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CREDIT DISCLOSURES |
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ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE (APR) FOR PURCHASES |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
12.9% |
6.9% |
OTHER APRs |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
Balance transfer APR: 12.9%
Cash Advance APR: 12.9% |
Balance transfer APR: 6.9%
Cash Advance APR: 6.9% |
MINIMUM FINANCE CHARGE |
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
NONE |
GRACE PERIOD FOR REPAYMENT OF BALANCES AND PURCHASES |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
25 Days |
25 Days |
LATE PAYMENT FEE |
OVER THE LIMIT FEE |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
CLASSIC |
PLATINUM |
$5.00 |
$5.00 |
NONE |
NONE |
INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION FEE |
1% Of Foreign Transactions |
METHOD OF COMPUTING THE BALANCE FOR PURCHASES |
Average Daily Balance including new purchases |
CREDIT CARD AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURES
In this Agreement the words "you" and "your" mean each
and all of those who agree to bound by this Agreement; "Card" means
the Credit Union whose name appears on this Agreement or anyone to whom the
Credit Union transfers this 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 the VISA Card. You may use your Card to make purchases from
merchants and others who accept VISA Cards. In addition, you may obtain cash
advances form the Credit Union and from other financial institutions that accept
VISA Cards, and from some automated teller machines (ATMs), such as the VISA ATM
Network, that accept VISA Cards. (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. You agree not to make or permit to be made any illegal transactions on your Account through the use of a Card, a Check or in any other manner. We may deny authorization for any internet gambling transactions.
- 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 agree not to authorize anyone to use your Account without
the prior written consent of the Credit Union. 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 a joint
Account, Section 17 also applies to your Account.
- Default. You will be in default if you fail to make any minimum payment
or other required payment by the date that 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 lose, theft, or possible unauthorized use. In any
case, your liability will not exceed $50. You can notify the Credit Union by
calling (800) 828-3901, or writing to P.O. Box 8054, Plymouth, Michigan
48170-8054.
- Security Interest. By signing this contract, you agree that this Credit Union has a security interest, pledge, in all present or future shares and desposits with us to the extent in which you have the right to withdraw those sums for your personal use. The Credit Union may transfer from any deposit account to your Visa Classic or Visa Gold account if you are delinquent or otherwsie in default. In addition, collateral securing your other loans with the Credit Union will also secure credit extended under this agreement. If you withdraw all your shares, you are no longer a member of the Credit Union, and you may not receive any more advances under this agreement.
- Finance Charges. A Finance Charge will be imposed on Credit Purchases
only if you elect not to pay the entire New Balance shown on your monthly
statement for the previous billing cycle within 25 days from the closing date of
that statement. If you elect not to pay the entire New Balance shown on your
previous monthly statement within that 25-day period, a Finance Charge will be
imposed on the unpaid average daily balance of such Credit Purchases from the
previous statement closing date and on new Credit Purchases from the date of
posting to your account during the current billing cycle, and will continue to
accrue until the closing date of the billing cycle preceding the date on which
the entire New Balance is paid in full or until the date of payment if more than
25 days from the closing date.
For A VISA Classic: The Finance Charge for a billing cycle is computed by applying the monthly Periodic Rate of 1.075% which is an ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 12.95 to the average daily balance of Credit Purchases, which is determined by dividing the sum of the daily balance during the billing cycle by the number of days in the cycle. Each daily balance of Credit Purchases is determined by adding to the outstanding unpaid balance of Credit Purchases at the beginning of the billing cycle any new Credit Purchases posted to your account, and subtracting any payments as received and credits as posted to your account, but excluding any unpaid Finance Charge.
For a VISA PLATINUM: The Finance Charge for a billing cycle is computed by applying the monthly Periodic Rate of .575% which is an ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE of 6.9% to the average daily balance of Credit Purchases, which is determined by dividing the sum of the daily balances during the billing cycle by the number of days in the cycle. Each daily balance of Credit Purchases is determined by adding to the outstanding unpaid balance of Credit Purchases at the beginning of the billing cycle any new Credit Purchases posted to your account, and subtracting any payments as received and credits as posted to your account, but excluding any unpaid Finance Charge.
A Finance Charge will be imposed on Cash Advances from the date of the Cash
Advance or from the first day of the billing cycle in which the Cash Advance
is posted to your account, whichever is later, and will otherwise be
calculated in the same manner as explained above for Credit Purchases.
- 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, whichever 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
payments or larger payments, you are still required to make at least the
minimum payment each month your Account has a balance (other than a credit
balance). The minimum payment for a VISA CLASSIC is 4.0% of your Total New Balance, but not less
than $25.00, 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 your 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.
- Other Charges. The following other charges (fees) will be added to your
Account, as applicable:
Late Fee: A late charge of $5.00 will be added to your account if you are late in making a payment. Card Replacement Fee: You will charged $5.00 for each
replacement card that is issued to your for any reason. Document Copy Fee: You will be charged $2.00 for
each copy of a sales draft or statement that you request unless such a request. Non-Sufficient Funds Check Fee:
If any check or share draft used to make a payment on your account, you will be charged a fee of $15.00 for each item returned. International Transaction Fee: A 1% International Transaction Fee will be assessed on all transactions where the merchant country differs from the country of the card issuer.
- 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. Use of your Card after receiving notice of
a change will indicate your agreement to the change.
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 this 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 US dollars. The
exchange for transactions in a foreign currency will be a rate selected by Visa from the 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 currency 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.
- >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, (unless a local law states that you do not have to make such an attempt), 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.
- Statement 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. You should detach this Agreement from the application
and 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 sheet 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 checking 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 any 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 it is due.
If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may report you as a
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 that you have a question 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; and
(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 services.
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