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Cardholder's signature on the Sales Draft as you would in
a face-to-face transaction, you will assume all risk associated with
accepting a mail/telephone/Internet or other Card Not Present transaction.
6 Settlement of Card Transactions
6.1 We will only be required to settle Card transactions for Card types
specified in your Application. Promptly after presentment of Sales Drafts
pursuant to the Operating Procedures, we will initiate a transfer of the
applicable settlement funds to you.
All settlements for Visa, MasterCard and Discover Network Card
transactions will be net of Credits/refunds, adjustments, applicable
discount fees when due, Chargebacks and any other amounts then due
from you. We may also set off from any payments otherwise due, any
amounts owed to our affiliates (and/or affiliates of Bank) whether or not
arising out of or related to this Agreement.
All Credits to your Settlement Account or other payments to you are
provisional and are subject to, among other things, our final audit,
Chargebacks (including our related losses), fees and fines imposed by the
Associations. You agree that we may debit or credit your Settlement
Account for any deficiencies, overages, fees and pending Chargebacks, or
may deduct such amounts from settlement funds due to you. Alternatively,
we may elect to invoice you for any such amounts, net due thirty (30) days
after the invoice date or on such earlier date as may be specified.
6.2 We will not be liable for any delays in receipt of funds or errors in debit
and credit entries caused by third parties including but not limited to any
Association or your financial institution
6.3 In addition to any other remedies available to us under this
Agreement, you agree that should any Event of Default (see section 19 of
this Merchant Agreement) occur, we may, with or without notice, change
processing or payment terms and/or suspend Credits or other payments of
any and all funds, money and amounts now due or hereafter to become
due to you pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until we have had
reasonable opportunity to investigate such event.
6.4 The “Combined Estimated Monthly Volume” and “Estimated Highest
Ticket/Sales Amount” appearing on your Merchant Application and
Agreement is the maximum monthly transaction volume and maximum
Sales Draft amount that you are permitted to submit to us. If you exceed
these amounts, we may hold your funds and/or interrupt or terminate
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Services. Any request for an increase to these amounts is contingent upon
our prior written approval.
7 Exclusivity. During the term of this Merchant Agreement, you shall
use us as your exclusive provider of all Services unless we have otherwise
specifically agreed in writing.
8 Fees; Adjustments; Collection of Amounts Due
8.1 You shall be charged fees for the Services, which shall be calculated
and payable pursuant to this Merchant Agreement and any additional
pricing supplements. You agree to pay any fines imposed on us by an
Association or Debit Card network resulting from Chargebacks and any
other fees or fines imposed by an Association with respect to your acts or
omissions.
8.2 Discount Rates are charged on all sales and refunds. All Discount
Rates will be deducted daily.
8.3 You acknowledge that for Visa, MasterCard and Discover Network
transactions, we will process your Card transactions at the Qualified
Discount Rate only when your transactions meet certain criteria set by the
applicable Association and us. When your Card transactions fail to meet
those qualification criteria, we will process your transactions at the higher
Non-Qualified Discount Rate (or, in certain circumstances, at an
intermediate Mid-Qualified Discount Rate) indicated in this Merchant
Application and Agreement. The current requirements for the Qualified
Discount Rate and, if applicable, the Mid- and Non-Qualified Discount
Rates will be sent to you upon acceptance of your application and are also
available for your review by asking your sales representative, calling
customer service, or online at www.Mymerchantoffice.com (registration
required).
8.4 The fees for Services set forth in this Agreement may be adjusted to
reflect increases or decreases by Associations in interchange,
assessments and other Association fees or to pass through increases
charged by third parties for online communications and similar items. All
such adjustments shall be your responsibility to pay and shall become
effective upon the date any such change is implemented by the applicable
Association or third party.
8.5 Subject to section 16.1, we may also increase the rates and/or fees for
Services for any other reason by notifying you twenty (20) days prior to the
effective date of any such change
8.6 If you receive settlement funds by wire transfer, we may charge a wire
transfer fee per wire.
8.7 All authorization fees will be charged for each transaction that you
attempt to authorize. All capture fees will be charged for each transaction
that you transmit to us for settlement.
9 Electronic Funding
9.1 To the extent the Automated Clearing House (ACH) settlement
process is used to effect debits or credits to your Settlement Account, you
agree to be bound by the terms of the operating rules of the National
Automated Clearing House Association, as in effect from time to time. You
hereby authorize us to initiate credit and debit entries and adjustments to
your account through the ACH settlement process and/or through direct
instructions to the financial institution where your Settlement Account is
maintained for amounts due under this Agreement and under any
agreements with us or our affiliates for any related services, as well as for
any credit entries in error. You hereby authorize the financial institution
where your Settlement Account is maintained to effect all such debits and
credits to your account. This authority will remain in full force and effect
until we have given written notice to the financial institution where your
Settlement Account is maintained that all monies due under this Agreement
and under any other agreements with us or our affiliates for any related
services have been paid in full.
