Online Banking and Online Bill Pay User Agreement

Contents

  1. Introduction to Online Banking
  2. Terms and Conditions
  3. Accessing Your Accounts Online
  4. Online Bill Pay
  5. General Terms and Disclosures
  6. Federal E-SIGN Act Disclosures and Consent
  7. Account to Account Transfer Terms of Service
  8. First Montana Bank Alerts Terms and Conditions
Introduction to Online Banking
The terms "we," "us," "our," and "the Bank" refer to First Montana Bank. "You" and “your” refers to each signer on an account. The term "business day" shall mean every day except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. The term "Agreement" refers to the First Montana Bank User Agreement. The terms "Site" or "Online Banking" refers to First Montana Bank's Online Banking transactional access website. Your account Terms and Conditions, and supplemental disclosures you received upon opening your existing accounts continues to govern each of your accounts.
This Agreement for accessing your accounts via Online Banking explains the terms and conditions that govern, regulate and protect the integrity of data which electronically transacts services between you and First Montana Bank. Accounts that may be accessed via Online Banking include only accounts held and maintained at First Montana Bank.
You agree that Montana state law and applicable Federal regulation and law shall govern your use of the First Montana Bank website, Online Banking site, and all transactions between you and First Montana Bank. You agree that jurisdiction and venue shall be located in Montana. First Montana Bank reserves the right to determine eligibility for any product or service.
Terms and Conditions

The following terms and conditions apply to your access to and use of the First Montana Bank Online Banking site. By accessing any page of our site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. First Montana Bank reserves the right to revise these terms and conditions, without prior notification, at any time.

If you purposefully harm the First Montana Bank website or Online Banking site with malicious intent such as hacking, phishing or attempting to access unauthorized areas or intentionally attempt to harm the site with malicious code, we reserve the right to pursue, prosecuting you to the fullest extent of the law.

First Montana Bank is not responsible if you download a file from our website or the Online Banking site that includes malicious code.

All other fees, as applicable and described in your Account Terms and Conditions disclosures, will be charged to you as normally applied. Be advised that message and data fees or other fees may be assessed and charged to by your online service provider for time spent on Online Banking, via Internet access.

Federal copyright laws protect information and materials of the Bank. You may copy information from the website for your personal use only, provided that each copy includes any copyright or trademark as they appear on the pages copied. The information and materials may not be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, transmitted, or otherwise used for public or commercial purposes without the express written permission of First Montana Bank.
The information, materials, and functions contained in our website are subject to change and are provided without warranties of any kind. The Bank does not warrant the adequacy, accuracy, or completeness of the information and materials included in our site. The Bank disclaims any liability for any errors or omissions in information, materials, and functions included in our site.

The bank will not be liable for any damages or lost profits arising from the use of our site, any interruption in the availability of our site, delay in operation or transmission, loss of data, or other events arising from use of our site, even if the Bank has been advised of the possibility of such damages or loss. First Montana Bank is not responsible if you download a file from the Bank website or Online Banking site that includes malicious code.

You agree, for yourself (and the person or entity you represent if you sign as a representative of another) to the terms of this account and the schedule of fees. You authorize us to deduct these fees directly from your account balance as accrued. You will pay any additional reasonable charges for services you request which are not covered by this agreement.

Each of you also agrees to be jointly and severally (individually) liable for any account shortage resulting from charges or overdrafts, whether caused by you or another with access to this account. This liability is due immediately, and can be deducted directly from the account balance whenever sufficient funds are available. You have no right to defer payment of this liability, and you are liable regardless of whether you signed the item or benefited from the charge or overdraft. You will also be liable for our costs to collect the deficit as well as for our reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent permitted by law, whether incurred as a result of collection or in any other dispute involving your account including, but not limited to, disputes between you and another joint owner; you and an authorized signer or similar party; or a third party claiming an interest in your account.

The Bank will not be liable for any errors, omissions, loss of data, materials or functions by third party sites linked to or from our site and operated by other entities. Third party web sites linked to or from our site are the responsibility of those other entities and the Bank does not endorse the sites even if a link is established between the Bank's website and the website of the other entity.

It is the policy of First Montana Bank to fully comply with and promote the spirit of the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (RESPA). The Bank does not provide links to or from our site to any entity that would in turn provide the Bank with compensation when soliciting Real Estate mortgage lending. It is our policy to fully comply with RESPA's prohibition on referral fees, kickbacks, and fee splitting.

