TRICENTURY
BANK DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AND DISCLOSURES
These TriCentury
Bank Deposit Account Terms and Conditions and Disclosures (the “Terms
and Conditions”) contain your agreement with TriCentury Bank concerning
your TriCentury Bank Account (the “Account”) and other important
information about your Account. Our current Fee Schedule is included
as a separate document with these Terms and Conditions, but is incorporated
into this document by reference and is a part of these Terms and Conditions.
For purposes of these Terms and Conditions, “you” and “your”
refer to each owner of an Account, jointly and severally. The
terms “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to TriCentury Bank.
Capitalized terms used in these Terms and Conditions have the meaning
set forth in the Definitions in Section I.1., below.
Customer
Identification. To help the government fight the funding of
terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all
financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person who opens an Account. This means that when
you open the Account, or if you add a joint owner to the Account, we
will ask for your name, address, date of birth, and other information
that will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver's
license or other identifying documents.
I.
GENERAL TERMS
- Definitions.
The following terms shall be defined as follows for purposes of these
Terms and Conditions:
- ACH means
automated clearing house.
- ATM
means an automated teller machine.
- Business Day
means Monday through Friday, except holidays.
- Card means
the TriCentury Bank MasterCard® debit card which accesses your Account.
- Electronic Funds
Transfer means any transfer of funds to or from your Account that
is initiated by electronic means such as a computer, telephone or electronic
terminal and is subject o the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, 15 U.S.C.
Section 1690 et seq.
- Fee Schedule
means the schedule of fees included with these Terms and Conditions,
as it may be amended from time to time.
- Individual Account
means an Account owned by one natural person.
- Joint Account
with Survivorship (and not as Tenants in Common) means an Account
owned by two or more natural persons, and upon the death of one Account
owner, the balance in the Account, if any, belongs to the survivor(s).
- Kansas Uniform
Commercial Code means the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by
the State of Kansas and codified at Chapter 400 of the Revised Statutes
of Kansas.
- Legal Action
means a subpoena, garnishment, levy or any other legal process delivered
to us in connection with your Account.
- NACHA Rules
mean the operating rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association.
- Overdraft
and Overdrawn means that the balance in your Account is less
than $0.00.
- PIN means
personal identification number.
- Agreement.
These Terms and Conditions govern your Account and your Card.
By applying for an Account directly with us or through a third party,
by making a deposit into the Account with us, or by signing, using or
permitting use of your Card, you agree to these Terms and Conditions.
We will administratively create an Account for you on our processing
system when we receive an application from you or through a third party;
however, we will not consider the Account to be “open” for purposes
of these Terms and Conditions until you make a deposit in the Account.
- Your Consent
to Disclosure of Information. If you applied for your Account
through a third party, the third party provides certain services to
us and to you concerning your account. You therefore consent to
our provision of information concerning your Account, including without
limitation, your Account number and information concerning your Account
balance and transactions on your Account to that third party.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT US TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE
THIRD PARTY THAT RECEIVED YOUR APPLICATION AND PROVIDED IT TO US, YOU
SHOULD NOT USE THE ACCOUNT. YOU MAY REVOKE YOUR CONSENT, BUT IF
YOU DO SO, WE WILL CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT.
- Ownership of
Account. The Account may be opened only as an Individual Account.
After it is opened, an additional person may be added to the Account,
permitting it to be owned as a Joint Account-With Survivorship (and
not as Tenants in Common), by executing the documents that we provide
to you upon your request. We do not permit any form of ownership
of the Account except as an Individual Account and a Joint Account-With
Survivorship (and not as Tenants in Common). We make no representations
as to the appropriateness or effect of the manner in which you own the
Account. You may not designate pay on death beneficiaries or other
beneficiaries of the Account without our permission. If you own
the Account as a Joint Account-With Survivorship (and not as Tenants
in Common), all Account owners intend that upon your death the balance
in the Account (subject to any previous pledge to which we have consented)
will belong to the survivor(s). If two or more of you survive,
you will own the balance in the Account as a Joint Account-With Survivorship
(and not as Tenants in Common). You agree to notify us promptly
if any Account owner dies or becomes legally incompetent. We may continue
to honor transactions on the Account initiated by the deceased or incompetent
Account owner and otherwise follow instructions provided by the deceased
or incompetent Account owner until we know of the applicable death or
incompetence and have had a reasonable opportunity to act on that knowledge.
- Deposits.
We will accept for deposit only funds provided to us by wire transfer,
ACH transfer or by electronic money transfer acceptable to us, such
as MoneyGram®.
- Withdrawals.
Any owner of the Account, acting alone, may withdraw or transfer all
or any part of the Account balance at any time. Withdrawals may be
made only by ACH transfer or use of your Card, unless you have requested
and been approved for Checkwriting privilege. We have no obligation
to permit the withdrawal of any amounts which exceed the collected balance
of the Account withdrawals will first be made from collected funds,
and we may, unless prohibited by law or our written policy, refuse any
withdrawal request against uncollected funds, even if our general practice
is to the contrary. We reserve the right to refuse any withdrawal or
transfer request which is attempted by any method not specifically permitted.
