Electronic Fund Transfer Disclosure

Electronic Fund Transfer Disclosure and Agreement

 For purposes of this disclosure and agreement the terms "we", "us" and "our" refer to Homestead Bank. The terms "you" and "your" refer to the recipient of this disclosure and agreement.

The Electronic Fund Transfer Act and Regulation E require institutions to provide certain information to customers regarding electronic fund transfers (EFTs). This disclosure applies to any EFT service you receive from us related to an account established primarily for personal, family or household purposes. Examples of EFT services include direct deposits to your account, automatic regular payments made from your account to a third party and one-time electronic payments from your account using information from your check to pay for purchases or to pay bills. This disclosure also applies to the use of our Digital Banking product and the use of your Homestead Bank ATM card (hereinafter referred to collectively as "ATM Card") or Homestead Bank Visa Debit card (hereinafter referred to collectively as "Debit Card") at automated teller machines (ATMs) and any networks described below.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The following provisions govern the use of EFT services through accounts held by Homestead Bank which are established primarily for personal, family or household purposes. If you use any EFT services provided, you agree to be bound by the applicable terms and conditions listed below. Please read this document carefully and retain it for future reference.

DEFINITION OF BUSINESS DAY. Business days are Monday through Friday excluding holidays.

ATM CARD SERVICES. The services available through use of your ATM card are described below.

HOMESTEAD BANK ATM CARD SERVICES:

You may withdraw cash from your checking account(s) and savings account(s).
You may transfer funds between your checking and savings accounts.
You may make balance inquiries on your checking account(s) and savings account(s).

DEBIT CARD SERVICES. The services available through use of your debit card are described below.

HOMESTEAD BANK VISA DEBIT CARD SERVICES:

You may withdraw cash from your checking account(s) and savings account(s).
You may transfer funds between your checking and savings accounts.
You may make balance inquiries on your checking account(s) and savings account(s).
You may use your card at any merchant that accepts Visa® debit cards for the purchase of goods and services.

ATM SERVICES.

NETWORK. Your ability to perform the transactions or access the accounts set forth above depends on the location and type of ATM you are using and the network through which the transaction is being performed. A specific ATM or network may not perform or permit all of the above transactions.

ATM FEES. When you use an ATM not owned by us, you may be charged a fee by the ATM operator or any network used, and you may be charged a fee for a balance inquiry even if you do not complete a fund transfer.

POINT OF SALE TRANSACTIONS. Listed below is the card you may use to purchase goods and services from merchants that have arranged to accept your card as a means of payment (these merchants are referred to as "Participating Merchants"). Some Participating Merchants may permit you to receive cash back as part of your purchase. Purchases made with your card, including any purchase where you receive cash, are referred to as "Point of Sale" transactions and will cause your "designated account" to be debited for the amount of the purchase. We have the right to return any check or other item drawn against your account to ensure there are funds available to pay for any Point of Sale transaction. We may, but do not have to, allow transactions which exceed your available account balance or, if applicable, your available overdraft protection. If we do, you agree to pay an amount equal to the overdrawn balance plus any overdraft fee.

The following card and the corresponding designated account(s) may be used for Point of Sale transactions:

• Homestead Bank Visa Debit card: checking account.

AUTHORIZATION HOLDS. An authorization hold is a temporary hold that is placed on your account for certain debit card transactions. The amount of the temporary hold may be more than the actual amount of the transaction, so your available account balance will temporarily be reduced by the amount of the temporary hold.

CURRENCY CONVERSION - Visa®. When you use your card with the Visa® logo at a merchant that settles in currency other than US dollars, the charge will be converted into the US dollar amount. The currency conversion rate used to determine the transaction amount in US dollars is a rate selected by Visa® from a range of rates available in wholesale currency markets for the applicable central processing date, which rate may vary from the rate Visa® itself receives, or the government-mandated rate in effect for the applicable central processing date, in each instance, plus or minus any adjustment determined by the issuer. The conversion rate in effect on the processing date may differ from the rate in effect on the transaction date or the posting date.  International transactions that involved currency conversion will be charged a fee of 1.20% of the transaction amount in U.S. Dollars. Cross Border Fee: If you use your VISA debit card for international transactions a 0.80% (80 basis points) Cross Border Fee will be assessed on all single currency international transactions.

PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFER SERVICES.

• You may arrange for the preauthorized automatic deposit of funds to your checking account(s), savings account(s), money market account(s), and NOW account(s).

