Clair by Pathward Demand Deposit Account Agreement

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Last Update; April 18th 2024

FEE SCHEDULE:

* When you use an ATM, you may be charged a fee by the ATM owner or operator or any network used to complete the transaction. You also may be charged a fee for a balance inquiry even if you do not complete a fund transfer.

CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT INFORMATION:

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

1. THIS AGREEMENT CONTAINS AN ARBITRATION PROVISION SETTING FORTH THE RULES FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH US.
2. ALWAYS KNOW THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT AVAILABLE IN YOUR ACCOUNT. MERCHANTS MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DETERMINE THE ACCOUNT BALANCE.
3. BY OPENING OR MAINTAINING THIS ACCOUNT, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT. YOU ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WHEN YOU OPEN THIS ACCOUNT. THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURES (1) THE FEE SCHEDULE; (2) OUR PRIVACY POLICY, AND (3) ANY ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES REGARDING YOUR ACCOUNT AND/OR RELATED FEATURES OR SERVICES THAT THE BANK MAY PROVIDE TO YOU FROM TIME TO TIME.
4. WE MAY CLOSE THE ACCOUNT AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE (SEE THE SECTION TITLED "ACCOUNT CLOSURE", BELOW, FOR MORE INFORMATION).
5. AS EXPLAINED IN FURTHER DETAIL IN THE E-SIGN DISCLOSURE, AUTHORIZATION TO ELECTRONICALLY RECEIVE ANY AND ALL COMMUNICATIONS OR DISCLOSURES RELATED TO YOUR ACCOUNT IS A CONDITION OF THIS ACCOUNT, MEANING THAT IF YOU REVOKE YOUR CONSENT TO RECEIVE SUCH COMMUNICATIONS AND DISCLOSURES ELECTRONICALLY YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE WILL IMMEDIATELY CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT.

This Demand Deposit Account Agreement (“Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions that govern your Clair Demand Deposit Account (“Account”).  “Accountholder”, "you" and "your" means the person who has opened and owns the Account. "We," "us," "our" and “Bank” mean Pathward®, National Association, a federally chartered bank, Member FDIC, and our successors, affiliates or assignees.  “Clair” means Clair, Inc., a Delaware corporation, that performs certain services related to your Account on our behalf. Please read this Agreement carefully and keep it for future reference.
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1. DEFINITIONS

• “Access Device” means your Card, PIN, password, and any other code or device that we make available to access your Account.
• “ACH” means the Automated Clearing House network, a funds transfer system governed by Nacha rules, that provides funds transfer services to participating financial institutions.
• “Actual Balance” is the aggregate amount of funds in your Account according to our records and includes electronic credits and all deposits. Your Actual Balance may be different than your Available Balance.
• “ATM” means Automated Teller Machine.
• “Available Balance” is the amount of funds in your Account available for withdrawal and authorizing transactions, which may be different than your Actual Balance. The Available Balance is reduced by 1) the amount of pending transactions, such as a point-of-sale transaction; 2) funds on hold in accordance with our Funds Availability Policy; 3) our receipt of notice that a transaction will be presented or returned; or 4) our receipt of legal process relating to your Account.
• “Business Day” means any day of the week that is not a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday. Any references to “days” found in this Agreement means calendar days unless indicated otherwise. Non-Business Days are considered part of the following Business Day.
• “Card” means the debit card that may be used to access the funds deposited in your Account as further described in the section below titled “Using Your Account.”
• “Cash Transfer”, if available, means a transfer of funds for deposit into your Account that you initiate at a money transmission service provider or Mobile Check Service and that is subject to the terms and conditions of the money transmission service provider or Mobile Check Service.
• “Customer Service” means the customer service we make available for your Account, available at the address, website and phone number listed in the section titled "Customer Service Contact Information."
• “Direct Deposit” means an ACH credit intended for, or posted to, your Account. A Direct Deposit may include payroll, pension, state or federal payments (including Social Security benefits), from your employer or other originator.
• “EFT” means electronic funds transfer transactions.
• “Eligible Debit Card” means an account you own and hold at certain other financial institutions associated with a debit card into which an Instant Transfer may be made.
• “Financial Service” means your Account or any financial product or service made available by us through the Mobile App or otherwise in connection with your Account.
• “Fee Schedule” refers to the document listing fees applicable to your Account, which is attached to this Agreement as amended from time to time.
• “Funds Availability Policy” means the Funds Availability Policy set forth below.
• “Item” means service charges, EFTs and other electronic items or transactions, checks, drafts, preauthorized payments, automatic transfers, telephone-initiated transfers, ACH transactions, online banking transfers or bill payment instructions, adjustments, and any other instruments or instructions for the payment, transfer, or withdrawal of funds.
• “Instant Transfer” means the transfer of funds in your Account using the Clair Mobile App, from your Account to an Eligible Debit Card.
• “Mobile App” means the mobile application made available to you by the Bank or its service provider through which you may obtain information regarding, and otherwise manage, your Account. Please Note: Message and data charges may apply from your wireless service provider when using the Mobile App.
• “Mobile Check Service” means a service you may choose to obtain from a third party in which you negotiate a check to that third party, and the third party transfers the funds from that check into your Account through an ACH or other EFT transaction.
• “PIN” means a Personal Identification Number used in connection with your Card to conduct Account transactions, as further described in the section below titled “Using Your Account.”

2. ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT
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Your Account is a demand deposit checkless checking account. Your Account only can be opened and maintained by a sole, natural person (i.e., the Account is not a joint account). Transfers made to or from the Account may be made electronically.

The Account is not a prepaid account or a credit product.  You will not receive any interest on the funds in your Account. This Account is not designated for business use, and we may close your Account if we determine that it is being used for business purposes. We may close your Account or refuse to process any transaction involving your Account that we believe may violate the terms of this Agreement or represents illegal or fraudulent activity.  You may not use your Account for any illegal transactions or any activity prohibited by this Agreement.

You agree to pay the charges as shown on the Fee Schedule.

Once you fund your account, you will be able to provide Pathward with instructions about the funds accessible through your account. Your funding or use of your account authorizes us to hold your funds at Pathward or act as your custodian to place your funds at one or more participating FDIC-insured banks (each a “Program Bank”). Visit www.pathwardprogrambanks.com to find the most up-to-date list of Program Banks. If you do not agree to Pathward placing your funds as custodian at other Program Banks, please immediately transfer or spend all the funds in your account or contact Customer Service above to close your account and request your funds in the form of a paper check at no charge.

Your funds are eligible for deposit insurance up to the applicable limits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). In the event the FDIC were to be appointed as a receiver for Pathward or a Program Bank, your funds, aggregated with any other funds you have on deposit at such institution would be eligible to be insured up to $250,000 for each legal category of account ownership, subject to compliance with FDIC deposit insurance requirements. You are responsible for monitoring the total amount of all direct or indirect deposits held by you or for you with Pathward and the Program Banks for purposes of monitoring the amount of your funds eligible for coverage by FDIC insurance. To assist with calculating your FDIC deposit insurance coverage, the FDIC has an Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator available at https://edie.fdic.gov.

Fees assessed to your Account balance may bring your Account balance negative. Any time your Account balance is less than the fee amount being assessed to your Account or your Account balance is already negative, the assessment of the fee will result in a negative balance on your Account or increase the negative balance on your Account, as applicable. If that occurs, any subsequent deposits to your Account will first be applied to the negative balance.


3. GETTING STARTED

          a. Verification Process

1. Important information for opening an Account:  To help the federal government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, the USA PATRIOT Act requires all financial institutions and their third parties to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an Account.  
2. What this means for you:  When you open an Account, we will ask for your name, street address, date of birth, and other information that will allow us to identify you.  We may also ask to see a copy of your driver’s license or other documents at any time.
   
   Accounts are opened subject to our ability to verify your identity by requiring acceptable types of identification. We may validate the information you provide to us to ensure we have a reasonable belief of your identity. If we are not able to verify your identity to our satisfaction, we will not open your Account or we may close the Account if it was previously funded and issue a refund check to the address used to request the Account. We reserve the right to not open an Account for anyone in our sole discretion. We may also limit the number of Accounts that you have in our sole discretion. Your Account is subject to fraud prevention restrictions at any time, with or without notice.
3. Eligibility and Activation:  To be eligible to use and activate this Account, you represent and warrant to us that: (i) you are citizen or permanent resident of the fifty (50) United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Marina Islands, or American Samoa who can lawfully enter into and form contracts under applicable law in the state in which you reside; (ii) the personal information that you have provided to us is true, correct and complete; (iii) you have read this Agreement and agree to be bound by and comply with its terms.

b. Card Activation. To access the funds on deposit in your Account, we will mail you a Card, which you must activate when you receive it for use with your Account. To activate your Card, you must call Customer Service or visit the Mobile App.

4. ACCOUNT FUNDS

a. Deposits
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Deposits may be made only in the form and manner we permit in our sole discretion. Only electronic deposits are permitted. The deposit methods available for the Account are set forth in the chart below. We may, at our sole discretion, refuse to accept any deposit. If an Item you deposit is returned unpaid, we will debit your Account, and assess any other fee we pay or loss we incur. In addition, you are liable to us for all costs and expenses related to the collection of any amount from you. Funds deposited to your Account are available as described below under "Funds Availability Policy". Cash Transfers will not be FDIC insured until we receive the funds even if we make the funds available to you prior to receipt as described below.

 b. Limits
The following limits apply to deposits and transfers to your Account:

If you use a third-party service, such as a money transmitter, Mobile Check Service, or peer-to-peer third-party payment system to make transfers to your Account, limits may be imposed by those third parties.
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The following limits apply to transfers out of your Account initiated within the Clair mobile application:

