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Dear Credit Union Member:
This online brochure contains the rules which govern your
account(s) with us. Please read this brochure carefully.
If you sign your membership card or continue to have an account with
us, you agree to these rules, our by-laws, and any by-law
amendments. You agree to pay the fees we charge and you give
us the right to collect any fees, as earned, directly from the
account balances, and fees if they are not included in this
brochure. If you have any questions, please call us.
This agreement is subject to applicable federal laws and the laws of
the state of Louisiana (except to the extent that this agreement can
and does vary such rules or laws). The body of state and
federal law that governs our relationship with you, however, is too
large and complex to be reproduced here. The purpose of this
brochure is to:
(1) summarize the existing rules applicable to the more common
transactions;
(2) establish rules to govern transactions or events which
the law does not regulate;
(3) establish rules for certain events or transactions which
the law already regulates but permits variation by agreement; and
(4) give you our funds availability, electronic fund transfer
and/or truth-in-savings policy disclosures.
We may permit some variations from this standard agreement, but any
variations must be agreed to in writing either on our signature card
for the account or in some other written form.
As used in this brochure, the words “we,” “our,” and “us” mean the
credit union and the words “you” and “your” mean the owner(s) of
this account and any “agent” appointed by or on behalf of the
owner(s) to sign on the account in a representative capacity.
“Access” means the right to deposit and withdraw funds from the
account (by whatever methods we make available), obtain information
about the account, stop payment, and in all other respects to deal
with the account and its balance. It also means the power
(though not the right) to cause an overdraft or nonsufficient
funds item.
BYLAWS- Our bylaws, which we may amend from time to time, establish
basic rules about our credit union policies and operations which
affect your account and membership. You may obtain a copy of
the bylaws on request. Our right to require you to give us
notice of your intention to withdraw a large amount of funds from
your account is described in the bylaws. Unless we have agreed
otherwise, you are not entitled to receive any original item after
it is paid, although you may request that we send you an item(s) or
a copy of an item(s). Dividends are based on current earnings
and available earnings of the credit union, after providing for
required reserves.
LIABILITY -
Each of you agrees for yourself (and the
person or entity you represent if you sign as a representative of
another) to the terms of this account and the schedule of charges
that we impose. You authorize us to deduct these charges as
accrued directly from the account balance. You also agree to
pay additional reasonable charges we may impose for services you
request which are not covered by this agreement. Each of you
also agrees to be jointly and individually (in solido) liable for
any account deficit resulting from charges or overdrafts, whether
caused by you or another authorized to withdraw from this account,
and our costs to collect the deficit including, to the extent
permitted by law, our reasonable attorney’s fees. You agree
that at our option we may suspend your membership rights if you
violate the terms of this agreement.
DEPOSIT -
Any items, other than cash, accepted for
deposit (including items drawn “on us”) will be given provisional
credit only until collection is final (and actual credit for
deposits of, or payable in, foreign currency will be at the exchange
rate in effect on final collection in U.S. dollars). We are
not responsible for transactions initiated by mail or outside
depository until we actually record them. All transactions
received after our “daily cut-off time” on a business day we are
open, or received on a day in which we are not open for business,
will be treated and recorded as if initiated on the next following
business day that we are open. We are prohibited by law from
guaranteeing the payment of dividends or that dividends we do pay
will be at the contracted rate. We must base our dividend
payments to you upon the money we actually earn and that is
available for distribution at the end of a dividend period.
Unless otherwise agreed, you waive any right to receive any original
item after it is paid.
WITHDRAWALS –
Unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, any one of you
who signs in the space designated for signatures on the signature
card, including any agent, acting alone, has complete access to the
account. Each of you (until we receive written notice to the
contrary) authorizes each other person signing on the signature card
to endorse any item payable to you or your order for deposit to this
account or any other transaction with us. The fact that we may
honor withdrawal requests which overdraw the finally collected
account balance does not obligate us to do so, unless required by
law. Withdrawals will first be made from collected funds, and
we may, unless prohibited by law or our written policy, refuse any
withdrawal request against uncollected funds, even if our general
practice is to the contrary. We reserve the right to refuse
any withdrawal or transfer request which is attempted by any method
not specifically permitted, which is for an amount less than any
minimum withdrawal requirement, or which exceeds any frequency
limitations. Even if we honor a nonconforming request,
repeated abuse of the stated limitations (if any) may eventually
force us to close the account. We will use the date a
transaction is completed by us (as opposed to the day you initiate
it) to apply the frequency limitations. We reserve the right
to require you to notify us of your intention to withdraw shares or
deposits from this account as explained in our by-laws.
Withdrawals from a time deposit prior to maturity or prior to the
expiration of any notice period may be restricted and may be subject
to penalty. See your notice of penalties for early withdrawal.
