Electronic Funds Transfer Disclosure
FIRST STATE BANK OF ALEXANDRIA
3313 HIGHWAY 29 SOUTH
ALEXANDRIA, MN 56308
PHONE: (320) 763-7700
ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Indicated below are types of Electronic Fund Transfers we are capable of handling, some of which may apply to your account. Please read this disclosure carefully because it tells you your rights and obligations for the transactions listed. You should keep this notice for future reference.
Types of Transactions
Preauthorized credits - You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted into your checking and savings accounts.
Preauthorized payments - You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills from your checking and savings accounts.
ATM Card transactions - You may access your account(s) by ATM using your ATM Card and personal identification number (PIN) to:
- withdraw cash from checking and savings
- transfer funds from checking to savings
- transfer funds from savings to checking
- get balance information about checking and savings
Some of these services may not be available at all terminals.
Debit Card ATM transactions - You may access your account(s) by ATM using your Debit Card and personal identification number (PIN) to:
- withdraw cash from checking and savings
- transfer funds from checking to savings
- transfer funds from savings to checking
- get balance information about checking and savings
Some of these services may not be available at all terminals.
Debit Card point-of-sale transactions - You may access your checking account(s) by debit card to:
- purchase goods in person or by phone
- pay for services in person or by phone
Limits and Fees
Limitations on frequency of transfers - In addition to any limitations described elsewhere, the following limitations apply to your savings accounts:
- During any statement period, you may not make more than six withdrawals or transfers to another account of yours or to a third party by means of a preauthorized or automatic transfer or telephone order or instruction. No more than three of the six transfers may be made by check, draft, debit card (if applicable) or similar order to a third party. If you exceed the transfer limitations set forth above in any statement period, your account will be subject to closure by the financial institution.
Security limitations:
- For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make using our ATM terminals. Except as indicated elsewhere, we do not charge for or limit these electronic fund transfers.
Termination
You may terminate the electronic fund transfer agreement by giving us written notice. We may terminate the electronic fund transfer agreement by giving you written notice.
Documentation
Terminal transfers - You can get a receipt at the time you make any transfer to or from your account using one of our automated teller machines or point-of-sale terminals. Preauthorized credits - If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your account at least once every 60 days from the same person or company, the person or company making the deposit will tell you every time they send us the money.
Periodic statements:
- You will get a monthly account statement from us for your checking and savings account(s).
Preauthorized Payments
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. Here is how:
Call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this disclosure 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 14 days after you call.
Notice of varying amounts - If these regular payments may vary in amount, the person you are going to pay will tell 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 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).
Liability for failure to stop payment of preauthorized transfer - 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.
Financial Institution’s Liability
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 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 enough money in your account to make the transfer.
If you have an overdraft line and the transfer would go over the credit limit.
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 that we have taken.
There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.
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 written permission.
Unauthorized Transfers
(a) Consumer liability.
- Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your card and/or code 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). We will be liable for all unauthorized transfers unless the unauthorized transfer was due to the loss or theft of your card and/or code. If due to the loss or theft of your card and/or code, and you notify us within 60 days of when the unauthorized transfer appears on the statement you can lose no more than $50 if someone used your card and/or code without permission.
If you do NOT notify us within 60 days after the unauthorized transfer appears on your statement, and we prove that we could have stopped someone from using your card and/or code without your permission if you had told us within 2 days of when you discover the loss or theft of your card and/or code, you could lose as much as $500 for unauthorized transfers that appear on the statement.
Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days after the statement was mailed 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 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 period.
- Additional Limits on Liability for VISA(R)-branded card, when used for point-of-sale transactions. You will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions using your lost or stolen VISA(R)-branded card, when used for point-of-sale transactions, if you report the loss or theft of your card within 2 business days of when you discover the loss or theft of the card. If you do NOT tell us within 2 business days, your liability is the lesser of $50 or the amount of money, property, labor, or services obtained by the unauthorized use before notification to us.
(b) Contact in event of unauthorized transfer. If you believe your card and/or code has been lost or stolen or that someone has transferred or may transfer money from your account without your permission, call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this disclosure.
