|
This is your application agreement with SunWest Educational
Credit Union regarding rights and responsibilities associated with
your obtaining a VISA Debit Card. The disclosure statements that
follow are required by Federal Regulations, including Truth In
Lending, The Fair Credit Billing Act and Electronic Fund Transfer
Act. Please read this disclosure carefully to be familiar with your
rights and responsibilities. It is important to retain this notice
for future reference and to notify us at once if any parts are
unclear.
Words Often Used In This Agreement "Agreement" means
SunWest Educational Credit Union VISA Debit Card With Line of Credit
Agreement. "We", "Us", and "Our" mean
SunWest Educational Credit Union. "You" and
"Your" mean each person or persons who sign the
application. "Card" means the VISA Debit Cards issued to
you.
Your Contract With Us When your application is accepted by us, it
becomes a binding contract. When you sign the application, you
acknowledge receipt of a copy of this agreement and will abide by
the terms of this agreement including all applicable laws.
Sign the Card and Keep This Agreement You must sign the card
before you use it. By signing and using this card, you are agreeing
to comply with the terms of this agreement. You should read this
agreement and keep a copy for future reference.
Promise To Pay You promise to pay SunWest Educational Credit
Union all amounts charged to your account regardless of the means
and all other charges, including finance charges and any related
collection costs incurred under this agreement. You understand that
your account may be accessible through a variety of means including
advance requests by telephone, vouchers, checks, charge slips, ATM
or Debit cards, and other similar instruments.
Advances Whenever you request an advance, we may require you to
prove your identity. If you request an advance by telephone, we will
deposit the amount approved in your share account or your share
draft account and you authorize us to do this. We may also draw a
draft or check made payable to you and mail it to you. When the
amount advanced appears on a subsequent statement, that will be
conclusive evidence of the telephonic request. You understand that
all advance requests are subject to our prior approval.
Line of Credit Limits We will notify you of the credit limit
given you for your account. We expect that you will make repeated
advances on your account and unless you are in default, the credit
limit established for you will be self-replenishing as you make
payments on your account. You will keep your unpaid balance within
the credit limit set by us, and you will pay the total amount over
the credit limit on our demand whether or not we authorized the
advance(s) which caused you to exceed your credit limit. Even if
your unpaid balance is less than your credit limit, you will have no
credit available during any time that any aspect of your account is
in default.
Joint Accounts If more than one person signs the application,
each person who signs the application promises to pay all amounts
owed to us under this agreement. Each of you is jointly and
severally obligated. This means that we may collect money owed to us
from each of you or from all of you, regardless of your current
domestic relationship or other legal proceedings. In the event that
any of the above should occur, all will continue to be jointly and
severally obligated until all cards are returned and the debt is
extinguished.
Payments We will automatically transfer the minimum payment from
your checking account on the last business day of the month. You may
make direct payments to your Line of Credit Loan, at any time there
is a balance outstanding by mail or delivering funds to us with the
instruction to apply the same to your Line of Credit Loan. All
payments and transfers will be processed as of the close of the
business day and will be applied to any outstanding finance charge
first, and then to the Line of Credit Loan balance. If there is a
balance outstanding on your Line of Credit Loan, payment is due
within thirty (30) days of posting. You agree to pay at least the
"minimum payment" by the payment due date, as reflected on
your current account statement. Should the Line of Credit Loan be
the current share draft statement period, the minimum payment will
be determined by the new loan balance.
Should your checking account be closed, you must make direct
payments to your Line of Credit Loan. If there is a balance
outstanding on your Line of Credit Loan, payment is due within
thirty (30) days of posting. You agree to pay at least the
"minimum payment" by the payment due date, as reflected on
your current account statement.
Past Due Payments In the event your Line of Credit Loan becomes
past due or should you default on any other obligation to us, we may
immediately offset any and all funds in any account which you have a
legal interest and apply such funds to your loans or obligations,
unless prohibited by law.
Minimum Payment You understand and agree that your minimum
payment under this agreement is automatically deducted each month
from your share draft account. The minimum monthly payment is 4% of
your outstanding statement balance with a minimum payment due of
$25.00.