OWNERSHIP OF ACCOUNT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION –
These are rules which govern who have access to an account
(depending on which “ownership” you select). Individual
Account –
This is an account in the name of one person. Unless you
appoint an authorized signer (agent), only one person has access to
such an account (you). Joint Account – This is an
account in the names of two or more persons. Any one of such
persons, acting alone, has complete access to the account.
Upon the death of any party to such account, we are permitted to pay
the account balance to the surviving parties, but this authority
protects us only. The surviving joint parties may be liable to
the heirs, legatees or creditors of the deceased party to the extent
the funds withdrawn by the survivors were owed to the deceased.
If any party to a joint account sends notice to us to prevent
withdrawals from the account by another party or parties, we may
require the party to withdraw the balance and close the account or
we may refuse to allow any further withdrawals from the account
except upon the written consent of all parties to it. The
remedy we choose is entirely at our discretion.
JOINT ACCOUNT- This is an account in the
names of two or more persons. Any one of such persons, acting
alone, has complete access to the account. Upon the death of
any party to such account, we are permitted to pay the account
balance to the surviving parties,
CORPORATE, PARTNERSHIP, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTS – We will usually require a separate authorization form
designating the person permitted and conditions required for
withdrawal from any account in the name of a legal entity such as a
partnership, corporation, or other organization. We will honor
such authorization according to its terms until it is amended or
terminated in writing by the governing body of such organization.
PLEDGES, ASSIGNMENTS, AND TRANSFERS – You
cannot pledge, assign or transfer any account or any interest in an
account (other than to us) unless you first get our written consent.
We have the right to refuse a request for any reason or no reason
whatsoever. Your ability to pledge or assign an account or an
interest in it is equal to your right of access to the account (and
is subject to our right to refuse to permit it).
ACH AND WIRE TRANSFER-- This agreement is
subject to Article 4A of the Uniform Commercial Code – Fund
Transfers as adopted in the state in which you have your account
with us. If you originate a fund transfer for which Fedwire is
used, and you identify by name and number a beneficiary financial
institution, an intermediary financial institution or a beneficiary,
we and every receiving or beneficiary financial institution may rely
on the identifying number to make payment. We may rely on the
number even if it identifies a financial institution, person or
account other than the one named. You agree to be bound by automated
clearing house association rules. These rules provide, among other
things, that payments made to you, or originated by you, are
provisional until final settlement is made through a Federal Reserve
Bank or payment is otherwise made as provided in Article 4A-403(a)
of the Uniform Commercial Code. If we do not receive such
payment, we are entitled to a refund from you in the amount credited
to your account and the party originating such payment will not be
considered to have paid the amount so credited. If we receive
a credit to an account you have with us by wire or ACH, we are not
required to give you any notice of the payment order or credit.
STOP-PAYMENTS –
A stop-payment order must be given in the
matter required by law and must be received in time to give us a
reasonable opportunity to act on it before our stop-payment cut-off
time. Our stop-payment cut-off time is one hour after the
opening of the next banking day after the banking day on which we
receive the item. Additional limitations on our obligation to
stop-payment are provided by law. A stop-payment order must
precisely identify the number, date and amount of the item, and the
payee. We will honor a stop-payment request by the person who
signed the particular item, and, by any other person, even though
such other person did not sign the item, if such other person has as
equal or greater right to withdraw from the account than the person
who signed the item in question. A release of the stop-payment
request may be made only by the person who initiated the
stop-payment.
TELEPHONE TRANSFERS – A telephone transfer
of funds from this account to another account with us, if otherwise
permitted or arranged for, may be made by the same persons and under
the same conditions generally applicable to withdrawals made in
writing. We restrict the number of transfers from a saving
account to another account, or third parties, to a maximum of six
per month (less the number of certain “preauthorized transfers”
during the month). Other account transfer restrictions are
described elsewhere in this brochure.
AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION – We may change
our by-laws and any term of this agreement. Rules governing
changes in dividend rates have been provided separately. For
other changes we will give you reasonable notice in writing or by
any other method permitted by law. We reserve the close this
account if your membership in this credit union terminates.
You agree to keep us informed about your current address at all
times. Notice from us to any one of you is notice to all of
you.
STATEMENTS –
You must examine your statement of account
with “reasonable promptness.” If you discover (or reasonably
should have discovered) any unauthorized payments or alterations,
you must promptly notify us of the relevant facts. If you fail
to do either of these duties, you will have to either share the loss
with us, or bear the loss entirely yourself (depending on whether we
exercised ordinary care and, if not, whether we substantially
contributed to the loss). The loss could be not only with
respect to items on the statement but other items forged or altered
by the same wrongdoer. You agree that the time you have to
examine your statement and report to us will depend on the
circumstances, but that such time will not, in any circumstance,
exceed a total of 30 days from when the statement is first made
available to you.
