Using Your Card You understand that the use of your credit card or credit card account will constitute acknowledgement of receipt and agreement to the terms of the Credit Card Agreement and Credit Card Account Opening Disclosure (Disclosure). You may use your card to make purchases from merchants and others who accept your card. The credit union is not responsible for the refusal of any merchant or financial institution to honor your card. If you wish to pay for goods or services over the Internet, you may be required to provide card number security information before you will be permitted to complete the transaction. In addition, you may obtain cash advances from the Credit Union, from other financial institutions that accept your card, and from some automated teller machines (ATMs). (Not all ATMs accept your card.) If the credit union authorizes ATM transactions with your card, it will issue you a personal identification number (PIN). To obtain cash advances from an ATM, you must use the PIN issued to you for use with your card. You agree that you will not use your card for any transaction that is illegal under applicable federal, state, or local law. Even if you use your card for an illegal transaction, you will be responsible for all amounts and charges incurred in connection with the transaction. If you are permitted to obtain cash advances on your account, you may also use your card to purchase instruments and engage in transactions that we consider the equivalent of cash. Such transactions will be posted to your account as cash advances and include, but are not limited to, wire transfers, money orders, bets, lottery tickets, and casino gaming chips, as applicable. This paragraph shall not be interpreted as permitting or authorizing any transaction that is illegal.
Loading Your Card You may add funds to your Card, called "value loading", at any time. Value will be "loaded" or added to the Card after it has been activated and the authenticity of the Card and/or "load" instruction has been verified. You can add ("reload") additional value to your Card in any of the following ways: (a) making a payment at your local South Carolina State Federal Credit Union branch; (b) direct deposit to the Card through an Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) funds transfer; or (c) visiting xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx or calling 0-000-000-0000 to initiate an ACH funds transfer from your designated funding account. A load or reload fee may apply for each load or reload. The minimum amount of the initial load and each reload transaction load is $20.00. The maximum amount of the initial cash load and each cash reload is $5,000.00 per transaction, with a total cumulative cash load/reload limit of $5,000.00 per day. The maximum amount of value that can reside on the Card at any time is $5,000.00. Personalized Cards have unlimited reload capabilities. We may increase or decrease these limits from time to time in our sole discretion without prior notice to you. We will limit the number of Cards provided to you. We reserve the right to accept or reject any request to load or reload value to the Card at our sole discretion. With the exception of reloads performed through direct deposit, the Card may only be reloaded by the Cardholder. AN UNAUTHORIZED USER MAY NOT RELOAD FUNDS TO THE CARD. Using Your Card/Features The maximum amount that can be spent on your Card per day is $1,500.00. The maximum value of your Card is restricted to $5,000.00. You may use your Card to purchase or lease goods or services wherever, in most instances, Visa Debit cards are accepted as long as you do not exceed the value available on your Card Account. Some merchants do not allow cardholders to conduct split transactions where you would use the Card as partial payment for goods and services and pay the remainder of the balance with another form of legal tender. If you wish to conduct a split transaction and it is permitted by the merchant, you must tell the merchant to charge only the exact amount of funds available on the Card to the Card. You must then arrange to pay the difference using another payment method. Some merchants may require payment for the remaining balance in cash. If you fail to inform the merchant that you would like to complete a split transaction prior to swiping your Card, your Card is likely to be declined. If you use your Card at an automated fuel dispenser ("pay at the pump"), the merchant may preauthorize the transaction amount up to $100 or more, even if the purchase amount is less than $100. If your Card is declined, even though you have sufficient funds available, pay for your purchase inside with the cashier. A preauthorization amount will place a "hold" on your available funds until the merchant sends us the final payment amount of your purchase. Once the final payment amount is received, the preauthorization amount on hold will be removed. It may take up to three (3) days for the hold to be removed. During the hold period, you will not have access to the preauthorized amount. Depending on your remaining balance, the preauthorization could cause another subsequent purchase to be declined. To avoid a declined purchase, or a hold greater than the actual purchase amount, pay for your gas inside with the cashier. If you use your Card at a restaurant, a hotel, for a car rental purchase, or for similar purchases, the merchant may preauthorize the transaction amount for the purchase amount plus up to 20% of the purchase amount or more to ensure there are sufficient funds available to cover tips or incidental expenses incurred. All transactions relating to hotels or car rentals may result in a hold for that amount of funds up to thirty (30) days. If you use your Card to make a telephone call, you may be required to have a minimum available balance of greater than $15. If you use your Card number