Our policy is to make funds from your electronic deposits available on the Business Day we receive the deposit. But we reserve the right to delay the availability of deposits funded by ACH debit of an external bank account to allow us time to verify the external account and receive payment on collected funds. Once the funds are available, you can withdraw them in cash or use them for Card transactions and other transactions permitted on the Account. We reserve the right to refuse any deposit.
If final payment is not received on any item you deposit to your Account, or if we are required to return any direct deposit or ACH credit transaction for any reason, you agree to pay us the amount of any returned item we previously credited to your Account.
You may arrange to have funds transferred by ACH to your Account by your employer or other appropriate payor. In case of transmission error, or transfer irregularity, your ability to withdraw funds may be delayed. If this occurs, then funds will generally be available within five (5) Business Days after we receive the deposit. Note that after we make funds available to you, and you have spent, sent or withdrawn all or a portion of the funds, you are still responsible for any problems involving your deposit.
Availability of funds added to your Account through the use of an eligible Mobile Check Service is subject to the terms and conditions of the Mobile Check Service, including fees for early funds availability(see your Fee Schedule for applicable fees). Funds added to your Account through the use of an eligible Mobile Check Service, if available, are added through an ACH transaction and are subject to funds availability requirements for ACH transactions.

d. Preauthorized credits
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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 contact Customer Service to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.

e. Transaction processing order
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We may accept, pay, certify, or charge Items to your Account in the order we choose. Generally, your deposits and withdrawals are processed as follows:

1. Unless manual review is needed, Direct Deposits and any other ACH credits (including Cash Transfers) are added to your Available Balance at the time we receive and settle the applicable ACH file or at the time we receive pending deposits that are immediately available for your use. ACH debits are deducted from your Available Balance in the order of lowest to highest dollar amount if multiple ACH debits are present in a single ACH file that we process.
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2. Transactions received real-time during the day are processed as they occur. Debit transactions received during the day are debited from your Account as they occur if there is a sufficient Available Balance in the Account to pay them (for example, ATM and other Card transactions). Please note: Your Available Balance may not reflect every transaction you have initiated or previously authorized (e.g., pre-authorized debit transaction holds that are later released).
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3. Checks properly endorsed and sent for deposit via Mobile Check Service, if available.
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4. Fees for services we provide that have not already been debited from your Account are deducted from your Available Balance after other transactions have been processed. Even if we provisionally post items to your Account during the day, we may treat them as if we received all of them at the end of the day.
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f. Third-Party transfers
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Funds sent to us through eligible third-party service providers offering Mobile Check Services, money transmittal services, or Cash Transfers. Generally, funds that we receive from you through one of these eligible third-party service providers will be available to you when we receive the funds from the third-party service provider and have had a reasonable time to process the funds for deposit to your Account. Please see the applicable third-party service provider’s terms of service for information about their processing and transmission timeframes. We may also, from time to time, enter into an arrangement with a third-party service provider which permits us to make funds you deposit with us through Cash Transfers available to you prior to the time we actually receive the funds because the third-party service provider has informed us that the Cash Transfer is in the process of transmittal to us. Please note that even if we make funds available to you prior to our actual receipt, those funds will not be FDIC insured until we receive them.

g. Other Types of Deposits
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Funds availability rules for other types of deposits will be disclosed to you at the time those other deposit options are offered to you.

h. Special Rules for New Accounts
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If you are a new customer, you may not use Mobile Check Service, if available, during the first 30 days your account is opened. Your Account is considered opened the day you make your first deposit.

5. USING YOUR ACCOUNT

a. Accessing Funds and Limitations
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Each time you use your Card or another permitted method to access funds in your Account, the Available Balance in your Account will be reduced by the amount of the transaction and applicable fees. Generally, you may not exceed the Available Balance in your Account through an individual transaction or a series of transactions. If a transaction on your Account exceeds the balance of the funds available in your Account, you will remain fully liable to us for the amount of the transaction and any corresponding transaction fees(s) and agree to pay us promptly for the negative balance. If your Account has a negative balance, any deposits will be used to offset the negative balance.  We may also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, use any deposit or balance on another account you have with us to offset a negative balance in your Account.  If you have not deposited sufficient funds to your Account to cover the negative balance within sixty (60) days of its creation, we may close your Account. Additionally, we have the right to pursue collection, including the right to collect funds, equal to or less than the negative balance, from any other account(s) you may have with us. If you use your Card number without presenting your Card (such as for an internet transaction, a mail order or a telephone purchase), the legal effect will be the same as if you used the Card itself. The following types of electronic fund transfers are available on your Account:

1. ACH Debits. You may provide another party the ability to initiate transfers from your Account (on a one-time or recurring basis) through an ACH transaction.  If you authorize the party initiating the withdrawal with advance authorization to make recurring ACH transfers to or from your Account, the transfers are referred to as "preauthorized transfers."
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2. ATM or POS cash withdrawals. With your PIN, you may use your Card to obtain cash from ATM or any point‐of‐sale (“POS”) devices, if and as permitted by the relevant merchant, bearing an acceptance mark displayed on the Card. ATM transactions are treated as cash withdrawal transactions. You may also obtain your Account balance through certain ATMs. See the Fee Schedule for information about fees that may be applicable to the use of your Card to obtain cash or Account balance information. In addition, some or all transactions may be subject to a surcharge assessed by the terminal owner. Any cash withdrawn through an ATM or POS device transaction, or through a participating bank, will be subject to the limitations set forth in the section below labeled “Limits.” Cash withdrawals are available up to the daily authorization limits disclosed below, provided the Available Balance in your Account is greater than or equal to the amount requested plus any fees that may be charged along with the cash withdrawal. Cash withdrawals may also be subject to varying daily limits at the terminal owner’s discretion. If you use your Card and PIN to obtain Account balance information through an ATM, please note that the balance information provided may not reflect recent transactions and may include funds that are not available for immediate withdrawal.
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3. Cash withdrawals at a participating financial institution. You may use your Card to obtain cash through an over-the-counter transaction at a participating financial institution.
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4. Card Purchases. You may use your Card to purchase goods and services from merchants that accept Cards bearing an acceptance mark displayed on the Card as a method of payment.
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5. Account Transfers. By using a transfer option available on your Account within the Mobile App, you may direct that funds be transferred from your Account to: (i) other accounts you own and hold with us; (iii) other accounts you own and hold at certain other financial institutions; or (iv) third-party accounts held by other people or at other financial institutions. Account transfers may be subject to separate terms and conditions applicable to the Mobile App.
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b. Limits
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The following limits apply to transactions on your Account:

If you allow a third party, such as a money transmitter or other third party to make pre-authorized debits, limits may be imposed by those third parties.
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c. Instant Transfers.
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By using the Instant Transfer option available on your Account within the Mobile App, you may direct that funds be transferred from your Account to an Eligible Debit Card. With Instant Transfers, funds will be transferred to your designated Eligible Debit Card typically within minutes but could take up to 1 to 2 business days in certain circumstances. Instant Transfers are irreversible, but if you believe there has been an error with the Instant Transfer service please contact Customer Service. Each time you make an Instant Transfer you will be charged an Instant Transfer Fee as provided in the Fee Schedule above. We do not control and are not responsible for any delays by the issuer of your Eligible Debit Card in processing or making available transferred funds. You will be responsible and liable for any Instant Transfer that is later invalidated for any reason, including due to a claim, reversal, or a chargeback.

d. International Transactions
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If you make a purchase or obtain cash using your Card in a currency or country other than US Dollars ("International Transaction"), the amount deducted from your Account will be converted by the network or card association that processes the transaction into an amount in the currency of your Account. The rate they choose is either: (i) selected from the range of rates available in wholesale currency markets (which may vary from the rate the association itself receives), or (ii) the government-mandated rate in effect for the applicable central processing date. The conversion rate selected by the network is independent of any fee that we charge as compensation for our services. You will be charged a fee for International Transactions in U.S. dollars as disclosed in the Fee Schedule. If an International Transaction results in a credit due to a return, we will not refund any International Transaction Fee that may have been charged on your original purchase.

e. Preauthorized Transfers

1. 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’s how: Call or write us with the Customer Service information above in time for us to receive your request at least three (3) Business Days or more before the payment is scheduled to be made. If you call, we may also require you to put your request in writing and get it to us within fourteen (14) days after you tell us you want to stop such payments. There may be a fee associated with each stop payment order you give. For information about the fee, please see the Fee Schedule. To stop a recurring payment to a merchant you have preauthorized to debit your Account, you may also contact the merchant to request that the recurring payment be cancelled. If you have arranged for recurring payments to a merchant using the bill pay services available through an eligible third-party service provider, you should first contact the applicable third-party service provider to cancel the recurring payment.
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2. Notice of varying amounts. If these regular payments may vary in amount, the person you are going to pay is required to tell you, ten (10) days before each payment, when it will be made and how much it will be.  You may choose instead to get this notice only when the payment would differ by more than a certain amount from the previous payment, or when the amount would fall outside certain limits that you set.
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3. Liability for failure to stop payment of preauthorized transfer. If you order us to stop one of these payments three (3) Business Days or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will be liable for your losses or damages.
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f. Our Liability for Failure to Complete Transactions

If we do not complete a transaction 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 and damages.  However, there are some exceptions.  We will not be liable, for instance:
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1. Through no fault of ours, you do not have enough funds available in your Account to complete the transaction;
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2. If a merchant refuses to accept your Card;
   
   
3. If an ATM where you are making a cash withdrawal does not have enough cash;
   
   
4. If an electronic terminal where you are making a transaction does not operate properly and you knew about the problem when you initiated the transaction;
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5. If access to your Account has been blocked after you reported your Card or PIN lost or stolen;
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6. If there is a hold or your funds are subject to legal process or other encumbrance restricting their use;
   
   
7. If we have reason to believe the requested transaction is unauthorized;
   
   
8. If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire, flood or computer or communication failure) prevent the completion of the transaction, despite reasonable precautions that we have taken;
   
   
9. In the case of pre-authorized credits, the data from the third party is not received, is incomplete or erroneous; or
   
   
10. For any other exception stated in our Agreement with you.
    
    

g. Authorization Holds
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With certain types of purchases (such as those made at restaurants, hotels, or similar purchases), your Account may be “preauthorized” for an amount greater than the transaction amount to cover gratuity or incidental expenses.  Any preauthorization amount will place a “hold” on your available funds until the merchant sends us the final payment amount of your purchase.  Once the final payment amount is received, the preauthorization amount on hold will be removed.  During this time, you will not have access to preauthorized amounts.  If you authorize a transaction and then fail to make a purchase of that item as planned, the approval may result in a hold for that amount of funds. You do not have the right to stop payment on an authorized purchase transaction, except as otherwise provided herein. If you use your Card at an automated fuel dispenser (“pay at the pump”), the merchant may preauthorize the transaction amount up to $100.00 or more. If your Card is declined, even though you have sufficient funds available, you should pay for your purchase inside with the cashier.