You further agree that if you fail to report any unauthorized
signatures, alterations, forgeries or any other errors in your
account within 60 days of when we make the statement available, you
cannot assert a claim against us on any items in that statement, and
the loss will be entirely yours. This 60 day limitation is
without regard to whether we exercised ordinary care. The
limitation in this paragraph is in addition to that contained in the
first paragraph of this section.
DIRECT DEPOSITS – If, in connection with a
direct deposit plan, we deposit any amount in this account which
should have been returned to the Federal Government for any reason,
you authorize us to deduct the amount of our liability to the
Federal Government from this account or from any other account you
have with us, without prior notice and at any time, except as
prohibited by law. We may also use any other legal remedy to
recover the amount of our liability.
TEMPORARY ACCOUNT AGREEMENT – If this option
is selected, this is a temporary account agreement. Each
person who signs in the space designated for signatures on the
signature card (except as indicated to the contrary) may transact
business on this account. However, we may at some time in the
future restrict or prohibit further use of this account if you fail
to comply with the requirements we have imposed within a reasonable
time.
RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS – We are not required to
honor any restrictive legend on items you write unless we have
agreed to the restriction in a writing signed by an officer of the
credit union. Examples of restrictive legends are “must be
presented within 90 days” or “not valid for more than $1,000.00.”
FACSIMILE SIGNATURES – You authorize us, at
any time, to charge you for all checks, drafts, or other orders, for
the payment of money, that are drawn on us regardless of by whom or
by what means the facsimile signature(s) may have been affixed so
long as they resemble the facsimile signature specimen on the
signature card or that are files separately with us, and contain the
required number of signatures for this purpose.
RIGHT TO REPAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS – You
each agree that we may (without prior notice and when permitted by
law) charge against and deduct from this account any due and payable
debt owed to us now or in the future, by any of you having the right
of withdrawal, to the extent of such persons’ or legal entity’s
right to withdraw. If the debt arises from a note, “any due
and payable debt” includes the total amount of which we are entitled
to demand payment under the terms of the note at the time we charge
the account, including any balance the due date for which we
properly accelerate under the note.
Our right to repayment does not apply to this account if: (a) it is
an individual Retirement Account or other tax-deferred retirement
account, or (b) the debt is created by a consumer credit transaction
under a credit card plan, or (c) the debtor’s right of withdrawal
arises only in a representative capacity. We will not be
liable for the dishonor of any check or draft when the dishonor
occurs because we charge and deduct an amount you owe us from your
account. You agree to hold us harmless from any claim arising
as a result of our exercise of our right to repayment.
AGENTS –
An agent is someone who you authorize to
have access to this account on your behalf. (We, however, have
no duty or agreement whatsoever to monitor or insure that the acts
of the agent are for your benefits.) This may be done by
allowing your agent to sign on the space as an authorized signer on
the signature card, or by separate form (such as a power of
attorney). An agent is not an owner of the account. We
will allow agents to be appointed only on individual accounts unless
each owner of a joint account has executed a separate power of
attorney naming an agent. We may refuse to accept an agent, or
an agency account.
ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Indicated below are types of Electronic Fund Transfers we are
capable of handling, which may not apply to your account.
Please read this disclosure carefully because it tells you your
rights and obligations for the transactions listed. You should
keep this notice for future reference.
Electronic Funds Transfers Initiated By Third Parties.
You may authorize a third party to initiate electronic funds
transfers between your account and the third party’s account. These
transfers to make or receive payment may be one-time occurrences or
may recur as directed by you. These transfers may use the Automated
Clearing House (ACH) or other payments network. Your authorization
to the third party to make these transfers can occur in a number of
ways. In some cases, your authorization can occur when the merchant
posts a sign informing you of their policy. In all cases, the
transaction will require you to provide the third party with your
account number and credit union information. This information can
typically be found on your check or draft as well as on a deposit or
withdrawal slip. Thus, you should only provide your credit union and
account information (whether over the phone, the Internet, or via
some other method) to trusted third parties whom you have authorized
to initiate these electronic funds transfers. Examples of these
transfers include, but are not limited to:
- Preauthorized credits. You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits
(such as U.S. Treasury (Social Security) or some employers
(payroll)) to be accepted into you share draft or share savings
account(s).
- Preauthorized payments. You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills
from your share draft or share savings account(s).
- Electronic check or draft conversion.
You may provide your check or draft to a
merchant or service provider who will scan the check or draft
for the encoded credit union and the account information. The
merchant or service provider will then use this information to
convert the transaction into an electronic funds transfer. This
may occur at the point of purchase, or when you provide your
check or draft by other means such as by mail or drop box.
- Electronic returned check or draft
charge. Some merchants or service
providers will initiate an electronic funds transfer to collect
a charge in the event a check or draft is returned for
insufficient funds.
