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VISA Disclosure
VISA CARD AGREEMENT

In this Agreement the words "you" and "your"
mean each and all of those who agree to be bound by this Agreement;
"Card" means the Visa credit card and any duplicates,
renewals, or substitutions the Credit Union issues to you; "Account"
means your Visa credit card line of credit account with the Credit
Union, and "Credit Union" means the Credit Union whose
name appears on this Agreement or anyone to whom the Credit Union
transfers this Agreement.
Paragraphs 9 and 11 relate exclusively to your rights
and duties under this credit card agreement. This agreement
is also subject to the provision of the real estate equity line
of credit open-end agreement.
- Using Your Account. If you are approved
for an Account, the Credit Union will establish a line of credit
for you and notify you of your credit limit. You agree that
your credit limit is the maximum amount (purchases, cash
advances, finance charges, plus "other charges") that
you will have outstanding on your Account at any time. Each payment
you make to your Account will restore your credit limit by the
amount of the payment , unless you are over your credit
limit. If you are over your credit limit, you must pay the
amount you are over before payments will begin to restore your
credit limit. You may request an increase in your credit
limit only by a method acceptable to the Credit Union. The
Credit Union has the right to reduce your credit limit, refuse
to make an advance and/or terminate your Account at any
time for any reason not prohibited by law.
- Using your Card. You may use your Card
to make purchases from merchants and others who accept Visa
Cards. In addition, you may obtain cash advances from the Credit
Union and from other financial institutions that accept Visa Cards,
and from some automated teller machines (ATMs). (Not all
ATMs accept Visa Cards) To obtain cash advances from an
ATM, you must use the Personal Identification Number (PIN) that
is issued to you for use with your Card.
- Responsibility. You agree to pay all
charges (purchases and cash advances) to your Account that are
made by you or anyone whom you authorize to use your Account.
You also agree to pay all finance charges and other charges added
to your Account under the terms of this Agreement or another
agreement you made with the Credit Union. If this is a joint
Account, Section 17 below also applies to your Account.
- Finance Charges. You have a 25 day grace
(no finance charge) period on your purchase balance and for new
purchases if you paid the Total New Balance for purchases
on your last statement by the end of the grace period.
You also have a 25 day grace period for new purchases if you did
not have a purchase balance on your last statement. The
grace period starts on the statement closing date. If you
do not pay the Total New Balance for purchases by the end of the
grace period, finance charge will be imposed on the unpaid
purchase balance from the first day of the next billing cycle
and on new purchases from the date they are posted to your
Account. Finance charge is imposed on cash advances
from the date they are posted to your Account.
Separate average daily balances are calculated for purchases
and cash advances. The finance charge for purchases
is calculated by multiplying the average daily balances by a monthly
periodic rate. (ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE) To get each
average daily balance, the daily balances for purchases and cash
advances for the billing cycle are added and the totals are divided
by the number of days in the cycle. To get the daily balance
for cash advances, new cash advances are added to the day's beginning
balance and payments and credits are subtracted. To get the
daily balance for purchases, new purchases are added to the day's
beginning balance and payments and credits are subtracted;
however, new purchases are not added if you paid the Total New Balance
for purchases on your last statement by the end of the grace period
or if you did not have a purchase balance on your last statement.
Fees are not included in the calculation of the average daily
balance . Finance charges will continue to accrue on your
Account until what you owe under this Agreement is paid in
full.
- Other Charges. The following other charges
(fees) will be added to your Account, as applicable:
- Over-the-Credit-Limit Fee: You may be charged a fee of $10.00
on a statement date if your New Balance on that date, minus
any fees imposed during the cycle, is over your credit limit.
You will be charged the fee each subsequent month until your
New Balance on the statement date, less any fees imposed
during the cycle, is BELOW your credit limit.
- Late Payment Fee: A late charge of $10.00 will be added to
your account if you are late in making a payment.
- Return Check Fee: If a check or share draft used to make a
payment on your account is returned unpaid, you will be charged
a fee of $10.00 for each item returned.
- Card Replacement Fee: You will be charged $5.00 for each replacement
card that is issued to you for any reason.
- Document Copy Fee: You will be charged $5.00 for each copy
of a sales draft or statement that you request (except
when the request is made in connection with a billing
error made by the credit union).