without presenting your Card (such as for a mail order, telephone, or internet purchase), the legal effect will be the same as if you used the Card itself. For security reasons, we may limit the amount or number of transactions you can make on your Card. Your Card cannot be redeemed for cash. You will not use your Card for online gambling or any illegal transaction. Each time you use your Card, you authorize us to reduce the value available in your Card Account by the amount of the transaction and any applicable fees. You are not allowed to exceed the available amount in your Card Account through an individual transaction or a series of transactions. Nevertheless, if a transaction exceeds the balance of the funds available on your Card, you shall remain fully liable to us for the amount of the transaction and any applicable fees. Except for Recurring Transactions (defined below), you do not have the right to stop payment on any purchase or payment transaction originated by use of your Card. If you authorize a transaction and then fail to make a purchase of that item as planned, the approval may result in a hold for that amount of funds for up to thirty (30) days. You may use your Card for any Recurring Transactions. "Recurring Transactions" are transactions that you authorize to have automatically charged to your Card each month or other specified period with or without any further action on your part. Examples of merchants that may use Recurring Transactions include wireless carriers, internet service providers, health clubs, insurance companies that automatically charge monthly premiums, and cable TV services. If you have pre-authorized a third party to deduct Recurring Transactions, you can stop any of these payments. To stop a payment you must provide sufficient advance notice to the party that you authorized to debit your Card balance to allow that party to stop payment before the next payment is scheduled to be made. You may notify us by calling 0-000-000-0000, or writing to us at Cardholder Services, Inc. PO Box 7235 Sioux Falls, SD 57117-7235. If you notify us orally by telephone, we may require you to provide a written confirmation within fourteen (14) days of your call. You must give us notice by any of these methods in time for us to receive your request three (3) business days or more before the payment is scheduled to be made.
USING YOUR ACCOUNT If you are approved for an account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you. You agree that your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, finance charges, plus "other charges") which you will have outstanding on your account at any time. Unless disclosed otherwise, the Credit Union will not allow advances over the credit limit. If the Credit Union has a program whereby it allows payment of advances that exceed your credit limit, subject to a fee, the Credit Union will provide you with notice, either orally, in writing, or electronically (notwithstanding the requirements of the paragraph entitled “Statements and Notices”) explaining your right to opt in to the Credit Union’s program whereby it will honor advance requests over the credit limit. In the event you opt in to such a program, you agree to the terms of such a program. You may request an increase in your credit limit only by a method acceptable to the Credit Union. The Credit Union may increase or decrease your credit limit, refuse to make an advance and/or terminate your account at any time for any reason not prohibited by law. If you are permitted to obtain cash advances on your account, we may, from time to time, issue convenience checks to you that may be drawn on your account. Convenience checks may not be used to make a payment on your account balance. If you use a convenience check, it will be posted to your account as a cash advance. We reserve the right to refuse to pay a convenience check drawn on your account for any reason and such refusal shall not constitute wrongful dishonor. You may request that we stop the payment of a convenience check drawn on your account. You agree to pay any fee imposed to stop a payment on a convenience check issued on your account. You may make a stop payment request orally, if permitted, or in writing. Your request must be made with sufficient time in advance of the presentment of the check for payment to give us a reasonable opportunity to act on your request. In addition, your request must accurately describe the check including the exact account number, the payee, any check number that may be applicable, and the exact amount of the check. If permitted, you may make a stop payment request orally but such a request will expire after 14 days unless you confirm your request in writing within that time. Written stop payment orders are effective only for six months and may be renewed for additional six month periods by requesting in writing that the stop payment order be renewed. We are not required to notify you when a stop payment order expires. If we re-credit your account after paying a check or draft over a valid and timely stop payment order, you agree to sign a statement describing the dispute with the payee, to assign to us all of your rights against the payee or other holders of the check or draft and to assist us in any legal action. You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from all costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, damages, or claims, related to our honoring your stop payment request or in failing to stop payment of an item as a result of incorrect information provided to us or the giving of inadequate time to act upon a stop payment request.
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Closing Your Account Unless an agreement relating to a particular product or service says otherwise, you can close your Account at any time provided that you first settle any debit balance owing.