6. CONFIDENTIALITY

1. Where it is necessary for completing transactions;
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2. In order to verify the existence and condition of your Account for a third party, such as merchant;
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3. In order to comply with government agency or court orders, or other legal reporting requirements;
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4. If you give us your written permission;
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5. To our employees, auditors, affiliates, service providers, or attorneys as needed; or
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6. As otherwise necessary to fulfill our obligations under this Agreement.
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7. DOCUMENTATION

1. Periodic Statements
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   You will be able to review Account transactions and Account statements through the Mobile App. We will provide you with periodic statements via email for each monthly cycle in which an EFT occurs. If no EFT has occurred, a periodic statement will be provided at least quarterly. If your Account is dormant, we may stop sending you account statement emails. Your Account is dormant if your Account has not had any customer-initiated activity, that is, no purchases; no cash withdrawals; no cash remittances; or no balance inquiry fees for 365 consecutive days. For security reasons, we may refuse a withdrawal or transfer from Accounts we internally classify as dormant if we cannot reach you in a timely fashion to confirm the transaction's authorization.
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2. Receipts
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   You can get a receipt at the time you make any transfer to or from your account using an ATM or point-of-sale terminal. You may need a receipt in order to verify a transaction with us or the merchant
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8. LOST OR STOLEN CARDS; UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS

1. Contact Customer Service Immediately
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   If you believe your Card or Access Device has been lost or stolen, contact Customer Service.  You should also call or write to Customer Service if you believe a transfer has been made without your permission.
   
   
2. Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers
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   Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your Card or Access Device has been lost or stolen, or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission. Calling Customer Service is the best way of keeping your possible losses down. You could lose all the money in your Account.  If you tell us within two (2) Business Days after you learn of the loss or theft of your Card or Access Device, you can lose no more than $50 if someone used your Card, Account, or Access Device without your permission.  If you do NOT tell us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your Card or Access Device, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using your Card, Account, or Access Device without your permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500.  If your Card, or Access Device has been lost or stolen, we will deactivate your Card or Access Device, as applicable, and issue you a new one to keep losses down.
   
   Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, including those made by your Card or other means, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days after the statement was delivered to you, you may not get back any money you lost after the sixty (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 for a reasonable period.
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3. In case of errors or questions about your Electronic Transfers
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   Contact Customer Service as soon as you can if you think an error has occurred in your Account. You must contact us no later than 60 days after we sent you the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared. You will need to tell us:
   
        1. Your name and Card or Account number;
   
        2. A description of the error or the transaction you are unsure about;
   
        3. An explanation of why you believe it is an error or why you need more information; and
   
        4. The dollar amount of the suspected error.
   
   If you tell us orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within ten (10) Business Days.  We will determine whether an error occurred within ten (10) Business Days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly.  If we need more time, however, we may take up to forty-five (45) days to investigate your complaint or question.  If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within ten (10) Business Days for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation.  If we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) Business Days, we may not credit your account.  For errors involving new accounts, point-of-sale, or foreign-initiated transactions, we may take up to ninety (90) days to investigate your complaint or question.  For new accounts, we may take up to twenty (20) Business Days to credit your account for the amount you think is in error.  We will tell you the results within three (3) Business Days after completing our investigation.  If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation.  You may ask for copies of the documents we used in our investigation.  If you have any further questions regarding our error resolution procedures, please contact Customer Service.
   
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4. Your Liability for Unauthorized Mastercard Transactions
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   Under Mastercard’s Zero Liability Policy, your liability for unauthorized transactions using your Card is $0.00 if you notify us promptly upon becoming aware of the loss or theft, and you exercise reasonable care in safeguarding your Card from loss, theft, or unauthorized use.  These provisions limiting your liability do not apply to debit transactions not processed by Mastercard.

9. ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT

1. Personal Identification Number (“PIN”)
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   You will be able to set a Personalized Identification Number ("PIN") on the Mobile App or by calling Customer Service upon activating your card. You should not write or keep your PIN with your Card.  Never share your PIN with anyone and do not enter your PIN into any terminal that appears to be modified or suspicious.  If you believe that anyone has gained unauthorized access to your PIN, you should advise us immediately, following the procedures in this Agreement.
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2. Returns and Refunds
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   If you are entitled to a refund for any reason for goods or services purchased with your Account, the return and refund will be handled by the merchant.  If the merchant credits your Account, the credit may not be immediately available.  While merchant refunds post as soon as they are received, please note that we have no control over when a merchant sends a credit transaction and the refund may not be available for a number of days after the date the refund transaction occurs. We are not responsible in any way for any goods or services you decide to purchase, including without limitation, their quality, safety, legality or delivery. We will not become involved in any dispute involving such goods or services. You also agree to release us and our respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all claims, demands and damages between persons using and accepting the Card associated with your Account, including any claims, demands or damages arising out of or related to the purchase or sale of goods or services.
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3. Card Replacement and Expiration
   
   If you need to replace your Card for any reason, please contact Customer Service (fees may apply, see the Fee Schedule).  You will be required to provide personal information which may include your Card number, full name, transaction history, and similar information to help us verify your identity. Please see the Fee Schedule for any applicable fees to replace your Card. Please note that your Card has a “Valid Thru” date on the front of the Card. You may not use the Card after the “Valid Thru” date on the front of your Card.  You will not be charged a fee for replacement Cards that we send due to expiration of the Card.
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4. Additional Cards/Authorized Users
   
   The Account may only be owned and titled in the name of one individual. Account ownership is nontransferable. The Account cannot be owned or titled jointly, by an organization, as "Payable on Death" or "In Trust For". You may not permit another person to have access to your Card or Account other than by requesting us to issue an additional Card that will allow another person to access the funds in your Account.  If you do, that person will be an "authorized user" on the Account and will be able to create Card transactions or other transactions that debit the Account, make deposits to the Account and have access to information about the Account and Cards and to engage in transactions through the Mobile App.  If you do provide access to your Card or Account or authorize us to issue another Card on your Account, you are liable for all transactions conducted using the Card and any additional Card or the Account. You are wholly responsible for the use of each Card and Account according to the terms of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Agreement and applicable law.
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5. Communications
   
   You agree that we may monitor and record any calls or other communications between us and you. You also agree that we or our service providers may contact you with any contact information you provide to us, including cellular and wireless phone numbers, landline numbers, and email addresses. You also agree that we or our service providers may contact you by using an automated dialing or email system, by text, or artificial or recorded voice. You agree to pay any service charges assessed by your plan provider for communications we send or make to you or that you send or make to us.
   Please note, certain optional features may require your consent to receive electronic communications from us. If you do not consent or withdraw your consent to electronic communications, we may terminate your Account or any services that rely on electronic communications.
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6. Change of Address
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   You are responsible for notifying us immediately upon any change to your address or email address.  If your address changes to a non-US address, we may close your Account and return funds to you in accordance with this Agreement.  You are responsible for notifying us of any change in your physical address, mailing address, email address, phone number, or your name, no later than two (2) weeks after said change. We will attempt to communicate with you only by use of the most recent contact information you have provided to us. You agree that any notice or communication sent to you at an address noted in our records shall be effective unless we have received an address change notice from you.
   We cannot accept responsibility for any e-mail messages not received by you, or for any delay in the receipt or delivery of any email notifications. If you make your e-mail account available to any other individual, you agree that you are responsible for any release of any Account information to such individual. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the e-mail address you provide to us is current and accurate. We are not responsible for loss of messages and other consequences if you do not provide an accurate and current e-mail address.

10. BILL PAY SERVICE TERMS
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The following terms ("Bill Pay Terms") govern your access to and use of the optional bill payment services made available to you with your Account through a third-party service provider ("Bill Pay"), the websites, applications, or telephone services from which you access the Bill Pay service (collectively, the "Bill Pay Site"), and the data used to process and complete bill payment transactions (the "Data"). By accessing and using the Bill Pay service, you agree to these Bill Pay Terms and you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable law. You must have given your consent to receive legally required communications or disclosures in electronic form in order to use the Bill Pay service. If you withdraw your consent, you will no longer be able to use the Bill Pay service.

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  You agree that you will not provide access to the Bill Pay service to any party other than yourself. You agree to use the Bill Pay service and the Data only for lawful purposes. You agree not to use the Bill Pay service to make payments to billers outside the United States. The availability of the Bill Pay service and the Data may be subject to interruption and delay due to causes beyond our reasonable control. We reserve the right to change the Bill Pay service and these Bill Pay Terms, including fees, in our sole discretion and from time to time, without notice to you except as required by applicable law. If you do not agree to any amendments, you may stop using the Bill Pay service. Your use of the Bill Pay service after you are notified of any change will constitute your agreement to the change. We may suspend, terminate or discontinue the Bill Pay service at any time. The termination of the service shall not affect any fees or charges already due to us from you, including any amounts that may have drawn your Account negative by using the Bill Pay service. Please see the Fee Schedule for any fees applicable to the Bill Pay service.
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• Authority to Debit Account
  
  If you choose to use the Bill Pay service, when you schedule a payment you authorize us to debit funds from your Account in order to make the payment on your behalf to your designated biller payee. You agree to have funds available in your Account in amounts sufficient to pay for all bill payments you initiate. You are responsible for paying any negative balance in your Account resulting from bill payments we have made on your behalf, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. You also authorize us to credit returned or rejected payments from using the Bill Pay service back to your Account.
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• The Bill Payment Process