- Checkwriting.
You may request Checkwriting privileges on your Application for an Account
or at any time after your Account has been opened by contacting us at
800-480-1747, executing a signature card and providing the signature
card to us. We may approve Checkwriting on your Account if you are
in “good standing”, but we have no obligation to approve Checkwriting
privileges if we determine in our discretion that too much risk would
be associated with Checkwriting on your Account. We may cancel your
Checkwriting privileges at any time, even if you are still in “good
standing”. If you purchase checks through us, you will pay for the
checks purchased through our supplier. You will be considered in “good
standing;” for purposes of Checkwriting privileges if:
- Your Account has
been open and active for at least 90 days after the date of your first
regular direct deposit (excluding payday loans and MoneyGram deposits);
and
- You are receiving
regular direct deposits (at least 4 in the last 120 days) other than
payday loans and MoneyGram deposits, which are sufficient to cover withdrawals
consistent with your past practices, and
- You have received
$400 or more in direct deposits (other than payday loans and MoneyGram
deposits) in your Account in the past 30 day period, and
- You are not in default
on any loan or other obligation to us, and
- You are not subject
to any legal or administrative order or levy, and
- Your Account has
never been overdrawn for more than 30 days, and
- Your Account has
no more than 3 Insufficient or Overdraft instances in the past 90 days.
- Payment Order.
We are permitted by law to pay transfers or withdrawals from your
Account in any order. Our policy is to accommodate transfer requests
or other withdrawals on any one day in the order of the highest dollar
amount to the lowest dollar amount. The order in which transfers
or other withdrawals are accomplished is important if there is not enough
money in your Account to pay all of the items that are presented. Our
payment policy will cause your largest, and perhaps more important,
transfers to be paid first (such as your rent or mortgage payment),
but may increase the fees you have to pay if funds are not available
to pay all of the items. You are responsible for reimbursing us
for all returned withdrawal, transfer, or debit requests, regardless
of when or why returned, and for all applicable fees. We encourage
you to make careful records and practice good account management. This
will help you to avoid requesting transfers or withdrawals without sufficient
funds and incurring the resulting fees.
- Your Liabilities.
You agree to the terms of this Account and the Fee Schedule, which we
may change from time to time. You authorize us to deduct the applicable
fees from the Account. Each of you also are jointly and severally
liable for any negative balance in the Account resulting from charges
or overdrafts, whether caused by you or another Account owner or other
person authorized to withdraw from the Account, and the costs we incur
to collect the deficit including, to the extent permitted by law, our
reasonable attorneys’ fees. An overdraft could occur each time a
check has been presented for payment (if you have been approved for
Checkwriting),or an ATM withdrawal, electronic check, or other electronic
means of withdrawing funds from your Account is processed and there
are not sufficient collected funds in your Account to honor the withdrawal
request in full.
- ACH and Wire
Transfers. Wire transfers to or from this Account are subject
to Article 4A of the Kansas Uniform Commercial Code and to the operating
rules of any wire transfer system used, except as otherwise modified
by these Terms and Conditions. If you originate a wire transfer and
you identify by name and number a beneficiary financial institution,
an intermediary financial institution or a beneficiary or deposit account,
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. ACH transactions to or from this Account
are governed by the NACHA Rules. The NACHA Rules provide, among
other things that payments made to you, or originated by you, are provisional
until final settlement is made through a Federal Reserve Bank or payment
is otherwise made as provided in Article 4A-403(a) of the Uniform Commercial
Code. If we do not receive such payment, we are entitled to a
refund from you in the amount credited to your Account and the party
originating such payment will not be considered to have paid the amount
so credited. If we receive a credit to an Account you have with
us by wire or ACH, we are not required to give you any notice of the
payment order or credit.
- Power of Attorney.
While we generally will not accept a power of attorney in which a third
party is appointed to act as attorney-in-fact on your behalf, in our
discretion, we may agree to do so. If we do accept a power of
attorney, we have no duty whatsoever to monitor or ensure that the acts
of your attorney in fact are for your benefit. We may continue to honor
the transactions of the attorney in fact until we have received written
notice or have actual knowledge of the termination of the authority
of the attorney in fact or the death of the Account owner who appointed
the attorney in fact and have had a reasonable opportunity to act on
this notice or knowledge. We shall not be responsible for any loss
or damage you may incur as a result of our following instructions given
by an attorney in fact acting under a power of attorney.
- Amendments,
Termination and Notice. From time to time we may amend these Terms
and Conditions, including the Fee Schedule, by giving you reasonable
notice in writing or by any other method permitted by law. We
may also close your Account at any time. Upon termination of your Account,
we will send any remaining Account balance to you at your address as
maintained in our records by check, or, upon your instructions (and
subject to applicable fees) by electronic transfer. Notice from
us to any one of you is notice to all of you for all purposes, unless
otherwise required by applicable law.
