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This Agreement contains the terms which govern the use of
your Visa® credit card ("Card") and
corresponding account ("Account"), and outlines
your responsibilities and ours. You do not have to sign the
Agreement, but once you have accepted, signed or used the
Card or the Account, the Agreement will be in force. Please
read it in its entirety and keep it for your records.
The effective date of this disclosure is July 1, 2006. You can view a printer friendly (PDF) version of this disclosure to keep for your records.
Contact us for any changes to the cardholder
agreement since it was printed. You may call us toll-free or write to us at the phone number or address printed on your Statement. |
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USE OF ACCOUNT: You authorize us to pay for your Account
items representing the following transactions: |
1. Purchases or leases of goods and services ("purchases")
made using the Card.
2. Advances ("advances") in any of the following
forms: |
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Cash advances obtained from financial institutions,
automatic teller machines (ATMs) or other means through
the use of the Card. |
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Transactions made through using special checks ("Convenience
Checks") to access your Account, including Convenience
Checks used to purchase or lease goods and services.
Such checks may not be used to pay your bill with us. |
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"Cash Equivalent" transactions with a merchant
or service provider identified by the VISA® association
as a seller of travelers checks, foreign currency, money
orders, wire transfers, lottery tickets, funds used
for wagers or gambling, or other similar products or
services. All transactions identified to us as having
been made by a merchant or service provider in such
categories will be treated as cash advances. |
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Balance transfer transactions whether made using Convenience
Checks, special balance transfer forms or otherwise
authorized. |
We have no responsibility for failure of any machine, merchant,
financial institution or any other party to honor your Card
or Convenience Checks.
Additionally, you agree that you will not use your Card in
any illegal transaction.
PROMISE TO PAY: You promise to pay all amounts due
on your Account. If your Account is a joint account, you and
your joint account holder promise to pay and are jointly and
individually responsible for all amounts due on the Account.
If you let someone else use the Account, you and any joint
account holder are responsible for all charges made by that
person, whether or not you have notified us that the person
will be using your Account and whether or not the amount of
the actual use exceeds your permission.
CREDIT LINE: You will be advised of the credit line
applicable to your Account. You promise not to allow your
outstanding balance to exceed your credit line. However, if
you exceed your credit line, we can still charge you for all
purchases and advances without giving up any of our rights
and we can require that you immediately pay to us any amount
in excess of your credit line. We can increase or decrease
your credit line at any time without prior notice. We may
from time to time establish limits on the amount of advances
that may be charged to your Account. You will be notified
of any such limits.
MINIMUM PAYMENT - APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS: You must
pay at least the Minimum Payment each month by the date shown
on your Statement. The Minimum Payment will be the larger
of: (a) $25.00 or (b) 5% of the New Balance shown on your
statement (rounded upward to the nearest dollar) plus any
amounts that are late or in excess of your credit line. If
your New Balance is less than $25.00, you must pay us the
total New Balance. In addition to the Minimum Payment, you
may pay any part or all of the total balance of your Account
at any time without incurring any prepayment charge. If you
pay more than the Minimum Payment, you must still pay at least
the Minimum Payment each time we send you a Statement.
You can not use a Convenience Check drawn on us to make a
payment. With regard to each payment, we will decide the order
in which purchases, cash advances, finance charges, fees,
and costs are paid, subject to any restrictions under applicable
law. We may allow you, from time to time, to skip one or more
monthly payments, and we will notify you when this option
is available. If you elect to skip a payment, finance charges
will continue to accrue, and the requirement to make a Minimum
Payment each month will resume following the skip payment
period.
STATEMENTS: We will send you a statement at the end
of each Billing Cycle when your Account has a debit or credit
balance of more than $1.00 or if a finance charge has been
imposed or as required by applicable law ("Statement").
We send only one Statement for all Cards with your account
number. (If there are two or more of you, we send the Statement
to the first applicant listed on the application.) Each Statement
covers a Billing Cycle. "Billing Cycle" means the
days between the closing date shown on the last Statement
we sent you and the closing date on your current Statement.
