(SECTION 1)
ACCOUNT AGREEMENT AND
TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS DISCLOSURE
MAILING ADDRESS
P.O. Box 660130
Arcadia, California 91066-0130
(626) 445-0950 or
1 (888) 995-FFCU
Website: www.foothillcu.org
BRANCHES
Glendora • 645 S. Lone Hill Ave.
Arcadia • 30 South First Ave.
Covina • 928 N. Citrus Ave.
El Monte • 3580 Santa Anita Ave., Stc. J
Deposit Account Agreement,
Truth-In-Savings Disclosure
and
Funds Availability Disclosure
PART I
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Payment of Dividends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
PART II
Terms and Conditions Applicable to:
All Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Individual and Joint Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Pay-on-Death (POD) Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Totten or Passbook Trust Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Custodial Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Fiduciary Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Sole Proprietorship Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Corporate, Partnership and Unincorporated Association Accounts . . .3
Regular Share Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Youth Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Checking Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Money Market Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Term Share (Certificate) Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Living Trust Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Individual Retirement Savings Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
PART III
(A) Disclosure of Funds Availability for All Credit Union Accounts . . . .5
(B) Special Notice Regarding Endorsement Standards . . . . . . . . . .5
(SECTION 2)
SPECIAL DISCLOSURES AND NOTICES
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
PLEASE KEEP FOR
YOUR RECORDS
EFFECTIVE 2-1-11
Customer Identification Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Instructions for Reporting Taxpayer
Identification Number (IRS Form W-9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Courtesy Pay Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
- SECTION 1 ACCOUNT AGREEMENT AND
TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS DISCLOSURE
In the following Agreement and Disclosure, the words “I”, “me”, “mine”, “my”, “us”, and
“our” mean each and all of those (whether one or more persons) who are subject to this
Agreement and Disclosure as a result of signing an Account Signature Card for one or
more deposit account(s) with you. The words “you”, “your” and “yours” mean FOOTHILL
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION.
PART I. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
DIVIDEND RATES: The frequency and conditions upon which dividends are paid
on all accounts are in accordance with the Bylaws of this Credit Union, the Federal
Credit Union Act, the Truth-in-Savings Act and Regulations. Dividends are paid from
current income and available earnings, after required transfers to reserves at the end of
a dividend period.
For specific dividend rate(s) for each type of dividend-bearing deposit account, I will
refer to the attached Dividend Rate Sheet, which is incorporated by this reference.
For all accounts except Term Share Accounts, dividends will be compounded daily and
will be credited monthly. Dividends on Term Share Accounts are compounded and will
be credited as set forth in my Term Share Certificate. For all accounts except Term
Share Accounts the dividend period is monthly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period is January 1 and the ending date of such dividend period is January
31. All other dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates. The dividend declaration
date follows the ending date of a dividend period, and for the example is February 1.
If I close any of my dividend earning accounts before dividends are credited, I will not
receive the accrued dividends.
Balance Computation Method: For all accounts, dividends are calculated by the daily
balance method, which applies a daily periodic rate to the balance in the account each
day.
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day I make the deposit.
PART II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL ACCOUNTS:
1. I must be and remain a member in good standing to maintain any account with you.
To remain a member in good standing I must meet the account balance minimums
for the account type I hold. If I reduce my primary share account balance below
$5.00 and do not increase the balance to at least $5.00 within thirty (30) days of the
reduction, I may be terminated from membership at the end of a dividend period.
2. All accounts (except checking accounts) are not transferable except as defined in
12 CFR, Part 204. For all accounts except checking accounts, during any statement
period, I may not make more than six (6) withdrawals or transfers to another credit
union account of mine or to a third party by means of a preauthorized or automatic
transfer or telephonic order or instruction. If I exceed the transfer limitations set forth
above in any statement period, my account will be subject to closure by you.
3. Your delay in enforcing any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
Disclosure shall not prohibit you from enforcing such terms and conditions at a later
date.
4. You reserve the right upon thirty (30) days written notice to change any provision of
or establish new provisions to this Agreement and Disclosure.
5. You reserve the right to refuse to open any account or to service or accept
additional deposits to any existing accounts.
6. I authorize you to accept items payable to any account owner for deposit to my
account from any source without questioning the authority of the person making the
deposit, and to give cash back to any authorized signer(s) or designated agent on
any check payable to any one or more of the account owners, whether or not it is
endorsed by me.
7. You may endorse and/or collect items deposited to my account without my
endorsement, but may require my personal endorsement prior to accepting an item
for deposit. If I deposit items which bear the endorsement of more than one person
or persons that are not known to you or that require endorsement of more than one
payee, you may refuse the item or require all endorsers to be present or to have
their endorsements guaranteed before you accept the item.
8. I understand and agree that you may utilize automated means to process checks
and other items written on or deposited to my account. Although you may manually
review checks or other items drawn on my account, I understand and agree
reasonable commercial standards do not require you to do so.
9. You will deliver all statements and other notices only to the person whose signature
appears first on the Account Signature Card. I shall exercise reasonable care and
promptness examining my statements and must promptly notify you of any error or
unauthorized payment including but not limited to an altered item or an
unauthorized signature. If I fail to uphold these duties, I understand and agree I am
precluded from asserting the error or unauthorized payment against you if you: 1)
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suffer a loss on the item because of my failure; or 2) you pay on another item
presented by the same wrongdoer if the payment was made before I properly
notified you. Notification must be within sixty (60) days of the date of the statement.