- Transfer or
Assignment of Account. Your Account may not be transferred or assigned
by you to any other person or entity without our prior written consent.
We may transfer your Account to another depository institution at any
time without your consent and without prior notice to you, except as
required by law.
- Statements and
Your Responsibility. You must examine Account statements we
mail to you or provide to you electronically with “reasonable promptness.”
If you discover (or reasonably should have discovered) any unauthorized
payments or alterations, on your statement you must promptly notify
us of the relevant facts. If you fail to do either of these duties,
you will have to either share the loss with us, or bear the loss entirely
yourself (depending on whether we exercised ordinary care and, if not,
whether we substantially contributed to the loss). The loss could
be not only with respect to items on the statement but other items forged
or altered by the same wrongdoer. You agree that the time you
have to examine your statement and report to us will depend on the circumstances,
but that such time will not, in any circumstance, exceed a total of
60 days from when the statement is first made available to you.
If you fail to report any unauthorized signatures, alterations, forgeries
or any other errors in your Account within 60 days of when we make the
statement available, you cannot assert a claim against us on any items
in that statement, and the loss will be entirely yours. This 60
day limitation is without regard to whether we exercised ordinary care.
The limitation in this paragraph is in addition to that contained in
the first paragraph of this section.
If
you claim a loss as a result of an unauthorized payment or alteration,
you must cooperate with us in the investigation of the loss, including
the provision of an affidavit containing whatever reasonable information
we require concerning the Account, the transaction, and the circumstances
surrounding the loss. You must promptly notify law enforcement authorities
of any criminal act related to the loss. We will have a reasonable
period of time to investigate the facts and circumstances surrounding
any claim of loss. Unless we have acted in bad faith, we will not be
liable for special or consequential damages including loss of profits
or opportunity, or for attorney's fees incurred by you as a result of
any such loss. You agree that you will not waive any rights you have
to recover your loss against anyone who is obligated to repay, insure,
or otherwise reimburse you for your loss. You will pursue your rights,
or at our option, assign them to us. Any liability we may have to you
will be reduced by the amount you recover from these other sources.
- Direct Deposits.
If, in connection with a direct deposit plan, we deposit any amount
in the Account which should have been returned to the Federal government
for any reason, you authorize us to deduct the amount of our liability
to the Federal government from this Account or from any other account
you have with us, without prior notice and at any time, except as prohibited
by law. We may also use any other legal remedy to recover the
amount of our liability.
- Set-Off.
We may (without prior notice and when permitted by law) set off
the funds in the Account against any due and payable debt owed to us
now or in the future, by any of you having the right of withdrawal,
to the extent of such persons’ or legal entity’s right to withdraw.
If the debt arises from a note, “any due and payable debt” includes
the total amount of which we are entitled to demand payment under the
terms of the note at the time we set off, including any balance the
due date for which we properly accelerate under the note. This
right of set-off does not apply to this Account if the debt is created
by a consumer credit transaction under a credit card plan, or the debtor’s
right of withdrawal arises only in a representative capacity.
We will not be liable our refusal to permit any withdrawal or funds
transfer if funds are not available as a result of set off. You
agree to hold us harmless from any claim arising as a result of our
exercise of our right of set-off.
- Non-Sufficient
Funds. If we receive any transfer or withdrawal request against
the Account, and there are not sufficient collected funds available
in the Account for any reason, we may, in our discretion, either make
payment in accordance with such transfer or withdrawal request, or return
the transfer request unpaid or otherwise refuse to permit the transaction.
In either case, we will not be liable to you for doing so. If we decide
to pay the transfer or withdrawal request, you shall reimburse us immediately
for the amount of the overdraft, plus the applicable fee as provided
on the Fee Schedule. If we decide not to pay the transfer or withdrawal
request, we will charge you the applicable fee. We will not assess
more than three Insufficient Funds Fees (as described in the Fee Schedule)
and three Overdraft fees (as described in the Fee Schedule) during any
one day. We also may close your Account without notice, unless notice
is required by law. If we allow the creation of an overdraft, we will
not be obligated to do so again in the future. We do not offer an overdraft
line of credit product to which we can transfer the amounts of your
overdrafts. Accordingly, if you do not transfer funds to your Account
within 90 days after the Account becomes overdrawn, we reserve the right
to cancel your Account. Such cancellation shall not effect our right
to pursue Legal Action to collect the overdrawn amount. An overdraft
could occur each time a check is presented for payment (if you have
been approved for Checkwriting) or an ATM withdrawal, electronic check,
or other electronic means of withdrawing funds from your Account is
processed and there are not sufficient collected funds in your Account
to honor the withdrawal request in full.
- Account Adjustments.
We may make adjustments to your Account from time to time to reflect
corrections or changes to your balance. In the event of an error that
has caused an overstated balance, you shall reimburse us immediately
for the overstated amount.
- Your Security
Precautions. If you notice suspicious or fraudulent activity on
your Account, contact us at 800-480-1747. If necessary, we can restrict
access to your Account, issue new Cards, or close your Account if there
is evidence that your Account has been the target of criminal activity.
