Digital Banking Terms of Use

Agreement

BY CLICKING “I AGREE” OR USING OUR ONLINE BANKING SERVICE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”). CLICKING “I AGREE” OR LOGGING IN CONSTITUTES YOUR LEGALLY BINDING SIGNATURE AND CONTINUOUS AGREEMENT TO THE AGREEMENT IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF YOUR LOG IN. WE ARE RELYING UPON YOUR AGREEMENT IN MAKING AVAILABLE AND THE SERVICES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE HERE. USING OUR SERVICES IS OPTIONAL. YOU SHOULD EXIT NOW IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANY OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

By clicking “I agree” or logging in you are confirming that you can access and read all of this Agreement.
You may use the “Messages” feature to update information needed to contact you electronically.
You should print this Agreement and retain a copy for your records. If you need a paper copy from us, please call us at 888-733-5041, 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on Saturday CST.

1. Services offered under this

Balance inquiry
Transfer of funds between accounts
Mobile Check Deposit
E-mail to Bank

By using these services as they become available, the Customer agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in the Agreement as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Customers’ enrollment requests will generally be processed the business day following the day of receipt. If all required information has been received, a welcome email will be sent to the email address listed by the Bank on the customer’s account. The Customer will allow the Bank a reasonable time in which to process any service requests made through www.equitybank.com.

2. Security. Once the Customer has completed the Enrollment Form and has selected a password for access to www.equitybank.com, the Customer will be solely responsible for the use by anyone who utilizes the Customer’s correct password. Customer should take precautions to protect their password and personal identification information. The Bank will have no duty to further verify the identity of any www.equitybank.com system user with a valid passcode. The Bank will act, and is authorized by Customer to act, on any and all instructions received under the Customer’s password. When initiating certain transactions, you may be asked to reauthenticate your logon credentials prior to completing the transaction. The Bank has the right to monitor and review all banking activity conducted on www.equitybank.com.

3. Service Charges. The Customer will be responsible for any service charges accrued in use by any user with access to the Customer’s passcode. These service charges may be deducted separately from the Customer’s checking A schedule of Equity Web Bank service charges is available at any bank location or by calling Equity Bank at 888-733-5041. The Bank reserves the right to change charges, fees or other terms described in this Agreement.

4. Liability. The Customer agrees that the Bank shall not be responsible for any loss, property damage or bodily injury, whether caused by the equipment, software, Bank, or Internet browser or Internet access providers, nor shall the Bank or any service provider be responsible for any direct, indirect, special or consequential, economic or other damages arising out of the Customer’s use of www.equitybank.com. The Customer further agrees that the Bank is not responsible for any damage occasioned by instructions the Bank receives from a user using the Customer’s correct password. You agree to hold the Bank harmless and release Bank from any and all liability for any activity transacted through the system due to unauthorized entry to your accounts either through malicious software loaded on your computer and/or wired or wireless networks or by inadequately protecting Customer user ID(s) and/or password(s). To prevent unauthorized entry to accounts you and any person or persons authorized by and/or granted access by you agree to install, monitor and maintain adequate security measures and/or software programs on any and all computers and/or wired or wireless networks, used to access the system.

5. Authorization to process instructions. The Customer authorizes the Bank to act on all instructions received under the Customer’s passcode and to deduct any service charges directly from the Customer’s account.

6. Termination. The Bank and customer have the right to discontinue the Customer’s use of www.equitybank.com, or any of the services referenced above, at any time.

7. Account transfers. The customer hereby authorizes Equity Bank to transfer funds between accounts designated under the Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number via telephone, VoiceAccess, or Internet account access as requested by an authorized agent or by anyone using the Customer’s correct password. This authority shall remain in effect until the termination of this Transfers processed after 6:30 pm will be processed the next business day.

8. Amendments. The Bank may amend this Agreement at any time. Unless a greater period is otherwise required by applicable law, the Bank will use reasonable efforts to provide notice to the Customer, by sending an e-mail to the last known e-mail address, or by posting notice on the Bank’s website at least thirty (30) days before the effective date, of any amendment that in the reasonable opinion of the Bank will materially alter the terms of this Agreement. Customer shall be deemed to have agreed to any such amendments to this Agreement by its continued use of www.equitybank.com.

Mobile Check Deposit

This Mobile Check Deposit Agreement (“Agreement”) is a contract that governs your ability to use the Mobile Check Deposit capture service (the “Service”) provided to you by Equity Bank (the “Bank”). As used in this Agreement, the terms “Bank;’ “we;’ “us,” and “our” refer to the Bank. The terms “you” or “your” refer to the account holder(s) authorized by the Bank to use the Service, all persons authorized to sign on the account holder’s deposit accounts, and anyone else who uses the Service with the permission of the account holder(s).

1) SCOPE OF AGREEMENT

This Agreement governs your use of the Service. The Service allows you to use a compatible camera enabled mobile phone or device (“Mobile Device”) to scan original checks or other deposit items that meet our required standards (“Checks”) and electronically transmit images of the Checks and associated deposit information to the Bank for deposit to your designated account(s). The Service converts your scanned Checks into digital images, which are then cleared and presented for payment as either substitute checks, in accordance with the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (“Check 21 Act”) or electronically converted checks which are processed in accordance to the National Automated Clearing House Association rules (“NACHA”), or through other image exchange programs.

The terms and conditions in this Agreement are in addition to, and do not cancel, supersede or replace your application to use the Service, our notification of approval of your application, your Deposit Account Agreement, Mobile Banking Agreement and Disclosure, or any other agreements, rules, disclosures, procedures, standards, policies, or signature cards relating to your deposits, loans, services, or other business relationships with the Bank. Additionally, your use of the Service will be subject to all of the terms or instructions which may appear on-screen when you access the Service, or in user guides, and/or other information or documentation that the Bank may provide to you from time to time regarding the Service. Your use of the Service is also subject to, and you agree to comply with, the applicable rules and regulations of the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA), all other applicable clearing house rules, regulations, operating circulars and agreements, the Check 21 Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control sanction laws, the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) as enacted in Kansas, and all other applicable state and federal laws and regulations, all as amended from time to time.

2) HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SERVICE

In order to use the Service, you must have a Mobile Device that is acceptable to us and a wireless plan from a compatible mobile wireless provider. You must also use the operating system(s) and software that satisfies all technical specifications and other requirements that we and/or our service provider(s) establish and specify. We and/or our service provider(s) may change these specifications and/or requirements from time to time.

Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, you are solely responsible, at your own expense, for purchasing, installing, operating, testing and maintaining all hardware and software necessary to use the Service. You must install and test your Mobile Device, your system, and any other required hardware and software before you make your first deposit through the Service. We are not responsible for any third party software that you may need to use the Service. You accept any such software “as is” and subject to the terms and conditions of the software agreement that you enter into directly with the third party software provider at the time of download and installation.

We are not responsible for providing, maintaining or servicing your Mobile Device or any other equipment for you, nor are we responsible for any costs you incur in using your Mobile Device or in accessing the Service. You agree that you will perform, or cause to be performed by properly trained personnel, all vendor recommended maintenance, repairs, upgrades and replacements.

We are not responsible for, and you release us from, any and all claims or damages resulting from, or related to, any computer virus or related problems that may be associated with using the Service, e-mail or the Internet. You agree that all images and files transmitted to us through the Service will contain no viruses or any other disabling features that may have an adverse impact on our network, data, or related systems.

3) CHECK REQUIREMENTS

a) Image Quality. Both the front and back of each Check must be transmitted to the Bank as provided in any user guide or other instructions provided to you by the Bank or the Service, including on-screen instructions. The Bank in its sole discretion may refuse to accept Checks that do not meet our image quality requirements. This includes, without limitation, Checks where:

i) the front and/or back image is too large or too small;
ii) the front and/or back image is too light or too dark;
iii) the front and back images have a dimension or other mismatch or discrepancy;
iv) the image has torn or folded edges, cut corners, or other damage;
v) the image does not comply with the standards for image quality established from time to time by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI), the Federal Reserve Board, any other regulatory agency, clearing house or association, or by us, or by applicable law.

b) Information on the Check. Any image of a Check that you transmit through the Service must accurately and legibly provide all of the information (within the edges of the check) on the front and back of the Check at the time it was presented to you. You must endorse the original Check with the restrictive endorsement “For Mobile Deposit Only” and your signature or legal mark before scanning it. You authorize the Bank to supply an endorsement on your behalf for deposit to your account if a Check is missing or has an improper endorsement. You agree that the scanned image of each Check shall provide the following information: (1) identification of the drawer and the paying bank that is preprinted on the Check, including complete, full-field, and accurate MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) line, routing transit number, number of the account on which the Check is drawn, and drawer signature(s); (2) amount, payee, date, Check number; and (3) other information placed on the Check before imaging, such as any required identification written on the front of the Check and any endorsements applied to the back of the Check.

c) Your Representations and Warranties with Respect to Prohibited Checks. The Bank in its sole discretion may refuse to accept, and you represent and warrant that you shall not use the Service to deposit, any Checks that:

i) are payable to any person other than you;
ii) contain obvious alterations to any of the fields on the front of the Check, or which you know or suspect, or should know or suspect, are fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by the account holder;
iii) are substitute checks as defined by Check 21 or IRDs (image replacement documents) that purport to be substitute checks and which have been previously endorsed by a financial institution;
iv) are drawn on a financial institution located outside the United States or are not payable in United States currency;
v) are dated more than six (6 ) months prior to the date of deposit;
vi) have a duplicate MICR code line;
vii) are missing or have an invalid or incorrect routing number;
viii) are photocopies or otherwise not original paper Checks when they are scanned;
ix) are issued to multiple parties;
x) are third party or second endorsed Checks;
xi) have been previously returned to You as unpaid or dishonored by the payor financial institution;
xii) do not qualify as “original checks” as defined in Regulation CC.

In the event that you breach any of these representations or warranties, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold the Bank and its agents harmless from and against all liability, damages, and loss arising out of any claims, suits or demands brought by third parties with respect to any such breach. You further authorize us to charge your account(s) for the amount of any claim, suit or demand that constitutes a breach of warranty claim under the provisions of Check 21, Regulation CC, and/or the Uniform Commercial Code.

Additionally, you acknowledge that the Bank may refuse to accept for deposit a check or draft issued by you, or by any other person on any of your accounts or any account on which you are an authorized signer or joint account holder, or any account of any business entity of which you are a principal, officer or authorized signer.

4) REJECTION OF DEPOSITS BY THE BANK

After we receive Check images and all other required deposit information from you through the Service, we shall provisionally credit your designated account for the total amount of such Checks. The provisional credit is subject to final payment of the Checks and is also subject to your Bank Account Agreement.

You agree that all deposits received by us are subject to verification and final inspection and may be rejected by us in our sole discretion, and you shall be liable to the Bank for any errors, inaccuracies, breach of warranties and any other loss sustained by, or claim made against the Bank relating to such deposits.

The Bank is not liable for any service or late charges that may be imposed against you due to the Bank’s rejection of any Check that you transmit for deposit through the Service. In all cases, you are responsible for any loss or overdraft plus any applicable fees to your account due to a Check being returned.

You acknowledge and agree that, while we normally provide notice of rejected deposits, we may reject any Check transmitted through the Service in our sole discretion without notice to you, and we will not be liable for any such rejection or failure to notify you of such rejection. If we reject a Check for remote deposit, you must physically deposit the original Check.

5) CHECKS RETURNED UNPAID

You are solely responsible for verifying that Checks that you deposit by using the Service have been received and accepted for deposit by the Bank. The Bank will provide you with notice of any deposits that it is unable to process because Checks were returned unpaid by the payor financial institution. You agree to accept such notices at your e-mail address on file with us, but we may choose any reasonable method for providing such notices to you. You agree to notify the Bank in the event you change or cancel your on file email address.

In the event that the Bank credits your account for a Check that is subsequently dishonored and returned, you authorize the Bank to debit the amount of such Check plus any associated fees from the account. To the extent that funds in your account are insufficient to cover such amount, we shall debit the deficiency amount from any of your other account(s) with the Bank in our sole discretion. Our right to charge your account(s) will apply without regard to whether the Check was timely returned or whether there is any other claim or defense that the Check was improperly returned.

You understand and agree, since you will retain possession of the original check when using the Service, the original check will not be returned and the Bank may charge back an image of the Check, an ACH debit, or other electronic or paper debit, as applicable, to your account if the item is returned unpaid to the Bank. See Section 9 for retention requirements. You further agree that any image that we charge back may be in the form of an electronic or paper reproduction of the original Check or a substitute check.

You may not use the Service to deposit a substitute check and you may not deposit the original Check through the Service or in any other manner if you receive a dishonored Check. You agree to comply with any additional instructions we may provide to you in connection with returned Checks.