If you do not have a share draft account with SunWest Educational
Credit Union, your minimum payment will be disclosed on your monthly
statement. Payments will be due the last day of the month following
the statement date (example - if your statement is for January 1 -
January 31 of any calendar year, your payment will be due the last
day of February of that calendar year.)
Finance Charge A finance charge will be imposed on your open-end
credit transaction using the daily balance computation method. The
daily balance on your loan is multiplied by the daily periodic rate
(which can be obtained by dividing the interest rate on the loan by
365 days) and multiplied by each day's ending balance on the loan.
The daily balance used to compute the finance charge is the unpaid
balance at the end of each day after payments and credits have been
subtracted and any new charges have been added. A finance charge
shall accrue on each advance from the date it is posted to the
open-end credit. There is no grace period during which a finance
charge is not imposed on new advances. Disclosure of the monthly
periodic rate and Annual Percentage Rate will appear on your Line Of
Credit Loan agreement and your monthly statement.
Periodic Statements On a regular basis, you will receive a
statement from us on your share draft account(s) or you will receive
a statement from us on your other savings account(s) which will
reflect all transaction activity made to your account. You may not
receive a statement on your account if there has been no activity or
collection procedures have been initiated against you because you
defaulted. Each statement is deemed to be a correct statement unless
you establish a billing error pursuant to the Federal Truth in
Lending Act or the Electronic Fund Transfer Act.
Share Draft Overdraft Protection We may transfer the necessary
funds to your share draft account if your share draft account
becomes overdrawn. Whether or not such a transfer occurs will be
controlled by this agreement. Advances will be made in $100
increments from your overdraft protection accounts. In any event,
you hold us harmless for any and all liability which might otherwise
arise if the transfer does not occur. Your share draft overdraft
protection automatically ceases if this agreement is in default.
Default You will be in default and we may, to the extent
permitted by law, terminate your Line of Credit and declare the
entire unpaid balance of your account due and payable if:
(1) You do not meet the repayment terms or you fail to perform on
any obligation under this agreement or any other agreement that you
may have with us; or
(2) You should die, become involved in any insolvency, receivership,
guardianship,
conservatorship, or other proceeding which determines you are not
capable of
managing your financial affairs; or
(3) You have made a false or misleading statement in your credit
application and/or
in your representation to us while you owe money on your account; or
(4) A judgment or tax lien should be filed against you or any
attachment or garnishment should be issued against any of your
property or rights, specifically including anyone starting an action
or proceeding to seize any of your funds on deposit with us; and/or
(5) We should in good faith, believe your ability to repay your
indebtedness hereunder is
or soon will be impaired, time being of the very essence; or
(6) Government action precludes us from imposing the Annual
Percentage Rate or a government
Authority has notified us that continued advances constitute an
unsafe and unsound practice.
Collection Costs To the extent permitted by law, you agree to pay
all reasonable costs of collection paid or incurred by us, including
reasonable attorney's fees not to exceed 15% of the unpaid debt
after default and referral to an attorney not a salaried employee of
the lender, or such additional fee as may be directed by the court,
incurred in the course of collecting any amounts owed under this
agreement.
Delay in Enforcement We do not lose our rights under this or any
related agreement if we delay enforcing them. We can accept late
payments, partial payments or any other payments even if they are
marked "PAID IN FULL" without losing any of our rights
under the agreement. If any provision of this or any related
agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, all other
provisions remain in full force and effect.
Notification of Address Change You will notify SunWest
Educational Credit Union promptly if you move or otherwise have a
change of address.
Change In Terms We may change the terms of this agreement by
mailing a written notice to you at your last address shown on our
records.
COLORADO RESIDENTS: Warning The terms of this agreement may be
changed, whether or not authorized by agreement, in accordance with
the Colorado Uniform Consumer Credit Code and other applicable law.
Address for Notices To Us All notices under this agreement should
be addressed to SunWest Educational Credit Union Attention Card
Services Department at: 4141 Sovereign Circle, Pueblo, Colorado
81005-1899.
You May Cancel The Account You may cancel the account whenever
you choose. Cut each card in half and notify us in writing at the
address shown in "Address For Notices To Us" that you wish
to cancel the account. Please include the destroyed card(s) with
your notice or you may contact the Card Services Department and
request a Cancellation Request form. Such cancellation will become
effective five (5) days after the notice is received by us. You will
still be responsible for the repayment of any outstanding balance on
your Line of Credit Loan and any other amounts that have not yet
been billed to you.