In most cases, we will request that you provide us with certain documents,
such as a copy of a police report, and other documentation necessary
to assist in our investigation. We will also request you to be willing
to prosecute the perpetrator to the fullest extent permitted by
law. You should maintain any PIN or other security codes in a
secure manner and should not share them with any other person.
- Address or Name
Changes. You must notify us immediately of any change in your physical
address, mailing address, email address or your name. We may, in our
discretion, accept a notice of change in address or other contact information
from any Account owner. We will generally accept a notice of name
change only from the Account owner whose name has been changed, and
we reserve the right to require documentation supporting the name change.
We are authorized to contact you by use of the most recent physical
address or email address set forth in our records, and any notice or
communication sent to you at the most current address noted in our records
shall be effective unless we have received an address change notice
from you and have had a reasonable opportunity to act on it. If you
fail to notify us of a change of address or for any other reason a statement
is returned to us, we may destroy the statement.
- Legal Actions
Affecting Your Account. If we are served with a Legal Action relating
to your Account we will comply with that legal action. We have no obligation
to contact you concerning any Legal Action on your Account, except to
the extent required by applicable law. If we are required to restrict
access to the funds in your Account or to pay the funds in the Account
to a court or third party, we will have no liability to you for such
payment or restriction of access, or if there are insufficient funds
to pay any transfer or withdrawal requested by you. Any fees or expenses
we incur in responding to any Legal Action (including, but not limited
to, attorney's fees and our internal expenses) may be charged against
your Account.
- Dormant or Inactive
Account. If we are unable to contact you through the U.S. Mail
and you do not initiate activity in the Account for the period of time
specified by applicable law or regulation, we may treat the Account
as being dormant. If an Account is deemed to be dormant, statements
will not be mailed, except to the extent required by applicable law.
If we have deemed the Account to be dormant, in our discretion, we may
refuse to pay transactions on the Account until you have reestablished
contact with us. After your Account has been dormant for a certain period
of time, we are required by law to surrender the balance in the Account
to the applicable state as abandoned property. Once your funds are surrendered,
we no longer have any liability or responsibility with respect to the
funds.
- Our Limit of
Liability. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE
SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES.
- Applicable Law.
Your Account, your Card and these Terms and Conditions are subject to
and governed by the law of the State of Kansas.
- Notices.
All Notices from us will be effective when we have mailed them or delivered
them to your last known Address on our records or, if you have opted
for electronic delivery of Account statements and Notices, when we have
notified you by email that a notice is available for you on our website.
Notices from you will be effective when received by us at the telephone
number or the address specified in this disclosure.
We reserve the right to change the terms and conditions upon
which this service is offered. We will provide notice to you at least
21 days before the effective date of any change, to the extent required
by law. Use of this service is subject to existing regulations governing
your Account(s) and any future changes to these regulations.
II.
DEBIT CARD TERMS
- Card Request.
By submitting an application to us either directly or through a
third party, you requested us to issue a Card to you. You must activate
the Card prior to use by following the instructions that accompany the
Card. By activating or using your Card, you agree that this section
of the Terms and Conditions governs your Card and its use.
- Use of Card.
You must sign your Card on the back. You may use your Card only
for legal transactions and specifically agree that you will not use
your Card in any illegal transaction, including illegal Internet gambling.
When you use your Card, we will debit your Account in the amount submitted
to us, and for any applicable fees. You may use your Card for the purchase
or lease of goods or services or for obtaining funds at ATM’s which
are part of the network(s) shown on your Card. We have no responsibility
for failure of any machine, merchant, financial institution or any other
party to honor your Card. If your Account is owned as a Joint
Account with Survivorship (and not as Tenants in Common), all of you
are jointly and individually responsible for all transactions initiated
through your use of the Card.
- Authorized Users.
If you permit someone else to use the Card, you are responsible
for all Card transactions initiated by that person, whether or not you
have specifically notified us that the person will be using your Card
and whether or not the amount of the actual use exceeds your permission.
- Emergency Replacement.
For the purpose of providing emergency Card replacement, we may
provide your personal data to MasterCard, its Members, or their respective
contractors. By accepting, signing or using the Card, you consent to
the release of this information.
- Cancellation.
We can cancel or revoke your Card and/or refuse to allow further transactions
at any time. You can cancel your Card by writing us. In either case,
you agree to return all Cards cut in half to us.
- Foreign Transactions.
If you use your Card at a foreign merchant or financial institution,
the transaction may be made in a foreign currency. Purchases made in
currencies other than U.S. Dollars will be converted to U.S. Dollars
under regulations established by MasterCard® International Incorporated
and may include a margin and fees charged by MasterCard® International
Incorporated. Conversion to U.S. Dollars may occur on a date other
than the date of the transaction; therefore, the conversion rate may
be different from the rate in effect at the time of the transaction.
Please refer to the Fee Schedule for more information about our fees.
- Merchant Acceptance.
