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Membership and account agreement order form

Your credit union may choose to include optional language in the Membership and Account Agreement and/or Business Membership and Account Agreement pertaining to overdraft and NSF fees and consent to contact requirements.

Acknowledgement

Before completing the questions below, please review the Overdraft and NSF Fees guide and the TCPA Overview and Considerations guide.

Understanding your account balance

If your credit union assesses overdraft fees based on the account’s available balance, you may choose to include “Understanding Your Account Balance” provisions to more clearly describe how the available balance is determined. However, you will want to ensure this language accurately reflects your credit union’s own policies and practices.

Sample text: Understanding your account balance. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

Your {checking} account has two kinds of balances: the actual balance and the available balance. Your actual balance reflects the full amount of all deposits to your account as well as payment transactions that have been posted to your account. It does not reflect checks you have written and are still outstanding or transactions that have been authorized but are still pending. Your available balance is the amount of money in your account that is available for you to use. Your available balance is your actual balance less: (1) holds placed on deposits; (2) holds on debit card or other transactions that have been authorized but are not yet posted; and (3) any other holds, such as holds related to pledges of account funds and minimum balance requirements or to comply with court orders. We use your available balance to determine whether there are sufficient funds in your account to pay items, including checks and drafts, as well as ACH, debit card and other electronic transactions. Pending transactions and holds placed on your account may reduce your available balance and may cause your account to become overdrawn regardless of your actual balance. In such cases, subsequent posting of the pending transactions may further overdraw your account and be subject to additional fees. You should assume that any item which would overdraw your account based on your available balance may create an overdraft. You may check your available balance by visiting a credit union branch.

Sample text: Understanding Your Account Balance. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

Your checking account has two kinds of balances: the actual balance and the available balance. Your actual balance reflects the full amount of all deposits to your account as well as payment transactions that have been posted to your account. It does not reflect checks you have written and are still outstanding or transactions that have been authorized but are still pending. Your available balance is the amount of money in your account that is available for you to use. Your available balance is your actual balance less: (1) holds placed on deposits; (2) holds on debit card or other transactions that have been authorized but are not yet posted; and (3) any other holds, such as holds related to pledges of account funds and minimum balance requirements or to comply with court orders. We use your available balance to determine whether there are sufficient funds in your account to pay items, including checks and drafts, as well as ACH, debit card and other electronic transactions. Pending transactions and holds placed on your account may reduce your available balance and may cause your account to become overdrawn regardless of your actual balance. In such cases, subsequent posting of the pending transactions may further overdraw your account and be subject to additional fees. You should assume that any item which would overdraw your account based on your available balance may create an overdraft. You may check your available balance online at {WebAddress}, at an ATM, by visiting a credit union branch or by calling us at {PhoneNumber}.

How transactions are posted to your account

Your credit union may choose to include “How Transactions Are Posted to Your Account” provisions to more specifically explain how different credit and debit transaction types are processed. This language will replace “Order of Payments” - Section 14.b. of the Membership and Account Agreement.

Sample text: Checks. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

When you write a check, it is processed through the Federal Reserve system. We receive data files of cashed checks from the Federal Reserve each day. The checks drawn on your account are compiled from these data files and paid each day. We process the payments {from low to high dollar value}.

Sample text: ACH Payments. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

We receive data files every day from the Federal Reserve with Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions. These include, for example, automatic bill payments you have authorized. ACH transactions for your account are posted {throughout the day in order of receipt}.

Sample text: Signature-Based Debit Card Purchase Transactions. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

These are purchase transactions using your debit card that are processed through a signature-based network. Rather than entering a PIN, you typically sign for the purchase; however, merchants may not require your signature for certain transactions. Merchants may seek authorization for these types of transactions. The authorization request places a hold on funds in your account when the authorization is completed. This is referred to as an "authorization hold." An authorization hold will reduce your available balance by the amount authorized but will not affect your actual balance. The transaction is subsequently processed by the merchant and submitted to us for payment. This can happen hours or sometimes days after the transaction, depending on the merchant and its payment processor. These payment requests are received in real time throughout the day and are posted to your account {when they are received}.

Multiple NSF fees

Your credit union may choose to include a statement advising that a fee (e.g., NSF fee) may be charged each time an item is submitted or resubmitted for payment and is returned due to insufficient funds and, therefore, more than one fee may be assessed for the returned item.

Sample text: Multiple NSF fees.

We may charge a fee each time an item is submitted or resubmitted for payment; therefore, you may be assessed more than one fee as a result of a returned item and resubmission(s) of the returned item.

Telephone Consumer Protection Act - consent to contact

Your credit union may choose to include “Consent to Contact” provisions as a means of obtaining members’ consent to be contacted at their wireless telephone numbers for debt collection/servicing and fraud/identity theft-related purposes.

Sample text: Consent to Contact. Please note that the text highlighted in red will vary based on the response you select.

By signing or otherwise authenticating an Account Card, you agree we and/or our third-party providers, including debt collectors, may contact you by telephone or text message at any telephone number associated with your account, including wireless telephone numbers (i.e. cell phone numbers) which could result in charges to you, in order to service your account or collect any amounts owed to us, excluding any contacts for advertising and telemarketing purposes as prescribed by law. You further agree methods of contact may include use of pre-recorded or artificial voice messages, and/or use of an automatic dialing device. You may withdraw the consent to be contacted on your wireless telephone number(s) at any time by providing written notice to us at {physical address}, by e-mail to {e-mail address}, via phone at {phone number} or by any other reasonable means. If you have provided a wireless telephone number(s) on or in connection with any account, you represent and agree you are the wireless subscriber or customary user with respect to the wireless telephone number(s) provided and have the authority to give this consent. Furthermore, you agree to notify us of any change to the wireless telephone number(s) which you have provided to us.

In order to help mitigate harm to you and your account, we may contact you on any telephone number associated with your account, including a wireless telephone number (i.e. cell phone number), to deliver to you any messages related to suspected or actual fraudulent activity on your account, data security breaches or identity theft following a data breach, money transfers or any other exigent messages permitted by applicable law. These contacts will not contain any telemarketing, cross-marketing, solicitation, advertising, or debt collection message of any kind. The contacts will be concise and limited in frequency as required by law. You will have an opportunity to opt-out of such communications at the time of delivery.

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Contact information

A Compliance Solutions representative will respond to you as soon as your order is placed. If the request is urgent, please contact our office at 800.356.5012.

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