We May Cancel the Account We have the right to cancel the account
at any time upon written notice sent to you at the last address
shown on our records. You must return the card(s) at our request.
You agree to discontinue the use of the card(s) upon our request.
What Law Applies We make the decision to issue a card to you from
our offices in Pueblo, Colorado. Colorado and Federal law apply to
this agreement. These laws will be used to interpret our rights and
your obligations under this agreement. Each provision shall be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid but if any
part of this Agreement shall be declared invalid, such decision
shall not invalidate the remaining provisions.
Credit Reporting Agencies You authorize us to make whatever
credit or investigative inquiries we deem necessary in the course of
review of any credit extended under this agreement. If you request
it, we will provide the name and address of the credit reporting
agency. Negative information will be provided to appropriate credit
reporting agencies if you fail to perform your obligations under
this agreement.
Other Agreements this agreement supersedes all prior agreements
between you and us governing the use of a VISA Debit Card with Line
of Credit Loan.
Repayment You may pay the full amount outstanding on your Line of
Credit Loan at any time without a prepayment penalty.
Security Agreement You hereby grant a consensual lien to us in
all funds that you have at SunWest Educational Credit Union as
collateral for this Line of Credit Loan Agreement as well as for all
other loans made by us. It is understood and agreed that this
security interest is a first lien and is perfected by possession.
Transaction Slips Your periodic statement will identify the
merchant or electronic terminal location at which transactions were
made. Sales, cash advances, credit or other slips cannot be returned
with the statement. You will retain the copy of such slips furnished
at the time of the transaction in order to verify the transactions
listed on your statement.
Credit If a merchant who honors your card gives you credit for
returns or adjustments, he will do so by sending your VISA Card
processor a credit slip which will be posted to your share draft
account. The merchant has forty-five (45) days from the date of the
credit slip, to credit your account.
Foreign Transactions You agree to pay in U. S. Dollars for
charges you incur in any other currency. The charges will be
converted to U. S. Dollars when presented for payment and you agree
to pay us the converted amount. Since conversion may occur after the
date of transaction, the conversion rate may be different from the
rate in effect at the time of the transaction.
Card Agreement You understand that your VISA Debit Card is issued
by us, remains our property, and is subject to rules governing ATM
networks of which financial institutions must follow. The card(s)
are not transferable. By using your card, you are agreeing to the
following terms:
(1) To abide by our rules and regulations and those of the
participating ATM network as may be amended;
(2) That we and the ATM network may follow all electronic
instructions given through the ATM;
(3) That we may restrict the use of or terminate your card at any
time without notice to prevent loss to your account or to the credit
union;
Daily Limits will adhere to those established by the credit union
in conformance with the ATM network agreement and are subject to
modification to preserve the integrity of the ATM network and
prevent loss to the credit union or its members. Daily limits for
withdrawals or deposits will be included in the Rate and Fee
Schedule which is accessible to all members upon request.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, ANY DEPOSITS INTO A SHARE OR SHARE DRAFT
ACCOUNT THROUGH A PROPRIETARY ATM WILL BE PLACED ON HOLD FOR TWO
BUSINESS DAYS, DEPOSITS TO AN ATM WE DO NOT OWN WILL BE PLACED ON
HOLD FOR FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, ACCORDING TO OUR HOLD POLICY. THE FUNDS
WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL WHEN YOUR ACCOUNT
REFLECTS HOLD FOR UNCOLLECTED FUNDS, YOUR BALANCE ELIGIBLE FOR
WITHDRAWAL WILL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF SUCH HOLDS.
Issuance of Personal Identification Number (PIN) A personal
identification number (PIN) will be issued separately from the card.
This PIN will enable you to use your card at any ATM terminal owned
by the credit union or accessed by agreement through an ATM network.
You can not make transactions through an ATM without using your PIN.