Right to Bring Civil Action
You may bring a civil action against any person violating any provision of Minnesota Statutes section 47.69 (governing consumer privacy and unauthorized withdrawals). If you prevail in such an action, you may recover the greater of your actual damages or $500. You may also be entitled to recover punitive damages, your court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees.
Point-Of-Sale Transactions
Payment for goods or services made in this manner shall not affect any of the rights, protections or liabilities in existing law concerning a cash or credit sale by means other than through the use of a terminal. You cannot reverse a point-of-sale transaction.
Time Needed to Complete Terminal Transactions
- Withdrawals made at a terminal will normally be completed and charged to your account in three business days.
- Deposits made at a terminal will normally be credited to your account in five business days.
- Transfers between accounts will normally be completed in three business days.
Error Resolution Notice
In Case of Errors or Questions About Your Electronic Transfers, Call or Write us at the telephone number or address listed in this disclosure, as soon as you can, if you think your statement or receipt is wrong or if you need more information about a 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 send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business days. We will tell you the results of our investigation within 10 business days (5 business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction and 20 business days if the transfer involved a foreign-initiated transfer) after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45 days (90 days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction or a foreign-initiated transfer) to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within 1 0 business days (5 business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction and 20 business days if the transfer involved a foreign-initiated transfer) 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 1 0 business days, we may not credit your account.
If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation within three business days after we finish our investigation. You may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.
If you have inquiries regarding your account, please contact us at:
FIRST STATE BANK OF ALEXANDRIA
3313 HIGHWAY 29 SOUTH
ALEXANDRIA, MN 56308
BUSINESS DAYS:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Holidays are not included. PHONE: (320) 763-7700
Notice Of ATM/Night Deposit Facility User Precautions
As with all financial transactions, please exercise discretion when using an automated teller machine (ATM) or night deposit facility. For your own safety, be careful. The following suggestions may be helpful.
Prepare for your transactions at home (for instance, by filling out a deposit slip) to minimize your time at the ATM or night deposit facility.
Mark each transaction in your account record, but not while at the ATM or night deposit facility. Always save your ATM receipts. Don’t leave them at the ATM or night deposit facility because they may contain important account information.
Compare your records with the account statements you receive.
Don’t lend your ATM card to anyone.
Remember, do not leave your card at the ATM. Do not leave any documents at a night deposit facility.
Protect the secrecy of your Personal Identification Number (PIN). Protect your ATM card as though it were cash. Don’t tell anyone your PIN. Don’t give anyone information regarding your ATM card or PIN over the telephone. Don’t write your PIN where it can be discovered. For example, don’t keep a note of your PIN in your wallet or purse.
Prevent others from seeing you enter your PIN by using your body to shield their view.
If you lose your ATM card or if it is stolen, promptly notify us. You should consult the other disclosures you have received about electronic fund transfers for additional information about what to do if your card is lost or stolen.
When you make a transaction, be aware of your surroundings. Look out for suspicious activity near the ATM or night deposit facility, particularly if it is after sunset. At night, be sure that the facility (including the parking area and walkways) is well lighted. Consider having someone accompany you when you use the facility, especially after sunset. If you observe any problem, go to another ATM or night deposit facility.
Don’t accept assistance from anyone you don’t know when using an ATM or night deposit facility.
If you notice anything suspicious or if any other problem arises after you have begun an ATM transaction, you may want to cancel the transaction, pocket your card and leave. You might consider using another ATM or coming back later.
Don’t display your cash; pocket it as soon as the ATM transaction is completed and count the cash later when you are in the safety of your own car, home, or other secure surrounding.
At a drive-up facility, make sure all the car doors are locked and all of the windows are rolled up, except the driver’s window. Keep the engine running and remain alert to your surroundings.
We want the ATM and night deposit facility to be safe and convenient for you. Therefore, please tell us if you know of any problem with a facility. For instance, let us know if a light is not working or there is any damage to a facility. Please report any suspicious activity or crimes to both the operator of the facility and the local law enforcement officials immediately.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
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