ABILENE TEACHERS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND DISCLOSURES
FOR HOME BANKING SERVICES
(Please read these Terms, Conditions, and
Disclosures before applying for Home Banking Services with Abilene
Teachers Federal Credit Union. If you wish to apply for Home
Banking Services, please indicate your acceptance of these Terms,
Conditions, and Disclosures where indicated at the bottom of
the page.)
- General. The terms, conditions, and disclosures which
appear below apply to Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union's
Home Banking Services (the "Services"). If you apply for one
or more services, you agree that your use of the Services will
be governed by the terms of your Account Agreement, these Terms,
Conditions, and Disclosures, and any additional terms, conditions,
or disclosures that may be provided to you when your application
is approved. In these Terms, Conditions, and Disclosures the
words, "we," "us," "our," and "Credit Union" refer to Abilene
Teachers Federal Credit Union. "You" and "your" refer to each
person who applies for one or more of the services, and each
Account owner or other person authorized to transact business
on any Credit Union account which may be accessed by way of
the Services.
- Computer Equipment and Software. You will need to have
a personal computer, modem, an Internet service provider and
a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
or Netscape Navigator 6.0 or higher to access the Services.
You are responsible for any and all telephone access fees or
Internet service fees that may be assessed by your telephone
company or Internet service provider.
THE CREDIT UNION DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ON EQUIPMENT,
HARDWARE, OR SOFTWARE, OR WITH RESPECT TO YOUR INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
We are not responsible for any loss, damage or injury, whether
caused by your equipment or software, the Services, or any
technical or editorial errors contained in or omissions from
any user guide related to the Services. We will not be responsible
for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages
arising in any way out of the installation, use or maintenance
of your equipment, software or the Services, except where
the law requires a different standard. You agree to be bound
by and to comply with any requirements in any user's guide,
instructional manual, or other instructions which we may provide
to you in connection with the Services.
- Additional Services. We may introduce new Services
or enhance the existing Services from time to time. We will
notify you when these new or enhanced Services are available.
By using these Services when they become available, you agree
that they will be governed by these Terms, Conditions, and Disclosures
as well as any additional terms, conditions, and disclosures
we provide to you.
- Overdrafts. You agree that your use of the Services
and your User ID and Personal Identification Number ("PIN")
shall be subject to the Overdraft and Overdraft Protection provisions
set forth in the Account Agreement.
- PIN Security. You agree to keep your PIN in confidence,
to refrain from disclosing your PIN to any third party and to
refrain from recording or displaying your PIN in such a manner
that it will be accessible by third parties. You agree that
the use of the PIN by you, any other applicant, any party to
any of your Accounts which may be accessed by the PIN, anyone
you permit or authorize to use your PIN, and anyone to whom
you disclose your PIN or give access to your PIN shall be deemed
an authorized use for which you shall be liable. You will be
responsible for reporting the loss, theft, or compromise of
your PIN to us as soon as possible after the loss, theft, or
compromise.
- Electronic Communication.
You expressly agree that we may send any required disclosures of information to you by electronic communication. The term "electronic communication" means a message transmitted electronically in a format that allows visural text to be displayed on electronic equipment such as a personal computer monitor.
- Stop Payment. When you arrange for a Service, you acknowledge
and agree that you may not stop payment of account transfers
initiated through your use of the Services; provided, however,
that under certain conditions you may stop payment of certain
pre-authorized payments through our bill paying services.
See the disclosures appearing below for more information concerning
your right to stop payment of pre-authorized transfers.
- Termination of Home Banking Services. You agree that
we may terminate this Agreement and your use of the Services
if you or any authorized user of your Account or your PIN fail
to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement,
or in any other Agreement you have with us, or if we have reason
to believe that there has been or may be any unauthorized use
of your Account or your PIN. You or any other party to your
Account can terminate this Agreement and the Services by notifying
us in writing. Termination will be effective on the first business
day following our receipt of your written notice. However, termination
of this Agreement or the Services will not affect the rights
and obligations of the parties to this Agreement for transactions
initiated prior to termination. Notwithstanding your termination
of this Agreement or the Services, you will remain responsible
for any transactions initiated by any person to whom you have
furnished your PIN. In addition, be sure to cancel all outstanding
bill payment orders before you notify us that you are terminating
this Agreement or the Services. We will not be liable for payments
that you fail to cancel, or that were made because you failed
to notify us promptly that you were terminating the Services.
- Amendments to this Agreement. We reserve the right
to amend this Agreement and to change the terms and conditions
governing our Home Banking Services at any time subject to such
notice as may be required by applicable law. Your use of the
Services following receipt of any such notice will constitute
your acceptance of any such change. Your use of the Home Banking
Services is subject to existing regulations governing your Accounts
and any future changes to those regulations.