We have no liability or responsibility if your Card or Card number is
not honored by a merchant for all or part of any transaction.
We also have no liability if the merchant does not follow the applicable
network rules and regulations.
- Merchant Holds.
When you use your Card to rent a vehicle or hotel room, or to make
certain other purchases, the merchant might initiate a debit hold on
your deposit Account at that time. Merchants may initiate debit holds
for many reasons, for example, to satisfy a "security deposit"
requirement, or ensuring that you have available funds in your Account
when you return the rented vehicle, check out of the hotel, or otherwise
complete your purchase. Funds in your Account that are subject to a
debit hold will not be available for withdrawal or transfer. If you
provide your Card number, or Card to a person to complete a transaction,
you authorize us to honor any debit hold or withdrawal request from
such person. We have no control over when a merchant "releases"
any debit hold that you previously authorized. When a merchant does
send us a request to release a debit hold, the released funds will not
be available to you for withdrawal until we have had a reasonable opportunity
to process the merchant's instructions.
- Refunds and Disputes.
Refunds for goods or services purchased with the Card should not be
made in cash, but should be reflected as a credit to your Account.
You should settle all disputes you have concerning goods or services
with the merchant. We have no liability to you for a merchant’s
actions or the quality or price of goods or services you purchase.
You may not stop payment of a Card transaction.
- Change of Terms.
We can change the terms and conditions in this Section relating to
your Card at any time, provided we send you notice at least twenty-one
(21) days prior to the effective date of the change. If you use your
Card after the effective date, you will be considered to have agreed
to the new terms even if you have sent us written notice that you do
not agree to the change. Changes which we make can apply to all outstanding
unpaid indebtedness and to any future transactions on your Account.
III.
FUND AVAILABILITY DISCLOSURES
- Your Ability
to Withdraw Funds. We do not accept cash or check deposits. Our
policy is to make electronic direct deposits available on the day we
receive the deposit. Once they are available, you can use the funds
to pay authorized debits. For purposes of determining the availability
of your deposits, every day is a Business Day, except Saturdays, Sundays,
and federal holidays. If we receive a deposit before the cutoff time
we establish from time to time on a Business Day, we will consider that
day to be the day of your deposit. Our cutoff time is currently 2:00
P.M. Central Time. If we receive a deposit after the applicable cutoff
time or on a day we are not open, we will consider that the deposit
was made on the next Business Day.
- Longer Delays
May Apply. In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that
you deposit available to you according to the above schedule after the
day of deposit. If we are not going to make all of the funds from your
deposit available on the first Business Day, we will notify you at the
time you the deposit is made. We will also tell you when the funds
will be available. If your deposit is not made directly to one of our
employees, we will mail you the notice no later than the day after we
receive your deposit. If you will need the funds from a deposit right
away, you should ask us when the funds will be available.
In
addition, deposited funds may be delayed for a longer period under the
following circumstances:
- You have Overdrawn
your Account repeatedly in the last six months.
- There is an emergency,
such as failure of computer or communications equipment.
We will
mail a Notice to 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 11th business day
after the day of your deposit.
- Special Rules
For New Accounts. If you are a new customer, the following special
rules will apply during the first 30 days your Account is open:
- Funds from electronic
direct deposits to your Account will be available on the day we receive
the deposit if it is a Business Day, or the next Business Day.
- Funds from deposits
of wire transfers will be available on the first Business Day after
the day of your deposit if the deposit meets certain conditions.
IV. ELECTRONIC
FUNDS TRANSFER DISCLOSURES
- General And Types
Of Transfers. The Electronic Fund Transfers we are capable of handling
are indicated below, some of which may not apply to your Account. Please
read this disclosure carefully because it tells you your rights and
obligations for these transactions. You should keep these disclosures
for future reference. The following types of Electronic Funds
Transfers may be available to you in connection with your Account:
- Preauthorized
Transfers:
- Direct Deposits.
You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted
into your Account. 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 the telephone number listed on your periodic statement
to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.
- Preauthorized
Withdrawals. You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring
amounts from your Account. If these regular payments vary in amount,
the person you are going to pay should notify you, 10 days before each
payment, when it will be made and how much it will be. (You may choose
instead to get this notice from them) only when the payment would differ
by more than a certain amount from the previous payment, or when the
amount would fall outside certain limits that you set.
- Telephone Transfer.
You may access your Account by telephone at 1-800-480-1747 using
a touch tone telephone, your Account number and your telephone access
code to transfer funds between your Account and any other transaction
account or savings account you may maintain with us, and obtain Account
information, such as your Account balance.
- ATM Transfers.
You may access your Account by ATM using your Card and personal identification
number to withdraw cash from your Account, transfer funds between your
Account and any other transaction account or savings account you may
maintain with us and obtain information about your Account, such as
your Account balance. You may use your Card to access cash at an ATM
up to a daily limit of $750 per day. For security purposes, there may
be other limits on the amount or number of transfers you may make per
day from your Account at an ATM. You should see the Fee Schedule
for a comprehensive list of ATM Fees.