You may communicate with the Bank through our website, subject to the following conditions:

  • You may not upload any information or material that violates any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights of any person or entity.
  • You must not include any obscene, libelous, or defamatory content in your communications.
  • You must indemnify and hold the Bank harmless from any and all damages, losses, and liabilities arising from your communications with us through our website.
  • When contacting us via the website, please do not include any non public, personally identifiable information such as your bank account number, password or Social Security Number, as email is not a secure messaging system.
Accessing Your Accounts Online
To access Online Banking you must have a browser that supports 128-bit encryption.

For your protection, your password must comply with the security standards established for Online Banking.

When logging in for the first time with your bank assigned, temporary password, you will be prompted and must immediately change your password to a password you select. This is for your protection. For added security you will be required to change your password every twelve (12) months. We recommend you change your password frequently, and immediately if your password is compromised. You may change your password or security data at any time from the Change Options menu within Online Banking.

Passwords are unique to each user accessing Online Banking. For joint and multiple signer accounts, each signer is assigned a unique Access ID and password, and is responsible for the confidentiality of their individual Access ID and password. Access IDs and passwords must never be compromised or shared with any other person or signer on an account.

There are no monthly or standard transaction fees for accessing your account(s) through Online Banking. Bill Pay fees may apply for expedited payments and stop payments.

There are no fees to send or receive funds through the Zelle® service. Fees may apply to cancel or stop Zelle® transactions.

Sending an email is one way of communicating with the Bank's customer support personnel and staff. You may contact us via email 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We will respond to email inquiries during regular business hours, 8AM to 4PM Mountain Time, Monday through Friday.

You may contact us via our website using the "Contact Us" page. When contacting us via the website, please do not include any non public, personally identifiable information such as your bank account number, password or Social Security Number. Please do not contact us via email if you are under age 14.

You cannot use email to conduct transactions on your account(s). For account transactions, please use the applicable functions within Online Banking, Mobile Banking, Telebanking at 1-888-442-4970, or by calling your local branch.

You may choose to receive your monthly bank statements electronically rather than a traditional, mailed paper statement. If you select this option, you will be notified via email when your statement is available. You will be able to view, save or print your statement from within Online Banking. Centennial Checking requires an electronic statement. If you withdraw your consent to receive statements electronically, you may be charged a $2 per month paper statement fee. Refer to Fee Schedule for full account details.

To receive statements electronically, you must have the following:

  • A personal computer or other device capable of accessing the Internet,
  • A valid email address,
  • A web browser capable of supporting 128-bit SSL encrypted communications, and
  • Supported software that allows access to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

We may treat an invalid email address, the malfunction of a previously valid email address, or cancellation of Online Banking as a withdrawal of your consent to receive statements electronically. It is your responsibility to provide us with a true, accurate and complete email address and other information related to your account(s), and to maintain and update promptly any changes to this information. If you have any questions about enrolling in electronic statements or accessing your statement online, contact your local branch or call 1-800-824-2692.

Online Bill Pay
Our Online Bill Pay service allows you to pay your bills online. You can schedule, at your option, the payment of current, future and recurring bills from your checking account at First Montana Bank. We will debit your account, ON THE DATE YOU SPECIFY, and send an electronic payment or mail a check to your payee the next business day. You may also set up person to person (P2P) transfers using our Zelle® service. The details, restrictions, your responsibilities and First Montana Bank's responsibilities are outlined in detail below.

You must have a checking account with First Montana Bank to use our Online Bill Pay service. If your internal policy dictates that two signatures or more are required to withdraw funds from your checking account, all signers on the account are prohibited from using Online Bill Pay. First Montana Bank does not monitor for a requirement of two signatures or more. If you have more than one signer on the account all signers must have joint ownership of the account. See Joint Ownership section below.

For non-consumer use of Online Bill Pay, the following ACH Origination Agreement terms apply:
(a) The Originator must authorize the ODFI to originate Entries on behalf of the Originator to Receivers’ accounts;
(b) The Originator must agree to be bound by these Rules;
(c) The Originator must agree not to originate Entries that violate the laws of the United States;
(d) Any restrictions on the types of Entries that may be originated;
(e) The right of the ODFI to terminate or suspend the agreement for breach of these Rules in a manner that permits the ODFI to comply with these Rules; and
(f) The right of the ODFI to audit the Originator’s compliance with the Origination Agreement and these Rules.

There is no limit to the number of bill payments that you may authorize. However, the types of payees of your payments are limited and exclude those indicated in the notice below. If you set up Online Bill Pay to a prohibited payee, we are not liable for any fees or charges incurred as a result of the prohibited payee transaction(s).