If you forget or do not enter your PIN correctly, the ATM will keep
your card the third (3rd) time the PIN is entered incorrectly. This
procedure is for security measures. For your added protection, the
PIN must never be written on the card. Keep your PIN a secret! If
you authorize us to issue a card to anyone else for use through any
electronic access device, you are authorizing that individual to
withdraw funds from any account, including your Line of Credit,
which can be accessed by that card, regardless of whether that
individual is authorized to withdraw money from the account by any
other means.
Fees and Charges related to this agreement are included in the
Rate and Fee Schedule which is attached to this disclosure. You
agree to pay any related charges that are imposed as a result of
your use of the VISA Debit Card and any associated Line of Credit
Loan.
Miscellaneous
(1) Checks, payments, cash withdrawals and other card transactions
received for processing on the same business day may be processed in
any order we determine.
(2) If you exceed your available account balance, you will have one
day to reestablish your account balance. Your VISA Debit card
privilege will be denied until this has been corrected. Your account
will only be allowed one negative withdrawal, and then your Visa
Debit card will be revoked.
Limitations of Our Responsibility We will not be responsible for
merchandise or services purchased by you with the card. We are not
liable for the refusal or inability of merchants, financial
institutions and others to accept your card(s) or electronic
terminals to honor them or complete a withdrawal, or for their
retention of the card(s).
ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Types of Electronic Fund Transfers:
Direct Deposits You may make arrangements for certain direct
deposits to be accepted into your share or share draft account(s).
Often direct deposits are processed through an Automated Clearing
House network (ACH) which was preauthorized by you. Examples of
direct deposits include paychecks, social security and other
governmental benefits, allotments, retirement benefits and
dividends.
Preauthorized Withdrawals You may make arrangement to pay certain
recurring bills from your share draft or share savings account(s).
Preauthorized payments from your account can include but are not
limited to insurance company premiums, installment loan payments to
other financial institutions, or utility payments. Transfers from
share savings account(s) are further limited to six per month.
Audio Teller Telephone Transfers (MAARS) You may access your
account by telephone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling
(719) 560-9006 using your personal identification number (PIN), a
touch tone phone and your account numbers to:
(a) Transfer funds from share savings to share draft (limit 6 per
month)
(b) transfer funds from share savings to high yield accounts (limit
6 per month)
(c) loan payment made from share savings to loan
(d) obtain account information
Internet You may access your account by the Internet 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, at tcu-usa.org or swecu.com to:
a) Transfer funds from share savings to share draft (limit 6 per
month)
(b) transfer funds from share savings to high yield accounts (limit
6 per month)
(c) loan payment made from share savings to loan
(d) obtain account information
PC Banking (Mercury) You may access your account by Mercury 24
hours a day, seven days a week by calling 719-560-1640 to:
a) Transfer funds from share savings to share draft (limit 6 per
month)
(b) transfer funds from share savings to high yield accounts (limit
6 per month)
(c) loan payment made from share savings to loan
(d) obtain account information
ATM Access Cards: The types of transactions and dollar
limitations are set by the financial institution which owns the
actual automated teller machine (ATM) and/or the service network it
is linked with. You may access your account(s) through an ATM by
using a card with ATM access capabilities and inputting your
personal identification number (PIN) to:
(a) Make withdrawals from you share draft account(s)
(b) Make deposits into your share savings or share draft account(s)
(in the State of Colorado, only)
(c) Transfer funds between share savings and share draft account(s)
(d) Obtain balances on your share savings or share draft account(s)
Debit Cards . You may perform the functions listed under ATM
Access Cards. In addition, you may access your share draft account(s)
to purchase goods (in person), pay for services (in person), and
obtain cash advances from participating merchants and financial
institutions. The dollar limitation for cash advances using your
debit cards must not exceed $1,000 per business day.
Accounts Using Cards and/or PINs You cannot use the card and/or
PIN to transfer money into or out of your account until we have
validated it. If you do not want the use of the card, please destroy
it by cutting it in half.
CHARGES FOR ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
We do not charge for direct deposits, to any type of account(s)
for preauthorized withdrawals, or audio teller transactions.