- Point of Sale
Transactions. Using your Card, you may access your Account to purchase
goods or services in person, by phone, or by computer, obtain cash from
a merchant, if the merchant permits or from a participating financial
institution. You may use your Card for point of sale transactions up
to a maximum of $750 per day, exclusive of ATM withdrawals. For security
purposes, there are limits on the frequency and amount of transactions
using your Card.
- Computer Transfers.
You may access your Account by computer at www.tricentury.com, using
your Account number, your user name and password to transfer funds between
your Account and any other transaction account or savings account you
may maintain with us, and obtain information about your Account, such
as your Account balance.
If available, you may also initiate payments to third party payees through
our website.
- Electronic Check
Conversion. You may access certain types of Account(s) by electronic
check conversion. Your authorization to make this type of electronic
funds transfers may be expressed in writing or implied through the posting
of a sign. You may make payments by electronic check from your demand
deposit Accounts.
- Electronic Bill
Payment. If available, you may access your Account to cause
a transfer of funds from your Account to third party payees.
- Statements and Receipts. You
will receive a monthly Account statement from us, unless there are no
transactions to your Account in a particular month. In any case, you
will get a statement quarterly. You can get a receipt
at the time you make any transaction involving your Account using an
ATM or making purchases at a POS terminal.
- 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. Call the telephone
number or write to the address listed on your periodic statement in
time for us to receive your request three (3) or more business days
prior to the scheduled payment date. If you call, we may also require
you to put your request in writing and get it to us within 14 days after
you call. In order to place a stop payment order on
an item drawn against your Account, you must have enough funds on deposit
to cover the amount of the item being stopped. If you do not have enough
funds on deposit, the stop payment order may not be placed. In addition,
should your Account not have sufficient funds at the time the item is
presented to the Bank for payment, you may be subject to additional
fees even if you already paid a stop payment order fee. If we send
you a written confirmation for the stop payment order, we will assume
that the stop payment order is correct unless otherwise notified by
you. The stop payment order will remain in effect for the period of
time reflected on the stop payment order confirmation unless canceled
by you, either orally or in writing.
- Liability for
Failure to Stop Payment of Preauthorized Transfer.
If you order us to stop one of these payments three (3) Business
Days or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so,
we will be liable for your losses or damages.
- Our 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 this Agreement or another agreement
with you, we will be liable for your losses or damages. However, there
are some exceptions. We will NOT be liable, for instance:
- If, through no fault
of ours, you do not have enough money in your Account to complete the
transfer.
- If the money in
your Account is subject to legal process or other claims restricting
such transfers.
- If the transfer
would go over the credit limit on your overdraft line.
- If the automated
teller machine where you are making the transfer does not have enough
cash.
- If the terminal
or system was not working properly and you knew about the breakdown
when you started the transfer.
- If circumstances
beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer, despite
reasonable precautions we have taken.
- If access to your
Card has been blocked after you reported your Card lost or stolen.
- If there is a hold
or your funds are subject to legal process or other encumbrance.
- There may be other
exceptions stated in other Sections of these Terms and Conditions.
- Unauthorized
Transfers. Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your Card and/or PIN
has been lost or stolen. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your
possible losses down. You could lose all of the money in your Account
(plus your maximum overdraft line of credit). If you tell us within
four (4) Business Days, you can lose no more than $50 if someone used
your Card without your permission. If you do not notify us within four
(4) Business Days after you learn of the loss or theft of your Card
and/or PIN, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using
your Card or PIN without your permission if you had told us, you could
lose as much as $300. Also, if your statement shows transfers that
you did not make, notify us at once. If you do not notify us within
60 days after the statement was mailed or made available to you, you
may not get back any money you lost after the 60 days if we can prove
that we could have stopped someone from taking the money, if you had
notified us in time. If a good reason(such as a long trip or hospital
stay) kept you from notifying us, we may extend the time period.
- 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, notify
us immediately by calling 800/480-1747, the number on the back of your
card, or e-mailing us at customerservice@tricentury.com.
- Error Resolution.
Call us at 800/480-1747 or write us at 3 Century Center,
Simpson, KS 67478, or email us at customerservice@tricentury.com,
as soon as you can, if you think your statement or receipt is wrong
or if you need more information about an electronic transfer listed
on the statement or receipt. We must hear from you no later than 60
days after we sent the FIRST
statement on which the problem or error appeared.
- Tell us your name
and Account number (if any).
- Describe the error
or the transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you
can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.
- Tell us the dollar
amount of the suspected error.
If you
tell us orally, we may require that you also send us your complaint
or question in writing within 10 business days.
We will determine
whether an error occurred within 10 business days after we first hear
from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time,
however, we may take up to 45 days after we first hear from you to investigate
your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit
your Account within 10 business days for the amount you think is in
error, so that you will have the use of the money during the time it
takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint
or question in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days,
we may not credit your Account. For errors involving new Accounts,
point-of-sale, or foreign-initiated transactions, we may take up to 90 days
to investigate your complaint or question. For new Accounts, we may
take up to 20 business days to credit your Account for the amount you
think is in error.