- Payments. Each month you must pay at
least the minimum payment shown on your statement by the
date specified on the statement or no later than 25 days from
the statement closing date, which ever is later. If your statement
says the payment is "Now Due," your payment is due no
later than 25 days from the statement closing date. You may pay
more frequently, pay more than the minimum payment or pay the
Total New Balance in full. If you make extra or larger payments,
you are still required to make at least the minimum payment
each month your Account has a balance (other than credit balance).
The minimum payment is 3% of your Total New Balance, or
$20.00, whichever is greater, plus the amount of any prior
minimum payments that you have not made, and any amount
you are over your credit limit. The Credit Union also has the
right to demand immediate payment of any amount by which you are
over you credit limit.
- Payment Allocation. Subject to applicable
law, your payments may be applied to what you owe the Credit
union in any manner the Credit Union chooses.
- Security Interest. If you give the Credit
Union a specific pledge of shares by signing a separate pledge
of shares, your Account will be secured by pledged shares. Collateral
securing other loans you have with this Credit Union may also
secure this loan.
- Default. You will be in default if you
fail to make any minimum payment or other required payment
by the date that it is due. You will be in default if you break
any promise you make under this Agreement. You will be in
default if you die, file for bankruptcy or become insolvent,
that is, unable to pay your obligations when they become due.
You will be in default if you make any false or misleading statements
in any credit application or credit update. You will also
be in default if something happens that the Credit Union
believes may substantially reduce your ability to repay
what you owe.
When you are in default, the Credit Union
has the right to demand immediate payment of your full Account
balance without giving you notice. If immediate payment is demanded,
you agree to continue paying finance charge, at the periodic
rate charged before default, until what you owe has been paid, and
any shares that were given as security for your Account may
be applied towards what you owe.
- Liability for Unauthorized Use -Lost/Stolen Card
Notification. You may be liable for the unauthorized
use of your Card. You will not be liable for unauthorized
use that occurs after you notify the Credit Union, orally or in
writing, of the loss, theft, or possible unauthorized use. In
any case, your liability will not exceed $50. You can notify the
Credit Union by calling (800) 237-6211.
- Changing or Terminating Your Account.
The Credit Union may change the terms of this Agreement
from time to time. Notice of any change will be given in
accordance with applicable law. If permitted by law and specified
in the notice to you, the change will apply to your existing Account
balance as well as to future transactions.
Either you or the Credit Union may terminate
this Agreement at any time, but termination by you or the
Credit Union will not affect your obligation to pay the Account
balance plus any finance and other charges you owe under this
Agreement. You are also responsible for all transactions made to
your Account after termination, unless the transactions were
unauthorized.
The Card or Cards you receive remain the
property of the Credit Union and you must recover and surrender
to the Credit Union all Cards upon request or upon termination
of this Agreement whether by you or the Credit Union. The Credit
Union has the right to require you to pay your full Account balance
at any time after your Account is terminated, whether it is terminated
by you or the Credit Union. If this is a joint Account, Section
17 of this Agreement also applies to termination of the Account.
- Credit Information. You authorize the
Credit Union to investigate your credit standing when opening
or reviewing your Account. You authorize the Credit Union
to disclose information regarding your Account to credit bureaus
and creditors who inquire about your credit standing.
- Returns and Adjustments. Merchants and
others who honor your Card may give credit for returns or adjustments
, and they will do so by sending the Credit Union a credit slip
which will be posted to your Account. If your credits and
payments exceed what you owe the Credit Union, the amount
will be applied against future purchases and cash advances. If
the credit balance amount is $1 or more, it will be refunded upon
your written request or automatically after six months.
- Additional Benefits/Card Enhancements.
The Credit Union may from time to time offer additional services
to your Account, such as travel accident insurance, at no
additional cost to you. You understand that the Credit Union is
not obligated to offer such services and may withdraw or change
them at any time.
- Foreign Transactions. Purchases and
cash advances made in foreign countries and foreign currencies
will be billed to you in U.S. dollars. The conversion rate
to dollars will be determined in accordance with the operating
regulations established by Visa International. Currently the currency
conversion rate used to determine the transaction amount
in U.S. dollars is generally either a government-mandated rate
or the wholesale rate in effect the day before the transaction
processing date, increased by 1%. The currency conversion
rate used on the processing date may differ from the rate that
would have been used on the purchase date or cardholder
statement posting date.