- Enforcement and Governing Law. You agree to be liable
to us for any liability, loss or expense which we may incur
as a result of any dispute involving your Accounts or the Services.
You authorize us to deduct any such liability, loss or expense
from your Account without prior notice to you. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with all applicable
federal laws and all applicable substantive laws of the State
of Texas, and by the bylaws of Abilene Teachers Federal Credit
Union as they now exist or may be hereafter amended. You agree
that if there is any inconsistency between the terms of the
Agreement and any applicable law, regulation or rule, the terms
of this Agreement will prevail to the extent that any such law,
regulation or rule may be modified by agreement between us.
- Inactive Home Banking Accounts. If you have not used
your home banking account for a period of 180 consecutive days,
we may choose to deactivate your home banking access. (In no
way does this affect your ability to access your accounts in
person or on the phone.) You can re-activate your online account
at any time by signing back on as a new user.
ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER DISCLOSURES
The following disclosures provide important information concerning
your rights and responsibilities when you make transfers to and
from your Accounts using the Services.
- Contact in Event of Unauthorized Transfer. If you believe
your PIN has been lost, stolen, compromised, or that someone
has transferred or may transfer money from your Account without
your permission, call or write to us at:
Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union
P.O. Box 5706
Abilene, TX 79608
(325) 677-2274 or (800) 677-6770
- Transfer Types and Limitations.
- Account Access Services. The following transactions
are available through the Services:
- Perform Account balance inquiries and transaction
history inquiries
- Transfer funds between your Accounts with the same
member number including loan payments
- Transfer funds to another member number
- Download your Account information to Quicken or
Microsoft Money financial software programs
- Make bill payments to designated merchants, persons
or entities permitted by the Credit Union
- Obtain information (payee, payment status, etc.)
about your bill payments
- Communicate with us using E-mail
- Conduct other transactions permitted by Abilene
Teachers Federal Credit Union
Transactions involving your Accounts, including Share
Draft (Checking) Account stop payment requests, will
be subject to the terms of your Account Agreement.
- Bill Payments. Bill payments may be transacted
from your Share Draft (Checking) Account only. You may
not make bill payments to governmental agencies or courts,
or to payees outside of the United States. We reserve
the right to refuse to pay any payee to whom you direct
a payment. If we decide to refuse to pay a payee, we will
notify you promptly except in the case of payments directed
to governmental entities or foreign payees as set forth
above.
By providing the Services with the names and account
information of those persons or entities to whom you
wish to direct payment, you authorize the Services to
follow the payment instructions that it receives from
you. When the Services receives a payment instruction
from you, you authorize the Services to debit your Checking
Account and remit funds on your behalf so that the funds
arrive as close to the business day designated by you
as reasonably possible.
It is your responsibility to schedule your bill payments
in such a manner that your obligations will be paid
on time. When you initially set up each of your bill
payment payees, the system will notify you whether a
payment or payments to the payee will be made by means
of an electronic payment or by paper draft. Because
of circumstances beyond our control, particularly delays
in handling and posting payments by slow responding
companies or financial institutions, some transactions
may take a day or even a few days longer to be credited
by your payee to your account. For that reason, you
must schedule all payment dates at least three business
days before the actual payment due date if the bill
payment will be transmitted by us electronically, and
at least five business days before the actual payment
due date if the bill payment will be transmitted by
us by means of a paper draft. You are responsible for
any late payments or finance charges that may be assessed
by your payee as a result of late payment if you do
not comply with this procedure. When you designate a
payment date for a bill payment, your payment will be
sent to the merchant, institution or individual on the
date you select or the next business day if that date
falls on a weekend or a holiday. Payments will be posted
to your account within two business days of the date
that the payment was sent to the merchant, institution
or individual. Please consult your Abilene Teachers
Federal Credit Union Bill Payment User Guide for more
information concerning scheduling of bill payments.
- Limitations on Transfers from Your Credit Union Share
Accounts. Electonic drafts cannot be made from Share (savings) Accounts.
- Fees. There is no fee for account access. Effective
May 1, 2005 the Bill Payment Service is also free. Pricing for
all fee associated Services is subject to change.
Bill payment services are administered by a third-party
organization. They charge a $25.00 fee for each non-sufficient
funds (NSF) entry resulting from your use of the Services.
This charge is in addition to the $20 NSF fee assessed
by Abilene Teachers FCU. You agree to pay the NSF fees even
if a payment is not returned but is paid and overdraws your
Share Draft (Checking) Account.
