1. Using the Card. You may use the card issued
to you to make purchases in person, by mail,
telephone or the Internet from merchants and
others who accept VISA cards.
By using the card, you agree to the terms and
conditions as outlined in this card disclosure.
In addition, you may obtain cash advances from
the Credit Union, from other financial institutions
participating in the VISA program and from automated
teller machines (ATMs) such as VISA ATM Network,
that provide access to the VISA system. (Not
all ATMs provide such access.) You will need
to use your Personal Identification Number (PIN)
to obtain a cash advance from an ATM.
2.
Responsibility. You agree to pay all charges
(purchases and cash advances) to your account
made by you or anyone whom you authorized to
use your account. Your obligation to 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.
If
more than one person signs this Agreement,
each is individually responsible for all amounts
owed on the account and all are jointly responsible
for all amounts owed. This means the Credit
Union can enforce this Agreement against any
of you individually or all of you together.
3. Credit Limit.
If we approve your application, we will establish
a self replenishing Credit Limit for you and
notify you of its amount when we issue the card.
You agree not to let the account balance exceed
this approved Credit Limit. Each payment you
make on the account will restore your Credit
Limit by the amount of the payment which is
applied to principal. You must be approved by
our credit committee or loan officer. By giving
you written notice, our credit committee may
reduce or increase your Credit Limit from time
to time, or with good cause, revoke your card
and terminate this Agreement. Good cause includes
your failure to comply with this Agreement,
or our adverse reevaluation of your creditworthiness.
You may also terminate this Agreement at any
time, but termination by either of us does not
affect your obligation to pay the account balance
The cards remain our property and you must recover
and surrender to us all cards upon request and
upon termination of this Agreement.
4. Monthly Payment.
Each month you must pay at least the minimum
payment shown on your statement within 25 days
of the statement closing date. You may, of course,
pay more frequently, pay more than the minimum
payment, or pay the Total New Balance in full.
If you make extra payments or larger payments,
you are still required to make at least the
minimum payment each month your account has
a balance. The minimum payment is 5% of your
Total New Balance but not less than $25, plus
the amount of any prior minimum payments that
you have not paid. In addition, at any time
your Total New Balance exceeds your credit limit,
you must immediately pay the excess upon demand.
5. Skip Payment
Features. From time to time, USF Federal Credit
Union may announce a feature which will allow
you to skip one or more payments. You understand
that periodic Finance Charges will continue
to accrue on your unpaid balance at the applicable
Daily Periodic Rate. At the end of the period,
the payment terms of this Agreement will be
reinstated automatically without further notice.
6. Finance Charges
on Purchases. No FINANCE CHARGE for purchases
will be imposed for the current billing period
if the entire New Balance shown on that most
recent monthly statement (covering the prior
billing period) is received on or before the
Payment Due Date shown on that statement, (which
will not be less than 25 days from the Statement
Closing Date) or if the previous purchase balance
on the most recent prior monthly statement was
zero.
In all other
cases, we will impose a FINANCE CHARGE on your
purchases by applying the Periodic Rate shown
on your monthly statement to the Average Daily
Purchase Balance. To get your Average Daily
Purchase Balance; we take your beginning purchase
balance each day, add any new purchase and subtract
any payments or credits. (A purchase appearing
on the monthly statement is considered a part
of the outstanding balance from the date of
the transaction or the first day of the billing
cycle in which the purchase is posted, whichever
is later.) This gives us the Daily Purchase
Balance. Then, we add all the Daily Purchase
Balances for the billing cycle and divide the
total by the number of days in the billing cycle.
This gives us the "Average Daily Purchase Balance".
For the Classic
Card, we figure the amount of FINANCE CHARGE
on purchases for the billing cycle by multiplying
the Average Daily Purchase Balance by the monthly
Periodic Rate of 1.24% corresponding to an ANNUAL
PERCENTAGE RATE of 14.9%.
7. Finance Charges
on Cash Advances. A cash advance will accrue
FINANCE CHARGES from the date you obtain the
advance until the date full payment is received.
On each Statement Closing Date, we figure the
FINANCE CHARGE by applying the Periodic Rate
to the Average Daily Cash Advance Balance. To
get the Average Daily Cash Advance Balance,
we take the beginning cash advance balance each
day, add new advances and subtract any payments
or credits. (A cash advance appearing on the
monthly statement is considered a part of the
outstanding balance from the date of the transaction
or the first day of the billing cycle in which
the cash advance is posted, whichever is later).
