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Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
Bill Payment and Presentment
Aggreement and Disclosures
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Terms
and Conditions Agreement
for Electronic Bill Payment Services
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NOTE: All references
in this document to the terms "Bill Payment Services"
and/or "the Service" reflect the Electronic Bill Payment
Services of Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union.
Electronic Disclosure and the Terms and Conditions
Agreement for the Electronic Bill Pay & Presentment Services.
I acknowledge electronic receipt of the Terms and Conditions
Agreement ("Agreement") associated with Heritage
Trust Federal Credit Union’s ("the Credit Union")
Electronic Bill Pay & Presentment Services and agree that
I have read and will abide by this Agreement. I also agree
that the Credit Union does not need to provide me with an
additional paper (nonelectronic) copy of this Agreement unless
specifically requested. Further, I understand that a copy
of this Agreement can be printed by using my browser’s
print command and a printer.
Enrollment Request for the Electronic Bill Pay &
Presentment Services. The Credit Union reserves the
right to refuse enrollment in the Service to any member who
does not meet the Electronic Bill Payment Service criteria
which have been established by the Credit Union. Included
in this criteria is a requirement that subscribers to the
Service must reside within the fifty United States.
Electronic Bill Payment Services. As used
in this Agreement, the term "payee" means the vendor,
biller, person, or entity to whom you wish a bill payment
to be directed; "Payment Instructions" means the
information provided by you to the Service for a bill payment
to be made to your Payee (e.g., Payee name, account number,
payment amount, payment date); "Payment Account"
means your Share Draft Account and, in the instance of nonsufficient
funds and/or an overdrawn account, any applicable share account
or available balance on line of credit accounts at the Credit
Union, from which all bill payments may be made and/or such
funds collected; "Business Day" means Monday through
Friday, excluding federal holidays; "Send On or Processed
Date" means the date you have selected to authorize a
bill payment.
By providing the Payment Service with the names and account
information of those entities and/or persons to whom you wish
to direct payment, you authorize the Service to follow the
Payment Instructions that it receives from you or your authorized
user through the Electronic Bill Payment Service. When the
Service receives a payment instruction, you authorize it to
debit your Payment Account and remit funds on your behalf
so that the funds arrive as close to the Business Day designated
by you as reasonably possible.
In order to pay bills through the Bill Payment Service,
the funds must be available in your account on the date you
request payment to be made.
While it is anticipated that most transactions will be received
by a payee or individual (5) Business Days after your selected
Send On or Processed Date, it is understood that due to circumstances
beyond the control of the Service, particularly delays in
handling and posting payments by slow-responding companies
or financial institutions (Payees), some transactions may
take a day or even a few days longer to be credited by your
Payee to your account with them.
For this reason, it is necessary that all Scheduled Payment
Dates selected by you be no less than five (5) BUSINESS days
for check payments and (3) BUSINESS days for electronic before
the actual due date, not the late date and/or a date in the
grace period. Payment instructions entered on a non-business
day will be considered entered in the service on the next
Business Day. If you properly follow the procedures described
herein, and the Service fails to send a payment according
to the Payment Instructions received, the Service will bear
responsibility for all late charges. In any other event, including
but not limited to choosing a Send One or Processed Date which
is not five Business Days before the due date or on or past
the due date stated on your invoice or bill, the risk of incurring
and the responsibility for paying any and all late charges
or penalties should be borne by you.
The Service will use its best efforts to make all your payments
properly. However, the Service shall incur no liability if
it is unable to complete any payments initiated by you through
the Service because of the existence of any one or more of
the following instances:
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If, through no
fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account
to complete the payment or transfer, or the transfer would exceed
the credit limit of that account, if applicable.
The bill payment processing center is not working properly
and you have been advised about the malfunction before you
execute the transaction.
The Payee mishandles or delays a payment sent by the Service.
You have not provided the Service with the correct names,
phone numbers, or account information for those persons or
entities to whom you wish to direct payment.
Circumstances beyond the Service’s control (such as,
but not limited to, fire, flood, or interference from an outside
force) prevent the proper execution of the transaction and
the Service has taken reasonable precautions to avoid those
circumstances.