Notice of Prohibited Payees:

  • Payment of federal, state or local taxes (Consumer Online Bill Pay),
  • Court, local or state government directed payments or collection agencies,
  • Payments to persons or entities outside of the United States, and
  • Payments to security companies for stock purchases or trade taxing authorities.

By initiating a scheduled transaction and providing the names of your payees/merchants and their addresses, you authorize us to follow the payment instruction to these payees/merchants that you provide us. When we receive a payment instruction for a current or future date we will remit the funds to the payee on your behalf from the funds in your selected checking account on the day you have instructed the payment to be sent. The amount you indicate for payment is charged against your account's available balance.

We will not be liable for fees or charges incurred from:

  • Payment Date
    • o Funds for all online bill payments (whether these payments are made electronically or mailed by check) will be withdrawn from your account's available balance ON THE DAY that the payment is scheduled to be sent to the payee.
  • Available Balance
    • Your available balance is the balance according to our funds availability schedule of processing your deposits. You must be certain that there are adequate available funds in your account on the date your bill payment is scheduled.
  • Sufficient Funds
    • o The account to be charged against a bill payment must have enough money (sufficient funds) to cover the charge on the day the payment is scheduled.

Any payments made with First Montana Bank Online Bill Payment require sufficient time for your payee to receive the payment and credit your account properly. To avoid incurring a finance charge or late fees with your payee, you must schedule a payment sufficiently in advance of the due date of your payment. Fees may apply for expedited payments. Please allow ample time to prevent any late fees or penalties.

  • Example: Customer has a monthly car insurance payment due on the 17th of each month. (S)he knows that the minimum advance time to schedule a bill payment is at least 7 and up to 10 business days, prior to the due date. Customer's car insurance billing address is in Montana so (s)he schedules the payment for the 8th of the month (7 business days in advance of the due date). (S)he also has a credit card payment due on the 17th of each month. This credit card company is a national company with an out of state billing address. Therefore, (s)he schedules the payment for the 5th of the month (10 business days in advance of the due date). This way (s)he is allowing ample time for processing and mailing. Please refer to the calendar feature within Online Bill Pay for more information regarding anticipated mailing schedules.
You have the right to stop or modify any scheduled online bill payment provided you contact us no later than 2:30 PM MST on the preceding day for which the applicable payment is scheduled.

If you have scheduled an online bill payment in a timely manner (as described above) to an accepted payee and the payment is not paid on time, or in the correct amount, First Montana Bank will bear responsibility for late charges subject to the eight (8) exceptions listed below.

It is the policy of First Montana Bank to put forth our best efforts to make sure all your payments are processed accurately and timely. However, First Montana Bank shall incur no liability if it is unable to complete any payments initiated by you via Online Bill Pay due to the existence of one or more of the following circumstances:

  1. Sufficient funds are not available in your checking account to complete the payment. Payments are charged against available balance per our funds availability schedule;
  2. You know or have been advised by First Montana Bank not to use the First Montana Bank Online Bill Pay system due to a temporary malfunction;
  3. Your payee mishandles or delays a payment sent by First Montana Bank;
  4. You have not provided First Montana Bank with the correct names or account information, including but not limited to address and account numbers for payees to which you wish to direct payment;
  5. You have multiple signers on an account and do not have joint ownership established and conduct an unauthorized payment of bills from the checking account;
  6. Circumstances beyond First Montana Bank's control such as, but not limited to, fire, flood, or interference from an outside force prevent the proper execution of the transaction and First Montana Bank has taken reasonable precautions to avoid those circumstances;
  7. You instruct First Montana Bank to make a payment to one of the prohibited payees;
  8. You schedule your payment due date to be during the grace period for that merchant/payee. First Montana Bank will not be responsible for any late fees associated with payments which have scheduled payment dates less than 7 days before the due date on the bill. This is the case even if the payee allows a grace period. You may schedule payments during the grace period, but any late charges associated with payments scheduled as such will be your responsibility regardless of the cause of the late payment.

Fees may be incurred for expedited payments. The checking account used to fund the bill payments will be charged any Online Bill Payment fee(s). If you use more than one account to pay bills, each account will be charged the applicable fee(s). If you elect to discontinue the service, please notify your local branch.