6) YOUR DUTY TO REPORT ERRORS

The Bank will provide you with periodic statements that will identify the deposits that you make through the Service. In addition, you may access the Bank’s Digital Banking service for information about your deposits, return items, deposit adjustments, Checks and other transactions on your accounts. You agree that it is your responsibility to review all such information that the Bank makes available to you in a timely manner to verify that deposits made through the Service have been received and accepted by the Bank and are accurate. Receipt of a Check by the Bank through the Service does not constitute an acknowledgement by the Bank that the Check is error-free or that we will be liable for the Check.

You agree to notify us promptly of any errors, omissions, or discrepancies in a deposit within the time periods established in your Bank Account Agreement.

You may notify us by e-mailing us at customerservice@equitybank.com or writing to the Bank at: 7701 E Kellogg, Ste 100, Attention Deposit Processing, Wichita, KS 67207 or telephoning us at 1-888-733-5041.

You agree to cooperate in any investigation by the Bank of any unsuccessful or lost transmission. Subject to applicable law, any failure by you to notify the Bank of any error, omission or other discrepancy in accordance with this Agreement and your Bank Account Agreement shall relieve the Bank of any liability for such error, omission or discrepancy.

7) AVAILABILITY OF THE SERVICE

The Service is generally available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. At certain times the Service may not be available due to system maintenance or technical difficulties, including those of the wireless service provider, the software, or circumstances beyond our control. If you are not able to use the Service to make deposits you may physically mail or deliver your deposits to the Bank through our branches or through certain of our ATMs. Deposit of original Checks at a branch of the Bank or an ATM shall be governed by the terms and conditions contained in your Bank Account Agreement and not by the terms of this Agreement. The Bank is not responsible for providing an alternate method of remote deposit if the Service is not available.

8) FUNDS AVAILABILITY

“Funds Availability” refers to your ability to use the funds that you deposit into your account through the Service. This funds availability policy only applies to deposits made using the Service. Deposits made at a branch location or ATM remain subject to the funds availability policy outlined in your deposit account agreement.

The funds for the Checks that you deposit through the Service may not be immediately available to you. In order to determine the availability of your funds, you will need to determine the date and time that the Checks and all required data and information are received by the Bank. You understand and agree that we shall not be deemed to have received a Check deposit through the Service until we notify you via onscreen messaging and/or e-mail that we received the Check deposit.

The deposit cut-off time for the Service is 6:00 PM Central Time (CT). The Bank reserves the right to change the cut-off time in its sole discretion. Such change shall be effective immediately and may be implemented before you receive notice of the change. You may contact us at any time to verify our current cut-off time. If you complete the scanning and transmission process and receive your deposit receipt, Checks that you deposit before the cut-off time on our business days will be considered as received that same business day. Checks that are received by us through the Service after the cut-off time on a business day, or on any day that is not a business day, will be considered as received by us on the next business day. For purposes of determining when a deposit is received, the Bank’s records shall be determinative.

Funds from Checks you deposit using the Service that are under $1,000 will generally be available on the next business day after the day the Bank received it. Funds from Checks you deposit using the Service that are $1,000 or greater will generally be available on the 5th business day. The Bank may delay availability of funds based on such factors as credit worthiness, the length and extent of your relationship with us, transaction and experience information, and such other factors as the Bank, in its sole discretion, deems relevant. 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. In general, funds delayed for the above reasons will be available no later than the 7th Business Day (Monday thru Friday, excluding federal holidays) after the day of your deposit. You agree that it is your responsibility to understand and build into your transmission schedules the appropriate deadlines necessary to meet our funds availability schedule.

We are not liable for transactions you initiate before the funds are available for your use. Until the funds are made available, you may not withdraw the funds in cash and we may not use the funds to pay items that you have written or honor other withdrawals you request. If we pay items that you have written or honor other withdrawals before funds are available to you, we may charge a fee for this. Even after the item has “cleared;’ we have made funds available to you, and you have withdrawn the funds, you are still responsible for items you deposit that are returned to us unpaid and for any other problems involving your deposit.

9) STORAGE, SECURITY AND DESTRUCTION OF ORIGINAL CHECKS

You agree that once a Check has been deposited through the Service, the original Check is your property and not the property of the Bank. You shall securely store the original Check for a reasonable period, not to exceed 14 days, after you receive a deposit receipt through the Service that the Check has been accepted. While the original Check is in your possession, you agree to use a high degree of care to safeguard the original Check and related files against security risks. Security risks include, without limitation, the theft or reproduction of the original Check or unauthorized use of the information on the Check or in the file. You shall take appropriate security measures to ensure that: a) only authorized persons shall have access to the original Check; b) the information contained on the Check shall not be disclosed to unauthorized persons; and c) the original Check will not be duplicated, will not be scanned more than one time, and will not be presented, deposited or negotiated again in any way. Upon request by the Bank you will promptly provide to the Bank a retained original Check, or a sufficient copy of the front and back of the Check in form acceptable to us, to aid in the clearing and collection process, or to resolve claims by third parties, or for our audit or fraud loss prevention purposes.

After the 14 day retention period expires, you shall destroy the original Check by shredding it or by any other permanent deletion manner that does not allow the original Check to be accessed by an unauthorized person(s) and in a manner that the original Check is no longer readable or capable of being reconstructed. After destruction of an original Check, the image will be the sole evidence of the original Check.

You agree to be responsible to us for any losses, costs, expenses, and damages we may incur as a result of your failure to comply with the provisions of this Section.

10) PROHIBITION AGAINST PRESENTING CHECKS MORE THAN ONCE

Once you have used the Service to deposit a Check you agree not to present, or allow anyone else to present, that original Check or a substitute check of that original Check again for deposit through the Service or by any other means. If you or anyone else present a Check or substitute check for deposit more than once, in violation of this Agreement, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Bank harmless from and against all liability and damages that may result from any claims, suits or demands from third parties with respect to such Check or substitute check.

You agree that we may debit from your Bank account the aggregate amount of any Checks that that are deposited more than once. To the extent that funds in your account are insufficient to cover such amount, we shall debit the deficiency amount from any other of your account(s) with the Bank in our sole discretion.

11) COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES

You agree to use the Service for lawful purposes and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

You are prohibited from engaging in, and you represent and warrant to the Bank, that you do not and shall not engage in, any business or activity that: a) would result in your being or becoming a money service business that regularly cashes third party checks, sells money orders, or handles wire transfers or other financial services for third parties; b) would result in your accepting restricted transactions in connection with another person in unlawful Internet gambling; c) would result in the Bank being used as a conduit for money laundering or other illicit purposes; or d) would directly or indirectly result in any activity or use of the Service that may be illegal or fraudulent.