• You may arrange for the preauthorized automatic payments or other transfers from your checking account(s), savings account(s), money market account(s), and NOW account(s).

SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH USE OF DIGITAL BANKING. Homestead Bank offers its customers use of our Digital Banking service.

Digital Banking is designed to be used from your computer, smart phone or tablet. You may access your account(s) by visiting www.homestead.bank or visiting the app store for your device and search "Homestead Bank," to download the app and enter your Digital Banking username and password.

With our digital banking feature, you can:

• View account balances, transactions and check images.

• Make Homestead Bank loan payments

• Transfer funds between Homestead Bank accounts and accounts at other financial institutions.

• Enroll in and view, print or save eStatements.

• Schedule and pay bills.

• SPIN Transaction -Pay a consumer with just their mobile phone number or email address.

• Set up account activity alerts and receive them via email.

• Issue stop payments

• Manage your Homestead Bank debit card by turning it off and on.

• With your mobile device you may Deposit Checks (restrictions may apply).

• Find location of the nearest branch.

• Download your account information to QuickBooks, Quicken, CSB BAI2 and PDF format.

ELECTRONIC CHECK CONVERSION. You may authorize a merchant or other payee to make a one-time electronic payment from your checking account using information from your check to pay for purchases or to pay bills. You may authorize a merchant or other payee to initiate an electronic fund transfer to collect a charge in the event a check is returned for insufficient funds.

LIMITATIONS ON TRANSACTIONS

TRANSACTION LIMITATIONS - HOMESTEAD BANK ATM OR VISA DEBIT CARD.

You may withdraw up to $505.00 through use of ATMs in any one day.  There is no limit on the number of times you may use your ATM card or VISA debit card; however, you may only withdraw up to a total of $505 of available funds from all terminals each calendar day and purchases through POS Terminals are limited to the lesser of $1,500 or the available balance in your account.  If you use your ATM card or VISA debit card at a terminal to overdraw your checking account and activate an overdraft checking plan (if you have this service), your overdraft will be limited to the amount of your overdraft checking plan or $1,500; whichever is less, in a calendar day.  If you have no overdraft checking plan and if a transaction when completed, would cause the account to be overdrawn, the Bank may, but is not required to, complete the transaction.  There may be additional limitations imposed on the number or amount of transactions for security reasons.

NOTICE OF RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The use of any electronic fund transfer services described in this document creates certain rights and responsibilities regarding these services as described below.

RIGHT TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR TRANSFERS.

TRANSACTION RECEIPTS. Depending on the location of an ATM, you may not be given the option to receive a receipt if your transaction is $15.00 or less. Upon completing a transaction of more than $15.00, you will receive a printed receipt documenting the transaction (unless you choose not to get a paper receipt). These receipts (or the transaction number given in place of the paper receipt) should be retained to verify that a transaction was performed. A receipt will be provided for any transaction of more than $15.00 made with your ATM Card or Debit Card at a Participating Merchant. If the transaction is $15.00 or less, the Participating Merchant is not required to provide a receipt.

PERIODIC STATEMENTS. If your account is subject to receiving a monthly statement, all EFT transactions will be reported on it. If your account is subject to receiving a statement less frequently than monthly, then you will continue to receive your statement on that cycle, unless there are EFT transactions, in which case you will receive a monthly statement. In any case you will receive your statement at least quarterly.

PREAUTHORIZED DEPOSITS. 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 call us at (308) 784-2000 to find out whether or not the deposit has been made, or check your account on Digital Banking.

USING YOUR CARD AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ("PIN"). In order to assist us in maintaining the security of your account and the terminals, the ATM Card or Debit Card remains our property and may be revoked or canceled at any time without giving you prior notice. You agree not to use your ATM Card or Debit Card for a transaction that would cause your account balance to go below zero, or to access an account that is no longer available or lacks sufficient funds to complete the transaction, including any available line of credit. We will not be required to complete any such transaction, but if we do, we may, at our sole discretion, charge or credit the transaction to another account; you agree to pay us the amount of the improper withdrawal or transfer upon request.

Your ATM Card may only be used with your PIN. Certain transactions involving your Debit Card require use of your PIN. Your PIN is used to identify you as an authorized user. Because the PIN is used for identification purposes, you agree to notify Homestead Bank immediately if your ATM Card or Debit Card is lost or if the secrecy of your PIN is compromised. You also agree not to reveal your PIN to any person not authorized by you to use your ATM Card or Debit Card or to write your PIN on your ATM Card or Debit Card or on any other item kept with your ATM Card or Debit Card. We have the right to refuse a transaction on your account when your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN has been reported lost or stolen or when we reasonably believe there is unusual activity on your account.