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 Notice
of explanation. You may ask for copies of the documents that we used
in our investigation. If we provided you with provisional credit, we
may debit your Account for the amount of the provisional credit if we
decide there is no error.
- Disclosure of
Account Information to Third Parties. We will disclose information
to third parties about your Account or the transfers you make:
- To complete transfers
as necessary;
- To verify the existence
and condition of your Account upon the request of a third party, such
as a consumer reporting agency or merchant;
- To comply with government
agency or court orders; or
- If you give us written
permission.
V. TRUTH
IN SAVINGS DISCLOSURES / ELECTRONIC DEPOSIT ACCOUNT
- Rate. This
is a non-interest bearing Account.
- Limitations.
Unless you have been approved for Checkwriting privileges, you may not
write checks on the Account and all withdrawals must be made through
use of Card, via ACH transaction or other electronic transaction approved
by us.
- Fees.
The fees applicable to your Account are set forth on the Fee Schedule.
If your Account is ever Overdrawn, Overdraft fees in the amount set
forth in the Fee Schedule may be assessed.
VI. CONSENT
TO ELECTRONIC DISCLOSURES
- Subsequent Disclosures.
We shall furnish you with a periodic statement with respect to your
Account not less often than once each calendar month. In addition,
we may, from time to time, furnish to you other disclosures or information
regarding your Account as required or permitted by applicable law and
these Terms and Conditions. Periodic statements and other disclosures
or information are referred to in this Section VI as “Subsequent Disclosures”.
- Consent to Electronic
Delivery of this Agreement and Subsequent Disclosures.
- You agree that this
Agreement and the Subsequent Disclosures constitute electronic records
under the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
(15 U.S.C. Sections 7001 and following).
- If you receive these
Terms and Conditions by visiting our web site, www.tricentury.com,
you agree that your electronic signature, which will be logically associated
with these Terms and Conditions at that time, constitutes your consent
to accept these Terms and Conditions and receive the Subsequent Disclosures
in electronic form.
- If you receive these
Terms and Conditions in paper form, your use of your Card constitutes
your consent to accept these Terms and Conditions and receive the Subsequent
Disclosures in electronic form.
- We may provide Subsequent
Disclosures to you by making them available on a secure web site (the
“Statement Delivery Location”). We will notify you by electronic
mail (“Email Notification”) of the web address of the Statement
Delivery Location, that a periodic statement is available at the Statement
Delivery Location, and that the statement will be available for your
review for not less than ninety (90) days after the date of the Email
Notification. The time during which billing errors may be resolved
with respect to each periodic statement begins on the date of each Email
Notification. At any time, you may ask us to provide you with a paper
copy of Subsequent Disclosures. We will charge your Account the paper
statement fee set forth in the Fee Schedule each time we provide a paper
copy of Subsequent Disclosures.
- If an Email Notification
is returned to us undelivered, we shall take reasonable steps to attempt
redelivery using information in our files. Until such time, if any,
that you provide us a valid Email address, we will send Subsequent Disclosures
to the most current physical (or post office box) address we have in
our files. Therefore, to assure your uninterrupted receipt of Email
Notifications, you must promptly notify us each time you change your
Email address.
- You may withdraw
your consent to receive Subsequent Disclosures by contacting us at 800-480-1747
or email us at customerservice@tricentury.com. Such notice shall
be effective when we actually receive it. If you withdraw your consent
to receive Subsequent Disclosures electronically, we will charge your
Account the paper statement fee set forth in the Fee Schedule.
VII. PRIVACY
STATEMENT
At TriCentury
Bank, we understand the importance of trust and confidentiality when
it comes to handling your private financial information. Because
we respect your privacy, the protection of your personal information
is always of our utmost concern.
With this in
mind, we have established this Privacy Policy for your reference.
This financial privacy notice describes the information that we collect
and how it may be disclosed.
We collect
nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
Information
about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; and
Information
we receive from a third party, such as a consumer reporting agency.
“Nonpublic
personal information” is nonpublic information about you that we may
obtain in connection with providing a financial product or service to
you. This could include information such as account balances,
payment history and Overdraft history.
We may disclose
all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies
that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial
institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. We may also
disclose nonpublic personal information about you as permitted by law.
For example, we may disclose nonpublic personal information about you
to third parties to assist in the servicing of your loan or account
with us, to government entities in response to subpoenas, to credit
bureaus, and for IRS reporting purposes.
If you decide
to close your Account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will adhere
to the privacy policies and practices as described in this
notice.
We restrict
access to nonpublic personal information about you to those employees
who need to know that information to provide products or services to
you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards
that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal
information.
If you have
any questions regarding this policy, contract TriCentury Bank at 800-480-1747
or email us at customerservice@tricentury.com.