If I fail to uphold my duties but I can prove that you failed to exercise ordinary care
in the payment of the relevant items, then the above preclusion will not apply and
the loss on the items will be allocated between you and me to the extent our
respective actions contributed to the loss. If I have failed to examine my statement
and report any unauthorized item within one (1) year after my statement or the item
has been made available to me, I cannot recover from you even if you failed to
exercise ordinary care in paying the item.
You or I may terminate an account(s) at any time. I understand, however, that your
authority may not be changed or terminated except by written notice to you which
will not affect prior transactions. Moreover, if you receive conflicting claims to funds
in an account you hold, you may, at your discretion, restrict the account and deny
access to all; close the account and send the funds to the owner or owners of the
account according to your records at the statement mailing address; interplead all
or any portion of the funds from an account to the court; or hold the funds, without
liability to anyone, pending resolution of the claim to your satisfaction.
You reserve the right to close any account(s) discovered to be deliberately
manipulated to your detriment and/or your membership. "Manipulation" includes,
but is not limited to, kiting and repeated patterns of transactions which have no
apparent business reason other than to take advantage of Regulation "CC" hold
periods and/or "interest float" to your detriment.
You may recognize the signature of anyone who signed a Account Signature Card
as authorized to transact business on that account. Any payment made on my
account by you in good faith and in reliance on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and/or Disclosure, any Term Share (Certificate) Account Agreement
and Disclosure Statement and the Account Signature Card shall be valid and
discharge you from liability. Without limitation to the foregoing, you may honor
checks drawn against my account by authorized signers, even if the checks are
made payable to them, to cash or for deposit to their personal accounts. You have
no duty to investigate or question withdrawals or the application of funds.
If a check or other item which you cash for me or which I deposit to my account is
returned to you as unpaid for any reason, you may charge my account for the
amount of the check or other item. This may include, among other circumstances,
checks which were paid originally and later are returned to you accompanied by
documentation indicating that the endorsement is forged or unauthorized or that the
item has been altered in any way. You may charge my account for the amount
without questioning the truth of such documentation. You may also charge back any
amount of accrued or paid dividends related to the returned check.
I understand and agree that Individual, Joint, Trust and Pay-on-Death accounts may
be subject to Multiple Party Accounts Law, Division 5 of the California Probate
Code, as now in effect or hereafter amended.
Ownership for the primary share account and all sub-accounts shall be established
and determined by the most recent Account Signature Card. Therefore, the
ownership on all accounts (except IRA Accounts) shall be the same, including those
on term share (Certificate) accounts. A different form of ownership may be
established by executing a new Account Signature Card and a new account number
will be assigned. The word "owner(s)" means the owner of the funds in the case of
an individual account and it means the joint owners (both as an individual and as a
group) in the case of a joint or other account with multiple parties.
Owner(s) agree that any and all sums heretofore or hereafter on deposit shall be
subject to withdrawal or receipt by any owner and any such payment shall be valid
and discharge you from any liability.
I agree to notify you promptly of any change of address. I may notify you in person
at your office or by sending a written and signed notice to Foothill Federal Credit
Union, P.O. Box 660130, Arcadia, CA 91066-0130.
I am required to keep you informed of my current address. In the event that I fail to
do this, a charge as set forth in the Schedule of Fees may be made to my account
for the actual cost of a necessary locator service paid to a person or concern
normally engaged in providing such service and incurred in determining my
address. In addition, quarterly fees apply for incorrect addresses.
All non-cash payments shall be credited subject to final payment on the day of
deposit. My right to withdraw the funds represented by certain checks, savings or
other items I deposit may be delayed for several days. I will be notified if my right to
withdraw will be delayed. I will refer to the Credit Union's Disclosure of Funds
Availability Policy for further details.
All accounts are subject to your current Schedule of Fees, which accompanies this
Agreement and Disclosure attached hereto and is incorporated by this reference.
You shall debit such charges against any account I own (including accounts on
which I am a joint owner) except my IRA Accounts. If there are insufficient funds
available, the charges are payable on demand and, for checking accounts, will be
treated as an overdraft.
I agree that you will not be responsible for any damages I incur in the event I deposit
an item with you which is subsequently returned unpaid by the paying bank and that
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return is "late" due to markings on the back of the check caused by me or a prior
endorser.
Although you are not obligated to, you may pay or accept checks and other items
bearing restrictions or notations (e.g., “Void after 6 months”, “Void over $50.00,”
“Payment in Full,” and the like), whether on the front or back, in any form or format.
If I cash or deposit an item or write a check with such notation, I agree that it applies
only between me and the payee or maker. The notation will have no effect on you,
and I agree to accept responsibility for payment of the item. I agree to indemnify and
hold you harmless from any claim or alleged loss of any maker or payee involving
such notations, whether I am the maker or payee or the funds are otherwise
deposited into an account in which I have an interest.
California law states that inactive account balances must be turned over ("escheat”)
to the state after a period of three (3) years if I have not:
a) Increased or decreased the amount of any of my account(s) with you or
presented an appropriate record for crediting of dividends or cashed a dividend
check from any of my accounts with you (if the account statements are sent to
the same address); or
b) Correspond in writing or electronically with you concerning any of my accounts
with you; or
c) Otherwise indicated an interest in any of my accounts with you as evidenced by
a memorandum on file with you.
You may charge a fee for mailing an escheat notice and/or a monthly service charge
for an inactive account. Refer to the current Schedule of Fees for details.
To recover funds turned over to the state, I must file a claim with the state.
You reserve the right to require that withdrawals made from my deposit accounts be
made in minimum amounts as established from time to time by Board policy.