1. Method of Payment. Bill payments will be made by sending the biller a check, draft, or similar paper instrument drawn on funds debited from your Account (each, a “Paper Draft”). Funds in the amount of the payment will be placed on hold or withdrawn from your Account on the date you make your bill payment request. Bank of America, N.A., not Pathward, will issue and mail the Paper Draft to your biller. Paper Drafts will expire after 180 days from the issue date (i.e., become “stale-dated”), and we will credit the funds to your account within 2 to 5 business days after the Paper Draft becomes stale-dated.
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2. Submissions and Timelines. We will process your Bill Pay request on the business day we receive your payment request, provided we receive the payment request prior to the cut-off time we set, which is currently before 7 a.m. Central Time. We will process bill payment requests received after 7 a.m. Central Time on a business day, or at any time on a non-business day, on the next business day. We may change the cut-off time by giving you advance notice.
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3. Scheduling Bill Payments. Due to circumstances beyond our control, some billers take longer to process payments than others. You should therefore make your bill payment request at least five (5) business days prior to the payment due date reflected on your biller’s statement. If you do not schedule your payment to be sent at least five (5) business days before the payment due date, your bill payment may not reach or be processed by the biller on or before the payment due date.
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4. Failed Payments. Failed payments will be credited to your account within five (5) business days of the system notification that the payment failed.
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5. Cancelling or Changing Bill Payments. If you have scheduled to make any bill payments out of your Account, you can cancel any of these payments by visiting the Bill Pay Site and cancelling the payment instruction. You must do so before 7:00 a.m. Central Time of the business day after we receive your payment request. You may request a stop payment of a Paper Draft up until the Paper Draft has been presented for payment by calling customer service at the number provided on the first page of this agreement following the Fee Schedule.
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6. Limits. In addition to any other limits in this Agreement, the following limits apply to Bill Pay transactions:
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We may set a maximum dollar amount for payment or refuse to permit any payment if we reasonably believe such refusal is necessary or advisable for security reasons.

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4. Prohibited Payments
   
   You agree not to use the Bill Pay service to make payments to billers outside the United States, tax payments to the Internal Revenue Service or any state or other government agency, or court-ordered payments, such as alimony or child support.
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5. Refusal, Reversal and Return of Payments
   
   We reserve the right, without liability, to reverse or refuse to make a bill payment If you do not have sufficient funds in your Account to fund the payment, if you fail to comply with these Bill Pay Terms (including, but not limited to, timing requirements for scheduling payments) or if we believe the payment to be prohibited by law. The Bill Pay service may return payments for various reasons, including, but not limited to: (i) the biller or billing account information is not valid; (ii) the biller does not deposit a Paper Draft; (iii) the biller account is paid in full; or (iv) the U.S. Postal Service does not deliver or returns a Paper Draft.
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6. Disclaimer of Warranty
   
   YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE BILL PAY SERVICE, THE BILL PAY SITE AND THE DATA IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THE BILL PAY SERVICE, THE BILL PAY SITE, AND THE DATA ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITH NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF AVAILABILITY, RELIABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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7. Responsibility for Failed, Delayed or Inaccurate Bill Payments
   
   We are not responsible for any failure to complete or delay in completing any bill payment if (1) your Account does not contain sufficient funds to complete the transaction, (2) the biller rejects or returns the payment for any reason, or a Paper Draft sent to pay a bill is delayed or is never cashed or deposited by the biller payee, (3) the Bill Pay service is unavailable or not working properly, and you know, or we have told you about the problem before the payment is sent, (4) you have provided us with incomplete, incorrect, or outdated information about the biller or account you wish to pay or the amount of the bill, (5) the biller mishandles or delays handling or posting any payment we send, or (6) any other action or omission of a biller. We do not guarantee that any payment will be received by the payment due date, and we are not responsible for any interest, late fees, expenses or other damages you incur due to failed or delayed payments. If a payment fails, it is your responsibility to notify the biller immediately and make the necessary arrangements to reschedule payment. We are not responsible for any bill payments you initiate that are higher or lower in amount than your actual bill. If you make an overpayment that causes a credit to an account with your biller, you will be responsible to make appropriate arrangements with the biller to receive a refund of the credit or have it applied against future balances. If you underpay a biller you are responsible for resolving the issue with the biller on your own, which may involve your making a separate bill payment for the remaining balance of your bill.
   
   WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR PUNITIVE LOSSES, DAMAGES, OR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THESE BILL PAY TERMS OR THE BILL PAY SERVICE, EVEN IF WE HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THEM. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSSES, ERRORS, INJURIES, EXPENSES, CLAIMS, ATTORNEY’S FEES, INTEREST OR OTHER DAMAGES, WHETHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, CAUSED BY THE BILL PAY SERVICE.
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8. Indemnity
   
   You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our officers, employees, directors, suppliers, agents and service providers harmless from and against any third-party claims, including any damages, costs, expenses and attorneys' fees arising out of your negligent use of the Bill Pay service or the Bill Pay Site, or your failure to comply with applicable law or these Bill Pay Terms.