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Provided none
of the foregoing exceptions to the Service performance obligations
are applicable, if the Service causes an incorrect amount of
funds to be removed from your Payment Account or causes funds
from your Payment Account to be directed to a person or entity
which does not comply with your Payment Instructions, the Service
shall be responsible for returning the improperly transferred
funds to your Payment Account and for directing to the proper
recipient any previously misdirected payments or transfers.
Payment will be made to your Payee either electronically
via the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) or by check. The method
of payment depends on the processing method that can be accommodated
by the Payee (e.g., some Payees are unable to accept electronic
payments).
The payment may be deducted from your Payment Account via
a draft drawn on your account and processed through the Federal
Reserve System (as if you had written a check on your Share
Draft Account). All bill payments debited from your account
will appear on your Statement of Account. All payments can
be viewed with the Payee’s name, payment amount, and
payment date by utilizing your View History option. Payments
will be debited within 2 business days after the processed
date.
All Bill Payments must be deleted or edited by 4:00 PM Eastern
Standard Time, on the day before the scheduled processing
date.
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Prohibited
Payments. The following payment types are prohibited
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- Tax payments
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Court-ordered payments |
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THE FOREGOING
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SERVICE’S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR
EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE SERVICE BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
EXEMPLARY DAMAGE, INCLUDING LOST PROFITS (EVEN IF ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE INSTALLATION,
USE, OR MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT, SOFTWARE, AND OR THE SERVICE.
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EXCLUSIONS
OF WARRANTIES |
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THE SERVICE AND
RELATED DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY
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You agree not
to give or make available your Heritage Online Password to any
unauthorized individuals. You are responsible for all bill payments.
If you believe that your Heritage Online password has been lost,
stolen, or compromised, or that someone may attempt to use the
Service without your consent or has transferred money from your
account by accessing your account without your permission, you
must notify the Credit Union at once by calling us at (843)
832-2600 or (800) 845-5550.
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Your
Liability for Unauthorized Transfers. If you call the
Credit Union within two (2) Business Days after you learn of
unauthorized access to your account(s) and/or that your Heritage
Online Password has been lost, stolen, or compromised, you can
lose no more than $50. If you fail to notify the Credit Union
within two (2) Business Days after you learn of unauthorized
access to your account(s) and/or that your Heritage Online Password
has been lost, stolen, or compromised, and we can prove that
we could have prevented the unauthorized access to your account(s),
or use of your Heritage Online password, had you notified us,
you could lose as much as $500. If your Statement or our online
account detail reflect any transfers or payments that you did
not make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty
(60) days after the first statement which reflected an unauthorized
transfer(s) or payment(s) was mailed to you, you may not get
back any money you lost after the 60 days, provided 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 an extended
trip or hospital stay) prevented you from telling us, we may
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Errors
and Questions. In case of errors and questions about
your electronic transfers or payments, you should: Telephone
us at: (843) 832-2703 or (800) 845-5550 ext. 2703 or 2692 or
write to us at:
Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
Attn e-Commerce Department
P.O. Box 118000
Charleston, SC 29423-8000
E-mail us at heritage@htfcu.org as soon as you can. If you
think that your statement is wrong or you need more information
about a bill payment listed on the statement, we must hear
from you no later than 60 days after you received the FIRST
statement on which the problem or error appeared. You must:
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Tell us your
name and account number. Describe the error or the transfer
you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as possible why
you believe it is an error or why you need more information.
Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
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* If you tell
us orally in person or by telephone, we may require that you
send us your complaint or question in writing within ten (10)
Business Days after providing oral notification. 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 45 days to
investigate the complaint or question. If we decide to do this,
we will recredit your account within ten (10) Business Days
for the amount you believe is in error, so that you may have
the use of the funds 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 recredit your account.
If we determine there was no error,
we will send you a written explanation within three (3) Business
Days after we finish our investigation. You may ask for copies
of documents which we used in our investigation. We may revoke
any provisional credit provided to you if we find that an
error did not occur.
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Documentation.
You have the right to receive documentation of any transfers
made using the Service. You will receive a periodic statement
detailing all account transactions, including all Bill Pay &
Presentment Services transfers. In addition, you may request
individual transfer documentation by contacting us at (843)
832-2703 or (800) 845-5550 ext. 2703, or by sending an e-mail.
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Disclosure
of Account Information to Third Parties. It is our
general policy to treat your account information as confidential.