You may but are not obligated to transfer funds from my savings accounts or loan
accounts on my written or oral request. I understand and agree that no transfer will
be made unless there are sufficient available funds on deposit or sufficient credit
available at the time of transfer. I agree that any such transfer(s) shall be in even
increments of $5 and will be processed only on your "business days." If a transfer
is to occur on a day other than a business day, such transfer will occur on the next
business day. Moreover, if funds are not available for the transfer on the day
authorized, the transfer will occur when sufficient funds become available.
Federal law requires you to report certain domestic currency transactions and
foreign transactions. This reporting applies to all member accounts at the Credit
Union.
You agree to retain and furnish to me, if requested, copies of certain records
pertaining to my account and that these records will be available to me for the time
frame required by law. I agree to pay applicable fees as listed in your Schedule of
Fees for those copies.
In the event that a cashier's, teller's, or certified check is lost or stolen, I must
execute and deliver to you a written Declaration of Loss and Claim for
Reimbursement in a form acceptable to you and in time for you to have a
reasonable time to act therein. I further understand and agree that the Declaration
of Loss and Claim Reimbursement is not enforceable until the later of (i) the time
the Declaration of Loss and Claim for Reimbursement is properly delivered to you,
or (ii) the 90th day following the date of the cashier's or teller's check, or the 90th
day following the date of the acceptance of a certified check. I agree to indemnify
you for any loss or claim occasioned by your attempting to, or making, my stop
payment.
I authorize you to gather whatever credit, checking account and employment
information you consider appropriate from time to time. I understand that this will
assist you, for example, in determining my initial and ongoing eligibility for my
account and/or in connection with making future credit opportunities available to
me. I authorize you to give information concerning your experiences with me to
others.
Federal law requires that you obtain and have certified by me a Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN) on all accounts. You will not open an account without
this identification number. For additional information on this requirement, refer to
Section 2 of this disclosure entitled “Instructions for Reporting Taxpayer
Identification Number and Certification”.
I understand and agree that you must comply if you are served with any notice of
garnishment or of attachment, tax levy, injunction, restraining order, subpoena or
other legal process relating to my account that you reasonably believe is valid. You
may charge a Compliance With Legal Process fee, and you may assess this fee
against any account I maintain with you, including the account that is the subject of
the legal process.
In the event that a negative balance is created in my deposit account (whether due
to ATM activity, nonsufficient funds activity, Credit Union imposed fees and charges,
or otherwise) or I have other outstanding financial obligations of any kind owed to
you, I understand that I am responsible to cover such activity, bringing account back
in good standing, immediately. I understand and agree that you may transfer funds
to such account from any other deposit account (excluding IRA's), including
account(s) upon which I am a joint owner, in an amount equal to the negative
account balance or the outstanding obligation.
33. An action or proceeding by me to enforce an obligation, duty or right arising under
this Agreement and Disclosure or by law with respect to my account must be
commenced within one year after the cause of action occurs.
34. I agree to indemnify, defend and hold you and your employees harmless from and
against every claim, demand, action, cost, loss, liability and expense (including,
without limitation, attorney’s fees) which you incur by acting in accordance with this
Agreement and Disclosure or as a result of my failure to abide by its terms.
35. My account will be governed by California law, to the extent that California law is not
inconsistent with controlling federal law. However, California’s choice of law rules
shall not be applied if that would result in the application of non-California law.
36. Member accounts in this Credit Union are federally insured by the National Credit
Union Share Insurance Fund.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
INDIVIDUAL AND JOINT ACCOUNTS:
1. If there is more than one owner, all agree with each other and with you that all sums
now paid in or hereafter paid in by any one or all account owner(s) including all
dividends thereon, if any, are and shall be owned by all account owner(s) jointly and
equally regardless of their net contributions with a right of survivorship and shall be
subject to withdrawal or receipt by any of the account owner(s) or the survivor(s) of
any of the account owner(s). Any such payment shall be valid and shall discharge
you from any liability.
2. You are not obligated to inquire as to the source of funds received for deposit to a
joint account or to inquire as to the proposed use of any sums withdrawn from the
account for the purpose of establishing net contributions.
3. No transfer of voting rights or other membership privileges is permitted by virtue of
a transfer of funds.
4. Being a joint owner of an account does not constitute credit union membership for
the joint owner. Joint owners may be non-members.
5. Except as set forth herein or in the applicable loan agreement(s), I may pledge any
or all of the funds on deposit in an account as security for any loan(s) subject to then
current loan policies. Further, a pledge of funds by any one of us shall be binding
on all of us. I may not withdraw funds that are pledged as security on loan(s) without
the written approval of a loan officer, except to the extent that such funds exceed
my total primary and contingent liability to you. I may not withdraw any funds below
the amount of my primary or contingent liability to you if I am delinquent as a
borrower, or if borrowers for whom I am comaker, endorser, or guarantor are
delinquent, without the written approval of a loan officer.
6. A right of survivorship arising from the express terms of a joint account cannot be
changed by will.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
PAY-ON-DEATH (P.O.D.) DESIGNATIONS:
1. If I have made a Pay-On-Death (P.O.D.) designation on my Account Application, this
designation will apply to all my Credit Union share accounts with the exception of
IRA Accounts. If I wish to change beneficiaries I must complete a new Account
Application Designation of Beneficiary. All sums in such accounts are payable on
request to me during my lifetime and upon my death to my designated P.O.D.
payee(s) or if the account is jointly owned, to one or more account owner(s) during
their lives and on the death of all of them to one or more payees then surviving in
equal and individual shares. If a P.O.D. payee dies before all of the account
owner(s), then upon the death of all of the owner(s), all sums are divided equally
among the surviving P.O.D. payees.