- Merchant Disputes. The Credit Union
is not responsible for the refusal of any merchant or financial
institution to honor your Card. The Credit Union is subject to
claims and defenses (other than tort claims) arising out
of goods or services you purchase with the Card if you have made
a good faith attempt but have been unable to obtain satisfaction
from the merchant or service provider, and (a) your purchase was
made in response to an advertisement the Credit Union sent or
participated in sending to you; or (b) your purchase cost more
than $50 and was made in your state or within 100 miles
of your home.
- Joint Accounts. If this is a joint Account,
each person on the Account must sign the Agreement. Each
of you will be individually and jointly responsible for
paying all amounts owed under this Agreement. This means that
the Credit Union can require any one of you individually to repay
the entire amount owed under this Agreement. Each of you
authorizes the other(s) to make purchases or cash advances individually.
Any one of you may terminate the Account and the termination will
be effective as to all of you.
- Effect of Agreement. This Agreement
is the contract which applies to all transactions on your
Account even though the sales, cash advances, credit or other
slips you sign or receive may contain different terms.
- No Waiver. The Credit Union can delay
enforcing any of its rights any number of times without losing
them.
- Statements and Notices. Statements and
notices will be mailed to you at the most recent address
you have given the Credit Union. Notice sent to any one of you
will be considered notice to all.
- Copy Received. You acknowledge that
you have received a copy of this Agreement.
- Signatures. By signing in the Signature
area of the application form that was attached to this Agreement
when you received it, you agree to the terms of this Agreement
and should retain it for your records.
YOUR BILLING RIGHTS
KEEP THIS NOTICE FOR FUTURE USE
This notice contains important information about your rights
and our responsibilities under the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Notify Us In Case of Errors or Questions About Your Bill
If you think your bill is wrong, or if you need more information
about a transaction on your bill, write us on a separate at the
address listed on your bill. Write to us as soon as possible. We
must hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent you
the first bill on which the error or problem appeared. You can telephone
us, but doing so will not preserve your rights.
In your letter, give us the following information:
- Your name and account number.
- The dollar amount of the suspected error.
- Describe the error and explain, if you can, why you believe
there is an error. If you need more information, describe the
item you are not sure about.
If you have authorized us to pay your credit card bill automatically
from your savings or share draft account, you can stop the payment
on any amount you think is wrong. To stop the payment your
letter must reach us three business days before the automatic
payment is scheduled to occur.
Your Rights and Our Responsibilities After We Receive Your Written
Notice
We must acknowledge your letter within 30 days, unless we have
corrected the error by then. Within 90 days, we must either correct
the error or explain why we believe the bill was correct.
After we receive your letter, we cannot try to collect any amount
you question, or report you as delinquent. We can continue
to bill you for the amount you question, including finance charges,
and we can apply an unpaid amount against your credit limit. You
do not have to pay any questioned amount while we are investigating,
but you are still obligated to pay the parts of your bill
that are not in question.
If we find that we made a mistake on your bill, you will not have
to pay any finance charges related to any questioned amount. If
we didn’t make a mistake, you may have to pay finance charges, and
you will have to make up any missed payments on the questioned
amount. In either case, we will send you a statement of the
amount you owe and the date that it is due.
If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report
you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does not satisfy
you and you write to us within ten days telling us that you
still refuse to pay, we must tell anyone we report you to that you
have a questions about your bill. And, we must tell you the
name of anyone we reported you to. We must tell anyone we report
you to that the matter has been settled between us when it finally
is.
If we don’t follow these rules, we can’t collect the first $50
of the questioned amount, even if your bill was correct.
Special Rule for Credit Card Purchases
If you have a problem with the quality of property or services
that you purchased with a credit card, and you have tried
in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may
have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the property
or services. There are two limitations on this right:
(a) You must have made the purchase in your
home state or, if not within your home state, within 100
miles of your current mailing address;
(b) The purchase price must have been more than
$50.
These limitations do not apply if we own or operate the merchant,
or if we mailed you the advertisement for the property or
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