Online Banking
ACCOUNT ACCESS AGREEMENT AND DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Energy Services Federal Credit Union

This Agreement establishes the rules that cover your electronic access to your account(s) at Energy Services Federal Credit Union through the online banking system. You will be bound by this Agreement when you enroll in Online Banking. You also accept all the terms and conditions of this Agreement by using the Online Banking. Please read it carefully and retain for your records.

This Agreement is also subject to applicable federal laws and the laws of the State of Minnesota (except to the extent this Agreement can and does vary from such rules or laws). If any provisions of this Agreement are found unenforceable or invalid, all remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. The headings in the Agreement are for convenience or reference only and will not govern the interpretation of the provisions. Any waiver (express or implied) by either party or any default or breach of this Agreement must be in writing and shall not constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent default or breach. You may not assign this Agreement. This Agreement is binding upon your heirs and the Credit Union’s successors and assigns. Certain of the obligations of the parties pursuant to this Agreement that by their nature would continue beyond the termination, cancellation, or expiration of this Agreement shall survive termination, cancellation, or expiration of this Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Membership and Account Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and the Credit Union with respect to the subject matter hereof and there is no understanding or agreements relative hereto which are not fully expressed herein.

The words “you”, “your”, and “yours” refer to the Energy Services Federal Credit Union member(s) jointly and severally. The words “we”, “us”, “our”, “ESFCU”, and “Credit Union” refer to Energy Services Federal Credit Union. This Agreement and Disclosure Statement (hereinafter “Agreement”) explains and describes the types of Electronic Funds Transfers which are available to you with our Online Banking system. This Agreement also contains your rights and responsibilities concerning transactions that you make through the Online Banking, including your rights under the Electronic Funds Transfer Act.

To qualify for access to the Online Banking, you must be a Credit Union member in good standing. The Online Banking may not be accessible to Business accounts. Other conditions may apply.

Enrolling for Online Banking
The member Account Number, Social Security Number and Address Number are required for initial enrollment to Online Banking. Users will create a personalized Logon ID and Security Code.

Logon IDs can be between 6 and 50 alpha numeric characters.

Security Codes must have a minimum of 8 alpha-numeric characters. A minimum of 2 numeric and 2 alpha characters is required.

You accept responsibility for periodically changing your Logon ID and protecting the integrity of the Logon ID to protect unauthorized transactions and account access. Granting access to your account via Online Banking to any non-owner will make you financially liable for all losses or misuse of your account(s).

Online Banking
You may reach Online Banking at www.energyservicesfcu.org. You can use Online Banking 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, although some or all of the Online Banking services may not be available occasionally due to emergency or scheduled system maintenance. The use of your Logon ID is required to access Online Banking. You can perform the following transactions on ALL ACCOUNT(S) TO WHICH YOU ARE AUTHORIZED AND HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO:

  1. Obtain balances and other account information on share/savings and draft/checking accounts in addition to share certificates, IRAs, and loans.
  2. Make transfers between share/savings, draft/checking, and loan accounts.
  3. Make transfers from your share accounts to other share accounts that you share an association.
  4. View transactions/online statements for up to 6 months.

Limitations on Transfers
Federal regulations limit transfers for share/savings accounts and money market accounts, if applicable. During any statement period, you may not make more than six withdrawals or transfers to another Credit Union account of yours or to a third party by means of a pre-authorized or automatic transfer. This includes transfers by phone, fax, wire and cable, audio response, overdraft transfers to checking and Internet instruction. No more than three of the six transfers may be made by check, draft or debit card, or similar order to a third party. A pre-authorized transfer includes any arrangement with us to pay a third party from your account upon oral or written orders including orders received through the automated clearinghouse (ACH). If you exceed the transfer limitations set forth above in any statement period, the transfer may not be completed, your regular share account and draft account may be subject to a fee, account closure, or suspension or we may revoke your access to Online Banking. We will not be required to complete a withdrawal or transfer from your account(s) if you do not have enough money in the designated account(s) to cover the transaction; however, we may complete the transaction. You agree not to use Online Banking to initiate a transaction that would cause the balance in your designated account(s) to go below zero. If you have a line-of-credit, you agree not to use Online Banking to initiate a transaction that would cause the outstanding balance of your line-of-credit to go above your credit limit. We will not be required to complete such a transaction, but if we do, you agree to pay us the excess amount or improperly withdrawn amount or transferred amount immediately upon our request. We also will refuse to complete your Online Banking transactions if we have canceled your Online Banking access, or we cannot complete the transaction for security reasons.

The functions and limitations of Online Banking may be updated, without notice, at the option of the Credit Union in order to provide improved service to the membership.


Currently there is no monthly service fee for using Online Banking; however, we may implement a fee as required by applicable federal and/or state regulations and in such case, we will notify you as soon as practicable. If at that time, you choose to discontinue using Online Banking, you must notify us in writing.

However, all Checking, Savings, and Loan Accounts are subject to any Non-sufficient fund fees association with their accounts

Account Statements
Your periodic statement will identify each electronic transaction. You will receive a monthly account statement for each month in which you initiate electronic transactions.

Billing Errors or Questions
In case of errors or questions regarding electronic fund transfer or you need more information about a transfer on the statement or receipt, telephone us at the following number of send us a written notice to the following address as soon as you can. We must hear from you no later that 60 days after we sent the first statement on which the problem appears. Call us at:

(320) 255-8687

or write to us at:

Energy Services Federal Credit Union
3515 3rd St. N
PO Box 808
St. Cloud, MN 56302

Please provide the following information in your request:

  • Your Name and Account Number.
  • Describe the electronic transfer you are unsure about and explain as clearly as you can why you believe the Credit Union has made an error or why you need more information.
  • 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 has occurred with 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 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 use of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint or questions in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) business days, we may not credit your account. We will tell you the results within three (3) business day s 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 that we used in your investigation.