9.2 After you submit sales and Credit Drafts, you will receive settlement
funds through ACH Credit. We will initiate a transfer of such applicable
settlement funds through ACH to your Settlement Account. Settlement by
ACH Credit generally will take place the second banking day after we
process the applicable Card transactions. Settlement funds will be net of
discount and all other amounts then due from you
9.3 If you believe any adjustments should be made with respect to your
Settlement Account, you must notify us in writing within forty-five (45) days
after any debit or credit is or should have been effected. If you notify us
after such time period, we may, in our discretion, assist you, at your
expense, in investigating whether any adjustments are appropriate and
whether any amounts are due to or from other parties, but we shall not
have any obligation to investigate or effect any such adjustments. Any
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voluntary efforts by us to assist you in investigating such matters shall not
create any obligation to continue such investigation or any future
investigation.
9.4 If after your account has terminated, you fail to instruct us as to where
to transmit funds that we are holding and that are due to you, we may
deduct from those funds our reasonable costs associated with the
maintenance of such funds on a monthly basis.
9.5 The following is a partial list of reasons for other debits to your
Settlement Account. We may add to this list as required: a) Association
fees, charges and fines assessed as a result of your transactions; b)
currency conversion errors; c) fees and Chargebacks not previously
charged; and d) deposits posted in error. For additional reasons, refer to
your Operating Procedures.
10 Other Entitlements
10.1 American Express is subject to separate approval—rates and fees as
stated in your Merchant Application and Agreement are based on Merchant
type and estimated volume and are subject to change. A Discount Rate will
be collected by American Express. A $7.95 Monthly Fee is mandatory for
all American Express mail order, telephone order, home-based and Internet
physical delivery Merchants for up to $5,000.00 in charge volume within
any consecutive 12-month period and will be assessed by American
Express. This monthly fee applies to online statements. Paper statements
may be subject to additional fees. American Express pay frequency is three
(3) days.
10.2 JCB is subject to separate approval—rates and fees as stated in your
Merchant Application and Agreement are based on Merchant type and
estimated volume and are subject to change. By executing this Merchant
Application and Agreement, you hereby request that Processor relay JCB
Cards for Authorization, data capture and funding.
11 Chargebacks
11.1 You are responsible for reimbursing us for any transaction that is
charged back by the Card Issuer and/or the Cardholder and for related
fees. See the Operating Procedures for additional information regarding
Chargebacks and Chargeback procedures. You shall reimburse us for any
Chargebacks, return items, or other losses resulting from your failure to
produce a Card transaction record requested by us within the applicable
time limits.
11.2 Among the reasons that a transaction may be charged back are: a) a
Cardholder disputes the validity of a transaction; b) a Cardholder disputes
the quality or receipt of goods or services; c) a copy of the Sales Draft
was not provided when requested, or the copy provided was improperly
completed or illegible in whole or in part; d) a Credit was not provided to
the Cardholder; e) the transaction was not authorized by the Card Issuer
at the time of sale, or efforts were made to avoid a decline of the
Authorization (such as, but not limited to, attempts to obtain an
Authorization after receiving either a decline or a referral to a call center or
splitting a sale across multiple transactions of the same Card); f) the Sales
Draft was not imprinted using an imprinting machine (an electronic swipe
of the magnetic stripe on the Card may only substitute for a manual
imprint if the transaction is electronically authorized by the terminal after
the swipe. In situations where the account number is keyed into the
terminal or where the terminal provides a referral response, a physical
imprint of the Card on the Sales Draft is mandatory); g) all mail
order/telephone order and Internet sales are at your risk and are subject
to Chargeback; or h) any other circumstance where a transaction is
charged back.
11.3 You will incur a Chargeback Fee each time a transaction is charged
back to you. If we reverse a Chargeback on your behalf and the Card
Issuer disputes the reversal (which may occur through a subsequent
Chargeback, a pre-arbitration demand or an arbitration demand), the
transaction may be charged back again, and you will incur an additional
Chargeback Fee. You may also be charged an arbitration fee of up to $500
and/or incur “good faith” collection fees in connection with a disputed
Chargeback.
11.4 You must maintain sufficient funds in your designated Settlement
Account to cover all Chargebacks and related fees. Simultaneously, with
each transaction processed by you, we have a contingent and unmatured
claim against you for any amount we must pay as a result of your
processing of transactions, including, but not limited to, any Chargebacks,
fees, discounts, customer Credits and adjustments, charges, fines,
assessments and penalties. All settlements or Credits