11. SAVINGS ACCOUNT
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Your Account includes access to a linked Savings Account. Separate terms and conditions apply to the Savings Account. See the Mobile App for more information including terms and enrollment. For more information on the following product features or services, contact Customer Service.

12. LEGAL NOTICES

1. English Language Controls
   
   Translations of this Agreement that may have been provided are for your convenience only and may not accurately reflect the original English meaning.  The meanings of terms, conditions, and representations herein are subject to definitions and interpretations in the English language.
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2. Account Closure
   
   You may close your Account by contacting Customer Service.  Your request for Account closure will not affect any of our rights or your obligations arising under this Agreement prior to the request. Should your Account be closed, we will send you a check for any remaining balance on your Account, subject to any fees (see your Fee Schedule for applicable fees, if any). We reserve the right to close your Account should you complete or attempt to complete any of the prohibited actions in this Agreement.
   
   We may close your Account at any time with or without cause. We may try to notify you in advance should this be necessary, but we are not obligated to do so unless required by law. If we close your Account, we will, unless otherwise required by law, send you a check for your final balance, if any, minus any applicable Account fees and charges. If your Account balance is insufficient to pay applicable Account fees and charges owed to us, you will continue to be liable to us for the unpaid amount until it is paid in full. Your obligations for transactions conducted prior to Account closure will survive the closure of the Account.
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3. Disclaimer of Warranties
   
   EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT, WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND TO YOU, AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING OUR SERVICES OR ANY FINANCIAL SERVICE OR RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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4. Assignability
   
   You may not assign or transfer your Account or your obligations under this Agreement. We may, however, transfer or assign our rights under this Agreement, including any balances in your Card account.
   If we assign our rights, you will get a notification from us.
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5. Amendment and Cancellation
   
   We may change this Agreement at any time. We may add new terms or delete or amend existing terms, add new services and discontinue existing services, or convert existing services into new services. We will give you reasonable notice in writing or by any method permitted by law of an adverse change to this Agreement. However, if the change is made for security purposes, we can implement such change without prior notice unless otherwise required by law. We may, but are not required to, notify you of changes that we make for security reasons or that we believe beneficial or otherwise not adverse to you. When we change this Agreement, the then-current version of this Agreement supersedes all prior versions and governs your Account. If you continue to use your Account or keep it open, you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to any changes, as of the effective date of any such change.
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6. Legal Process
   
   We will comply with any state or federal legal process, including, without limitation, any writ of attachment, adverse claim, execution, garnishment, tax levy, restraining order, subpoena or warrant
   relating to you or your Account which we believe to be legally valid. You agree that we will honor valid legal process that is served personally, by mail, or by facsimile transmission. You agree that we will have no liability to you for honoring any such legal process. You also agree that you will be obligated to assert any claims of exemption you may have under state or federal law and that we will have no obligation to assert the same on your behalf except to the extent required under any applicable state or federal law. We will also have and may enforce our right of setoff and security interest against any of your Accounts in order to reimburse us for any sums owed to us. We may refuse to permit withdrawals or transfers from your Account until such legal process is satisfied or dismissed even if such action results in insufficient funds to satisfy an obligation you may have incurred. You agree to release and indemnify, defend and hold us harmless from all actions, claims, liabilities, losses, costs and damages including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, associated with our compliance with any legal process we believe to be valid. When we receive an order instructing us to restrict access to funds in an Account, we may remove the funds from the Account and maintain them separately. These funds will not earn interest and will not be considered as part of your combined balances when we determine Account fees and rates.
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7. Other Terms
   
   We do not waive our rights by delaying or failing to exercise them at any time (for example, assessing a fee less than described, or not all, for any reason does not waive our right to begin charging the fee as set forth in this Agreement without notice).  If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable under any rule, law, or regulation of any governmental agency, local, state, or federal, the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement shall not be affected.  This Agreement is governed by the law of the state of South Dakota except to the extent governed by federal law.  Should your Account have a remaining balance after a certain period of time, we may be required to remit the remaining funds to the appropriate state agency. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between you and us, whether written or oral, with respect to the subject matter addressed herein, and supersedes any prior contemporaneous understandings or agreements with respect to such subject matter.

13. JURY TRIAL WAIVER

YOU AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT BUT MAY BE WAIVED IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND WE KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT.  THIS JURY TRIAL WAIVER SHALL NOT AFFECT OR BE INTERPRETED AS MODIFYING IN ANY FASHION THE DISPUTE CLAUSE SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SECTION, IF APPLICABLE, WHICH CONTAINS ITS OWN SEPARATE JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

14. ARBITRATION CLAUSE

We have put this Arbitration Clause in question and answer form to make it easier to follow. However, this Arbitration Clause is part of this Agreement and is legally binding. For purposes of this section, our “Notice Address” is: Pathward, N.A., Attn: Customer Service, 5501 S Broadband Ln, Sioux Falls, SD 57108.
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Pathward, N.A., Member FDIC, 5501 S. Broadband Lane, Sioux Falls, SD  57108

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