The security of your account depends upon your maintaining possession of your ATM Card or Debit Card and the secrecy of your PIN. You may turn off your card on Digital Banking if you feel your card has been compromised.  

RIGHTS REGARDING PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS.

RIGHTS AND PROCEDURES TO STOP PAYMENTS. If you have instructed us to make regular preauthorized transfers out of your account, you may stop any of the payments. To stop a payment, contact your local branch, address and phone numbers are at the end of this disclosure.

We must receive your call or written request at least three (3) business days prior to the scheduled payment. If you call, please have the following information ready: your account number, the date the transfer is to take place, to whom the transfer is being made and the amount of the scheduled transfer. If you call, we will require you to put your request in writing and deliver it to us within fourteen (14) days after you call.

NOTICE OF VARYING AMOUNTS. If you have arranged for automatic periodic payments to be deducted from your checking or savings account and these payments vary in amount, you will be notified by the person or company you are going to pay ten days prior to the payment date of the amount to be deducted. 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.

OUR LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO STOP PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFER PAYMENTS. If you order us to stop one of the payments and have provided us with the information we need at least three (3) business days prior to the scheduled transfer, and we do not stop the transfer, we will be liable for your losses or damages.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO NOTIFY US OF LOSS OR THEFT. If you believe your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN or digital banking access code has been lost or stolen, contact your local branch, address and phone numbers are at the end of this disclosure.

CONSUMER LIABILITY. Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN or digital banking access code has been lost or stolen or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission using information from your check. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down. If you tell us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN you can lose no more than fifty dollars ($50) if someone used your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN without your permission. If you do NOT tell us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using your ATM Card or Debit Card or PIN without your permission if you had given us notice, you can lose as much as five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Also, if your statement shows transfers you did not make, including those made by card, code, or other means, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days after the statement was transmitted to you, you may not receive back any money you lost after the sixty (60) days, and therefore, you could lose all the money in your account (plus your maximum overdraft line of credit, if applicable), if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money had you given us notice in time. If a good reason (such as a long trip or hospital stay) keeps you from giving the notice, we will extend the time periods.

CONSUMER LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING HOMESTEAD BANK VISA DEBIT CARD. The limitations on your liability for unauthorized transactions described above generally apply to all electronic fund transfers. However, different limitations apply to certain transactions involving your card with the Visa® logo. These limits apply to unauthorized transactions processed on the Visa® or PULSE Network.

If you notify us about an unauthorized transaction involving your card with the Visa® logo and the unauthorized transaction took place on the Visa® Network, zero liability will be imposed on you for the unauthorized transaction. We may increase the limit of your liability for such unauthorized transactions if we reasonably determine, based on substantial evidence, that you were negligent or fraudulent in the handling of your account or your card with the Visa® logo. The zero liability provisions do not apply to PIN-based debit transactions not processed by the Visa® or Pulse Network, including ATM transactions outside of the United States.

Your liability for unauthorized transactions with your card with the Visa® logo that involve PIN-based debit transactions not processed by the Visa® or Pulse Network, including ATM transactions, are described under "Consumer Liability" above.

ILLEGAL USE OF HOMESTEAD BANK VISA DEBIT CARD. You agree not to use your Homestead Bank Visa Debit card for any illegal transactions, including internet gambling and similar activities.

IN CASE OF ERRORS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR TRANSACTIONS. In case of errors or questions about your electronic fund transfers, contact your local branch, address and phone numbers are at the end of this disclosure.

Notification should be made as soon as possible if you think your statement or receipt is wrong or if you need more information about a transaction listed on the statement or receipt. You must contact Homestead Bank no later than 60 days after we sent you the first statement on which the problem or error appears. You must be prepared to provide the following information:

• Your name and account number.

• A description of the error or transaction you are unsure about along with an explanation as to why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.

• The dollar amount of the suspected error.

If you provide oral notice, you may be required to send in your complaint or question in writing within ten (10) business days. We will determine whether an error occurred within ten (10) business days (twenty (20) business days for new accounts) 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 (ninety (90) days for new accounts and foreign initiated or Point of Sale transfers) to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within ten (10) business days (twenty (20) business days for new accounts) for the amount which you think is in error, so that you will have the use of the money during the time it takes 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. The extended time periods for new accounts apply to all electronic fund transfers that occur within the first thirty (30) days after the first deposit to the account is made, including those for foreign initiated or Point of Sale transactions. Visa's® cardholder protection policy requires that we provide provisional credit for losses from unauthorized Visa® Card use within five (5) business days of notification of the loss.