2. A Pay-On-Death designation cannot be changed by will.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO TRUST ACCOUNTS
(TOTTEN TRUST):
1. I may open this account individually or with a joint owner(s) acting as Trustee(s) who
name another as beneficiary(ies) on the Totten Trust Agreement. If there is more
than one owner, all agree with each other and with you that all sums now paid in or
hereafter paid in by any one or all account owner(s) including all dividends thereon,
if any, are and shall be owned by all account owner(s) jointly and equally regardless
of their net contributions with a right to survivorship and shall be subject to
withdrawal or receipt by any of the account owner(s) or the survivor(s) of any of the
account owner(s). Any such payment shall be valid and shall discharge you from
any liability.
2. In the event of my death or, if the account is held by more than one person, upon
the death of my survivor owner(s), then and only then, you shall pay such account
funds to the Beneficiary if then living (if more than one Beneficiary is designated
then equally to those Beneficiaries living at the later of the date of my death or the
death of my survivor owners), but if no Beneficiary is living at my death or the death
of my survivor owner(s), you shall pay such account funds to my estate or the estate
of my survivor owner(s). There is no right of survivorship between Beneficiaries.
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3. I may not pledge any or all of the funds on deposit in the account as collateral
security for any loan(s).
4. A right of survivorship or a Beneficiary designation in such a trust account cannot
be changed by will.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
CUSTODIAL ACCOUNTS:
1. The transferor/custodian is opening an account as custodian for the minor named
on the Transfer to Minor’s Signature Card under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
The transfer of money to the minor named on the Transfer to Minor’s Signature
Card, which transfer shall be deemed to include all dividends and any future
deposits or other additions thereto, is irrevocable and is made in accordance with
and to include all provisions of the said statute of the State of California now in
effect or hereinafter amended.
2. I acknowledge that by signing the Transfer to Minor’s Signature Card, I have
received the funds deposited to the account as custodian for the minor named
herein under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
3. I may not pledge any or all of the funds on deposit in the account as security for any
loan(s).
4. The successor custodian named on the Transfer to Minor’s Signature Card shall
serve if I should be unable to act as custodian because I resign, die, or become
legally incapacitated.
5. Custodial accounts are not subject to the Multiple Party Accounts Law.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
FIDUCIARY ACCOUNTS:
1. I am duly appointed and acting in the capacity of Executor, Administrator, Guardian,
Conservator or Trustee. By the authority vested in me, I am acting individually or
jointly, authorized and empowered to transact business of any character in
connection with this account. My authority shall continue in force until written notice
to the contrary is received by you.
2. I may pledge any or all funds on deposit in the account as security for any loan(s)
subject to then current loan policies. Further, a pledge of funds by any one of us
shall be binding on all of us.
3. If the account is blocked, I understand that I shall file with the court a written receipt
including an agreement with you that the funds in the account, including any
dividends, shall not be withdrawn or pledged except upon court order.
4. Fiduciary accounts are not subject to the Multiple Party Accounts Law.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP ACCOUNTS:
1. I affirm that I am the sole proprietor of the sole proprietorship named on the
Membership Invitation. You may pay out funds with my signature. You may accept
and/or endorse checks made payable to me or the sole proprietorship named on the
Account Signature Card which you receive for deposit. Funds received are not
withdrawable until collected.
2. I may not pledge any or all of the funds on deposit in the account as security for any
loan(s).
3. Sole proprietorship accounts are not subject to Multiple Party Accounts Law.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
CORPORATE, PARTNERSHIP AND UNINCORPORATED
ASSOCIATION ACCOUNTS:
1. The person(s) named on the Business Account Agreement duly authorized to make
the certificate, certify that at a regularly held meeting the person(s) named were
elected or appointed officers of said corporation or organization or are duly acting
partners of said partnership, and that by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
constitution, bylaws or otherwise, any one (1) of the signators, as named on the
Agreement, is authorized and empowered to transact business of any character
whatsoever in connection with the account. I certify that the signature(s) appearing
on the Agreement are the genuine signature(s) of said authorized person(s); and
that my authority shall continue in force until written notice to the contrary is
received by you.
2. I may not pledge any or all of the funds on deposit in the account as security for any
loan(s).
3. Corporate, partnership and unincorporated association accounts are not subject to
the Multiple Party Accounts Law.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
REGULAR SHARE ACCOUNTS:
1. The minimum balance required to open the primary share account is $5.00.
2. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $150.00 in my account to
obtain the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
YOUTH ACCOUNTS:
MoneyLand
1. MoneyLand will be offered to members between ages 0-8.
2. The minimum balance required to open the primary share account is $5.00.
3. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $5.00 in my account to obtain
the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
4. Special rates and incentives for this account are subject to change at any time
without notification.
5. The Moneyland account will automatically be switched to the Money101 account
when the child reaches 9 years of age.
Money101
1. Money101 will be offered to members between ages 9-12.
2. The minimum balance required to open the primary share account is $5.00.
3. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $5.00 in my account to obtain
the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
4. Special rates and incentives for this account are subject to change at any time
without notification.
5. The Money101 account will automatically be switched to the Money$mart account
when the child reaches 13 years of age.
Money$mart
1. Money$mart will be offered to members between ages 13-17.
2. The minimum balance required to open the primary share account is $5.00.
3. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $25.00 in my account to obtain
the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
4. Special rates and incentives for this account are subject to change at any time
without notification.
