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. |