12) YOUR FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Bank may request financial and other information from you from time to time in order to evaluate the risks of providing the Service to you. You agree to promptly provide any such financial and other information we request. You authorize the Bank to review your financial information, including consumer reporting agency reports, before we authorize you to use the Service and for as long as you use the Service. If you do not provide any requested financial or other information, or if we determine that the credit, security or other risks of continuing to provide the Service to you are not acceptable, we may immediately terminate your access to the Service without prior notice.

13) BANK’S DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Our duties and responsibilities are limited to those described in this Agreement, your Bank Account Agreement, and any other agreements governing your account(s). We shall exercise reasonable due care in performing our responsibilities under this Agreement. We agree to transmit all the financial data under our control that is required for you to use the Service and to act on appropriate instructions that we receive from you in connection with the Service. We shall exercise reasonable due care in seeking to preserve the confidentiality of your user ID, password, and/or other code or identifier and to prevent the use of the Service by unauthorized persons. We shall not otherwise be liable or responsible for any loss you incur or damage you suffer as a result of any unauthorized person accessing or using the Service.

You agree that implementation by us of our standard procedures for maintaining the confidentiality of customer information, and where practicable, our obtaining similar undertakings from any third parties who are engaged in installing, maintaining, or operating the Service, shall constitute fulfillment of our obligation to exercise reasonable due care. You assume full responsibility for the consequences of any misuse or unauthorized use or access to the Service or disclosure of any of your confidential information or instructions by your employees, agents, or other third parties.

We shall not be responsible for suspension of performance of all or any of our duties or responsibilities under this Agreement if at any time, or from time to time, such performance is prevented or hindered by, or is in conflict with, any federal or state law, regulation or rule, or court order. We shall not be responsible or liable for any loss you incur or damage you suffer in the event of any failure or interruption of the Service or any part of the Service, resulting from the act or omission of any third party, or from any other cause or circumstance not reasonably within our control.

14) SERVICE FEES

Currently we do not impose any fees for the Service. We reserve the right to impose fees for the Service in the future and we will notify you of any such fees, in the manner and to the extent required by this Agreement and by law. Your use of the Service after the effective date of any fee changes shall constitute your agreement to such fee changes. You also understand and agree that you are responsible for any wireless service provider charges and any and all other fees and charges that you may incur by accessing and using the Service. If we do impose fees for the Service in the future, you may avoid these fees by notifying us of your intent to discontinue the use of the Service (if monthly fee; no notice required for per Check fee) and deposit checks at an ATM (if available) or at a branch office.

15) YOUR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In addition to your representations and warranties contained in other provisions of this Agreement, you represent and warrant that:

a) Each Check you deposit through the Service will be an item as defined in the Kansas UCC Article 4, and that item, once negotiated by You, carries your transfer and presentment warranties as described in said UCC;
b) Each image of a Check you transmit to us is a true and accurate rendition of the front and back of the original Check, without any alteration, and the drawer of the Check has no defense against payment of the Check.
c) You are authorized to enforce each Check you transmit for deposit or are authorized to obtain payment for each Check on behalf of a person entitled to enforce such transmitted Check.
d) You are solely responsible for any and all financial risk that may be associated with your use of the Service, including without limitation the risk that a Check will be returned for insufficient funds.
e) You are solely responsible for the instructions you provide to the Bank and for failing to properly access or use the Service, including without limitation input errors.
f) You will not deposit or otherwise endorse to a third party the original Check, and no person will receive a transfer, presentment, or return of, or otherwise be charged for, the original Check or a paper or electronic representation of the original Check such that the person will be asked to make payment based on an item that has already been paid.
g) You will only transmit acceptable items for deposit and have handled the original items in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

If you breach any of these representations and warranties, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Bank, its shareholders, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and its and their successors, heirs and assigns harmless from and against any and all liability, damages, or losses arising from any claims, suits or demands from third parties with respect to such breach. You further authorize the Bank to debit your account for the amount of any such claim, suit or demand that results from a breach of warranty claim under the provisions of Check 21, Regulation CC, and/or the Uniform Commercial Code. You will maintain funds in your account(s) in amounts and for a period of time as we determine in our sole discretion to cover any outstanding Checks and your obligations for returns of Checks, warranty claims, fees and other obligations. If any such liabilities exceed the amount in the applicable account(s), we may charge such excess against any of your other accounts at the Bank and you will pay us any amount remaining unpaid immediately upon our demand.

16) YOUR AUTHENTICATION METHOD

You agree that we are entitled to act upon instructions we receive with respect to the Service under your user ID, password, test key or other code or authentication method that we require (these components are referred to herein collectively as your “Authentication Method”). You are liable for all transactions made or authorized with the use of your Authentication Method.

We have no responsibility for establishing the identity of any person who uses your Authentication Method. You agree that if you give any component of your Authentication Method to anyone or fail to safeguard its secrecy, you will be in violation of your obligations under your Bank Account Agreement and this Agreement. You agree to take appropriate steps to ensure that all components of your Authentication Method are protected and kept confidential.

You agree to indemnify and release us from any and all liability and agree not to make any claim or bring any action against us, relating to our honoring or allowing any actions or transactions that are conducted under your Authentication Method or acting upon instructions, messages or authorizations provided to us using your Authentication Method.

By accessing the Service with your Authentication Method, you authorize us to complete the requested transaction(s) through the Service. Any requests or instructions we receive from you through the Service using your Authentication Method shall be considered “in writing” under all applicable law and shall have the same force and legal effect as a writing signed by you.

This includes, but is not limited to, inquiries, deposit transactions, Checks deposited, Check images, changes to accounts or services or any other communication you provide us through the Service using your Authentication Method.

17) MOBILE DEPOSIT SECURITY; DATA SECURITY

You understand that Check images captured using your Mobile Device are stored on the Mobile Device only until the associated deposit has been successfully submitted. You agree to promptly complete each deposit. In the event that you are unable to promptly complete your deposit, you agree to ensure that your Mobile Device remains securely in your possession until the deposit has been completed or to delete the associated images from the application.

It is your responsibility to notify us immediately by telephone at 1-888-733-5041 if you learn of any loss or theft of original Checks. We may also require written confirmation. You will ensure the safety and integrity of original Checks from the time of receipt until the time of destruction. You agree to protect the confidentiality of your account and account number, your data, and your personal identification information. Notwithstanding our efforts to ensure that the Service is secure, you acknowledge that the Internet is inherently insecure and that all data transfers, including e-mail, occur openly on the Internet and potentially can be monitored and read by others. We cannot and do not warrant that all data transfers utilizing the Service or e-mail transmitted to and from us, will not be monitored or read by others.

18) PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You acknowledge and agree that the Bank and its service providers retain all ownership and proprietary rights in and to the Service, associated content, technology and website(s).You are permitted to use the Service only as expressly authorized by this Agreement. In addition, you agree that you will not: a) modify, change, alter, translate, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the technology or Service; b) copy or reproduce all or any part of the technology or Service; or c) interfere, or attempt to interfere, with the technology or the Service.

19) DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE AND ALL INFORMATION AND CONTENT (INCLUDING THAT OF THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS) IS AT YOUR RISK AND IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE USE OF ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CORRECTED.

YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN SECURITY, CORRUPTION, TRANSMISSION ERROR AND AVAILABILITY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH USING OPEN NETWORKS SUCH AS THE INTERNET, AND TELECOMMUNICATION LINES OR CIRCUITS. YOU HEREBY ASSUME ALL OF THE FOREGOING RISKS.

YOU AGREE THAT NO ORAL OR WRITTEN ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION OBTAINED FROM ANY BANK EMPLOYEE OR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICE.

20) LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Bank shall not be liable to you for any damages or losses that you may suffer or incur in connection with the Service, including, without limitation, any failure to provide, or delay in providing, access to the Service, except: a) as specifically stated in this Agreement; or b) to the extent such damages or losses are solely and proximately caused by our gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Without limiting the foregoing, we shall not be liable to you for any of the following: a) any damages, losses, costs or other consequences caused by our actions that are based on information or instructions you provide; b) any unauthorized actions initiated or caused by you or your employees, agents or representatives; c) any refusal of a payor financial institution to pay a Check for any reason (other than that caused by our gross negligence or willful misconduct), including without limitation, that the Check was unauthorized, counterfeit, altered, or had a forged signature; d) your or any other parties’ inability to transmit or receive data; e) if you do not comply with your representations or warranties in this Agreement. Our liability for errors or omissions with respect to the data transmitted or printed by us in connection with this Agreement will be limited to correcting the errors or omissions. Correction will be limited to reprocessing, reprinting and/or representing the Checks to the payor financial institution.

The limitations of liability and remedies in this Section are in addition to, and not in lieu of, other limitations or remedies contained elsewhere in this Agreement.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY BANK ACCOUNT AGREEMENT OR ACCOUNT DISCLOSURES TO THE CONTRARY, YOU AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT WILL THE BANK OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES OR LOSSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER LOSSES INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE TERMINATION OF THE USE OF ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR CLAIM (WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF WE OR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, IN PROVIDING THE SERVICE, THE BANK MAY UTILIZE AND RELY UPON CERTAIN THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE BANK. YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY AGAINST THE BANK, AND YOU SHALL HAVE NO RIGHT OR RECOURSE AGAINST ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER HEREUNDER WHATSOEVER, AND YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL SUCH RIGHTS OR RECOURSE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, AGAINST ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDER.

21) YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION

You understand and agree that you are required to indemnify us and hold us harmless against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal expenses arising from your use of the Service and/or breach of this Agreement, unless otherwise prohibited by law. You understand and agree that this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

You understand and agree that you are required to indemnify all of our service providers, and hold all of our service providers, their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees and agents, harmless from and against any third party claims, suits, proceedings, actions or demands, including claims of another financial institution, business entity or governmental authority, and all losses, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and other legal expenses, arising from such claims, to the extent any such claim is related to the Bank or your use of the Service, or our service providers applications, unless such claim directly results from an action or omission made by the Bank or said applications in bad faith, or otherwise is prohibited by law.

You understand and agree that this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

22) WAIVERS

The Bank will not be deemed to have waived any of its rights or powers under this Agreement unless such waiver is in writing and such writing is signed by an authorized representative of the Bank. No delay, extension of time, compromise, or other indulgence that may occur or be granted from time to time by the Bank under this Agreement will impair our rights or powers under this Agreement.

23) AMENDMENT

We reserve the right to modify the Service and this Agreement from time to time. We will generally send you advance notice of the change. If a change is favorable to you, however, we may make the change at any time without advance notice. In most cases, you will receive the notice through the Service; however, the Bank reserves the right to notify you by e-mail or by U.S. Postal Service mail, in its discretion. You may decline a change by notifying us prior to the change’s effective date to discontinue the Service. If you do not accept and agree to the change, you will not be entitled to use the Service. However, if you do not terminate the Service and you use it on or after the effective date of the change(s), you will be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the change(s), and they and the Agreement, as amended, will become legally binding upon you.

24) NOTICES

All notices from the Bank to you shall be in writing and shall be made either via e-mail, U.S. Postal Service mail or messages delivered through the Service, at our discretion. Any written notice that we give to you will be effective when it is deposited in the U. S. mail or delivered to you to the e-mail address in our records or posted for you online through the Service. If your Account is a joint or multiple party account, notice from us to any one of you is notice to all of you.

Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any notice from you to the Bank must be in writing. Any written notice that you give us will be effective when it is actually received by us, provided we have reasonable opportunity to act on it. You may notify us by e-mailing us at customerservice@equitybank.com or writing to the Bank at: 7701 E Kellogg, Ste 100, Attention Deposit Processing, Wichita, KS 67207, or telephoning us at 1-888-733-5041.

25) ASSIGNMENT

You may not assign any of your rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement. We may assign or delegate certain of our rights and responsibilities under this Agreement to independent contractors, service providers, or other third parties.

26) GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement is governed by, and is subject to, the laws of the state of Kansas, without regard to its choice or conflicts of laws provisions.

27) SEVERABILITY

If any provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in other jurisdictions, and of the remaining provisions of this Agreement in all jurisdictions, will not in any way be affected or impaired.

28) ENTIRE AGREEMENT

The terms of your Bank Account Agreement and all other agreements you have with the Bank pertaining to your account(s) are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between such agreements, the provisions of this Agreement shall control to the extent necessary. You agree that the most current version of this Agreement as it appears on our website, including any amendments that we may make from time to time, constitutes the entire agreement between us. Any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, statements, negotiations, undertakings, promises or conditions, whether oral or written, with respect to the Service which conflict with the provisions in this Agreement are superseded by this Agreement.