5. The Money$mart account will automatically be switched to the MoneyBound
account when the child reaches 18 years of age. If the teen had a Money$mart
checking the account will automatically be switched to a MyChoice Checking
account. The Standard Courtesy Pay option will be automatically provided on the
account at this time. If the member would like the Courtesy Pay Option for ATM and
Debit Card transactions the member will need to sign the authorization form. Refer
to the MyChoice Checking account and Courtesy Pay disclosures within for specific
details and account features.
MoneyBound
1. MoneyBound will be offered to members between ages 18-24.
2. The minimum balance required to open the primary share account is $5.00.
3. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $50.00 in my account to obtain
the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
4. Special rates and incentives for this account are subject to change at any time
without notification.
5. The MoneyBound account will automatically be switched to the standard personal
account when the member reaches 25 years of age.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL
CHECKING ACCOUNTS:
1. The minimum deposit to open a Rebound checking account is $50. There are no
minimum deposit requirements to open a MyChoice checking account,
Performance checking account, Prestige checking account or a Money$mart
checking account.
2. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of:
a) There is no monthly service fee for my Performance Checking Account,
MyChoice Checking Account or Money$mart checking account.
b) $1,500.00 in my Prestige checking account to avoid a monthly service fee. I can
also avoid the monthly service fee by requesting the Credit Union to combine
my household accounts and maintain a household average daily balance of
$10,000.00 or more combined deposit or loan balances.
c) $1,500.00 in my Business Checking account to avoid a monthly service fee. I
can also avoid the monthly service fee by maintaining combined deposits of
$5,000 or more in my business account.
If, during any month, my checking account average daily balance is below the
required minimum, or if any of my accounts are in default, my checking account will
be subject to a service fee for that month as set forth in the Schedule of Fees and
Charges.
3. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $1,500.00 in my Prestige
Checking account to obtain the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield (APY).
Performance Checking accounts do not earn dividends.
4. You may, at your discretion, but are not obligated to nor shall you be liable for refusal
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to pay funds from this account:
a) When such payment would draw the account below the minimum balance for
the account as established from time to time by you ("overdrafts").
b) If drawn by means not authorized in advance by you.
c) Against checks presented over six (6) months past their dates.
You may pay and charge to my applicable account, checks drawn by and payable
to any person, organization, association or corporation whom I have authorized by
providing sample MICR encoded information identifying my account, provided there
are sufficient funds in my account to pay such checks. I agree that your rights in
respect to such checks shall be the same as if it were a check drawn and signed by
me personally. This authority shall remain in effect until revoked by me in writing (to
you and to the agency to whom the sample MICR writing was provided) and you
have had a reasonable opportunity to act on it. I agree that you shall be fully
protected in honoring such checks. I further agree that if any such check is
dishonored, whether with or without cause, and whether intentional or inadvertent,
you shall be under no liability whatsoever, even though such dishonor results in the
forfeit of insurance, loss or damage to me of any kind.
If you have made good faith payment to a holder, you may charge my account
according to:
a) The original terms of my check; or
b) The terms of my completed check unless you have notice that any such
completion is improper.
I, or any other person authorized to draw on the account, may order stop payment
of any check payable against my account, provided my request is timely and affords
you a reasonable opportunity to act upon it under your rules. I may also stop
payment on a Line of Credit check. A stop payment fee will be assessed for each
stop payment as set forth in your Schedule of Fees. If I give a stop payment order
orally, the order shall be valid for only fourteen (14) days thereafter unless
confirmed in writing. Written orders shall be valid no longer than six (6) months, but
may be renewed for additional six (6) month periods by written notice given during
the time that the stop payment order was effective. I have the burden of establishing
the fact and amount of loss resulting from payment contrary to a binding stop
payment order.
Death, dissolution or incompetence of me (or any of us) shall not revoke your
authority to accept, pay or collect a check or to account for proceeds of its collection
until you know of the fact of death or adjudication of incompetence and have the
reasonable opportunity to act on it. Even with knowledge, you may for ten (10) days
after the date of death, dissolution or incapacity, pay or guarantee checks drawn on
or prior to that date unless ordered in writing to stop payment by a person claiming
an interest in the account under rules established by you. We shall notify you if any
of us die, become incapacitated or our organization is dissolved.
If you have paid a check under circumstances giving a basis for objection by me,
you shall be subrogated to the rights of:
a) Any holder in due course on the check against the drawer or maker;
b) The payee or any other holder of the check against the drawer or maker either
on the item or under the transaction out of which the item arose; and
c) The drawer or maker against the payee or any other holder of the check with
respect to the transaction out of which the check arose.
You may without liability accept, pay, guarantee or charge checks to the account in
any order convenient to you.
In the event of wrongful dishonor which occurs by mistake, your liability shall be
limited to actual damages I prove. In the event of a dishonor of any check, share
draft or other debit on my account, your determination of whether sufficient funds
exist in my account may be made at anytime between the time the item is received
and the time it is returned. If you should choose to make a subsequent account
balance check, you must use the last figure in deciding whether to dishonor the
check, share draft or other debit.
You are neither given notice or otherwise affected by a restrictive endorsement of
any person or entity except your immediate transferor.
I agree that in the event I draw a check on my account with you that I will hold you
harmless and indemnify you from any liability I incur due to a delay or misrouting of
the check where the delay or misrouting is caused by markings placed on the check
by me or a prior endorser that obscure any depository endorsement placed by you
or your agent.
