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Zelle Network® Standard Terms

1.    Description of Services

  1. We have partnered with the Zelle Network (“Zelle”) to enable a convenient way to transfer money between you and others who are enrolled directly with Zelle® or enrolled with another financial institution that partners with Zelle (each, a “User”) using aliases, such as email addresses or mobile phone numbers (the “Service”). We will refer to financial institutions that have partnered with Zelle as “Network ”
  2. Zelle provides no deposit account or other financial services. Zelle neither transfers nor moves money. You may not establish a financial account with Zelle of any kind. All money will be transmitted by a Network Bank.
  3. THE SERVICE IS INTENDED TO SEND MONEY TO FRIENDS, FAMILY AND OTHERS YOU YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SERVICE TO SEND MONEY TO RECIPIENTS WITH WHOM YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR OR YOU DO NOT TRUST.

 

2.    Eligibility and User Profile

When you enroll to use the Service or when you permit others to whom you have delegated to act on your behalf to use or access the Service, you agree to the terms and conditions of this agreement[You represent that you have the authority to authorize debits and credits to the enrolled bank account.

You agree that you will not use the Service to send money to anyone to whom you are obligated for tax payments, payments made pursuant to court orders (including court-ordered amounts for alimony or child support), fines, payments to loan sharks, gambling debts or payments otherwise prohibited by law, and you agree that you will not use the Service to request money from anyone for any such payments.

The Service is intended for personal, not business or commercial use. You agree that you will not use the Service to send or receive payments in connection with your business or commercial enterprise. We reserve the right to decline your enrollment if we believe that you are enrolling to use the Service with your business account or to receive business or commercial payments. We further reserve the right to suspend or terminate your use of the Service if we believe that you are using the Service for business or commercial purposes, or for any unlawful purpose.

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3.    Consent to Share Personal Information (Including Account Information)

 You consent to us sharing your personal information, which may include Account information, for the following, but not limited to, reason(s): 

  1. As necessary for Network Banks to complete transfers; 
  1. As necessary to resolve a problem related to a transfer or payment between you and another user; 
  1. To verify the existence of your Account; 
  1. To comply with government agency or court orders; 
  1. To our affiliates, as permitted by law; 
  1. To verify your identity; 
  1. To comply with inquires in connection with fraud prevention or any investigation; 
  1. For our general business purpose, including without limitation data analysis and audits; or 
  1. As otherwise permitted by the terms of our Privacy Policy, as discussed in the Section below titled “Privacy and Information Security.”

 

4.    Privacy and Information Security

We make security and the protection of your information a top priority. You can access our privacy policy, which is incorporated into and made a part of this agreement by this reference. 

5.    Wireless Operator Data

We or Zelle may use information on file with your wireless operator to further verify your identity and to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized use of the Service. By using the Service, you authorize your wireless operator (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, or any other branded wireless operator) to use or disclose information related to your wireless subscriber account (such as your mobile number, name, address, email, network status, customer type, mobile device identifiers and other device and subscriber status information) to Lookout Credit Union or its service providers, which they may use  for the duration of your business relationship with them, solely to verify your identity and help prevent fraud. See Zelle’s Privacy Policy https://www.zellepay.com/privacy-policy for how it treats your data. Lookout Credit Union’s privacy policy can be found here.

 

6.    Enrolling for the Service

  1. You must provide us with an email address that you regularly use and intend to use regularly (i.e., no disposable email addresses) and a permanent U.S. mobile phone number that you intend to use for an extended period of time (i.e., no “burner” numbers). You may not enroll in the Service with a landline phone number, Google Voice number, or Voice over Internet
  2. Once enrolled, you may:
    1. authorize a debit of your account to send money to another User either at your initiation or at the request of that User; and
    2. receive money from another User either at that User’s initiation or at your request, subject to the conditions of the Section below titled “Requesting ”
  3. If at any time while you are enrolled, you do not send or receive money using the Service for a period of 18 consecutive months, we may contact you and/or take other steps to confirm that the U.S. mobile phone number or email address that you enrolled still belongs to you. If we are unable to confirm that you are the owner of the mobile phone number or email address, then you understand that we may cancel your enrollment and you will not be able to send or receive money with the Service until you enroll again.
  4. Once enrolled, a Z logo will appear on your profile picture for each U.S. mobile number and/or email address that you have enrolled with Zelle. The Z logo will be displayed to other Users to aid them in determining which of your U.S mobile numbers or email addresses should be used to send money with Zelle. If a User sends you money using a different U.S. mobile number or email address that they may have for you (one that is not already enrolled), you will receive a message with instructions on how to enroll with Zelle.

