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It's
a Privilege For Our Checking Account Customers
Unanticipated
expenses or mathematical errors can leave your checking account short
of cash. In addition, having a check returned due to insufficient funds
is terribly embarrassing.
We have created
Overdraft Reserve as a special privilege specifically for Central Bank
checking account customers whose accounts are in good standing. There
is absolutely no charge for this service unless you use it. You need not
sign anything if you meet our enrollment conditions and you do not already
have a form of overdraft protection on your account(s). Your Overdraft
Reserve limit has been automatically assigned to you.
How
Does it Work?
As long as you maintain your Central Bank checking account
in good standing, we may honor your overdrafts up to the limit assigned.
If you use Overdraft Reserve, the Bank will deduct its normal overdraft
charge of $25.00 per item. We will notify you via mail when an overdraft
occurs. The notice will reflect the sum paid, as well as the bank's charge
for the overdraft item(s). It is important to subtract the fees from the
balance in your checkbook.
Going
Over Your Overdraft Reserve Limit
Should you write checks that put you over your Overdraft Reserve
limit, the Bank may return the check or checks to the payee(s). In addition,
the normal insufficient fee of $25.00 per item will be charged to your
account. An insufficient funds notice will be mailed to you.
If
Your Checks Are Returned
If you do not
use Overdraft Reserve or another form of overdraft protection on your
deposit accounts, you may fall victim to the following:
- The merchant may charge
you a fee when your check is returned unpaid and may be unwilling
to accept checks from you in the future.
- The person who accepted
your check as payment may be charged a fee by his/her bank where he/she
deposits it.
- Your credit rating may
be adversely affected.
Overdraft
Reserve Covers ATM and Debit Cards
Your Overdraft Reserve
privilege may extend to transactions made at an ATM or with your Debit
Card. In the case of an ATM, the balance shown on your receipt will reflect
your actual balance, not including your Overdraft Reserve limit. Other
transactions which may be honored under the Overdraft Reserve privilege
include:
- Checks and other debits
cashed at teller windows
- Debit Card purchases
- ACH debit transactions
(automatic payments)
- Checks issued to a third
party
Overdraft
Reserve Covers All Existing Eligible Personal Accounts
- Overdraft Reserve privileges
may be granted on all checking accounts in good standing.
- Overdraft Reserve does
not apply to commercial checking accounts.
Repaying
Overdrafts and Fees
You will be
required to bring your checking account into a positive balance within
15 calendar days of your overdraft. After 15 days, if your account remains
in a negative position, we may close your account and take appropriate
steps to recover funds advanced to cover your overdrafts, as well as the
Bank's fees.
Overdraft
Reserve Is In Force Today
Overdraft
Reserve privileges may start the moment you open your personal checking
account.
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Overdraft
Reserve Limits
To Determine your Overdraft
Reserve limits, refer to the chart below:
Regular Checking -
$500
Interest Checking - $750
Call BANKLINE
24/7 - Your Account Information by Phone Anytime.
The balance reflected
through our free telephone information service will include both
current and available balance.
You may call (712)
732-2190 or toll free (866) 732-2191, anytime day or night, 365
days a year.
If you have questions
regarding your newly created Overdraft Reserve privilege, don't
hesitate to see a Customer Service Representative at the branch
most convenient to you.
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Overdraft
Reservesm Plan Customer Overdraft Policy
An insufficient
balance could result in several ways, such as: a) the payment of checks,
electronic funds transfers, or other withdrawal requests; b) payment authorized
by you; c) the return of unpaid items deposited by you; d) the assessment
of bank service charges; or e) the deposit of items which; according to
the bank's Funds Availability Policy, are treated as not year available
or finally paid. We are not obligated to pay any item presented for payment
if your account does not contain sufficient funds. Rather than automatically
returning, unpaid, any insufficient fund items that you have, if your
eligible account is in good standing, which includes at least: a) you
are not in default on any loan obligation to Central Bank, b) you bring
your account to a positive balance (not overdrawn) at least once every
fifteen (15) calendar days, and c) your account is not the subject of
any legal or administrative order or levy, we will consider - as a discretionary
courtesy or service and not a right of yours nor an obligation on our
part - approving your reasonable overdrafts. As an alternative, you may
wish to apply for an Overdraft Line-of-Credit and pay a $40.00 annual
fee plus pay 18% interest when the credit line is used. Normally, we will
not approve any overdraft for you in excess of your limit including any
overdraft handling charge(s). We may refuse to pay an overdraft for you
at any time, even though we may have previously paid overdrafts for you.
You will be notified by mail of any insufficient fund items paid or returned
that you have; however, we have no obligation to notify you before we
pay or return any item. The amount of any overdraft plus our overdraft
or insufficient funds charge(s) of $20.00 per item that you owe us shall
be due and payable upon demand. If there is an overdraft paid by us on
an account with more than one owner on the signature card, each owner,
and agent if applicable, drawing/creating the item creating the overdraft,
shall be jointly and severally liable for such overdraft, plus our overdraft
or insufficient funds handling charge(s) of $20.00 per item. You may be
able to access your overdraft checking limit through a teller, ATM, ACH,
check or debit card purchase.
Limitations:
Available to non-commercial owned accounts in good standing for personal
or household use. Central Bank reserves the right to limit participation
to one account per household and to discontinue this product at any time
with prior notice.
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