I may authorize all checks from my Checking Account(s) to be cleared pursuant to
a separate written “Automatic Overdraft Protection Request” from which I must
execute. I agree that overdrafts, if paid in excess of funds in any Line of Credit or
Regular Share Account, are payable on demand. If overdrafts are to be covered by
a transfer of funds from my Regular Share Account(s), such transfer(s) will
generally be made only if there are sufficient funds available at the time of transfer.
Overdrafts, if paid in excess of funds available in any Share Account, are payable
on demand.
15. You may recognize the signature of anyone who signed the Account Signature Card
as authorized to transact any business on this account including, but not limited to ,
the causing or making of overdrafts (for which all of us shall be liable) and
endorsement of checks payable to any signer of this account.
16. No funds in this account may be pledged by any or all of said owner(s) as security
for any loan(s).
17. If the Account Signature Card is signed by more than one person, we hereby
appoint each other as agents and attorneys in fact to overdraft any of our savings
or loan accounts (including accounts on which we are joint owners except IRA
accounts).
18. If this is an ORGANIZATION account (i.e., corporate, partnership or unincorporated
association account), the persons authorized to sign on this account certify that
they are duly appointed officers of said organization and have the authority to
transact business of any character whatsoever in connection with this account.
19. I will notify you immediately if my checks are lost or stolen.
20. As a convenience to me, you will submit my initial order and reorders for
personalized checks to the printer named on the face of the order. If the printer
accepts the initial order and reorders, the printer will mail the checks either directly
to me or to me in care of you. I authorize you to charge my checking account for the
cost of delivered checks ordered, plus applicable sales tax and shipping costs, at
the fee set forth in the current Schedule of Fees and Charges.
21. This is a truncated checking account. Checks are provided with carbonless copies
and are not returned with statements. I may request and you will provide me with a
legible copy of a requested item within a reasonable time. Copies may be obtained
online through Foothill@home free of charge, otherwise refer to the schedule of
fees for possible charges. If I have not ordered my Credit Union checks through your
approved check vendors, I understand and agree that you are not responsible for
the quality of any check copy that I request from you.
22. You may charge against my account a postdated check even though payment is
made before the date of the check. However, if I notify you within a reasonable time
to permit you to act and identify the check with reasonable certainty, you cannot pay
the check until the due date. Notice may be written or oral. If oral, the notice shall
be valid for fourteen (14) days. If written, the notice shall be valid for up to six (6)
months, and can be renewed within six (6) months for another successive six (6)
month period. A fee as set forth in your Schedule of Fees may be assessed for this
service.
SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE
TO MYCHOICE CHECKING ACCOUNTS
23. The MyChoice Checking Account is a qualifying checking account that will pay a
special dividend on balances up to $25,000 based upon a split rate option. The
actual checking balance for each day in the dividend period is determined, then you
apply one predetermined rate for balances up to $25,000 and one predetermined
rate to balances greater than $25,000. The daily dividend amount is stored for the
dividend period then posted to the account as one total at the end of the dividend
period. The special predetermined rates are subject to change at any time without
notification. The dividend period is monthly and will be posted to the account at
month end.
a) To qualify for the special dividend, I must do all of the following:
i. maintain a valid email address on the primary account
record,
ii. elect to receive E-Statements without cancellation of the
service,
iii. perform at least 10 signature debit or POS transactions per
month (note: regular ATM cash withdrawals are excluded
and signature debit transactions are only counted when
posted against the account meaning authorizations will
not count during any given month), and
iv. transact at least one ACH direct deposit, ACH debit, or Bill
Payment per month on the MyChoice Checking account.
b) Qualifying checking accounts will receive special dividend rates on the account
and reimbursement of ATM fees for out-of-network charges (including internal
FFCU ATM fees charged against the MyChoice checking account only),
throughout a given month, up to a maximum of $20.00 per month. ATM fees in
excess of the $20.00 per month fee will be assessed against the MyChoice
checking account.
c) For qualifying accounts, dividends are calculated using the method of day in to
day out with no compounding. You determine the effective balance at the end
of each day in the dividend period. You calculate the dividends separately for
each day in the period, and then add the daily dividends together to determine
the actual dividends for the period. Dividend calculations are based on a 365
day year. The daily dividend amount is not added to the share balance until
actual dividends are posted for the specified dividend period.
Note: This dividend calculation method is TISA (Truth-In-Savings Act)
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compliant.
d) Non-qualifying checking accounts will not receive a dividend for the dividend
period. Non- qualifying checking accounts will not receive reimbursement of
ATM fees (including both foreign and on-us fees paid throughout the month).
e) The MyChoice Checking Account is subject to all other terms and conditions
applicable to all checking accounts set forth in your Deposit Account
Agreement, Truth-In Savings Disclosure, Electronic Fund Transfer Disclosure,
and Funds Availability Disclosure.
f) One MyChoice Checking account allowed per member.
SPECIAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO
THE MONEY$MART CHECKING ACCOUNTS
24. The Money$mart checking account is a parent authorized account. At least one
parent or guardian must be a joint owner on the account at all times. A special teen
debit card will be issued with the following daily limit defaults: $100 ATM, $100 POS
and $100 signature debit. The parent may request to change the daily limits at
anytime. The teenager would not be able to amend the limits without parent
authorization. The Money$mart checking account is excluded from Courtesy Pay.
SPECIAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO
REBOUND CHECKING ACCOUNTS
25. The Rebound Checking account is subject to approval when the applicant has a
record with Chexsystems. There are special terms for this account as follows:
a. There is a monthly service fee of $6.
b. There is a minimum balance requirement of $50. If at any time in a given month
the account balance falls below the required minimum balance there will be a
minimum balance fee of $10 assessed at month end against the account.
c. Account requires direct deposit and E-statements to remain open
d. The account is subject to closure at anytime without advance notice, if there are
overdrafts, return deposits, ATM deposit adjustments or similar types of events.
e. If there are no overdrafts, return deposits, ATM deposit adjustments or similar
types of events in a twelve month period then the account will convert to the
free MyChoice Checking account.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
MONEY MARKET ACCOUNTS:
1. The minimum balance required to open this account is $1,000.00.
2. I must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $1,000.00 in my account to
obtain the disclosed Annual Percentage Yield. If the account balance falls below
$1,000.00, then the account earns dividends at the same rate paid on regular share
accounts.
3. The minimum amount I may withdraw or transfer is $250.00. Withdrawal(s) or
transfer(s) or less than $250.00 will not be honored unless the account balance is
less than $1,000.00, in which case the account will be closed and funds will be
transferred to my primary savings account.
4. Federal Reserve Board regulations require an early withdrawal penalty of seven (7)
days’ dividends on amounts withdrawn within the first (6) days after deposit.
5. Checks may be provided with this account upon request, but no more than three (3)
checks may clear in any monthly dividend period. Terms and conditions applicable
to checking accounts will apply to checks used on this account.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
TERM SHARE (CERTIFICATE) ACCOUNTS:
1. The terms and conditions set forth in my Term Share (Certificate) and Disclosure
are incorporated by this reference.
2. IRA share certificate accounts may be opened with a minimum deposit of
$2,000.00.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
LIVING TRUST ACCOUNTS:
1. The terms and conditions set forth in my "Application for Joint Membership and
Agreement for Credit Union in the Name of Trustee(s)” are incorporated by this
reference.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS:
1. The minimum balance required to open a regular share IRA account is $50.00.
Additional deposits are permitted to contributory IRAs only. Not to exceed maximum
contribution limits for the year as defined by the IRS.
2. I may not pledge any of the funds on deposit in the account as security for any
loan(s).
3. Certain federal and state penalties apply to amounts withdrawn from IRA accounts.
These are set forth in applicable federal and state law and regulations which are
incorporated by this reference.
PART III (A) DISCLOSURE OF FUNDS AVAILABILITY
FOR ALL CREDIT UNION ACCOUNTS
Your policy is to make funds from my cash and check deposits available to me not later
than the first business day after you receive my deposit. Electronic direct deposits will
be available on the effective date of the deposit. Once they are available, I can withdraw
the funds in cash and you will use the funds to pay checks that I have written.
For determining the availability of my deposits, everyday is a business day, except
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. If I make a deposit before close of business
on a business day that you are open, you will consider that day to be the day of your
deposit. However, if I make a deposit after close of business or on a day you are not
open, I will consider that the deposit was made on the next business day you are open.
LONGER DELAYS MAY APPLY
In some cases, you will not make all of the funds that I deposit by check available to me
on the first business day after my deposit. Depending on the type of check that I deposit,
funds may not be available until the second business day after the day of my deposit.
The first $100 of my deposit, however, may be available on the first business day.
If you are not going to make all the funds from your deposit available on the first
business day after your deposit, you will notify me at the time I make the deposit. You
will also tell me when the funds will be available. If my deposit is not made directly to
one of your employees (for example, at an ATM, or Night Drop), or if you decide to take
this action after I have left the premises, you will mail me the notice by the day after you
receive my deposit.
Deposits at Nonproprietary Automated Teller Machine (ATMs): Funds from any deposits
(cash or checks) made at nonproprietary ATMs you do not own or operate may not be
available until the fifth business day after the day of my deposit. This rule does not apply
at ATMs that you own or operate. All ATMs that you own or operate are identified as your
machines.
If I will need the funds from a deposit right away, I should ask you when the funds will
be available. In addition, funds I deposit by check may be delayed for a longer period
under the following circumstances:
1. You believe the collectibility of a check I deposited is doubtful.
2. I deposit checks totaling more than $5,000 on any one day.
3. I re-deposit a check that has been returned unpaid.
4. I have overdrawn my account three or more times in a six month period.
5. There is an emergency, such as failure of communications or computer equipment.
You will notify me if you delay my ability to withdraw funds for any of these reasons, and
you will tell me when the funds will be available. They will generally be available no later
than the seventh business day after the day of my deposit.
SPECIAL RULES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS
If I am a new member, the following, special rules will apply during the first 30 days my
account is open.
Funds from electronic direct deposits to my account will be available on the effective
date of the deposit. Funds from deposits of cash, wire transfers, and the first $5,000 of
a day’s total deposits of cashier’s certified, teller’s, traveler’s and federal, state and local
government checks will be available on the first business day of my deposit if the deposit
meets certain conditions. For example, the checks must be payable to me. The excess
over $5,000 will be available no later than the 9th business day after the day of my
deposit. If my deposit of these checks (other than a U.S. Treasury check) is not made in
person to one of your employees, the first $5,000 will not be available until the second
business day after the day of my deposit.
Funds from all other check deposits will be available no later than the ninth business
day after the day of my deposit.
OTHER METHODS OF HOLDS ON FUNDS
HOLDS ON OTHER FUNDS (CHECK CASHING): If you cash a check for
me that is drawn on another bank, you may withhold the availability of a corresponding
amount of funds that are already in my account. Those funds will be available at the time
funds from the check you cashed would have been available if I had deposited it.