The First Montana Bank Agreement definition of "You" means each signer on an account. The terms of the Agreement extend to all signers on the account(s) you are accessing with Online Banking. The same applies to the Online Bill Payment responsibilities. Each Online Bill Pay user can consist of single or joint signers of an account. However, if you have multiple signers on an account you must have joint ownership of the account in order to use the account with Online Bill Pay. Joint owners share the same payee list (when using Online Bill Pay), and are subject to the joint tenancy rules contained in the "Account Terms and Conditions" disclosure agreements for that checking account. Any account owner may discontinue or cancel service and any owner may authorize transfers to or from the joint account.

Each customer (signer on account) is assigned a unique First Montana Bank Online Banking password. Because joint signers on an account share the responsibilities with all signers on the account, the terms and conditions of this Agreement apply to all signers.

Passwords are unique to each user accessing Online Banking. For joint and multiple signer accounts, each signer is assigned a unique Access ID and password and is responsible for the confidentiality of their individual Access ID and password. Access IDs and passwords must never be compromised or shared with any other person or signer on an account.

General Terms and Disclosures

We reserve the right to change the fees or other terms described in the Agreement at any time. This does not include any changes to your Account Terms and Conditions you received when opening your account. Changes in Account Terms will always be provided to you at least 30 days in advance of the change. Any charges, fees or other terms changed that affect this site will be posted at this site.

NOTICE: All transactions conducted over Online Banking are considered by the federal government as electronic "telephonic" transfers and considered "third party transfers" and may be limited in number per statement cycle (month) for certain accounts under the Federal Reserve Act (Reg D). Refer to the disclosure that details the transactions allowed under Reg D that you were provided upon opening of a savings, money market or tiered interest account.

The following disclosure was provided to you upon opening a transaction (checking) account at First Montana Bank. This is also disclosed here to help you clearly understand when your funds are available after deposits are made when setting up an Online Bill Payment.

This policy statement applies to "transaction" accounts. Transaction accounts, in general, are accounts that permit an unlimited number of payments to third persons and an unlimited number of telephone and pre-authorized transfers to other accounts of yours with us. Checking accounts are the most common transaction accounts. Contact us regarding any of your other accounts that may also be applicable to this policy.

Our policy is to make funds from your cash or check deposits available to you on the first business day after the day we receive your deposit. Electronic direct deposits will be available on the day we receive the deposit. Once the funds are available, you can withdraw them in cash and we will use the funds to pay checks that you have written. Please remember that even after we have made funds available to you and you have withdrawn the funds, you are still responsible for checks you deposit that are returned to us unpaid and for any other problems involving your deposit. For determining the availability of your deposits, every day is a business day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.

If you make a deposit before deposit cut-off time on a business day that we are open, we will consider that day to be the day of your deposit. However, if you make a deposit after deposit cut-off time or on a day we are not open, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next business day we are open. Deposit cut-off times may vary by branch, but are not earlier than 4:00 PM Mountain Time.

If we cash a check for you that is drawn on another bank, we may withhold the availability of a corresponding amount of funds that are already in one of your accounts. Those funds will be available at the time funds from the check we cashed would have been available if you had deposited it.

In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that you deposit by check available to you on the first business day after the day of your deposit. Depending on the type of check that you deposit, funds may not be available until the fifth (5) business day after the day of your deposit. The first $225 of your deposits, however, may be available on the first (1) business day after the day of your deposit.

If we will not make all of the funds from your deposit available on the first (1) business day after we receive your deposit, we will notify you at the time you make your deposit. We will inform you when the funds will be available. If your deposit is not made directly to one of our employees, or if we decide to take this action after you have left the premises, we will mail you the notice by the first (1) business day after we receive your deposit. If you require funds from a deposit right away, you should inquire when the funds will be available at the time of your transaction.

In addition, funds deposited by check may be delayed for a longer period under the following circumstances:
  1. We believe a check you deposit will not be paid,
  2. You deposit checks totaling more than $5,525 on any one day,
  3. You attempt to redeposit a check that has been returned unpaid,
  4. You have overdrawn your account repeatedly in the last six (6) months, or,
  5. There is an emergency, such as failure of computer or communications equipment.

We will notify you if we delay your ability to withdraw funds for any of these reasons, and we will inform you when the funds will be available. Funds will generally be available no later than the eleventh (11) business day after the day of your deposit.

If you are a new customer, the following special rules will apply during the first thirty (30) days your account is open:
  1. Funds from electronic deposits into your account will be available on the day we receive the deposit. Funds from deposits of cash, wire transfers, and the first $5,525 of a day's total deposits of cashier's, certified, teller's, travelers, or federal, state and local government checks will be available on the first (1) business day after the day of your deposit if the deposit meets certain conditions. For example, the checks must be payable to you (and you may need to use a special deposit slip). The excess over $5,525 will be available on the ninth (9) business day after the day of your deposit. If your deposit of checks (other than a U.S. Treasury check) is not made in person to one of our employees, the first $5,525 will not be available until the second (2) business day after the day of your deposit.
  2. Funds from all other check deposits will be available on the ninth business day after the day of your deposit.