 

7.    Consent to Emails and Automated Text Messages

By participating as a User, you represent that you are the owner of the email address, mobile phone number, and/or other alias you enrolled, or that you have the delegated legal authority to act on behalf of the owner of such email address, mobile phone number and/or other alias to send or receive money as described in this agreement. You consent to the receipt of emails or text messages from us, from Zelle, from other Users that are sending you money or requesting money from you, and from other Network Banks or their agents regarding the Services or related transfers between Network Banks and you. You agree that we may, Zelle may or either of our agents may use automatic telephone dialing systems in connection with text messages sent to any mobile phone number you enroll. You further acknowledge and agree:

  1. You are responsible for any fees or other charges that your wireless carrier may charge for any related data, text or other message services, including without limitation for short message Please check your mobile service agreement for details or applicable fees, as message and data rates may apply.
  2. You will immediately notify us if any email address or mobile phone number you have enrolled is (i) surrendered by you, or (ii) changed by
  3. In the case of any messages that you may send through either us or Zelle or that we may send or Zelle may send on your behalf to an email address or mobile phone number, you represent that you have obtained the consent of the recipient of such emails or automated text messages to send such emails or text messages to the recipient. You understand and agree that any emails or text messages that we send or that Zelle sends on your behalf may include your
  4. Your wireless carrier is not liable for any delay or failure to deliver any message sent to or from us or Zelle, including messages that you may send through us or through Zelle or that we may send or Zelle may send on your
  5. To cancel text messaging from us, send STOP to 20736. For help or information regarding text messaging, send HELP to 20736 or contact our customer service at 888-847-8328 or cardservices@lookoutcu.com. You expressly consent to receipt of a text message to confirm your “STOP”

8.    Receiving Money; Money Transfers by Network Banks

Once a User initiates a transfer of money to your email address or mobile phone number enrolled with the Service, you have no ability to stop the transfer. By using the Service, you agree and authorize us to initiate credit entries to the bank account you have enrolled.

Most transfers of money to you from other Users will occur within minutes. There may be other circumstances when the payment may take longer. For example, in order to protect you, us, Zelle and the other Network Banks, we may need or Zelle may need additional time to verify your identity or the identity of the person sending the money. We may also delay or block the transfer to prevent fraud or to meet our regulatory obligations. If we delay or block a payment that you have initiated through a request for money, we will notify you in accordance with your User preferences (i.e. email, push notification).

If you are receiving a payment from a business or government agency, your payment will be delivered in accordance with both this agreement and the procedures of the business or government agency that is sending you the payment.

 

9.    Sending Money; Debits by Network Banks

You may send money to another User at your initiation or in response to that User’s request for money. You understand that use of this Service by you shall at all times be subject to (i) this agreementand (ii) your express authorization at the time of the transaction for us to initiate a debit entry to your bank account. You understand that when you send the payment, you will have no ability to stop it. You may only cancel a payment if the person to whom you sent the money has not yet enrolled in the Service. If the person you sent money to has already enrolled with Zelle, either in the Zelle mobile app or with a Network Bank, the money is sent directly to their bank account (except as otherwise provided below) and may not be canceled or revoked.

In most cases, when you are sending money to another User, the transfer will occur in minutes; however, there are circumstances when the payment may take longer. For example, in order to protect you, us, Zelle and the other Network Banks, we may need additional time to verify your identity or the identity of the person receiving the money. If you are sending money to someone who has not enrolled as a User with Zelle, either in the Zelle mobile app or with a Network Bank, they will receive a text or email notification instructing them on how to enroll to receive the money. You understand and acknowledge that a person to whom you are sending money and who is not enrolling as a User may fail to enroll with Zelle, or otherwise ignore the payment notification, and the transfer may not occur.

The money may also be delayed or the transfer may be blocked to prevent fraud or comply with regulatory requirements. If we delay or block a payment that you have initiated, we will notify you in accordance with your User preferences (i.e. email, push notification).

We have no control over the actions of other Users, other Network Banks or other financial institutions that could delay or prevent your money from being delivered to the intended User.

10. Liability

Neither we nor Zelle shall have liability to you for any transfers of money, including without limitation, (i) any failure, through no fault of us or Zelle to complete a transaction in the correct amount, or (ii) any related losses or damages. Neither we nor Zelle shall be liable for any typos or keystroke errors that you may make when using the Service.