You understand that if you do not have sufficient funds
in your Account, you are responsible for making alternate
arrangements for the payment or rescheduling the payment through
the Services. We reserve the right to suspend your access
to the Services until all non-sufficient funds issues have
been resolved.
There is a $25.00 fee for each stop payment order you make
in connection with the Services.
You agree to pay the fees and charges set forth above, and
authorize the Services to charge your Share Draft (Checking)
Account for these amounts and any additional charges that
you may incur. These fees are subject to change at any time.
- Business Days. Our business days are Monday through
Friday except for federal holidays.
- Documentation. You will receive a confirmation screen
with reference information after every transfer you make. You
may save or print this information for your records. All payments
and transactions made using the Services will be listed on your
monthly Account statement that you receive from us.
- Confidentiality.We will disclose information to third
parties about your Account or the transfers you make:
- Where it is necessary for completing transfers, or
- In order to verify the existence and condition of your
Account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or
merchant, or
- In order to comply with government agency or court orders,
or
- If you give us your written permission
- Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers and Advisability
of Prompt Reporting. If you believe your PIN has been lost,
stolen or compromised, you should change your PIN immediately
using the Services.
Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your PIN has been lost, stolen,
or compromised. 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 any).
If you tell us within two business days, you can lose no more
than $50 if someone used your PIN without your permission.
If you do NOT tell us within two business days after you
learn of the loss or theft of your PIN, and we can prove we
could have stopped someone from using your PIN without your
permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500.
Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not
make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty
(60) days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not
get back any money you lost after the sixty (60) days if we
can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the
money if you had told us in time.
If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay)
kept you from telling us, we will extend the time periods.
- Pre-authorized Payments.
- Right to Stop Payment and Procedure for Doing So.
If you have arranged to have regular payments made from
your Account, you can stop any of these payments by calling
or writing to us at the number and address listed in Section
10 below.
You must notify us in time for us to receive your request
three 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. A fee as set forth
above in Section 3 or any amendment thereto will be
imposed 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 unless you have agreed
with the merchant to receive notice only when a transfer
falls outside a specified range of amounts or only when
a transfer differs from the most recent transfer by more
than an agreed-upon amount.
- Liability for Failure to Stop Payment of Pre-authorized
Transfers. 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.
- Credit Union Liability. If we do not complete a transfer
to or from your Account on time or in the correct amount according
to our Agreement with you, we will be liable for your losses
or damages. However, there are some exceptions. We will NOT
be liable, for instance:
- If, through no fault of ours, you do not have adequate
funds in your Account to complete a transaction, your Account
is closed, or the transaction amount would exceed your credit
limit on your line of credit, if applicable.
- If you used the wrong access code or you have not properly
followed any applicable computer, Internet access, or user
instructions for making transfer and bill payment transactions.
- If your computer fails or malfunctions or the Abilene
Teachers Federal Credit Union Home Banking service was not
properly working and such problem should have been apparent
when you attempted such transaction.
- If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire, flood,
telecommunication outages, organized labor strikes, equipment
or power failure) prevent making the transaction.
- If the funds in your Account are subject to an administrative
hold, legal process or other claim.
- If you have not given us complete, correct and current
instructions so that we can process a transfer or bill payment.
- If the error was caused by a system beyond our control,
such as that of your Internet service provider.
- If you do not authorize a bill payment soon enough for
your payment to be made and properly credited by the payee
by the time it is due.
- If we make a timely bill payment but the payee nevertheless
does not credit your payment promptly after receipt.
- If there are other exceptions that we may establish from
time to time.
- In Case of Errors or Questions about Your Electronic Transfers.
Call us at: (325) 677-2274 or (800) 677-6770
Or write us at:
Abilene Teachers Federal Credit Union
ATTN: Accounting
P.O. Box 5706
Abilene, Texas 79608
as soon as you can, if you think your statement is wrong
or if you need more information about a transfer listed on
the statement. We must hear from you no later than sixty (60)
days after we send you the FIRST statement on which the problem
or error appeared.
- Tell us your name and Account number (if any).
- Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about,
and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is
an error or why you need more information.
- Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
If you tell us orally, we may require that you send us your
complaint or question in writing within ten (10) business
days.
We will tell you the results of our investigation 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 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 ten (10) business days, we may not
credit your Account.
If you give notice of an error within 30 days after the
first deposit to an Account is made, we will tell you the
results of our investigation within 20 days after we hear
from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more
time, however, we may take up to 90 days to investigate your
complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit
your Account within 20 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.
We will tell you the results within three (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 in our investigation.
If there is an error on an electronic transfer made through
our bill paying service contact Electronic Payment Services
at 1 (800) 823-7555 for error resolution.
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