Common use of USING THE ACCOUNT Clause in Contracts

USING THE ACCOUNT. If you are approved for an account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you. By using the card for the first time, or authorizing another person to use your account, you agree to and accept all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You agree that your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, 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, 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 (6) 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.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Credit Card Agreement, Credit Card Agreement, Credit Card Agreement

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USING THE ACCOUNT. If you are approved for an account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you. By using the card for the first time, or authorizing another person to use your account, you agree to and accept all of the terms and conditions in this Agreementagreement. You agree that your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, 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, 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 (6) 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.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Credit Card Agreement, Credit Card Agreement and Disclosure, Credit Card Agreement

USING THE ACCOUNT. If you are approved Upon your approval for an account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you. By using Notification of your limit will be made when the card for is sent to you. You agree not to let your account balance exceed your approved credit limit. RESPONSIBILITY: You promise to pay any and all charges incurred by you or by any person whom you authorize to use the first timeCredit Card issued to you, and any fees or charges incurred in the recovery of a credit card, retrieval of transaction data, or authorizing another person to use your account, you agree to and accept all collection of this account in accordance with the terms and conditions issued by VISA International, Inc., and in this Agreement. You agree that your credit limit is accordance with the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, 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, 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 policies established by a method acceptable to the Credit Union. The Credit Union may increase or decrease your credit limit, refuse Your obligation 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 pay the amount owed on your account continues until paid in full even though an agreement, divorce decree or other court judgment to which the Credit Union is not a party may direct someone else to pay the account balance. JOINT ACCOUNT: If more than one person applies for the card each is individually responsible for all amounts owed on the account and is jointly and severally responsible for all amounts owed. This means the Credit Union can enforce the Agreement against any of you use a convenience check, it will be posted individually or all of you together. Each may obtain credit advances without the knowledge of the other and both are obligated to your account as a cash advance. We reserve repay all advances made to 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 notify the Credit Union of any fee imposed address change. USING THE CARD: You may use the card issued to stop a payment on a convenience check issued on your accountyou to make purchases from anyone who accepts VISA Credit Cards. You may make a stop payment request orallyalso obtain cash advances from the Credit Union, if permitted, or from other financial institutions participating in writingthe VISA program and from automated teller machines (ATM's) that provide access to the VISA system. Your request must be made with sufficient time in VISA Personal Identification Number (PIN) is needed to obtain cash 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 (6) 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 actionfrom an ATM. You agree not to indemnify use the card for any illegal transactions such as advances for gambling or wagering where these practices are in violation of the law. VARIABLE RATE: Your account is subject to a Variable Rate which is based on the highest Prime Rate as published in the Money Rates Section of The Wall Street Journal (“Index”) in effect on the last day of each calendar quarter plus our Margin. The Index plus the Margin equals the Interest Rate. Changes in the Index will cause changes in the Interest Rate on the first day of the next billing cycle following the change. Increases or decreases in the Interest Rate will result in like increases or decreases in the Finance Charge and hold us harmless will affect the amount of your regularly scheduled payments that you will be required to make. There is no limit on the amount by which the annual percentage rate can change during any change date other than the maximum and minimum Annual Percentage Rates. The maximum ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE that can apply is 18.00 %. FINANCE CHARGES: The monthly periodic rate assessed on your account is based on an annual percentage rate corresponding to a daily periodic rate and the type of account. A Finance Charge will be imposed on Credit Purchases only if you elect not to pay the entire New Balance shown on your monthly statement for the previous billing cycle within 25 days from the date of that statement. If you elect not to pay the entire new balance shown on your previous monthly statement within that 25 day period, a Finance Charge will be imposed on the unpaid average daily balance of such Credit Purchases from the date of posting to your account during the current billing cycle, and will continue to accrue until the date of the billing cycle preceding the date on which the entire New Balance is paid in full or until the date of payment if more than 25 days from the closing date. Cash Advances are always subject to a Finance Charge from the date they are posted to your account and are not subject to the 25-day grace period. Balance Subject to Finance Charges: The balances subject to finance charge are the average daily transaction balances outstanding during the month (new and previous). The Average Daily Balance is determined by adding, after subtracting all costs payments, credits, and expensescash advances for the billing period in which they were made, including attorney’s feesall the outstanding advance balances and billed but unpaid finance charges for each calendar day of the billing period and i then dividing the total by the number of days in that billing period. Purchases posted to your Account during the billing period are included only if the “New Balance” on your previously assessed bill was not paid in full by the grace period. OTHER CHARGES: a) $10 for each replacement Card, damages, or claims, related b) $20 for each VISA merchant draft i that you request; and c) Up to our honoring your stop payment request or in failing $35 for each returned payment. The fees and charges will be handled by the Credit Union as an adjustment to stop payment of an item as the account balance and will not be charged i a result of incorrect information provided to us or the giving of inadequate time to act upon a stop payment requestFinance Charge.

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Samples: www.ussfcu.org, cdn.firstbranchcms.com, www.ussfcu.org

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USING THE ACCOUNT. If you are approved for an account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit for you. By using the card for the first time, or authorizing another person to use your account, you agree to and accept all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement. You agree that your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash advances, balance transfers, 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, 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 x 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 (6) 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.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Credit Card Agreement

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