ATM Transfers – types of transfers, dollar limitations –
You may access your account(s) by ATM using your VISA Check Card and
personal identification number, to:
-
get cash
withdrawals from share draft or share saving account(s) with a
DEBIT CARD – you may withdraw no more than $300 per day.
-
get cash
withdrawals from share savings account(s) with a ATM CARD -you
may withdraw no more than $300 per day
- the account balance of your share draft
account(s)
- the account balance of your share savings
account(s)
Some of these services may not be available at all terminals.
FOR REGULATION RESERVE REQUIREMENTS ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS
Regulation “REG” D addresses the allowance of electronic transfers
mandated by the Federal Reserve. Reg D stipulates that
financial institutions must limit the number of transfers and/or
withdrawals an individual is allowed to make from any savings
account to another account or as payment to a third party by means
of pre-authorized, automatic or telephonic agreement, order or
instruction. This limit has been set at six (6) per month with
no more than three of those six transfers being made by check,
draft, debit card or similar order payable to a third party.
IN OTHER WORDS….
Reg D limits the number of transfers or withdrawals to six (6) per
month when you utilize the following electronic services to transfer
funds from a saving account to other accounts or for payment to a
third party:
-
Electronic Audio Response System
-
Telephone transactions (excluding check mailed directly to
member)
-
Automated Clearing House (ACH) debits
-
Overdraft transfers from a savings account to a checking account
-
Debit card – transfer from savings account to checking
-
Internet Home Banking (excluding check mailed directly to
member)
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E-Mail
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Fax Machine
REG D DOES NOT EFFECT TRANSFERS FOR:
-
Bill Payer Service
-
Transfer from a checking account to another account or third
party
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Reg D directly affects transfer from a savings account, not
checking
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Checking withdrawals/payments by check or master card debit card
-
Overdrafts from a line of credit
-
Payroll Deduction/Direct Deposit
-
ATM transactions
-
Automatic loan payments
Use direct deposit/payroll deduction, and have your monies deposited
to your checking account. You can transfer funds as often as
you like from a checking account.
Types of VISA Check Card Point-of-Sale Transactions –
You may access your share draft account(s) to purchase goods (in
person or by phone), pay for services (in person or by phone), get
cash from a merchant, if the merchant permits, or from a
participating financial institution, and do anything that a
participating merchant will accept.
Currency Conversion. When you use you VISA
Check Card at a merchant that settles in currency other than US
dollars, the charge will be converted into the US dollar amount. The
currency conversion rate used to determine the transaction amount in
US dollars is either a rate selected by VISA from the range of rates
available in wholesale currency markets for the applicable central
processing date, which rates may vary from the rate VISA itself
receives, or the government-mandated rate in effect for the
processing date, plus 1%. The conversion rate in effect on the
processing date may different from the rate in effect on the
transaction date or posting date.
Advisory Against Illegal Use. You agree not
to use you card(s) for illegal gambling or other illegal
purpose. Display of a payment card logo by, for example, an online
merchant does not necessarily mean that transactions are lawful in
all jurisdictions in which the cardholder may be located.
Online Banking Computer Transfers – types of transfers – You may access your share draft account(s) by computer
through the internet by logging on to our website at www.lpfcu.org
and using your personal identification number and your password to:
- request funds from share draft to share draft
- request funds from share draft to share savings
- request funds from share savings to share draft
- request funds from share savings to share savings
- request funds from line of credit to share draft
- request funds from line of credit to share savings
- make payments from share draft to loan account(s) with us
- make payments from share savings to loan account(s) with us
-
get information about:
-
the account balance of share
draft account(s)
-
the last six months deposits
to share draft accounts
-
the last six months
withdrawals from share draft accounts
-
the account balance of share
savings account(s)
-
the last six months deposits
to share savings accounts
-
the last six months
withdrawals from share savings accounts
CHARGES FOR ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
·
We do not charge for direct
deposits to any type of account.
·
We do not charge for
preauthorized payments from any type of account.
Except as indicated elsewhere, we do not charge for
electronic fund transfers.
ATM Operator/Network Fees. When you use an
ATM not owned by us, you may be charged a fee by the ATM operator or
any network used (and you may be charged a fee for a balance inquiry
even if you do not complete a fund transfer).
RIGHT TO
DOCUMENTATION
·
TERMINAL TRANSFERS. You
can get a receipt at the time you make any transfer to or from your
account using any automated teller machines or point-of-sale
terminals.
·
PREAUTHORIZED CREDIT-
If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your account at
least once every 60 days from the same person or company, you can
call us at 1-
225-664-9103 to find out
whether or not the deposit has been made.
·
Direct Deposits.
If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your account at
least once every 60 days from the same person or company, you can
call us at (225)
664-9103 to find out whether
or not the deposit has been made. If the only possible
transfers to or from your account are direct deposits, you will get
a quarterly statement from us.
·
Periodic Statements.