This gives us the Daily Cash Advance Balance.
Then we add all the Daily Cash Advance Balances
for the billing cycle together and divide the
total by the number of days in the billing cycle.
Convenience check transactions will be treated
as cash advances.
The Periodic
Rate that we use in figuring the FINANCE CHARGE
on cash advances is the same as that used in
figuring the FINANCE CHARGE for purchases. See
the preceding section, "Finance Charges on Purchases".
8. Default. You will
be in default if you fail to make the MINIMUM
PAYMENT within 25 days after your monthly statement
closing date. You will also be in default if:
(a) you breach any
other conditions of this agreement;
(b) your creditworthiness
has become unsatisfactory to us because of a
change in your employment status, an increase
in your other obligations, bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings involving you, or other reasons;
(c) you die, become
incapacitated, or you fail to abide by this
agreement.
In the event of default
or if this agreement is terminated by you or
by us, the entire balance becomes immediately
due and payable. The Debtor, jointly and severally,
agrees to pay reasonable attorney's fees, court
costs and/or collection agency fees and costs
to the extent allowed by applicable laws and
regulations. You agree that your salary or earnings
may be subject to attachment or garnishment
to the extent allowed under applicable law.
9. Security Interest.
To secure your account: (a) you grant us a purchase
money security interest under the Uniform Commercial
Code in any goods you purchase through the account.
If you default, we will have the right to recover
any of these goods which have not been paid
for through our application of your payments
in the manner described in paragraph 4; (b)
you grant us a security interest in any of your
property currently or hereafter held by us,
except for a home or any of your property that
would be defined as "household goods" by the
FTC's Credit Practices Rule; (c) if you sign
or have signed a Pledge of Shares which specifically
pledges your shareholdings with us to secure
this credit card account, your credit card account
will be secured by your pledged shares in the
Credit Union; (d) collateral securing other
loans with USF Federal Credit Union may also
secure this account.
10. Return Check Fee
- There will be a $15.00 fee assessed per item
for NSF checks.
11. Late Charge Fee.
We will add a late charge fee of $5 or 5% of
the minimum payment on your monthly statement;
whichever is greater, to your account balance
as a purchase if you fail to make payment at
least equal to the minimum payment shown on
your monthly statement on or before the sixteenth
day following the Payment Due Date shown on
the monthly statement.
12. Over Limit Fee.
Charges in excess of any line of credit will
result in a monthly over limit charge of $10.
13. Liability for
Unauthorized Use. You may be liable for the
unauthorized use of your credit 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.
14. Lost Card Notification/Fee.
If you believe your credit card has been lost
or stolen, immediately call 1 (800) 654-7728.
There will be a $5.00 charge to replace any
lost card.
15. Changing or Terminating
Your Account. The Credit Union may change the
terms of this Agreement, from time to time after
giving you any advance notice required by law.
Your use of the card after receiving notice
at a change will indicate your agreement to
the change. To the extent the law permits, and
indicated in the notice to you, the change will
apply to your existing account balance as well
as to future transactions.
Either the Credit
Union or you 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.
16. 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.
17. Returns and Adjustments.
Merchants and others who honor the 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 amount is $1.00 or more, it will be refunded
upon your written request or automatically after
ninety days.
18. Foreign Transactions.
Purchases and cash advances made in foreign
countries and foreign currencies will be billed
to you in U.S. dollars. The rate of exchange
between the transaction currency and the billable
currency used for the processing of International
VISA transactions is the wholesale market rate
or government mandated rate, in effect one day
prior to the processing date, plus one percent
or the applicable percentage determined by the
issuer.
19. Merchant Disputes.
The Credit Union is not responsible for the
refusal of any merchant or financial institution
to honor the 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.
20. 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.
21. No Waiver. The
Credit Union can delay enforcing any of its
rights any number of times without losing them.
22. Notices and Changes
of Name, Address, or Employment. You understand
the Credit Union will send you Account statements,
replacement or renewal Cards, or other notices
to you at the address shown in its records.
If this is a joint Account, the Credit Union
can send these items to any joint Account holder.
You will promptly notify the Credit Union of
any change in your name, address, or employment.
23.
Certain forms of online gambling such as casino-style
gaming, sports betting, purchase of lottery
tickets or electronic gaming chips may violate
local laws in countries where gambling is illegal.
Use of your card for any illegal transaction
will result in the termination of your card
privileges.