First Montana Bank Online Bill Pay Regulation E "Electronic Funds Transfer Act" (EFT) Error Resolution Applicability:

First Montana Bank's Online Bill pay provider may process payments via electronic funds transfer methods or via check, draft, or similar paper instrument. Only electronic funds transfers (EFT) transactions on a consumer purpose account would fall under the provisions of the Federal Reserve Board's Regulation E ("Electronic Funds Transfer Act").

The following Regulation E ("Electronic Fund Transfer Act") disclosure was provided to you when you opened an account that may have electronic transactions conducted (i.e. ATM or Debit Card or Automatic Deposit). This disclosure is also provided in this Agreement to inform you how to contact us in the event you detect an error has occurred when viewing your account(s) transaction statements while viewing online through Online Banking. When viewing accounts, or conducting transfers from one account to another, the accounts are real time. This means that deposits and transactions that occurred prior to your viewing should be reflected in Online Banking. However, some transactions such as a transfer from checking account to pay down an Overdraft Protection line, loan payments, advances or a transaction completed at an ATM may not reflect until the 24-hour update has occurred on our account processing system.

In case of errors or questions about your electronic transfers, contact us in the manner outlined in the Communicating with Us section of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to inform us as soon as possible if you think your statement or receipt is incorrect or if you need more information about a transfer listed on your statement or receipt. We must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared.

When contacting us regarding an error:

  1. Tell us your name and account number (if any).
  2. Describe the error or the transaction you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as possible why you believe there is an error or why you require more information.
  3. Provide the dollar amount of the suspected error. If you contact us verbally or in person, we may require you also provide your complaint or question in writing within ten (10) business days.

We will determine whether an error occurred within ten (10) business days after we hear from you (five (5) business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction with a MasterCard logo, and twenty (20) business days if the transfer involved a new account). We will work to promptly correct any error. If we require more time, we may take up to forty five (45) days to investigate your complaint or question (ninety (90) days if the transfer involved a new account, a point-of-sale transaction with a MasterCard logo, or a foreign initiated transfer). If we decide to take additional time, we will credit your account within ten (10) business days (five (5) business days if the transfer involved a point-of-sale transaction, and twenty (20) business days if the transfer involved a new account) for the amount you believe is in error, to allow use of the funds during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we request you provide your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) business days, we may not credit your account. An account is considered a new account for thirty (30) days after the first deposit is made.

We will inform you of the results within three (3) business days after completing our investigation. If we determine there was no error, we will send you a written explanation. You may request copies of the documents that were used in our investigation.

Notify us at once if you believe your code, password, PIN, or card has been lost or stolen, or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission using information from a personal check. You may lose all the money in your account (plus your maximum overdraft line of credit). If you notify us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card or code, and someone used your card or code without your permission, you may lose no more than $50. If you do NOT notify us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card or code, and we are able to prove you could have prevented someone from using your card or code without your permission if you had notified us, you may lose as much as $500.

If your statement displays transfers that you did not make, including those made by card, code or other means, notify us immediately. If you do not notify us within sixty (60) days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any money lost after the sixty (60) days if we can prove that we could have prevented someone from taking the funds had you notified us in time. If a valid reason (such as a long trip or hospital stay) or extenuating circumstance prevented you from notifying us, we may extend the time period.

You must acknowledge that you have read, understand and agree to the terms, conditions, provisions, rules and policies disclosed under this Agreement prior to your first attempt to access your accounts online.