External Transfers

This Section applies to external funds transfers from accounts held with us to external accounts held with other depository institutions. To the extent we make them available, you authorize us to establish one time funds transfers in accordance with the request that is made. You must have enough available money or credit in any account from which you instruct us to make a transfer. All transfers will be made in U.S. Dollars. When initiating an external transfer, you may be asked to reauthenticate your logon credentials prior to completing the external transfer.

If any accounts you choose to make an external transfer from are money market deposit accounts or savings deposit accounts, certain types of withdrawals from those accounts, including payments and transfers, are limited for any specified period. The specified period for money market deposit accounts is the monthly statement period. The specified period for savings deposit accounts is a calendar month. The kinds of withdrawals covered by this limitation are those made by means of preauthorized or automatic transfers and payments or telephone agreement, order or instruction. A limit on the total number of these kinds of withdrawals may be made by check, draft, debit card, or similar order payable to third parties.

Transfers are not final at the time we receive your instructions, but we will begin to process them promptly. You should allow at least one (1) Business Day for the transfer to post to your account(s). Please note that for external fund transfers, the time for completion and posting of the transfer may be extended due to processing times and delays by other financial institutions and intermediaries. We will not be responsible for any delay regarding a funds transfer due to any processing time or delay of other financial institutions and intermediaries.

Each transfer will be posted to any account from which it is initiated, and to any other account that is involved in the transaction, on the Business Day on which the transfer is completed. Each transfer you make on a non-Business Day, or after our digital banking cut-off time on any Business Day, will be considered initiated on the following Business Day. Our digital banking cut-off time for external transfers is 5:00 p.m. Central Time.

If you want to change transfers you have instructed us to make, you must notify us before we have started processing the transaction. The normal way to do this is for you to access the appropriate function in our Digital Banking Services no later than the day before the Business Day the transfer is scheduled to be made, and either delete it or make the change.

You may also call or write us at the phone number or address listed below, or by using any method which we provide for changing transfers.

Telephone us at 888-733-5041 during normal business hours; or,
Write us at: Equity Bank
Attn: Electronic Services
7701 E Kellogg Ste 100
Wichita, KS 67207

If you call or write, you must do this in time for us to receive your request three (3) Business Days or more before the transfer is scheduled to be made. If you call, we may also require you to put your request in writing and have it delivered to us within fourteen (14) days after you call.

Limits: Amount Per Transaction: $1,500 Amount Per Account Per Day: $1,500 Amount Per Day: $1,500

Amount Per Month: $2,000

Disclosure of Account Information to Third Parties

It is our general policy to treat your account information as confidential. However, we will disclose information to third parties about your account or the transactions you make only in the following situations:

Where it is necessary for completing transactions;
In order to verify the existence and condition of your account to a third party, such as a credit bureau or Payee;
To a consumer reporting agency for research purposes only;
In order to comply with a governmental agency or court orders; or,
If you give us your written permission.

Charges

There is a $2.55 transfer fee for all external transfers (transfers outside of Equity Bank) initiated through Digital Banking.

There is no charge for access to Digital Banking to view account history, transfer funds between Equity Bank accounts or submit Mobile Deposits.

Any fees associated with your standard deposit accounts will continue to apply. You are responsible for any and all telephone access fees and/or Internet service fees that may be assessed by your telephone and/or Internet service provider.

Alterations and Amendments

This Agreement, applicable fees and service charges may be altered or amended by the Service from time to time. In such event, the Service shall send notice to you at your address as it appears on the Service’s records. Any use of the Service after the Service sends you a notice of change will constitute your agreement to such change(s). Further, the Service may, from time to time, revise or update the programs, services, and/or related material, which may render all such prior versions obsolete. Consequently, the Service reserves the right to terminate this Agreement as to all such prior versions of the programs, services, and/or related material and limit access to the Service’s more recent revisions and updates.

Address or Banking Changes

You agree to promptly notify in writing the Customer Service Department of any address change. Additionally, you agree to notify the Customer Service Department in writing at least ten (10) Business Days in advance of any change in your Payment Account or your banking status.

Termination or Discontinuation

In the event you wish to discontinue the Service, you must contact the Member Service Department in writing. Such notice of service discontinuance must be supplied ten (10) days prior to the actual discontinuance date and must be sent to:

Write us at: Equity Bank
Attn: Electronic Services
7701 E Kellogg Ste 100
Wichita, KS 67207

The service may terminate service to you at any time and/or revoke your right to use software. Neither termination nor discontinuation shall affect your liability or obligations under this Agreement.

Disputes

In the event of a dispute regarding the Service, you and the Service agree to resolve the dispute by looking to this Agreement. You agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between you and the Service, which supersedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between you and the Service relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. If there is a conflict between what an employee of the Service or Customer Service Department says and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement will prevail.

Assignment

You may not assign this Agreement to any other party. The Service may assign this Agreement to any future, directly or indirectly, affiliated company. The Service may also assign or delegate certain of its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement to independent contractors or other third parties.

No Waiver

The Service shall not be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the Service. No delay or omission on the part of the Service in exercising any rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver of such rights or remedies or any other rights or remedies. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any rights or remedies on future occasions.

Captions

The captions of sections hereof are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions.

ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Indicated below are types of Electronic Fund Transfers we are capable of handling, some of 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 Fund Transfers Initiated By Third Parties. You may authorize a third party to initiate electronic fund 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. For example, your authorization to convert a check to an electronic fund transfer or to electronically pay a returned check charge can occur when a merchant provides you with notice and you go forward with the transaction (typically, at the point of purchase, a merchant will post a sign and print the notice on a receipt). In all cases, these third-party transfers will require you to provide the third party with your account number and bank information. This information can be found on your check as well as on a deposit or withdrawal slip. Thus, you should only provide your bank 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 fund transfers. Examples of these transfers include, but are not limited to:

Preauthorized credits. You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted into your checking or savings account(s).
Preauthorized payments. You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills from your checking or savings account(s). We presume you have authorized all payment requests we receive. Please review your statements and contact us immediately if transactions posted to your account were not authorized by you.
Electronic check conversion. 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 or pay bills.
Electronic returned check charge. You may authorize a merchant or other payee to initiate an electronic funds transfer to collect a charge in the event a check is returned for insufficient funds.

Equity Bank Info Line Transfers – types of transfers – You may access your account by telephone using your personal identification number, a touch tone phone and your account numbers, to:

transfer funds from checking to checking
transfer funds from checking to savings
transfer funds from checking to money market accounts
transfer funds from savings to checking
transfer funds from savings to savings
transfer funds from checking to NOW accounts
transfer funds from savings to money market accounts
transfer funds from savings and NOW accounts
transfer funds from NOW accounts to money market
make payments from checking to loan accounts with us
make payments from savings to loan accounts with us
get information about:
- the account balance of checking account(s)
- the account balance of savings account(s)
- the account balance of money market accounts and NOW accounts
change your PIN

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to telephone transfers.

