not have to apply for this service and you do not need to sign any
additional documents for the service. With some exceptions, most of our
checking account types are eligible for this service. See ÒEligible Account
TypesÓ in this brochure.
If you would like Overdraft
Privilege Service expanded to include ATM withdrawals and everyday debit card
transactions,
you must Opt-In to this feature. A Customer Service Representative can provide
information about how you can Opt-In for ATM and everyday debit card
transactions.
If
you do not use the Overdraft Privilege Service it costs you nothing. ÒUseÓ
means you initiate insufficient funds transactions. If you do use the Overdraft
Privilege Service you will be charged our customary fees set out in this brochure.
OVERDRAFT PRIVILEGE CAN MEAN
■ You may avoid high charges
from merchants for returned checks.
■ You may avoid the
embarrassment and inconvenience of denied purchases and dishonored checks.
■ Payment of your occasional
and inadvertent overdrafts up to your assigned Overdraft Privilege Limit of
$750 or $1,200 will normally be considered. These limits include our customary
fees set out within this brochure. Our fees will be added to any outstanding
overdrafts you may have and will be applied against your Overdraft Privilege
limit.