  • Prearranged Transfers
  • Preauthorized credits. You may make arrangements for certain direct deposits to be accepted into your checking and/or savings account(s).
  • Preauthorized payments. You may make arrangements to pay certain recurring bills from your checking and/or savings account(s).
  • Telephone Transfers
  • You may access your account(s) by telephone at 1-800-442-4970 using a touch-tone phone and your personal identification number (PIN) to transfer funds from checking to savings, transfer funds from savings to checking, transfer funds from checking to checking, transfer funds from savings to savings, make payments to loan accounts with us, make payments from savings to loan accounts with us, access checking account(s) information, access savings account(s) information, access loan account information.
  • ATM Transfers
    • You may access your account(s) by ATM using your First Montana Bank ATM Card or Mastercard® Debit Card and personal identification number (PIN) to make cash withdrawals from checking accounts (you may withdraw no more than $305 (ATM card)/$505 (debit card) per day), make cash withdrawals from savings accounts (you may withdraw no more than $305/$505 per day), transfer funds from savings to checking, transfer funds from checking to savings, access checking account(s) information, access savings account(s) information.
  • Point-Of-Sale Transactions
    • You may use your Mastercard Debit Card to access your checking account(s) to purchase goods or services in person, by phone, or online; receive cash back from a merchant (if the merchant permits), withdraw cash from a participating financial institution; or other activities as accepted by the merchant and issuer.
    • You may not exceed more than $1,000.00 in transactions per day for PIN based transactions.
    • You may not exceed more than $1,000.00 in transactions per day for signature based transactions.
  • Online Transfers
    • You may access your account(s) online with an Access ID and password to transfer funds between First Montana Bank accounts, make a payment to your First Montana Bank loan, access account information, access transaction history, and access bank statements, view images of your checks and deposit slips, and access Online Bill Pay.
  • Electronic Funds Transfers Initiated By Third Parties
    • You may authorize a third party to initiate electronic fund transfers between your account and the third party's account. These transfers to make or receive payment may be one-time occurrences or recurring payments as directed by you. These transfers may use the Automated Clearing House (ACH) or other payments network. Your authorization to the third party to make these transfers can occur in a number of ways. For example, your authorization to convert a check to an electronic fund transfer or to electronically pay a returned check charge can occur when a merchant provides you with notice and you approve the transaction (at the point of purchase, merchants are required to post a sign and may also print the notice on a receipt). In all cases, these third party transfers will require you to provide the third party with your account number and financial institution information; this information can be found on your check or you may contact the Bank for this information. You should only provide your financial institution and account information to trusted third parties whom you have authorized to initiate these electronic fund transfers. Examples of these transfers include, but are not limited to:
    • Electronic Bank 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 bills. You may make payments by electronic check from a merchant.
    • Electronic returned check charge. 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. You may make electronic payment of charges for checks returned for insufficient funds from merchants.
  • General Limitations
    • In addition to those limitations on transfers elsewhere described, the following limitations apply:
    • o Transfers or withdrawals from a Money Market Savings and Savings account to another account of yours or to a third party by means of a preauthorized or automatic transfer or telephone order or instruction, computer transfer, or by check, draft, debit card or similar order to a third party, may be limited to six (6) per month. If you exceed the transfer limitations set forth above, your account may be subject to closure.
  • Terminal Transfers: You may obtain a receipt at the time you make a transfer to or from your account using an automated teller machine (ATM). You may not receive a receipt if the amount of the transfer is less than $15.
  • Preauthorized Credits: If you have arranged for direct deposits to be made to your account at least once every sixty (60) days from the same person or company, you may contact us to confirm the deposit has been made.
  • You will receive a monthly statement from First Montana Bank.
We will disclose information to third parties about your account:
  1. Where it is necessary for completing transfers,
  2. To verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant,
  3. To comply with government agency or court orders, or
  4. If you provide written permission as explained in our Privacy Policy and Disclosure.
Federal E-SIGN Act Disclosures and Consent

Please read this Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-SIGN") Disclosure and Consent carefully and keep a copy for your records.

You have the right to receive this disclosure in paper form. Please notify the Bank to receive this disclosure in paper form by contacting us in person, in writing, via email as directed in the "Contact Us" section of our website, or via telephone at 1-800-824-2692. You may withdraw your consent to receive disclosures electronically at any time. Your consent applies only to the enrollment of online banking and/or online bill payment and/or electronic statements. To withdraw your consent to receive disclosures electronically, please contact the Bank in the manner indicated above, and include your updated physical contact information. If you withdraw your consent to receive disclosures electronically, you may be charged a $2 per month paper statement fee. If you have consented to receive disclosures electronically and determine that a paper copy is required, contact the Bank in the manner indicated above. You may incur a $2 interim statement fee and/or account research fees depending on the nature of your request.

To receive disclosures electronically, you must have the following:

  • A personal computer or other device capable of accessing the Internet,
  • A valid email address,
  • A web browser capable of supporting 128-bit SSL encrypted communications, and,
  • Supported software that allows access to Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

The Bank may treat an invalid email address, the malfunction of a previously valid email address, or cancellation of online banking as a withdrawal of your consent to receive disclosures electronically.

It is your responsibility to provide the Bank with a true, accurate and complete email address and other information related to this disclosure and your account(s), and to maintain and update promptly any changes to this information. You can update such information by contacting the Bank in the manner indicated above.