HOLDS ON OTHER FUNDS (OTHER ACCOUNT): If you accept for deposit
a check that is drawn on another bank, you may make funds from the deposit available
for withdrawal immediately but delay my availability to withdraw a corresponding amount
of funds that I have on deposit in another account with you. The funds in the other
account would then not be available for withdrawal until the time periods that are
described elsewhere in this disclosure for the type of check that I deposited.
IV. (B) SPECIAL NOTICE REGARDING ENDORSEMENT
STANDARDS.
The federal law dealing with funds availability requires the financial institution’s
endorsement area on the back of a check be kept clear or unobstructed. This rule is
designed to prevent unnecessary delays in processing my deposits as well as to
promote speedier returns of dishonored checks. Only the 1-1/2 inch space from the
“trailing edge” (the left edge of the check when it is facing me) can be used by me for
endorsements or any other markings.
I will not be responsible for any damages incurred in the event I deposit an item which
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is subsequently returned unpaid by the paying bank and the return is “late” due to
markings on the check caused by me or a prior endorser on the back of the check.
In the event that I draw a check on my checking or loan account with you, I am
responsible for any delay or misrouting of the check caused by markings placed on the
check by me that obscure any depository endorsements placed by you or your agent
and I agree to hold you harmless and indemnify you from any liability due to such delay
or misrouting.
$1,000.00 courtesy pay limit. If your account relationship level changes then your
courtesy pay limit is subject to change at anytime, without prior notification.
Courtesy Pay Opt Out
Courtesy Pay should not be viewed as an encouragement to overdraw your account. As
always, we encourage you to manage your finances responsibly. In the event you would
like to have this service removed from your account, you can do so at anytime by simply
calling (626) 445-0950 or toll free at (866) 995-FFCU. You may also complete a
Courtesy Pay waiver/Opt-out form located within our forms sections at our website,
www.foothillcu.org. The Courtesy Pay waiver/opt-out form will remove Courtesy pay for
both options. Please keep in mind that the NSF fee will be assessed to our account
whether or not the item is paid on all of the Standard Options.
You should note that your Courtesy Pay limit will not be reflected in your balance
provided at the ATM or through Foothill@Home or FASTTELLER.
LIMITATIONS: Courtesy Pay is a non-contractual courtesy which is available to
individually/jointly owned accounts in good standing for personal or household use.
Foothill Federal Credit Union reserves the right to limit participation to one account per
household and to discontinue this service without prior notice.
- SECTION 2 SPECIAL DISCLOSURES
AND NOTICES
CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES
FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities,
Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each person who opens an account.
What this means for me: When I open an account, you will ask for my name, address,
date of birth, and other information that will allow you to identify me. You may also ask
to see my driver’s license or other identifying documents.
INSTRUCTION TO PAYER’S REQUEST FOR TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND CERTIFICATION (IRS FORM W-9)
If you have any questions as to which number to use contact the Internal Revenue
Service at www.irs.gov.
COURTESY PAY DISCLOSURE
General Terms
An insufficient balance could result in several ways, such as (1) the payment of checks,
electronic funds transfers or other withdrawal requests; (2) payments authorized by you;
(3) the return of unpaid items deposited by you; (4) the assessment of service charges;
or (5) the deposit of items which, according to your credit union’s Funds Availability
Policy, are treated as not yet available or finally paid. We are not obligated to pay any
item presented for payment if your account does not contain sufficient funds. However,
if you maintain your account in good standing (defined as making regular deposits and
bringing your account to a positive balance at least once every 30 days) and there are
no legal orders outstanding and no delinquent FFCU loans, we may approve your
reasonable overdrafts as a non-contractual courtesy.
Normally, we will not approve an overdraft for you in excess of the predetermined
overdraft limit assigned to your account type. So as not to exceed your limit, you should
note that the amount of the overdraft plus the credit union’s standard non-sufficient fund
fee (per item) will be deducted from the overdraft limit. We may refuse to pay an
overdraft for you at any time, even though we may have previously paid overdrafts for
you. We have no obligation to notify you before we pay or return any item. The amount
of any overdraft plus our non-sufficient funds handling fee(s) that you owe us shall be
due and payable upon demand. If there is an overdraft paid by us on an account with
more than (1) owner on the signature card, each owner and agent, if applicable,
drawing/presenting the item creating the overdraft, shall be jointly and severally liable
for such overdraft plus our non-sufficient funds handling fee(s).
Courtesy Pay Standard Option
This non-contractual courtesy of paying overdrafts requires no account holder action for
the Courtesy Pay Standard Option and no additional agreements need to be signed. If
in good standing, after 30 days from opening, the Courtesy Pay Standard Option will be
automatically available on your checking account. The standard option will cover the
following items:
• Checks and other transactions made using your checking account number,
including checks cashed at a teller window
• Automatic bill payments
• Recurring debit card transactions
• ACH withdrawals
Courtesy Pay Opt-In Option for ATM/One Time Debit Card
Transactions
The Courtesy Pay Opt-In Option allows Foothill Federal Credit Union to also authorize
ATM and one-time debit card transactions when enough funds are not available. To
include this option with the Standard Option, you must sign an opt-in form and return it
to Foothill Federal Credit Union.
Courtesy Pay Limits
The Courtesy Pay limit is determined by your current account relationship with Foothill
Federal Credit Union. Whether you have a Performance, Prestige or MyChoice checking
account, your account is protected by our Standard Courtesy Pay program. Accounts
with deposit or loan balances ranging from $0.00 - $9,999.00 have an automatic
$500.00 courtesy pay limit and accounts with balances over $9,999.00 have a
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