ConnecticutStateEmployeesCreditUnion
RegulationEDisclosureandVISADebitCardholderAgreemen t
1. Accepting this Agreement/Cardholder Signature: Use of your
CSE VISA Debit Card means you agree to all terms in this
Agreement. Please read this Agreement carefully and keep a copy
for your records. Immediately sign the signature panel on the back of
the card when you receive your Card.
2. Definitions: “You” and “your” mean each person who has signed the
CSE Credit Union request for a CSE VISA Debit Card or who uses
your CSE VISA Debit Card with your consent. “We”, “us”, “our”,
“CSE” and “Credit Union” mean Connecticut State Employees Credit
Union through which you applied and received your CSE VISA Debit
Card. “Account” means each and all of your Accounts with us for
which you may use your Card. “Card” means your CSE VISA Debit
card. “PIN” means your personal identification number. “ATM” means
an automated teller machine. “POS” means point of sale
transactions. POS transactions are all transactions except those
made at an ATM. “Transfer” means a withdrawal of money by the use
of your Card. “Transaction” means use of the Card or the Account
number on the Card, and a Personal Identification Number (PIN)
when required, to perform a transaction with the Card.
3. Membership: You must be a CSE Credit Union member and have
an open share draft Account. A Card may be issued to the member
and one share draft joint member. You understand that providing a
Card to your joint owner will give your joint owner access to funds in
your savings and checking Accounts.
4. Issuance of Card: You have requested that the Credit Union issue a
Card that can be used to access funds in your Account. You will be
able to select your own PIN. You agree to take all reasonable
precautions to ensure nobody learns your PIN. At no time will you
reveal or make available directly or indirectly your personal
identification number (PIN) to any person. If you disclose your PIN to
others, any use of the Card will be considered authorized. You also
agree not to write the PIN on the Card(s) issued to you.
5. Use of Card and Limitations: The Credit Union issues the Card for
your use only. You are responsible for all Transactions you make with
the Card or that you authorize another person to make with the Card.
Any loss or theft of the Card and/or PIN will be promptly reported.
You agree not to withdraw funds in excess of the available balance in
your Account. The Card is not a credit card and its issuance does not
permit you to obtain credit from the Credit Union by using the Card.
You may make only ten ATM withdrawals and fifteen POS
transactions, with an overall limit of 20 transactions, per day with your
Card.
6. Types of Transactions: You may use your Card for the following
types of transactions:
POS Transactions:
Withdrawing funds from your share draft (checking) account to pay
for goods and get “Cash Back” up to $1,000 depending upon the
retailers’ policies. All POS transactions will be charged against your
checking Account.
ATM Transactions:
Withdrawing cash from your share draft (checking) Account or
your regular share Account (savings).
Inquiring about balances in your share draft or regular share
Account.
Transfers between your share and share draft Accounts.
Some of these services may not be available at all terminals. You
may authorize a merchant or other payee to make a one-time
electronic payment from your checking account using information
from your check to pay for purchases and pay bills.
7. Limitations on Amounts of Withdrawal: Assuming available funds
in your Account, the daily transaction limit for POS transactions is
$1,000. For ATM transactions, the daily transaction limit is $500. The
Credit Union reserves the right to increase your daily limits at any
time without prior notice. Federal regulations limit the number of
certain types of transfers and/or withdrawals you can make from your
savings to six (6) per calendar month. The types of transfers and
withdrawals that are limited are those requested by fax, telephone,
Internet, and pre-authorized transfers.
8. Fees: There is no fee for using your Card to make a purchase at a
merchant location. After three (3) free ATM transactions per month,
there will be a 75¢ charge for each withdrawal, transfer, or balance
inquiry when using your Card at an ATM. 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.
The Credit Union will not increase these fees and charges unless we
provide you advance written notice in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations.
9. Use of Card for Illegal or Risky Transactions: It is your
responsibility to comply with all laws when using your Card. You
agree to hold us harmless for any damages or other liability arising
from transactions initiated by you for the purpose of conducting illegal
activity. We reserve the right to decline authorization of transactions
for activities that we believe may violate law or pose significant risk to
us or our members.
10. Preauthorized Payments: If you have told us in advance to make
regular payments out of your Account, you can stop any of these
payments. Call us at 860-522-5388 or write us at CSE Credit Union,
Debit Card Department, 84 Wadsworth St, Hartford, CT 06106, in
time for us to receive your request three (3) business days or more
before the payment is scheduled 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. You will be charged a stop payment fee as
outlined in our Truth-In-Savings disclosure.
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 differ by more than a certain
amount from the previous payment, or when the amount would fall
outside certain limits you set.
If you order us to stop one of these payments three (3) business days
or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will
be liable for your losses or damages.
11. Foreign Transactions: Purchases and cash advances made in
foreign currencies will be debited from your Account in U.S. dollars.
The exchange rate between the transaction currency and the billing
currency used for processing international transactions is a rate
selected by VISA from a range of rates available in wholesale
currency markets for the applicable central processing date, which
rate may vary from the rate VISA itself receives or the government-
mandated rate in effect for the applicable central processing date.
The exchange 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.
12. CSE Liability for Failure to Make Electronic Fund Transfers: If the
Credit Union does not complete a transfer to or from your Account on
time or in the correct amount according to our agreement with you,
the Credit Union is liable for losses or damages, except in the
following instances:
If, through no fault of the Credit Union, you do not have sufficient
funds in your Account to make the transfer.
If the ATM machine where you made the transfer does not have
enough cash.
If the ATM or POS machine was not functioning properly and
you knew of the breakdown before you started the transaction.
If circumstances beyond the control of the Credit Union (such as
flood or fire) prevent the transfer despite reasonable precautions
that have been taken.
Any other exceptions listed in your agreement with the Credit
Union.