Account to Account Transfer Terms of Service

1. Introduction. This Account to Account Transfer Terms of Service document (hereinafter “Agreement”) is a contract between you and First Montana Bank (hereinafter “we” or “us”) in connection with the Account to Account Transfer Service (as defined below) offered through our online banking site or mobile applications (the “Site”). This Agreement applies to your use of the Account to Account Transfer Service and the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered.

2. Description of Account to Account Transfer Service. The Account to Account transfer service (the “Account to Account Transfer Service”) enables you to transfer funds between your Account(s) that you maintain with us on the one hand, and your Account(s) that are maintained by other financial institutions, on the other hand.

  1. “Small Business Transfers Service” means functionality, to the extent made available by us, that enables a Business to transfer funds between Account(s) that the Business maintains with us on the one hand, and Account(s) that the Business maintains with other financial institutions, on the other hand. Businesses accessing the Account to Account Transfer Service shall be classified as Small Business Transfers Service users. The Small Business Transfers Service is included in the definition of “Account to Account Transfer Service”.
  2. “Instant Transfers” means functionality, to the extent made available by us, that uses Payment Networks designed to transfer funds on the same day or sooner between your Account(s) that you maintain with us on the one hand, and your Account(s) that are maintained by other financial institutions, on the other hand. Instant Transfers are only available for financial institutions and applicable Accounts that enabled to send and receive such Instant Transfers. Not all financial institutions and/or Accounts are available to participate in Instant Transfers. Instant Transfers are not instantaneous. Payment delivery speed may vary based upon the funds availability policy of each financial institution, Payment Network availability, or other factors. Instant Transfers are included in the definition of “Service”.

3. Definitions.

  1. “Account” means a checking, money market or savings account that is either an Eligible Transaction Account or External Account, as applicable. For the Small Business Transfers Service, Accounts include business checking, money market or savings accounts.
  2. “ACH Network” means the funds transfer system, governed by the NACHA Rules, that provides funds transfer services to participating financial institutions.
  3. “Affiliates” are companies related by common ownership or control.
  4. “Business” means any person or entity other than a Consumer with an Eligible Transaction Account that utilizes the Account to Account Transfer Service.
  5.  “Business Day” is every Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Reserve holidays or other days that banks are legally closed.
  6. “Consumer” means a person (not a business or other entity) with an Eligible Transaction Account primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
  7. “Eligible Transaction Account” is a transaction account from which your transfers will be debited, your Account to Account Transfer Service fees, if any, will be automatically debited, or to which transfers and credits to you will be credited, that is eligible for the Account to Account Transfer Service. An Eligible Transaction Account shall be limited to a checking, money market or savings account that you hold with us.
  8. “External Account” is your account at another financial institution (i) to which you are transferring funds from your Eligible Transaction Account; or (ii) from which you are transferring funds to your Eligible Transaction Accou
  9. “Payment Network” means a debit or credit network (such as the ACH Network or ACCEL / Exchange payment network) through which funds may be transferred.
  10. “Service Provider” means companies that we have engaged (and their Affiliates) to render some or all of the Account to Account Transfer Service to you on our behalf.
  11. “Transfer Instruction” is a specific information provided for a transfer to be made that you provide to the Account to Account Transfer Service for a transfer of funds.

4. Service Providers. We are offering you the Account to Account Transfer Service through one or more Service Providers that we have engaged to render some or all of the Account to Account Transfer Service to you on our behalf. However, notwithstanding that we have engaged such a Service Provider to render some or all of the Account to Account Transfer Service to you, we are the sole party liable to you for any payments or transfers conducted using the Account to Account Transfer Service and we are solely responsible to you and any third party to the extent any liability attaches in connection with the Account to Account Transfer Service. You agree that we have the right under this Agreement to delegate to Service Providers all of the rights and performance obligations that we have under this Agreement, and that the Service Providers will be third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and will be entitled to all the rights and protections that this Agreement provides to us.