You will get a monthly account statement from us for your Share
Draft (Checking) accounts. You will get a quarterly account
statement from us for your Regular Share or Joint Share accounts, if
the only possible electronic transfer to or from the account are
preauthorized deposits.·
STOP PAYMENT PROCEDURES AND NOTICE OF VARYING AMOUNTS
·
Right to Stop Payment and
Procedure for Doing So. If you have told us in advance to make
regular payments out of your account, you can stop any of these
payments. Here is how:
Call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this
brochure in time for us to receive your request three business days
or more before the payment is schedules to be made. If you
call, we may also require you to put your request in writing and get
it to us within 14 days after you call.
·
Notice of Varying Amounts.
If these regular payments may vary in amount, the person you are
going to pay will tell you, 10 days before each payment, when it
will be made and how much it will be. (You may choose instead
to get this notice only when the payment would different by more
than a certain amount from the previous payment, or when the amount
would fall outside certain limits that you set.)
·
Liability for Failure to
Stop Payment of Preauthorized Transfer. If you order us to
stop one of these payments three business days or more before the
transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will be liable for
your losses or damages.
OUR LIABILITY
Liability for Failure to Make Transfers.
If we do not complete a transfer to or from your account on time or
in the correct amount according to our agreement with you, we will
be liable for your losses or damages. However, there are some
exceptions. We will NOT be liable, for instance:
(1) If,
through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your
account to make the transfer.
(2) If
you have an overdraft line and the transfer would go over the credit
limit.
(3) If
the transfer would go over the credit limit on your overdraft line.
(4) If
circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the
transfer, despite reasonable precautions we have taken.
(5) There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with
you.
DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We will disclose information to third parties
about your account or the transfers you make:
(1)
where it is necessary for
completing transfers;
(2)
in order to verify the
existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a
credit bureau or merchant;
(3)
in order to comply with
government agency or court orders; or
(4)
if you give us written
permission.
UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS
If your statement shows transfers that you did not
make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days
after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any
money you lost after the 60 days if we can prove that we could have
stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time.
If a good reason (such as a long trip or a
hospital stay) kept you from telling us, we will extend the time
period.
If you believe that someone has transferred or may
transfer money from your account without your permission, call or
write us at the telephone number or address listed in this brochure.
ERROR RESOLUTION
In case of errors or questions about your
electronic transfers, call or write us at the telephone number or
address listed in this brochure, as soon as you can, if you think
your statement or receipt is wrong or if you need more information
about a transfer listed on the statement or receipt. We must
hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent the FIRST
statement on which the problem or error appeared.
(1) Tell us your name and account number (if any).
(2) Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and
explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why
you need more information.
(3) Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
If you tell us orally, we may require that you
send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business
days.
We will tell you the results of our investigation
within 10 business days (20 business days if the transfer involved a
point-of-sale transaction or a foreign initiated transfer) after we
hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need
more time, however, we may take up to 45 days (90 days if the
transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction or a foreign initiated
transfer) to investigate your complaint or question. If we
decide to do this we will recredit your account within 10 business
days (20 business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale
transaction or a foreign initiated transfer) for the amount you
think is in error, so that you will have the use of the money during
the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask
you to put your complaint or questions in writing and we do not
receive it within 10 business days, we may not recredit your
account.
If we decide that there was no error, we will send
you a written explanation within three business days after we finish
our investigation. You may ask for copies of the documents
that we used in our investigation.
LPFCU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
MEMBER SERVICES
722 SOUTH RANGE AVENUE
DENHAM SPRINGS, LA 70726
Fred Banks / CEO
Lobby Hours 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Mon-Thur
Lobby Hours 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Friday Phone:
225-664-9103
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE
FUNDS AVAILABILITY DISCLOSURE
This policy statement applies to “transaction” accounts.
Transaction accounts, in general, are accounts which permit an
unlimited number of payments to third persons and an unlimited
number of telephone and preauthorized transfers to other accounts of
yours with us. Share draft accounts are the most common
transaction accounts. Feel free to ask us whether any of your
other accounts might also be under this policy.
Our policy is to make funds from your deposits available to you
immediately. At that time, you can withdraw the funds in cash
and we will use the funds to pay checks that you have written.
Please remember that even after we have made funds available to you,
and you have withdrawn the funds, you are still responsible for
checks you deposit that are returned to us unpaid and for any other
problems involving your deposit.
For determining the availability of your deposits, every day is a
business day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays.
If you make a deposit before closing on a business day that we are
open, we will consider that day to be the day of your deposit.
However, if you make a deposit after closing or on a day we are not
open, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next
business day we are open.
If we cash a check for you that is drawn on another bank, we may
withhold the availability of a corresponding amount of funds
that are already in your account. Those funds will be
available at the time funds from the check we cashed would have been
available if you had deposited it.