However, we will disclose information to third parties about
your account or the transfers you make ONLY in the following
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If we return
transfers or payments made from your account which are drawn
on insufficient funds or if we are unable to complete an electronic
transfer or payment because of insufficient funds, or Where
it is necessary for completing transfers, or
In order to verify the existence and condition of your account
to a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant, or
To a consumer reporting agency for quality assurance survey/research
purposes only, or
In order to comply with a governmental agency or court order,
or
If you give us your written permission.
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Charges
or Fees. As a participant in the Electronic Bill Payment
& Presentment Service, you will not be charged a fee. Charges
for other transactions and optional services (e.g., Nonsufficient
Funds for Stop Payment Fees) are specified in the Credit Union's
Schedule of Fees.
You agree to pay such fees and charges, and authorize
the Service to charge your designated Payment Account for
these amounts and any additional charges that may be incurred
by you. Any fees associated with your share or loan accounts
will continue to apply.
You are responsible for any and all telephone access fees
or Internet service fees that may be assessed by your telephone
and/or Internet Service Provider.
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In the Event a Service Transaction Is Returned and/or
Overdraws Your Payment Account. In using the Service,
you are requesting the system to make payments for you from
your Payment Account. If we are unable to complete the transaction
for any reason associated with your Payment Account (e.g.,
there are not sufficient funds in your Payment Account to
cover the transaction), the transaction may not be completed.
You will receive a return notice from the Credit Union. In
these cases, you agree that a nonsufficient funds (NSF) fee
will be charged in accordance with the credit union’s
established and published service fees. Further, you also
agree that a NSF fee may be charged to your account. Overdraft
Protection dies not cover bill payments.
Insufficient Funds. If you do not have sufficient
funds on the day your account is debited, a block will automatically
be placed on all accounts that have an ACH debit returned
to bill payment services. No additional bill payments will
be processed until the account is properly funded and the
return(s) has cleared. If a payment request is received while
the account is blocked, a letter will be sent notifying you
that the payment(s) will not be processed until the account
is properly funded and the return(s) has cleared. For further
information or to have the block removed after you have placed
sufficient funds into your account please call our e-Commerce
Department at 843-832-2703 or 1-800-845-5550 ext. 2703 or
2692.
By enrolling for and using this Electronic Bill Payment &
Presentment Service, you agree that the Credit Union has the
right to collect funds from your share accounts as well as
the available balance on your line of credit account, including
credit card accounts, to recover funds for all payments that
have been requested to be paid by you and your authorized
user; this includes accounts on which you are the primary
member-owner, as well as accounts on which you are the joint
owner.
Heritage Trust employs a third-party processor who receives
funds and pays your merchants. For this reason, it usually
takes a minimum of three days and a maximum of seven days
FROM YOUR SEND ON DATE for your merchants to receive payment.
Heritage Trust closely monitors this third-party processor.
If you do not have sufficient funds in your account our third
party processor may try to debit your account, up to three
attempts. There will also be a Non-sufficient Funds fee on
each attempt. After the third attempt, if the funds are not
available, this will then go into collections with our third
party processor. You will be contacted by mail or phone to
settle this immediately. A block will also be placed on your
bill payment account until the payment is settled. Our third
party processor will not remove the block until (5) BUSINESS
days after settlement, or you may contact Heritage Trust for
block removal.
Alterations and Amendments. The terms of
this Agreement, applicable fees, and service charges may be
altered or amended by the Service from time to time. In such
event, the Credit Union will make a notice on the web site
in advance.
No Activity for Four Months. All Bill Payment
accounts with no activity for four months will be closed.
If you would like to reapply for this service at a later time,
simply select the bill payment option and complete the Bill
Payment application. If you have any questions regarding Bill
Payment, please feel free to contact the
e-Commerce Department at 843-832-2703 or 800-845-5550 ext.
2703 or 2709.
Termination or Discontinuation. In the event
you wish to discontinue the Service, you must contact the
Credit Union within ten (10) days prior to the actual service
discontinuation date through e-mail at our web site www.htfcu.org
or by written correspondence sent via the mail. Written notice
must be signed and sent to:
Heritage Trust Federal Credit Union
P.O Box 118000
Charleston, SC 29423-8000
Attn: e-Commerce Department
As of June 2006
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