FINANCE CHARGES: Separate finance charges for purchases
and cash advances are determined by multiplying the periodic
rate by the separate average daily balance for purchases and
cash advances. Each average daily balance is determined by
taking the beginning balance (of cash advances or purchases)
in your Account each day, adding any new purchases or cash
advances (whichever is applicable) and subtracting any payments
or credits. The results are the daily balances. All the daily
balances for the statement cycle are added and the total is
divided by the number of days in the statement cycle to arrive
at the average daily balance for the cycle. Cash advances
are always subject to a finance charge from the date they
are posted to your Account. You must pay your Account in full
to avoid a Finance Charge being assessed to your Account for
the current month. See "Grace Period" provisions
in the Card's Terms and Conditions for additional terms relating
to time of payment and commencement of Finance Charge.
If you fail to make two (2) minimum monthly payments by the payment due date in any six (6) month period, exceed your credit limit twice in a six (6) month period, or make a payment to us that is not honored, we may increase your annual percentage rate to the penalty rate of 21%. The rate increase will remain in effect until six (6) consecutive payments have been received by the payment due date and you do not exceed your credit limit during that time.
FEES: We may charge your Account for the following
fees. The application and payment of a fee will not correct
the situation which caused the fee to be charged. |
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Late Payment. We may charge a $17.00 late fee
to your Account if you do not pay at least the Minimum
Payment by the stated due date. In addition to charging
a late fee, we will cancel any promotional offers including
temporary rate reductions if your payment is late more
than one Billing Cycle during the promotion. We may
charge an additional late fee for each Billing Cycle
that your Account is past due. |
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Over Limit. We may charge a $25.00 fee to your
Account if you exceed your Credit Limit or Cash Advance
Limit by $100.00 or more. We may add an additional over
limit fee to your Account for each Billing Cycle that
you remain over your Credit Limit. We will not charge
the over limit fee in any Billing Cycle in which we
reduce your Credit Limit. |
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Returned Payment. If you make a payment on your
Account with a check not drawn on us and that check
is not honored by the financial institution on which
it is drawn, we may charge you a fee of $25.00. |
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Returned Check. If you write a Convenience Check
on your Account and that Convenience Check is not honored
because your Account is in default or over limit, we
may charge you a fee of $25.00. |
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Cash Advance Fee. We will add an additional
finance charge to your Account each time you obtain
a cash advance. This additional finance charge will
be 2% of the amount of the cash advance with a maximum
of $10.00. Internet transactions are exempt from the
cash advance fee. |
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ENTIRE BALANCE DUE: If you fail to make a required
payment when due or break any other promise under this Agreement,
we can declare the entire balance of your Account due and
payable at once without notice or demand. We can also do this
if you make any false or misleading statement on your application
or if you die or file bankruptcy.
COLLECTION COSTS: To the extent permitted by applicable
law, you agree to pay all costs and disbursements, including
reasonable attorney fees, incurred by us in legal proceedings
to collect or enforce your indebtedness.
CREDIT INFORMATION: You authorize the Bank to investigate
your credit standing when opening or reviewing your Account.
You authorize the Bank to disclose information regarding your
Account to credit bureaus and creditors who inquire about
your credit standing.
LOST OR STOLEN CARD OR CONVENIENCE CHECKS: If a Card
or Convenience Check is lost or stolen, you must tell us at
once. You must also tell us at once if you think someone used
a Card or Convenience Check without your permission. You may
either write us a letter or call us at the address and phone
number shown on your Statement. Unless you have been grossly
negligent or have engaged in fraud, you will not be liable
for any unauthorized transactions using your lost or stolen
Card. This additional limit on liability does not apply to
ATM transactions, to transactions using your Personal Identification
Number (PIN) which are not processed by VISA®,
or to commercial cards. For the purpose of providing Emergency
Cash and Emergency Card Replacement Services, the Bank may
provide personal data to Visa U.S.A., its Members, or their
respective contractors. By accepting, signing or using the
Card, you consent to the release of this information. There
is no "opt out" provision for the sharing of information
as it pertains to Emergency Cash and Emergency Card Replacement
Services
AUTO RENTAL COLLISION DAMAGE WAIVER PROGRAM BENEFIT: Your
Account includes, at no additional charge, coverage due to
collision or theft for most rental vehicles through the Visa
Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver Program. Certain terms
and conditions must be met. For a complete description of
the benefit, click
here. You may also request a printed copy from us
by contacting us at the toll-free number or the address printed
on your Statement.