If we accept for deposit a check that is drawn on another bank, we
may make funds from the deposit available for withdrawal immediately
but delay your availability to withdraw a corresponding amount of
funds that you have on deposit in another account with us. 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 you deposited.
LONGER
DELAYS MAY APPLY
In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that you deposit by
check available to you immediately. Depending on the type of
check that you deposit, funds may not be available until the fifth
business day after the day of your deposit. However, the first
$100 of your deposits will be available immediately.
If we are not going to make all of the funds from your deposit
available immediately, we will notify you at the time you make your
deposit. We will also tell you when the funds will be
available. If your deposit is not made directly to one of our
employees, or if we decide to take this action after you have left
the premises, we will mail you the notice by the day after we
receive your deposit.
If you will need the funds from a deposit right away, you should ask
us when the funds will be available.
In addition, funds you deposit by check may be delayed for a longer
period under the following circumstances:
·
We believe a check you deposit
will not be paid.
·
You deposit checks totaling
more than $5,000 on any one day.
·
You redeposit a check that has
been returned unpaid.
·
You have overdrawn your
account repeatedly in the last six months.
·
There is an emergency, such as
failure of communications or computer equipment.
We will notify you if we delay your ability to withdraw funds for
any of these reasons, and we will tell you when the funds will be
available. They will generally be available no later than the
eleventh business day after the day of your deposit.
TRUTH-IN-SAVINGS DISCLOSURE
REGULAR SHARE
ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may charge the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period – For this account type, the
dividend period is quarterly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the
ending date of such dividend period is March 31. All other
dividend periods follow the same pattern of dates. The
dividend declaration date is in the second week of the last month of
the dividend period. For the example above, for the calendar
year 2006, the dividend declaration date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid,
you will not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum required to open this account is $5.00.
You must maintain a minimum balance of $5.00 in your account for the
account to remain active. However if you have a loan you must
maintain $100.00. The lowest share balance required for dividend
calculation is $100.00
Average daily balance computation method –
Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account
for the period. The average daily balance is calculated by
adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and
dividing that figure by the number of days in the period. The
period we use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits – Dividends will begin to
accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example,
checks) to your account.
Par value of share:
The par value of a share in this account is $5.00
JOINT SHARE
ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period – For this account type, the
dividend period is quarterly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the
ending date of such dividend period is March 31. All other
dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates. The
dividend declaration date is in the second week of the last month of
the dividend period. For the example above, for the calendar
year 2006 the dividend declaration date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum required to open this account is $5.00.
You must maintain a minimum balance of $5.00 in your account for the
account to remain active. However if you have a loan , you must
maintain $100.00. The lowest share balance required for dividend
calculation is $100.00.
Average daily balance computation method –
Dividend are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to average daily balance in the account for
the period. The average daily balance is calculated by adding
the balance in the account for each day of the period and dividing
that figure by the number of days in the period. The period we
use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash
items (for example, checks) to your account.
Par value of share
The par value of a share in this account is $5.00.
MINOR ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period – For this account type, the
dividend period is quarterly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the
ending date of such dividend period is March 31. All other
dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates. The
dividend declaration date is in the second week of the last month of
the dividend period. For the example above, for the calendar
year 2006, the dividend declaration date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum required to open this account is $5.00. You must
maintain a minimum balance of $5.00 in your account for the account
to remain active. The lowest share balance required for
dividend calculation is $100.00.
Average daily balance computation method –
Dividend are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the balance is calculated by adding the
balance in the account for each day of the period and dividing that
figure by the number of days in the period. The period we use
is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash
items (for example, checks) to your account.
Par value of share:
The par value of a share in this account is $5.00.
CLUB ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period – For this account type, the
dividend period is quarterly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the
ending date of such dividend period is March 31. All other
dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates. The
dividend declaration date is in the second week of the last month of
the dividend period. For the example above, for the calendar
year 2006, the dividend declaration date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum balance required to open this account is $5.00
You must maintain a minimum balance of $5.00 in your account for the
account to remain active. The lowest share balance required
for dividend calculation is $5.00.
Average daily balance computation method –
Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account
for the period. The average daily balance is calculated by
adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and
dividing that figure by the number of days in the period. The
period we use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash
items (for example, checks) to your account.
Par value of a share:
The par value of share in this account is $5.00.
CHRISTMAS CLUB
ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period – For this account type, the
dividend period is quarterly, for example, the beginning date of the
first dividend period of the calendar year is January 1, and the
ending date of such dividend period is March 31. All other
dividend periods follow this same pattern of dates. The
dividend declaration date is in the second week of the last month of
the dividend period. For the example above, for the calendar
year 2006 the dividend declaration date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum balance required to open this account is $5.00.
You must maintain a minimum balance of $5.00 in your account for the
account to remain active. The lowest share balance required
for dividend calculation is $5.00.