ATM Transfers – types of transactions and dollar limitations – You may access your account(s) by ATM using your ATM Card and personal identification number or Debit Card and personal identification number, to:

make deposits to checking account(s) with an ATM card
make deposits to checking account(s) with a debit card
make deposits to savings account(s) with an ATM card
make deposits to savings account(s) with a debit card
get cash withdrawals from checking account(s) with an ATM card
- you may withdraw no more than $505.00 per day
get cash withdrawals from checking account(s) with a debit card
- you may withdraw no more than $505.00 per day
get cash withdrawals from savings account(s) with an ATM card
- you may withdraw no more than $505.00 per day
get cash withdrawals from savings account(s) with a debit card
- you may withdraw no more than $505.00 per day
get cash withdrawals from money market accounts and NOW accounts with ATM/Debit Card
- you may withdraw no more than $505.00 per day
transfer funds from savings to checking account(s) with an ATM card
transfer funds from savings to checking account(s) with a debit card
transfer funds from checking to savings account(s) with an ATM card
transfer funds from checking to savings account(s) with a debit card
transfer funds from checking to money market with an ATM card
transfer funds from savings to money market account with a debit card
transfer funds between checking and NOW accounts
transfer funds between savings and NOW accounts
transfer funds between NOW accounts and money market accounts
get information about:
- the account balance of your checking account(s)
  - with an ATM card
  - with a debit card
- the account balance of your savings account(s)
  - with an ATM card
  - with a debit card
- the account balance of money market accounts and NOW account
  - with an ATM card
  - with a debit card

Some of these services may not be available at all terminals. Please note that each of these will be considered a separate transaction that may be subject to separate fees depending on the ATM you are using. This means, for instance, you may be assessed a fee for a balance inquiry and a withdrawal even if those two transactions are accomplished in the same ATM session.

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to ATM transfers and Point-of-Sale Transactions.

Types of Standard Debit Card Point-of-Sale Transactions – You may access your checking or savings account(s) to purchase goods (in person, online, or by phone) pay for services (in person, online, 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.

Point-of-Sale Transactions – dollar limitations – Using your card:

you may not exceed $2,500.00 in transactions per day

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to debit card transactions.

Types of Private Banking Debit Card Point-of-Sale Transactions – You may access your checking or savings account(s) to purchase goods (in person, online, or by phone) pay for services (in person, online, 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.

Point-of-Sale Transactions – dollar limitations – Using your card:

you may not exceed $10,000.00 in transactions per day

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to debit card transactions.

Types of Student Debit Card Point-of-Sale Transactions – You may access your checking or savings account(s) to purchase goods (in person, online, or by phone) pay for services (in person, online, 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.

Point-of-Sale Transactions – dollar limitations – Using your card:

you may not exceed $250.00 in transactions per day

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to debit card transactions.

Business Debit Cards – Types of Standard Debit Card Point-of-Sale Transactions

You may access your checking or savings account(s) to purchase goods (in person, online, or by phone) pay for services (in person, online, 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.

Point-of-Sale Transactions – dollar limitations – Using your card:

you may not exceed $5,000.00 in transactions per day

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to debit card transactions.

Currency Conversion and Cross-Border Transaction Fees. If you initiate a transaction with your Mastercard®-branded Debit Card in a currency other than US Dollars, Mastercard will convert the charge into a US Dollar amount. The Mastercard currency conversion procedure is based on rates observed in the wholesale market or, where applicable, on government-mandated rates. The currency conversion rate Mastercard generally uses is the rate for the applicable currency that is in effect on the day the transaction occurred. However, in limited situations, particularly where Mastercard transaction processing is being delayed, Mastercard may instead use the rate for the applicable currency in effect on the day the transaction is processed.

Mastercard charges us a Currency Conversion Assessment of 20 basis points (.2% of the transaction) for performing the currency conversion. In addition, Mastercard charges us an Issuer Cross-Border Assessment of 90 basis points (.9% of the transaction) on all cross-border transactions regardless of whether there is a currency conversion. A cross-border transaction is a transaction processed through the Global Clearing Management System or the Mastercard Debit Switch in which the country of the merchant is different than the country of the cardholder.

Advisory Against Illegal Use. You agree not to use your 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.

Computer Transfers – types of transfers – You may access your account(s) by computer through the internet by logging onto our website at www.equitybank.com and using your user identification and password, to:

transfer funds from checking to checking
transfer funds from checking to savings
transfer funds from checking to money market accounts
transfer funds between checking and NOW accounts
transfer funds from savings to checking
transfer funds from savings to savings
transfer funds from savings to money market accounts
transfer funds between savings and NOW accounts
transfer funds between NOW accounts and money market
make payments from checking to loan account(s) with us
make payments from checking to third parties
make payments from savings to loan account(s) with us
make payments from savings to third parties
get information about:
- the account balance of checking account(s)
- the account balance of savings account(s)
- the account balance of money market accounts, NOW accounts and loan accounts with us
view checks that have been presented payment against your account
retrieve account statements on your accounts
change your account password

Mobile Banking Transfers – types of transfers – You may access your account(s) by downloading our mobile banking app and using your user identification number and password, to:

transfer funds from checking to checking
transfer funds from checking to savings
transfer funds from checking to money market accounts
transfer funds between checking and NOW accounts
transfer funds from savings to checking
transfer funds from savings to savings
transfer funds from savings to money market accounts
transfer funds between savings and NOW accounts
transfer funds between NOW accounts and money market accounts.
make payments from checking to loan account(s) with us
make payments from checking to third parties
make payments from savings to loan account(s) with us
make payments from savings to third parties
get information about:
- the account balance of checking account(s)
- the account balance of savings account(s)
- the account balance of money market accounts, NOW accounts and load accounts with us
view checks that have been presented payment against your account
retrieve account statements on your accounts
change your account password

You may be charged access fees by your cell phone provider based on your individual plan. Web access is needed to use this service. Check with your cell phone provider for details on specific fees and charges.

All Equity Bank MasterCard® Debit Cards are subject to closure after a period of 12 consecutive months pass with no activity. This includes debit cards that were issued and never activated as well as cards previously in use with no activity for 12 consecutive months. Activity is defined as a debit card transaction such as a completed point-of- sale or online purchase as well as accessing funds at an ATM or paying bills online.