WE MAY TRANSFER YOUR ACCOUNT: We may transfer your
Account and our rights under this Agreement to another person
or company. That person or company will take our place in
this Agreement. You must pay them the amount you owe on your
Account (instead of paying us) if they ask you. You may not
transfer your Account or your rights under this Agreement
to any person or company.
CANCELLATION: We can cancel your Account, refuse to
allow further transactions, or revoke your Card at any time.
You can cancel your Account by writing us. In either case,
you agree to return all Cards cut in half and Convenience
Checks to us. Of course, cancellation of your Account won't
affect your liability to us for credit we have extended to
you until paid in full, including all outstanding balances, finance charges and fees.
FOREIGN TRANSACTIONS: Charges from foreign merchants
and financial institutions may be made in a foreign currency.
We will bill you in U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate
on the day we settle the transaction, plus any special currency
exchange charges that may be imposed by us, the VISA network
and/or by any third-party used to complete the transaction.
The exchange rate applied to each such transaction is (1)
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 (2) the government-mandated rate in effect for the applicable
central processing date. Because of the special charges and
possible differences in exchange rates between the time we
settle and the time you initiated the transaction, the total
charge for a foreign transaction may be less than or greater than the cash
advance or purchase at the time it was made.
Regardless of whether the transaction is made in foreign
currency or in US dollars, additional fees may apply to all
international transactions using the Card. International transactions
are defined as transactions that are initiated outside the
United States or its territories. You will be billed for any
international transaction fees that may be imposed by us,
the VISA network and/or by any third-party used to complete
the transaction. Please refer to our
current fee schedule for more information about our fees.
CHANGE OF TERMS: We can change the term of this Agreement
at any time provided we send you notice at least fifteen (15)
days prior to the effective date of the change. If the change
will increase the Finance Charges or Fees, notice shall be
sent at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date
and may become effective as of the first day of your billing
period during which the effective date occurs unless you give
us written notice that you do not agree to the change within
thirty (30) days of the date of the mailing. If you give us
such written notice, you will be permitted to pay the outstanding
unpaid indebtedness in your Account as of the effective date
under the terms of the Agreement governing your Account at
the time our notice was given. If you use your Card after
the effective date, you will be considered to have agreed
to the new terms even if you have sent us such written notice.
At our option we may also make any such change if you elect
to use your Account after the effective date of the amendment.
Changes which we make can apply to all outstanding unpaid
indebtedness and to any future transactions on your Account.
LAW THAT APPLIES TO THIS AGREEMENT: We make the decision
to grant credit and issue you a credit card from our office
in Indiana. Indiana law will be used to interpret this Agreement. When federal law applies, federal law will be used instead
of Indiana law. If any part of the Agreement is unenforceable
this will not make any other part unenforceable.
TELEPHONE CALLS - MONITORING: You agree that if you
are past due or in default, you will accept calls from us
regarding the collection of your Account. You understand these
calls could be automatically dialed and a recorded message
may be played. You agree such calls will not be unsolicited
calls for purposes of state and federal law. You also agree
that, from time to time, we may monitor telephone conversations
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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 and applies to all credit card accounts.
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 sixty
(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:

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Your name and account number |
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The dollar amount of the suspected error |
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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
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If you have authorized us to pay your 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 (3) 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
thirty (30) days, unless we have corrected the error by then.
Within ninety (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 did not 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 that it is
due.
If you fail to pay the amount that we think you owe, we may
report you as delinquent. However, if our explanation does
not satisfy you and you write to us within ten (10) days telling
us that you still refuse to pay, we must tell anyone we report
you to 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 do not follow these rules, we cannot collect the first
$50.00 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 service 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 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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