Charges associated with the use of your ATM or Debit card are
listed below:
VISA Debit Card Annual Fee $ .00
ATM Adjustment Fee $ 12.00
Reissue Card (1st) $ 15.00
VISA Lost/Stolen Pick-up $ 65.00
Rush VISA Debit Card $ 35.00
VISA Debit Card Late Payment $ 15.00
VISA Draft Copy $ 15.00
Card Research $ 25.00 per hour
- less than 48 hours notice $ 35.00 per hour
-minimum of one hour in both instances
ATM Transaction Fee $ .00 at SWECU ATMs
-Surcharge may apply on ATMs not owned by SWECU
BUSINESS DAY DISCLOSURE
Our business days are Monday through Friday. Saturdays, Sundays
and federal holidays are excluded.
RIGHT TO DOCUMENTATION
Direct Deposits 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 (719) 561-0804 or at MAARS (719)
560-9006 to verify the deposit has been made. You may also access
your account on the Internet at tcu-usa.org or swecu.com.
Terminal Transfers You can obtain a receipt at the time you make
any transfer to or from your account(s) using an automated teller
machine.
Periodic Statement You will get a monthly account statement from
us for your share draft account(s) and VISA Debit Card. You will get
a monthly share account statement from us if an EFT (Electronic
Funds Transfer) occurs during a given month. You will get an account
statement from us for your Share Savings account(s) on a periodic
basis to reflect all transfers made to your account.
RIGHT TO STOP PAYMENT
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 by calling or writing us at the telephone
number or address listed in this disclosure in time for us to
receive your request three (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 fourteen
(14) days after you call.
Please refer to our Fee Schedule in your new account packet for
the amount we will charge you 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 ten (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
your set.
Liability for Failure to Stop Payment of Preauthorized Transfer
If you order us to stop one of these payments three business days or
more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will
be liable for your losses or damages.
OUR 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:
(1) If, through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in
your account to make the transfer.
(2) If the transfer would go over the credit limit on your line of
credit.
(3) If the automated teller machine where you are making the
transfer does not have enough cash.
(4) If the terminal or system was not working properly and you knew
about the
breakdown when you started the transfer.
(5) If circumstances beyond our control (such as a fire or flood)
prevent the transfer,
despite reasonable precautions we have taken.
(6) The funds are subject to legal process or other encumbrance
restricting such transfer
(7) There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.
DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We will disclose information to third parties about your account
or the transfers you make:
(1) Where it is necessary for completing transfers, or
(2) In order to verify the existence and condition of your account
for a third party, such
as a credit bureau or merchant, or
(3) In order to comply with government agency or court orders, or
(4) If you give us written permission.
LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE
Telephone us at once, if you believe your card and/or personal
identification number has been lost or stolen or your PIN
compromised. Telephoning is the best way of keeping possible losses
to a minimum. If your statement shows EFT transactions that you did
not make, tell us at once.
If you believe your card and/or PIN 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 disclosure.
Your VISA Debit Card may not be used for any illegal transaction.
ERROR RESOLUTION
In case of errors or questions about your electronic funds
transfers from your credit union accounts, call us at 1-719-561-0804
and send us a written notice at the following address (4141
Sovereign Circle, Pueblo, CO 81005), 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 sixty (60) days after we sent the
first statement which the problem or error appeared.
(1) Tell us your name and account number (if any)
(2) 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
(3) Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error..
We will determine whether an error has occurred within ten (10)
business days after we hear from you and will correct any error
promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to forty
five (45) days to investigate your complaint or question. If we
decide to do this, we will credit your account within ten (10)
business days (20 business days if your account has been open for 30
days or less) for the amount you think is in error. This provisional
credit enables you to have the use of the money during the time it
takes us to complete our investigation. If the error you assert is
an unauthorized VISA transaction, other than a cash disbursement at
an ATM, we will credit your account within 5 business days unless we
determine that the circumstances or your account history warrant a
delay, in which case you will receive credit within 10 business
days. If the error concerns an electronic funds transfer that is (1)
a foreign-initiated transaction, (2) a point-of-sale debit card
transaction, or (3) a transaction occurring within the first 30 days
after deposit to a new account, a 90-day investigation period in
place of 45 days will apply. Please note that if we ask you to put
your complaint in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10)
business days of our request, we may not credit your account.
SunWest Educational Credit Union
Card Services
4141 Sovereign Circle
Pueblo, Colorado 81005-1899
Telephone: (719) 561-0804
(After hours call: )
|