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OVERDRAFT COVERAGE OPTIONS

    OVERDRAFT PROTECTION AND COURTESY PAY

    Life happens! Centricity Credit Union understands that unexpected overdrafts occur from time to time – Overdraft Coverage can help.

    OVERDRAFT COVERAGE OPTIONS

    The choice is yours. Consider these ways to cover overdrafts:

    1Call us at (218)729-7733, email us at courtesypay@centricity.org, or send us a secure message through online banking to signup or apply for these services.
    2Subject to credit approval.

    * Per item presented means each time an item is presented, including re-presentment.

    Overdraft Protection applies to all transactions and may help prevent overdrafts by automatically transferring funds to your checking account from your primary savings account or line of credit you have at Centricity Credit Union. Transfers from a line of credit may incur a finance charge. Please note that overdraft lines of credit are subject to credit approval.

    Courtesy Pay allows you to overdraw your account up to the disclosed limit for a fee to pay a transaction. Even if you have Overdraft Protection, Courtesy Pay is still available as secondary coverage if the other protection source is exhausted. Please review the “What Else You Should Know” section at the bottom of this page for other important information.

                   

    If you would like to select Extended Coverage for future transactions, call us at (218)729-7733, complete the online consent form found here, visit any branch, complete a consent form, and mail it to us at 4477 LaVaque Rd, Hermantown, MN 55811, email us at courtesypay@centricity.org, or send us a secure message through online banking.

     

                   

    Extended Coverage Consent Form

     

    *If you choose Extended Coverage on your consumer account, ATM withdrawals and everyday debit card transactions will be included with the transactions listed under Standard Coverage. If you already have Courtesy Pay Extended coverage, it is not necessary to request it again. Business accounts automatically have Extended Coverage.

    If you want to discontinue Courtesy Pay in its entirety, contact us at (218)729-7733, email us at courtesypay@centricity.org, or send us a secure message through online banking.

                      

    WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW

    • A link to another account or line of credit may be less expensive than an overdraft. A single larger overdraft will
      result in one fee, instead of multiple smaller overdrafts. Use our mobile, online, and telephone banking services
      to track your balance. For financial education resources, please visit www.mymoney.gov.
    • The $30 Courtesy Pay Fee that is charged if you overdraw your account is the same fee that is charged if an item
      is returned as unpaid. If multiple items overdraw your account on the same day, each item will be assessed an
      appropriate Courtesy Pay Fee or an NSF Return Fee of $30. All fees and charges will be included as part of the
      Courtesy Pay limit amount. Your account may become overdrawn more than the Courtesy Pay limit amount
      because of a fee.
    • There is no limit on the total Courtesy Pay fees per day we will charge you for overdrawing your account. We will
      not charge a Courtesy Pay Fee if an account is overdrawn by $5 or less.
    • Recipients of federal or state benefits payments who do not wish us to deduct the amount overdrawn and the
      Courtesy Pay Fee from funds that you deposit or that are deposited into your account may call us at (218) 729-
      7733 to discontinue Courtesy Pay.
    • If an item is returned because the Available Balance (as defined below) in your account is not sufficient to cover
      the item and the item is presented for payment again, Centricity Credit Union (“We”) will charge an NSF Return
      Fee each time we return the item because it exceeds the Available Balance in your account. Because we may
      charge an NSF Return Fee each time an item is presented, we may charge you more than one fee for any given
      item as a result of a returned item and re-presentment of the item. When we charge an NSF Return Fee, the
      charge reduces the Available Balance in your account and may put your account into (or further into) overdraft.
      If, on re-presentment of the item, the Available Balance in your account is sufficient to cover the item we may
      pay the item, and, if payment causes an overdraft, charge a Courtesy Pay Fee. We may use the terms “item” and
      “transaction” interchangeably.
    • This describes the posting order for purposes of determining overdrafts. Our general policy is to post items
      throughout the day and to post ACH credits before debits. ATM, ACH, and debit card transactions are posted in
      the order in which the items are received, while paper checks are posted in check number order; however,
      because of the many ways we allow you to access your account, the posting order of individual items may differ
      from these general policies. Holds on funds (described herein) and the order in which transactions are posted
      may impact the total amount of Courtesy Pay fees or NSF Return Fees assessed.
    • Courtesy Pay is not a line of credit; it is a discretionary overdraft service that can be withdrawn at any time
      without prior notice.
    • Depositor and each Authorized Signatory will continue to be liable, jointly and severally, for all overdraft and fee
      amounts, as described in the Membership & Account Agreement. The total (negative) balance, including all fees
      and charges, is due and payable upon demand.
    • We may be obligated to pay some debit card transactions that are not authorized through the payment system
      but which we are required to pay due to the payment system rules, and as a result you may incur fees if such
      transactions overdraw your account. However, we will not authorize debit card or ATM transactions unless your
      account’s Available Balance (including Overdraft Coverage Options) is sufficient to cover the transactions and any
      fee(s).
    • Giving us your consent to pay everyday debit card and ATM overdrafts on your consumer account (Extended
      Coverage) may result in you incurring Courtesy Pay Fees for transactions that we would otherwise be required to
      pay without assessing a Courtesy Pay Fee. However, this would allow us to authorize transactions up to the
      amount of your Courtesy Pay limit. If you consent to Extended Coverage on your consumer account, it will
      remain on your account until it is otherwise withdrawn.