Average daily balance computation method –
Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account
for the period. The average daily balance is calculated by
adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and
dividing that figure by the number of days in the period. The
period we use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place noncash
items (for example, checks) to your account.
Transaction limitations:
You may not make any withdrawals or transfers to another credit
union account of yours or to a third party by means of a
preauthorized or automatic transfer, telephonic order or
instruction, or similar order to a third party.
Early withdrawal penalty is $20.00.
By November
10th of each year, all funds on deposit in your Christmas Club
account will be withdrawn by us and our check will be mailed to you
for that amount.
ESCROW ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and crediting – Dividends will
be compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to
your account every quarter.
Dividend period –
For this account type, the dividend period is quarterly, for
example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the
calendar year is January 1, and the ending date of such dividend
period is March 31. All other dividend periods follow the same
pattern of dates. The dividend declaration date is in the
second week of the last month of the dividend period. For the
example above, for the calendar year 2006, the dividend declaration
date is in the week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum balance required to open this account is $5.00.
You must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $5.00 in your
account to obtain the disclosed annual percentage yield.
Average daily
balance computation method –
Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account
for the period. The average daily balance is calculated by
adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and
dividing that figure by the number of days in the period. The
period we use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of
dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin
to accrue on the business day you place noncash items (for example,
checks) to your account.
Par value of a share:
The par value of a share in this account is $5.00.
SHARE DRAFT
ACCOUNT
Minimum balance requirements:
The minimum balance required to open this account is $100.00.
Monthly service fee is $6.00.
No service fee on share draft accounts with a balance of $5,000 or
more for entire month.
Transaction limitations:
No transaction limitations apply to this account unless otherwise
stated in the Common Features section.
IRA RETIREMENT
ACCOUNT
Rate Information:
The dividend rate and annual percentage yield may change every
quarter. We may change the dividend rate for your account as
determined by the credit union board of directors.
Compounding and
crediting –
Dividends will be
compounded every quarter. Dividends will be credited to your
account every quarter.
Dividend period
– For this account type, the dividend period is quarterly, for
example, the beginning date of the first dividend period of the
calendar year is January 1, and the ending date for such dividend
period is March 31. All other dividend periods follow this
same pattern of dates. The dividend declaration date is in the
week of March 15.
If you close your share account before dividends are paid, you will
not receive the accrued dividends.
Minimum balance requirements:
·The minimum balance required to open this account is
$100.00.
You must maintain a minimum average daily balance of $100.00
in your account to obtain the disclosed annual percentage yield.
Average daily
balance computation method –
Dividends are calculated by the average daily balance method which
applies a periodic rate to the average daily balance in the account
for the period. The average daily balance is calculated by
adding the balance in the account for each day of the period and
dividing that figure by the number of days in the period. The
period we use is the quarterly statement cycle.
Accrual of
dividends on noncash deposits –
Dividends will begin to accrue on the business day you place non
cash items (for example, checks) to your account.
Transaction Limitations:
You may not make any withdrawals or transfers to another credit
union account of yours or to a third party by means of a
preauthorized or automatic transfer, telephonic order or
instruction, or similar order to a third party.
COMMON FEATURES
Bylaw requirements:
You must complete payment of one share in your Regular Share or
Joint Share account(s) as a condition of admission to membership.
Transaction
limitation –
We reserve the right to at any time require not less than seven days
notice in writing before each withdrawal from an interest-bearing
account other than a time deposit, or from any other savings account
as defined by Regulation D.
Nature of
dividends –
Dividends are paid from current income and available earnings, after
required transfer to reserves at the end of a dividend period.
(This disclosure further explains the dividend feature of your
non-term share account(s).
National Credit
Union Share Insurance Fund –
Member accounts in this credit union are federally insured by the
National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.
YOUR ACCOUNT
These are the accounts you have opened or inquired about.
Further details about the different accounts, please see the
insert that is with this disclosure or you periodic statement.
Dividends are declared quarterly on all saving accounts except
money market certificate. Money market certificate are paid
monthly.
REGULAR SHARE
ACCOUNT
JOINT SHARE
ACCOUNT
CLUB ACCOUNT SHARE DRAFT ACCOUNT CHRISTMAS CLUB ACCOUNT
ESCROW ACCOUNT IRA RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MINOR ACCOUNT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Federal
Government
REGULATION D restricts
telephone initiated and pre-authorized withdrawals and transfers
from savings type share accounts to no more than three within a
calendar month. If you attempt to exceed three, the transaction may
reject and you should call our regular telephone number during
office hours for assistance. Your Checking Account is Not
Affected by This Regulation. Federal Government REGULATION E
(Electronic Funds Transfer) requires that this special disclosure be
provided to members.
1.
TERMS: The Credit Union
reserves the right to change the terms of this Agreement from time
to time. Reasonable notice will be given before any changes are to
take effect.
2.
