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VISA Agreement

In this agreement the words you and your mean each and all of those who sign this Agreement. Card means a VISA credit card and any duplicates and renewals the Credit Union issues. Account means your VISA credit card line of credit account with the Credit Union. Credit Union means the Credit Union whose name appears in this Agreement.

1. Accepting the Agreement. If you agree to be bound by this Agreement, sign the Card immediately. If you do not wish to be bound by this Agreement, cut the Card in half and return it to us. Unless you do so, we will assume that you have accepted this Agreement. Any use of the Card also indicates your acceptance of everything written here. Do not use the Card before the valid date or after the expiration date printed on its face.

2. Using the Account. If you are approved for a VISA account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you and notify you of its amount when the card is sent to you. You agree not to let your account balance exceed your approved credit limit. Each payment you make on the account will restore your credit limit by the amount of the payment which is applied to the principal amount of purchases and cash advances. You may request an increase in your credit limit only by written application which is approved by the Credit Union. The Credit Union has the right to reduce or terminate your credit limit at any time.

3. Using the Card. You may use the card issued to you to make purchases in person, and by mail or telephone from merchants and others who accept VISA cards. In addition, you may obtain cash advances from the Credit Union from other financial institutions participating in the VISA program and from automated teller machines (ATMs), such as VISA ATM Network, that provide access to the Visa system. {Not all ATMs provide such access.) You will need to use your Personal Identification Number (PIN) to obtain a cash advance from an ATM. You agree that you will not use your card for any transaction that is illegal under applicable federal, state, or local law.

4. Responsibility. You agree to pay all charges (purchases and cash advances) to your account made by you or anyone whom you authorized to use your account. Your obligation to pay the amount owed on your account continues until paid in full even though an agreement, divorce decree or other Court judgment to which the Credit Union is not a party may direct someone else to pay the account balance.

If more than one person signs this Agreement, each is individually responsible for all amounts owed on the account and all are jointly responsible for all amounts owed. This means the Credit Union can enforce this Agreement against any of you individually or all of you together.

5. Finance Charges. Separate finance charges for purchases and cash advances are determined by multiplying the periodic rate by the separate average daily balances for purchases and cash advances. Each average daily balance is determined by taking the beginning balance (of cash advances or purchases) in your account each day, adding any new purchases or cash advances (whichever is applicable) and subtracting any payments or credits. The results are the daily balances. All the daily balances for the statement cycle are added and the total is divided by the number of days in the statement cycle to arrive at the average daily balance for the cycle. Cash advances are always subject to FINANCE CHARGE from the date they are posted to your account. You can avoid payment of Finance Charges on new purchases if you pay the New Balance shown on the billing statement on which the purchase first appears by the Payment Due Date, and the Payments and Credits on that statement equal or exceed your Previous Balance. We call this the "grace period". You do not have a grace period on balance transfers or cash advances. Finance Charges are imposed on balance transfers and cash advances beginning with the date the transaction occurs.

6. Monthly Payment. Each month you must pay at least the minimum payment shown on your statement by the date specified on your monthly statement. You may pay more frequently, pay more than the minimum payments, or pay the Total New Balance in full. If you make extra payments or larger payments, you are still required to make at least the minimum payment each month your account has a balance. Your minimum payment required each month is disclosed on the "Credit Disclosures" under "Minimum Monthly Payment". In addition, at any time your Total New Balance exceeds your credit limit, you must immediately pay the amount over your credit limit.

7. Security Interest. If you give the Credit Union a specific pledge of shares by signing a separate pledge of shares for this account, your account will be secured by your pledged shares.

8. Default. You will be in default if you fail to make any minimum payment or other required payment by the date that it is due. You will be in default if you break any promise you make under this Agreement. You will be in default if you die, file for bankruptcy or become insolvent, that is, unable to pay your obligations when they become due. You will be in default if you make any false or misleading statements in any credit application or credit update. You will also be in default if something happens which the Credit Union believes may substantially reduce your ability to repay what you owe. When you are in default, the Credit Union has the right to demand immediate payment of your full account balance without notice. If immediate payment is demanded, you will continue to pay finance charge, at the periodic rate charged before default, until what you owe has been paid, and any shares that were given as security will be applied towards what you owe. To the extent permitted by law, you will also be required to pay the Credit Union's collection expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

9. Liability for Unauthorized Use. You have complete liability protection for all Visa card purchases including those transacted on the Internet.

10. Lost Card Notification. If you believe your credit card has been lost or stolen, immediately call 1-800-289-5939 or 1-614-248-4239.

11.Changing or Terminating Your Account. The Credit Union may change the terms of this Agreement from time to time after giving you any advance notice required by law. Your use of the card after receiving notice of a change will indicate your agreement to the change. To the extent the law permits, and indicated in the notice to you, the change will apply to your existing account balance as well as to future transactions.

Either the Credit Union or you may terminate this Agreement at any time, but termination by you or the Credit Union will not affect your obligation to pay the account balance plus any finance and other charges you owe under this Agreement. The cards you receive remain the property of the Credit Union and you must recover and surrender to the Credit Union all cards upon request or upon termination of this Agreement whether by you or the Credit Union.

YOUR BILLING RIGHTS

This notice contains important information about your rights and our responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.

Notify Us In Case of Errors or Questions About Your Billing

If you think your bill is wrong, or if you need more information about a transaction on your bill, write us on a separate sheet at the address listed on your bill. Write to us as soon as possible. We must hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent you the first bill on which the error or problem appeared. You can telephone us, but doing so will not preserve your rights.

In your letter, give us the following information:

*Your name and account number.
*The dollar amount of the suspected error.
*Describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe there is an error. If you need more information, describe the item you are not sure about.

If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill automatically from your savings or share draft account, you can stop the payment on any amount you think is wrong. To stop the payment your letter must reach us three business days before the automatic payment is scheduled to occur.

Your Rights and Our Responsibilities After We Receive Your Written Notice

We must acknowledge your letter within 30 days, unless we have corrected the error by then. Within 90 days, we must either correct the error or explain why we believe the bill was correct.

After we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any amount you question, or report you as delinquent. We can continue to bill you for the amount you question, including finance charges, and we can apply any unpaid amount against your credit limit. You do not have to pay any questioned amount while we are investigating, but you are still obligated to pay the parts of your bill that are not in question.

If we find we made a mistake on your bill, you will not have to pay any finance charges related to any questioned amount. If we didn't make a mistake, you may have to pay finances charges, and you will have to make up any missed payments on the questioned amount. In either case, we will send you a statement of the amount you owe and the date that it is due.

If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy you and you write to us within ten days telling us that you still refuse to pay, we must tell anyone we report you to that you have a question about your bill. And, we must tell you the name of anyone we reported you to. We tell anyone we report you to that the matter has been settled between us when it finally is.

If we don't follow these rules, we can't collect the first $50 of the questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.

Special Rule for Credit Card Purchases

If you have a problem with the quality of property or services that you purchased with a credit card, and you have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the property or services. There are two limitations on this right.

(a) You must have made the purchase in your home state or, if not within your home state, within 100 miles of your current mailing-address area.

(b) The purchase price must have been more than $50.

These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the merchant, or if we mailed you the advertisement for the property or services.


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