VIII. OVERDRAFT
PROTECTION POLICY
Since you are
a valued customer of TriCentury Bank, we want to be able to help you
at those times when a little extra may be needed. Our discretionary
overdraft protection program allows us to permit you to create overdrafts
in your Account. If your Account is in good standing (requirements
listed below) we may consider, at our discretion, paying items that
overdraw your Account. After reading this Section, if you feel
you that Overdraft Protection is appropriate for you and you meet the
criteria, please contact Customer Service at 800-480-1747 to enroll
in Overdraft Protection.
- Overdraft Protection
Is Not a Line of Credit. It is a discretionary program and
not a right or obligation guaranteed to you. We may pay or reject
any transaction on the Account that exceeds the available balance, and
we may pay transactions in any order. If your Account meets the
good standing requirements below, we will establish an “Overdraft
Protection Limit” for you and, in our discretion, can pay up to the
applicable Overdraft Protection Limit. The initial Overdraft Protection
Limit that will be applicable when all good standing requirements are
met will be $100, and will include all applicable fees. We will not
assess more than three Insufficient Funds fees and three Overdraft fees
during any one day.
The good standing
requirements which must be met include:
- Your Account must
have been open and active for at least 60 days from the date of your
first regular direct deposit (excluding payday loans and MoneyGram deposits);
and
- You are receiving
regular direct deposits (at least 2 in the last 60 days) other than
payday loans and MoneyGram deposits, which are sufficient to cover withdrawals
consistent with your past practices, and
- You have received
$400 or more in direct deposits (other than payday loans and MoneyGram
deposits) in your Account in the past 30 day period, and
- You are not in default
on any loan or other obligation to us, and
- You are not subject
to any legal or administrative order or levy, and
- Your Account is
not overdrawn more than 30 days.
- Operation of
Overdraft Protection. We have adopted this discretionary overdraft
policy to provide for the highest efficiency in managing customer overdrafts
consistently and fairly. We may, in our discretion, pay and permit
transactions including ATM withdrawals, debit card transactions, preauthorized
automatic debit, telephone-initiated transfers or other electronic transfers
(“items”) when you do not have sufficient available funds, up to
the Overdraft Protection Limit. An overdraft could occur each time
an item is presented for payment and there are not sufficient collected
funds in your Account to pay the item in full. An Overdraft Fee as
disclosed on the Fee Schedule will be assessed for each item that is
submitted for which you do not have sufficient available funds in the
Account to cover the item when it is processed each evening.
It
is our current practice to process Account activity each evening for
items received prior to the daily cut off time, which is 2 p.m. on each
Business Day. To process your Account, we first credit all deposits,
then process all items in dollar amount order from high to low. Your
Account balance is adjusted downward in an amount equal to the amount
of each Item processed. An Overdraft
Fee will be charged for each transaction if the amount of the transaction
is greater than the Account balance at the time the item is processed.
In the event the Overdraft Protection Limit we have established for
you is exceeded, we may return items, at our option, to maintain the
Account balance within the Overdraft Protection Limit. All items
returned for non-sufficient funds are subject to the
Insufficient Funds fee disclosed on the Fee Schedule. Multiple
Overdraft fees and Insufficient Funds fees may be assessed on a Business
Day when multiple items are paid and/or returned in accordance with
this Policy.
- Your Obligations.
If an item is presented for payment on your Account and an Overdraft
occurs, pursuant to these Terms and Conditions, you agree to pay us
the amount of any Overdraft Fees and other applicable fees immediately,
without notice or demand from us. Each Account owner is jointly
and severally responsible under these Terms and Conditions for repaying
any Overdraft amounts. We do not offer an Overdraft line of credit
product to which we can transfer the amounts of your Overdrafts. Accordingly,
if you do not transfer funds to your Account within 90 days after the
Account becomes overdrawn, we reserve the right to cancel your Account.
Such cancellation shall not effect our right to pursue Legal Action
to collect the Overdrawn amount. An Overdraft could occur each time
a check is presented for payment (if you have been approved for Checkwriting)
or an ATM withdrawal, electronic check, or other electronic means of
withdrawing funds from your Account is processed and there are not sufficient
collected funds in your Account to honor the withdrawal request in full.
- General.
It is our policy to operate in accordance with all applicable regulatory
safety and soundness standards. This Overdraft Protection Policy
sets out our and your duties, obligations and rights with regard to
Overdraft Protection. The previous Sections of these Terms and
Conditions shall control in the event of any conflict between those
sections and this Overdraft Protection Policy.
- Cancellation
of Participation in Overdraft Protection.
If you enroll in Overdraft Protection and later decide that you
no longer wish to participate, you may do so by submitting your request
in writing via email to overdraft@tricentury.com or by mail to:
Overdraft Protection
Department, TriCentury Bank,
5200 W. 94th
Terrace, #206, Prairie Village, KS 66207
You should
understand that all accounts are subject to Overdraft fees and Insufficient
Funds fees when applicable, including accounts which are not enrolled
in the Overdraft Protection Program. If your Account is not part
of the Overdraft Protection Program it is our policy to return all items
presented for payment if collected funds are not available in the Account.