BUSINESS DAYS: The Credit
Union’s business days are Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
3.
ACCOUNT STATEMENTS: You
will receive a statement of your account at least quarterly.
Checking and Visa accounts statements are mailed
monthly. Open end credit statements are mailed quarterly.
4. LIABILITY
FOR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS: You will be liable for unauthorized
use of your personal access code to the extent allowed by applicable
federal and state law. The following description of your liability
for unauthorized use of your personal access code is required by
federal law: Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your personal
access code has been lost or stolen. Telephoning is the fastest way
of notifying us. If you tell us within two (2) business days after
you learn of the loss or theft, you can lose no more that $50.00 if
someone used your personal access code without your permission. If
you DO NOT
tell us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or
theft, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using
your personal access code without your permission if you had told
us, your loss could be greater. If you believe that your personal
access code has been lost or stolen or that someone has transferred
or may transfer money from your account without your permission:
call us at (225) 664-9103 or write us at LPFCU FEDERAL CREDIT UNION,
722 SOUTH RANGE AVENUE, DENHAM SPRINGS, LA. 70726
5.
TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE NOT
COMPLETED: If you properly instruct us to perform an Audio
Response Teller transaction and we do not complete it on time or in
the correct amount, and we have agreed to perform it, with certain
exceptions, we will be liable by law for your losses or damages. We
will not be liable to you or any other party if:
(a) We have terminated this Agreement for any reason.
(b) If the funds in your account are subject to legal process or
other encumbrance restricting the transaction.
(c) If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire, flood,
computer breakdown, or changes in our operation as required by law)
prevent the transfer, despite reasonable precautions we have taken.
(d) The account has insufficient funds to complete the transaction.
(e) Such transaction would exceed an established credit limit.
6. IN CASE OF
ERRORS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS:
Telephone us at (225) 664-9103or write us at LPFCU FEDERAL CREDIT
UNION, 722 SOUTH RANGE AVENUE, DENHAM SPRINGS, LA. 70726 as soon as
you can, if you think your statement is wrong or if you need more
information about a transfer listed on the statement. We must hear
from you no later than 60 days after we sent the
FIRST
statement on which the problem or error appeared.
(a) Tell us your name and member number.
(b) Describe the error or transfer you are unsure about, explain as
clearly as you can why you believe it is an error, or why you need
more information.
(c) Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error. If you tell us
orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question
in writing within 10 business days. We will tell you the results of
our investigation within 10 business days after we hear from
you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time,
however, we may take up to 45 days (90 days if the transfer involved
an account which has been opened for 30 days or less, a
point-of-sale transaction, or a foreign initiated transfer) to
investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we
will re-credit your account within 10 business days (20 business
days if your account has been open for 30 days or less) for the
amount you think is in error, so that you will have the use of the
money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If
we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do
not receive it within 10 business days, we may not re-credit your
account. If we decide there is no error, we will send you a written
explanation within 3 business days after we finish our
investigation.
7. JOINT ACCOUNTS:
All persons who are authorized to transact business on your
accounts, expressly and impliedly agree that you (and all other
persons authorized by you) may use your personal access code to
complete transactions on your accounts.
8.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT: In the ordinary course of business, we may
disclose information to third parties about your accounts or the
transfers you make:
(a) Where it is necessary for completing transfers or resolving
transfers.
(b) In order to verify the existence and condition of your account
for a third party, such as a consumer reporting agency for a
merchant.
(c) In order to comply with orders or subpoenas of government
agencies or courts.
(d) If you give us written permission
9. EVIDENCE:
If we go to court for any reason, we can use a copy, microfilm, or
microfiche of any document to prove what you owe or that a
transaction has taken place, and any copy, microfilm or microfiche
will have the same validity as the original document.
10.
COLLECTION EXPENSES: If we
have to file a lawsuit to collect whatever you owe us, you will pay
our reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees.
LPFCU
AUDIO RESPONSE TELLER AGREEMENT
Your initial
four digit personal access code is the last four digits of your
social security number. It is very important that you dial into
SART and change this number immediately to a number that only you
know. I hereby apply for
SART services, LPFCU’s Audio Response Teller System. This will be
used to access my account via a touch-tone telephone. I agree to the
following:
1. I agree
to hold in strict
confidence my personal access code. LPFCU is not responsible for any
use Of SART due to negligence on my part in releasing,
voluntary or accidentally, my personal access code
to a third party.
2. LPFCU
reserves the right to
change the terms and conditions of these services,
and I will be notified of such changes.
3. LPFCU
reserves the right to
terminate these services without notice if:
(a) It has been determined that there has been unauthorized use on
my account, or
(b) It has been determined that there has been abuse of these
services on my part or any joint owners of my account.
ON LINE BILL PAY
See online billing pay Agreement & Disclosure at Credit Union
website….. http://www.lpfcu.org/
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