*If you give notice of an error within 30 days after you make the first deposit to your account, we will have 20 business days instead of ten (10) business days to investigate the error.

**If you give notice of an error within 30 days after you make the first deposit to your account, notice of an error involving a point-of-sale (POS) transaction, or notice of an error involving a transfer initiated outside the U.S., it possessions and territories, we will have 9- days instead of 45 days to investigate the error.

Liability of Unauthorized Transactions
You will be liable for unauthorized access to accounts via Online Banking to the extent allowed by applicable federal and state law. You must tell us AT ONCE if you believe your Member number, or Logon ID, or any record thereof, has been lost or stolen, or if any of your accounts have been accessed without your authority. You may telephone us at (320) 255-8687 E-mail us at email@energystcloud.org, or mail to Energy Services Federal Credit Union 3515 3rd St N PO Box 808 St. Cloud, MN 56303. Telephoning is the best way of minimizing your liability. You could lose all the money in your accounts, plus your maximum overdraft line-of-credit. If you tell us within two (2) business days of the loss, theft, or unauthorized access, you can lose no more than $50 if someone accessed your account without your permission. If you do NOT tell us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss, theft or unauthorized access, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from accessing your account without permission if you had notified us, you could lose as much as $500.

Further, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, you must tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not receive 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 notified 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.

Transactions that are not Completed
If we fail to complete a transfer to or from your designated account(s) on time and in the correct amount, and we have agreed to perform such transfer(s) (with certain exceptions), we may be liable for your losses or damages. Section 3 of this Agreement lists a number of situations in which we do not agree to complete withdrawals or transfers. We also will not be liable:

  • If we have terminated this Agreement.
  • If through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account(s) to make the transfer.
  • A legal order directs us to prohibit withdrawals from the account(s).
  • The funds in your designated account(s) are subject to legal process or other encumbrance restricting the transaction.
  • If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transaction from being completed despite reasonable precautions we have taken.
  • You have reported an unauthorized use of your Member Number and Password, reported it as stolen, or requested that we issue a new Password, and we have as a result refused to honor the original Password.
  • If your account is closed, frozen, or funds are uncollected.
  • If you, or anyone authorized by you, commits any fraud or violates any law or regulation.
  • If the transfer would cause your balance to become negative or exceed the credit limit of an established line of credit loan.
  • If any part of Online Banking is not working properly and you knew about the problem when you started the transactions.
  • If other exceptions are introduced as provided by applicable law.

Information about your Designated Accounts
You authorize us to obtain any information deemed necessary to process your request for access to Online Banking. Additionally, you agree that we will disclose information to third parties about your designated account(s) or the transactions you make:

  • Where it is necessary for completing or documenting transactions or resolving errors involving transactions.
  • In order to verify the existence and condition of your designated account(s).
  • In order to comply with orders or subpoenas of government agencies or courts.
  • If you give us written permission.

Our Business Days
Our Business Days are Monday – Friday, other than legal banking holidays.

Pre-Authorized Payment Arrangements
You may not use Online Banking to enter into pre-authorized payment arrangements.

Our Rules and Regulations and other Agreement
Your designated account(s) may also be governed by other agreements between you and us. The terms and conditions of the deposit agreements and disclosures for each of your Credit Union account(s) as well as your other agreements with the Credit Union such as loans continue to apply notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement.

Evidence
If we go to court for any reason, we can use a copy, microfilm, microfiche, or photograph of any document or person to prove what you owe or that a transaction has taken place and the copy, microfilm, microfiche, or photograph will have the same validity as the original.

Terminating this Agreement
You can terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying us in writing and by discontinuing the use of your Logon ID. We can also terminate this Agreement and revoke access to Online Banking at any time. Whether you terminate the Agreement or we terminate the Agreement, the termination will not affect your obligations under this Agreement, even if we allow any transaction to be completed with your Logon ID after this Agreement has been terminated.

Changing the Agreement
We may change any term of the Agreement at any time. If the change results in increased fees for any services, increased liability for you, fewer types of available electronic fund transfers, or stricter limitations on the frequency or dollar amount of transfers, we agree to give you notice of at least 21 days before the effective date of any such change, unless any immediate change is necessary to maintain the security of an account, or our electronic fund transfer system, or for any security reasons. We will post any required notice of change in terms in the quarterly newsletter, on our web site, personal E-mail, or postal mail. If advance notice of the change is not required, and disclosure does not jeopardize the security of the account or our electronic fund transfer system, we will notify you of the change in terms within 30 days after the change becomes effective. Your continued use of any or all of the subject system services indicates your acceptance of the change in terms. We reserve the right to waive, reduce, or reverse charges or fees in individual situations. You acknowledge and agree that the applicable deposit agreements and disclosures govern changes to fees applicable to specific accounts.

Notices
All notices from us will be effective when we have mailed them or delivered them to the last known address in the Credit Union’s records. Notices from you will generally be effective once we receive them at Energy Services Federal Credit Union 3515 3rd St. N PO BOX 808 St. Cloud, MN 56303. Notices under Section 6 will be effective once you have done whatever is reasonably necessary to give us the information we need, such as by telephoning us.

Collection Expense
If we ever have to file a lawsuit to collect what you owe us, you will pay our reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees.

Governing Law
This Agreement is governed by the Bylaws of the Credit Union, federal laws and regulations, and the laws and regulations of the state of Minnesota. Any disputes regarding this Agreement shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court of the county in which the Credit Union is located.