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 that we used in our investigation.

LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE TRANSACTION. If we do not complete a transfer 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 or damages as provided by law. However, there are some exceptions. We will NOT be liable, for instance:

• If through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.

• If the transfer would result in your exceeding the credit limit on your line of credit, if you have one.

• If the electronic terminal was not working properly and you knew about the breakdown before you started the transfer.

• If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood, computer or machine breakdown, or failure or interruption of communications facilities) prevent the transfer, despite reasonable precautions we have taken.

• If we have terminated our Agreement with you.

• When your ATM Card or Debit Card has been reported lost or stolen or we have reason to believe that something is wrong with a transaction.

• If we receive inaccurate or incomplete information needed to complete a transaction.

• In the case of preauthorized transfers, we will not be liable where there is a breakdown of the system which would normally handle the transfer.

• If the funds in the account are subject to legal action preventing a transfer to or from your account.

• If the electronic terminal does not have enough cash to complete the transaction.

There may be other exceptions provided by applicable law.

CHARGES FOR TRANSFERS OR THE RIGHT TO MAKE TRANSFERS.

PER TRANSACTION CHARGE. We may assess a fee for each preauthorized transfer, ATM transaction, telephone transaction or Point of Sale purchase you make. Please see the applicable Fee Schedule to determine the applicable amount.

PERIODIC CHARGE. We may charge you a fixed monthly or annual charge for the additional services available to you through your ATM Card or Debit Card or otherwise. See the applicable Fee Schedule to determine the amount of the charges.

FEES. You may be charged a fee for withdrawals of cash under certain circumstances, whether they take place at proprietary machines or through a network or are Point of Sale transfers or transfers made without the use of your ATM Card or Debit Card. The circumstances under which such charges will be assessed, as well as the amount of the charge, are included in the current Fee Schedule.

FEE SCHEDULE. The Fee Schedule referred to above is being provided separately and is incorporated into this document by reference. Additional copies of the schedule may be obtained from Homestead Bank upon request.

PREAUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS. There are no additional charges for your use of preauthorized electronic fund transfers except as stated in our Fee Schedule, which is incorporated into this document by reference.

DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION. You agree that merchant authorization messages transmitted in connection with Point of Sale transactions are permissible disclosures of account information, and you further agree to release Homestead Bank and hold it harmless from any liability arising out of the transmission of these messages.

We will disclose information to third parties about your account or electronic fund transfers made to your account:

1. Where necessary to complete a transfer or to investigate and resolve errors involving the transfer(s); or

2. In order to verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party such as a credit bureau or merchant; or

3. In order to comply with government agency or court orders; or

4. If you give us your permission in a record or writing.

5. In response to a garnishment, levy or subpoena.

AMENDING OR TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT. We may change or amend any of the terms and conditions of the Agreement and those portions of the applicable Fee Schedule which relate to EFT services, at any time upon at least 21 days written notice to you prior to the effective date of the change or amendment. Your failure to timely furnish notice as set forth in the written notice shall be deemed to be your acceptance of such change or amendment. If you do not agree to abide by a change or amendment, you must notify Homestead Bank of the fact prior to the effective date of the change or amendment and cancel this Agreement. Homestead Bank may cancel this Agreement at any time, without giving you prior notice. If you or Homestead Bank cancels this Agreement at any time, you shall surrender any card and you may no longer use any of Homestead Bank's EFT services other than automated clearing house transfer services. 

BRANCH ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBERS:  

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 2000, Cozad, NE  69130         Phone 308-784-2000

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 458, Lexington, NE 68850      Phone 308-324-6358

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 355, St Paul, NE  68873        Phone 308-754-4488  

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 8, Wolbach, NE  68882         Phone 308-246-5241

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 508, Schuyler, NE  68661       Phone 402-352-2466

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 27, Albion, NE  68620             Phone 402-395-5041

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 317, Howells, NE  68641        Phone 402-986-1331

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 1351, Chadron, NE  69337    Phone 308-432-5552

Homestead Bank, P.O. Box 45, Ainsworth, NE  69210     Phone 402-387-1842

Rev. 7-2021