                         

      Understanding your Available Balance: Your account has two kinds of balances: the Ledger Balance and the
      Available Balance.

    • We authorize and pay transactions using the Available Balance.
    • Your Ledger Balance reflects the full amount of all deposits to your account as well as payment transactions that
      have been posted to your account. It does not reflect checks you have written and are still outstanding or
      transactions that have been authorized but are still pending.
    • Your Available Balance is the amount available to you to use for purchases, withdrawals, or to cover transactions.
      The Available Balance is your Ledger Balance, less any holds due to pending debit card transactions and holds on
      deposited funds.
    • The balance used for authorizing checks, ACH items, and recurring debit card transactions is your Available
      Balance plus any available Overdraft Protection and the amount of the Courtesy Pay limit.
    • The balance used for authorizing ATM and everyday debit card transactions on accounts with Standard Coverage
      is your Available Balance plus any available Overdraft Protection but does NOT include the Courtesy Pay limit.
    • The balance used for authorizing ATM and everyday debit card transactions on accounts with Extended Coverage
      is your Available Balance plus any available Overdraft Protection and includes the Courtesy Pay limit.
    • Because your Available Balance reflects pending transactions and debit holds, your balance may appear to cover
      a transaction but later upon settlement it may not be sufficient to cover such transaction. In such cases, the
      transaction may further overdraw your account and be subject to additional overdraft fees. You should assume
      that any item which would overdraw your account based on your Available Balance may create an overdraft.
      Note that we may place a hold on deposited funds in accordance with our Membership & Account Agreement,
      which will reduce the amount in your Available Balance.
    • Please be aware that the Courtesy Pay amount is not included in your Available Balance provided through online
      banking, mobile banking or Centricity Credit Union’s ATMs.
    • We will place a hold on your account for any authorized debit card transaction until the transaction settles
      (usually within two business days) or as permitted by payment system rules. In some cases, the hold may exceed
      the amount of the transaction or, in some cases, may be less than the amount of the transaction. When the hold
      ends, the funds will be added to the Available Balance in your account. If your account is overdrawn after the
      held funds are added to the Available Balance and the transaction is posted to the Available Balance, a Courtesy
      Pay Fee may be assessed.
    • Except as described herein, we will not pay items if the Available Balance in your account (including the Courtesy
      Pay limit, if applicable) is not sufficient to cover the item(s) and the amount of any fee(s).

                         

      Understanding Courtesy Pay Limits

    • New consumer and business checking accounts will receive a $100 Introductory Courtesy Pay limit at account
      opening that will be increased to $500 after 60 days in good standing for consumer accounts or to $1,000 after
      60 days in good standing for business accounts.
    • Courtesy Pay may be reduced if you default on any loan or other obligation to us, your account becomes subject
      to any legal or administrative order or levy, or if you fail to maintain your account in good standing by not
      bringing your account to a positive balance within 31 days for a minimum of one business day. You must bring
      your account balance positive for at least one business day to have the full Courtesy Pay limit reinstated.
    • If you have any questions about Overdraft Protection or Courtesy Pay, please call us at (218) 729-7733 or visit a
      branch.