THE SERVICE IS INTENDED FOR SENDING MONEY TO FAMILY, FRIENDS AND OTHERS WHOM YOU TRUST. YOU SHOULD NOT USE ZELLE TO SEND MONEY TO PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR OR YOU DO NOT TRUST. ZELLE DOES NOT OFFER A PROTECTTION PROGRAM FOR AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS MADE THROUGH THE SERVICE (FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE GOODS OR SERVICES THAT YOU PAID FOR, OR THE GOODS OR SERVICES THAT YOU RECEIVED ARE DAMAGED OR ARE OTHERWISE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED).

11. Send Limits

For security reasons, we do not disclose send limits in this Agreement. Please contact us at 888-847-8328 for more information regarding applicable send limits. 

Transfer limits applicable to Users of other Network Banks are governed by the User’s Network Bank. Transfer limits applicable to Users who use the separate Zelle service website or mobile app are governed by Zelle’s separate service agreements. You understand that if you use the separate Zelle transfer service website or mobile app, you may be subject to lower limits than those applicable to you using the Service hosted directly by us. 

We reserve the right to change from time to time the dollar amount of transfers you are permitted to make using the Service. All transfer limits are subject to temporary reductions to  protect the security of accounts and/or the Service.

 

12. Requesting Money

You may request money from another User. You understand and acknowledge that Users to whom you send payment requests may reject or ignore your request. Neither we nor Zelle guarantee that you will receive money from other Users by sending a payment request, or that you will receive the amount that you request. Neither we nor Zelle accept responsibility if the other User rejects or ignores your request, or sends you an amount that is less than you request. If a User ignores your request, we may decide or Zelle may decide, in our sole discretion, that we will not send a reminder or repeat request to that User.

By accepting this agreement you agree that you are not engaging in the business of debt collection by attempting to use the Service to request money for the payment or collection of an overdue or delinquent debt; to request money that is owed to another person; or to collect any amounts that are owed pursuant to a court order. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Zelle, its owners, directors, officers agents and Network Banks from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable attorney's fees, resulting from or arising out of any request for money that you send that is related to overdue or delinquent amounts.

You agree to receive money requests from other Users, and to only send requests for legitimate and lawful purposes. Requests for money are solely between the sender and recipient and are not reviewed or verified by us or by Zelle. Neither we nor Zelle assume responsibility for the accuracy or legality of such requests and do not act as a debt collector on your behalf or on behalf of the sender of a request for money.

We reserve the right, but assume no obligation, to terminate your ability to send requests for money in general, or to specific recipients, if we deem such requests to be potentially unlawful, abusive, offensive or unwelcome by the recipient.

13. Transaction Errors

In case of errors or questions about your electronic fund transfers, telephone us at 888-847-8238 or the number listed on the statement for your Account, or contact us at: as soon as you can, if you think your statement is wrong or if you need more information about a transfer listed on the statement. 

We must hear from you no later than 60 days after the date we send the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared: 

  • Tell us your name and account number (if any)
  • Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information
  • Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error

If you tell us orally, we may require that you send your complaint or question in writing within 10 business days. We will determine whether an error occurred within 10 business days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time to conduct our investigation, however, we will notify you of our need for an extension, which may take up to 45 days to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within 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 question in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days, we may not credit your Account. 

For errors involving new accounts or foreign-initiated transactions, we may take up to 90 days to investigate your complaint or question. For new accounts, we may take up to 20 business days to credit your account for the amount you think is in error. We will tell you the results within three 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 the .

 

14. Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers

Tell us AT ONCE if you believe your password has been lost or stolen or that an unauthorized online transfer has been made from any of your deposit accounts. Telephoning Lookout CU at 888-847-8238 is the best and fastest way of keeping your possible losses to a minimum. If you do not do so, you could lose all the money in the accounts, as well as all of the available funds in any overdraft protection account or any other credit line included among your accounts. If you tell us within two (2) business days after you discover the loss or theft, you are completely covered if someone makes a transfer without your authorization. 

If you do not tell us within two (2) business days after you discover the loss or theft of your password or that an unauthorized online transfer has been made from any of your deposit accounts, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from making a transfer without your authorization if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500. Furthermore, if any account statement shows online transfers that you did not make, tell us AT ONCE. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days for a transfer from your Account after a statement showing such a transfer was transmitted, you may not get back any money you lost after the sixty (60) days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time. 

If a good reason, such as a long trip or hospital stay, kept you from telling us, we may extend the time periods. 