Please also see Limitations on frequency of transfers section regarding limitations that apply to computer transfers.

Health Savings Accounts (HSA). We permit some electronic fund transfers to and/or from your HSA. The electronic fund transfers we permit are offered for the convenience of managing your HSA. However, electronically moving funds to or from your HSA – for example, depositing more than the allowable amount, or getting additional cash back on an HSA debit card transaction – can raise a variety of tax concerns. As a result, before electronically accessing any account you may have with us, it is a good practice to make sure you are using the correct access device (such as a card) or accessing the appropriate account for the transaction. Also, it is your responsibility to ensure the contributions, distributions, and other actions related to your HSA, comply with the law, including federal tax law. As always, we recommend consulting a legal or tax professional if you have any questions about managing your HSA. The terms of this disclosure are intended to work in conjunction with the HSA Agreement provided to you earlier. In the event of a conflict, the terms of the HSA Agreement control. You understand that your HSA is intended to be used for payment of qualified medical expenses. It is your responsibility to satisfy any tax liability resulting from use of your HSA for any purpose other than payment or reimbursement of qualified medical expenses. We do not monitor the purpose of any transaction to or from your HSA. Nor are we responsible for ensuring your eligibility for making contributions or ensuring withdrawals are used for payment or reimbursement of qualified medical expenses. Refer to your HSA Agreement for more information relating to the use of your HSA.

Limitations on frequency of transfers. In addition to those limitations on transfers elsewhere described, if any, the following limitations apply:

For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make by ATM.
For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make by telephone.
For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make by debit card.
For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make by computer.
For security reasons, there are other limits on the number of transfers you can make by web-enabled mobile phone.

FEES

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 these 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).

DOCUMENTATION

Terminal transfers. You can get a receipt at the time you make a transfer to or from your account using an automated teller machine or point-of-sale terminal. However, you may not get a receipt if the amount of the transfer is $15 or less.
Preauthorized credits. 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 1-888-733-5041 to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.
Periodic statements. You will get a monthly account statement from us for your checking and savings accounts, unless there are no transfers in a particular month. In any case, you will get a statement at least quarterly.

PREAUTHORIZED PAYMENTS

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 disclosure in time for us to receive your request 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.

We will charge you $34.98 for each stop-payment order you give.

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 (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 that you set.)
Liability for failure to stop payment of preauthorized transfer. If you order us to stop one of these payments 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.

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION’S 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:

If, through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.
If you have an overdraft line and the transfer would go over the credit limit.
If the automated teller machine where you are making the transfer does not have enough cash.
If the terminal or system was not working properly and you knew about the breakdown when you started the transfer.
If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer, despite reasonable precautions that we have taken.
There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.

CONFIDENTIALITY

We will disclose information to third parties about your account or the transfers you make:

where it is necessary for completing transfers; or
in order to verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant; or
in order to comply with government agency or court orders; or
as explained in the Privacy Disclosure contained elsewhere in this document.

UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

a. Consumer liability.

Generally. Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your card and/or code has been lost or stolen, or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission using information from your check. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down. You could lose all the money in your account (plus your maximum overdraft line of credit). If you tell us within 2 business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card and/or code, you can lose no more than $50 if someone used your card and/or code without your permission.

If you do NOT tell us within 2 business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card and/or code, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using your card and/or code without your permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500.

Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, including those made by card, code or other means, 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 periods.

Additional Limits on Liability for Mastercard®-branded Debit Card. You will not be liable for any unauthorized transactions using your Mastercard®-branded Debit Card if: (i) you can demonstrate that you have exercised reasonable care in safeguarding your card from the risk of loss or theft, and (ii) upon becoming aware of a loss or theft, you promptly report the loss or theft to us. Mastercard is a registered trademark, and the circles design is a trademark of Mastercard International Incorporated.

b. Contact in event of unauthorized transfer. If you believe your card and/or code has been lost or stolen, call or write us at the telephone number or address listed in this You should also call the number or write to the address listed in this disclosure if you believe a transfer has been made using the information from your check without your permission.

NOTICE OF ATM/NIGHT DEPOSIT FACILITY USER PRECAUTIONS

As with all financial transactions, please exercise discretion when using an automated teller machine (ATM) or night deposit facility. For your own safety, be careful. The following suggestions may be helpful.

Prepare for your transactions at home (for instance, by filling out a deposit slip) to minimize your time at the ATM or night deposit facility.
Mark each transaction in your account record, but not while at the ATM or night deposit facility. Always save your ATM receipts. Don’t leave them at the ATM or night deposit facility because they may contain important account information.
Compare your records with the account statements or account histories that you receive.
Don’t lend your ATM card to anyone.
Remember, do not leave your card at the Do not leave any documents at a night deposit facility.
Protect the secrecy of your Personal Identification Number (PIN). Protect your ATM card as though it were Don’t tell anyone your PIN. Don’t give anyone information regarding your ATM card or PIN over the telephone. Never enter your PIN in any ATM that does not look genuine, has been modified, has a suspicious device attached, or is operating in a suspicious manner. Don’t write your PIN where it can be discovered. For example, don’t keep a note of your PIN in your wallet or purse.
Prevent others from seeing you enter your PIN by using your body to shield their view.
If you lose your ATM card or if it is stolen, promptly notify You should consult the other disclosures you have received about electronic fund transfers for additional information about what to do if your card is lost or stolen.
When you make a transaction, be aware of your surroundings. Look out for suspicious activity near the ATM or night deposit facility, particularly if it is after At night, be sure that the facility (including the parking area and walkways) is well lighted. Consider having someone accompany you when you use the facility, especially after sunset. If you observe any problem, go to another ATM or night deposit facility.
Don’t accept assistance from anyone you don’t know when using an ATM or night deposit facility.
If you notice anything suspicious or if any other problem arises after you have begun an ATM transaction, you may want to cancel the transaction, pocket your card and leave. You might consider using another ATM or coming back later.
Don’t display your cash; pocket it as soon as the ATM transaction is completed and count the cash later when you are in the safety of your own car, home, or other secure surrounding.
At a drive-up facility, make sure all the car doors are locked and all of the windows are rolled up, except the driver’s window. Keep the engine running and remain alert to your surroundings.
We want the ATM and night deposit facility to be safe and convenient for you. Therefore, please tell us if you know of any problem with a For instance, let us know if a light is not working or there is any damage to a facility. Please report any suspicious activity or crimes to both the operator of the facility and the local law enforcement officials immediately.