 

15. Liability for Failure to Complete Transfers

If we do not complete a transfer you send from your Account in the correct amount or according to our agreement with you, we will be liable for those damages as the law imposes in such cases. However, there are some exceptions. We will not be liable, for example: 

  • If, through no fault of ours, your account does not contain sufficient funds to make the transfer and the transfer would exceed any credit line or any overdraft for such 
  • The Service, your operating system or software was not functioning properly at the time you attempted to initiate such transfer and it was evident to you at the time you began the 
  • Circumstances beyond our control, such as fires, floods, acts of God, power outages and the 
  • If you have not provided us with complete and correct transfer information, including without limitation the financial institution name and account number (if applicable), the email address or mobile phone number of the recipient for transfers you send and transfer amount for a transfer. 

The list of examples set out in this paragraph is meant to illustrate circumstances under which we would not be liable for failing to make a transfer and is not intended to list all of the circumstances where we would not be liable.

 

16. Fees

Please refer to our Truth in Savings and fee schedule here

17. Use of Our On-line Banking Site and/or Mobile App

You agree to access this website and/or mobile app in compliance with our digital banking terms and conditions which are available within home banking or our mobile app and incorporated into and made part of this agreement by this reference.

 

18. Cancellation of the Service

 

You may cancel the Service by calling 888-847-8328 or emailing us at operations@lookoutcu.com. By canceling the Service, any pending transfers, will also be terminated, however any transfer that is in process cannot be cancelled by you. When you cancel the Service, you will no longer be able to access or use the Service and you will not receive a refund of Service fees, if any. When you cancel the Service, it  will not cancel your other online services or your account relationships, if any, with us.

 

19. Right to Terminate Access

In the event you violate any terms of this Agreement or any other agreement with us, (ii) there are unauthorized or fraudulent transactions related to any of your accounts with us, or the use of the Service, or (iii) we incur problems with your use of the Service, you agree that we may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time. 

We may, in our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice to you or other User, suspend or terminate: 

  • the Service,
  • your ability to send or receive funds through the Service,
  • your ability to send funds through the Service, while continuing to permit you to receive funds through the Service,
  • your ability to request funds from another User, or
  • your ability to receive requests for funds from another User.

 

20. Disclaimer of Warranties

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN, AND SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, ZELLE MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR ENDORSEMENTS WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO THE SERVICE. ZELLE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, WITH REGARD TO THE SERVICE DESCRIBED OR PROVIDED. ZELLE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS.

 

21. Limitation of Liability

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN AND SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ZELLE, ITS OWNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS OR NETWORK BANKS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF (I) ANY TRANSACTION CONDUCTED THROUGH OR FACILITATED BY THE SERVICE; (II) ANY CLAIM ATTRIBUTABLE TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE SERVICES DESCRIBED OR PROVIDED; (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; OR (IV) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICES DESCRIBED OR PROVIDED, EVEN IF ZELLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ZELLE’S SERVICE OR WITH THE TERMS OF THIS [AGREEMENT], YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SERVICE.

IN THOSE STATES WHERE THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES MAY NOT APPLY, ANY LIABILITY OF ZELLE, ITS OWNERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND AGENTS OR THE NETWORK BANKS LIABILITY IN THOSE STATES IS LIMITED AND WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUDED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BUT SHALL, IN NO EVENT, EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00). 

22. Indemnification

You acknowledge and agree that you are personally responsible for your conduct while using the Service, and except as otherwise provided in this agreement , you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Zelle, its owners, directors, officers, agents and Network Banks from and against all claims, losses, expenses, damages and costs (including, but not limited to, direct, incidental, consequential, exemplary and indirect damages), and reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use, misuse, errors, or inability to use the Service, or any violation by you of the terms of this agreement.

 

23. Governing Law; Choice of Law; Severability

This Agreement, including all matters relating to the validity, construction, performance and enforcement thereof, shall be governed by the laws of the state in which our main office is located to the extent not preempted by federal law. In addition, choice of law rules shall not apply where application of said rules would result in the application of a different state’s law. 

If any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the law under which this Agreement is to be construed or if any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be deemed to be restated to reflect as nearly as possible the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law. The remaining provisions of this Agreement and the application of the challenged provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable will not be affected thereby, and each of those provisions will be valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

 

24. Miscellaneous

Subject to the terms of this agreement [the Services are generally available 24 hours a day, seven days a week with the exception of outages for maintenance and circumstances beyond our or Zelle’s control. Live customer service generally will be available Monday through Friday, excluding US bank holidays.

Zelle and the Zelle related marks are wholly owned by Early Warning Services, LLC and are used herein under license.