5. Authorization and Processing.

  1. You represent and warrant that you are either the sole owner or a joint owner of the Eligible Transaction Account and the External Account and that you have all necessary legal right, power and authority to transfer funds between the Eligible Transaction Account and the External Account. If you are a joint owner of the Eligible Transaction Account, External Account, or both, then you represent and warrant that (i) you have been authorized by all of the other joint owners to operate such Accounts without their consent (including without limitation to withdraw or deposit any amount of funds to such Accounts or to even withdraw all funds from such Accounts); and (ii) we may act on your instructions regarding such Accounts without liability to such other joint owners. Further, you represent and warrant that the External Account is located in the United States.
  2. You may initiate (1) a one-time Transfer Instruction for which processing shall be initiated immediately, (2) a one-time Transfer Instruction for which processing shall be initiated at a later specified date up to one (1) year, and (3) a recurring series of Transfer Instructions for which processing shall be initiated on the specified dates. Options (2) and (3) above are not available for Instant Transfers. Further details about each of these options can be found on the Site. When we receive a Transfer Instruction from you, you authorize us to (i) debit your Eligible Transaction Account and remit funds on your behalf to the External Account designated by you and to debit your applicable Account as described below in Section 9 (Account to Account Transfer Service Fees and Additional Charges); or, as applicable, to (ii) credit your Eligible Transaction Account and remit funds on your behalf from the External Account designated by you and to debit your applicable Account as described below in Section 9 (Account to Account Transfer Service Fees and Additional Charges). You also authorize us to reverse a transfer from the applicable Account if the debit is returned from the other Account in the transaction for any reason, including but not limited to nonsufficient funds. Transfers may be delayed or blocked to prevent fraud or comply with regulatory requirements. If we delay or block a Transfer Instruction that you have initiated, we will notify you in accordance with your user preferences (i.e., email, push notification).
  3.  We will use reasonable efforts to make all your transfers properly. However, we shall incur no liability if we are unable to complete any transfers initiated by you because of the existence of any one or more of the following circumstances:
    1. If, through no fault of ours, the Eligible Transaction Account or External Account does not contain sufficient funds to complete the transfer or the transfer would exceed the credit limit of your overdraft account;
    2. The Account to Account Transfer Service is not working properly and you know or have been advised by us about the malfunction before you execute the transaction;
    3. The transfer is refused as described in Section 10 (Refused Transfers) below;
    4. You have not provided us with the correct information, including but not limited to the correct Eligible Transaction Account or External Account information; and/or,
    5. Circumstances beyond our control (such as, but not limited to, fire, flood, network or system down time, issues with the financial institution(s), or interference from an outside force) prevent the proper execution of the transfer and we have taken reasonable precautions to avoid those circumstances.
  4. It is your responsibility to ensure the accuracy of any information that you enter into the Account to Account Transfer Service, and for informing us as soon as possible if you become aware that this information is inaccurate. You may not use a P.O. Box as a postal address. We will make a reasonable effort to stop or recover a transfer made to the wrong Account once informed, but we do not guarantee such recovery and will bear no responsibility or liability for damages resulting from incorrect information entered by you.
  5. Instant Transfers. The Instant Transfers feature allows for transfers to and from External Accounts that are enabled through a Payment Network designed to deliver transfers on the same day and potentially within minutes, although actual speed will vary, as described below. Instant Transfers are not instantaneous. Delivery speed may vary based upon the fraud, risk and other funds availability policy of the applicable External Account financial institution and Payment Network availability. We are not responsible for the performance, speed, or other acts or omissions of the Payment Networks or other financial institutions that may be involved in the transmission of a transfer. We shall not be obligated to comply with the Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) Rules in such recovery efforts or otherwise in connection with Instant Transfers unless the applicable transaction is transmitted through the ACH network. We are only responsible for delivery of the applicable Transfer Instructions to the applicable Payment Network in the format required by the applicable Payment Network's specifications.

6. Transfer Methods and Amounts. There are limits on the amount of money you can send or receive through our Account to Account Transfer Service. Your limits may be adjusted from time-to-time in our sole discretion. You may have the ability to log in to the Site to view your individual transaction limits. We or our Service Provider also reserve the right to select the method in which to remit funds on your behalf through the Account to Account Transfer Service, and in the event that your Eligible Transaction Account is closed or otherwise unavailable to us, the method to return funds to you.

7. Transfer Cancellation Requests. You may cancel a transfer at any time until it begins processing (as shown in the Account to Account Transfer Service). Instant Transfers may not be cancelled as the Transfer Instructions will be processed immediately.

8. Stop Transfer Requests. If you desire to stop any transfer that has already been processed, you must contact customer care for the Account to Account Transfer Service pursuant to Section 26 (Errors, Questions, and Complaints). Although we will make a reasonable effort to accommodate your request, we will have no liability for failing to do so. We may also require you to present your request in writing within fourteen (14) days. The charge for each request will be the current charge for such service as set out in the applicable fee schedule.

9. Account to Account Transfer Service Fees and Additional Charges. You are responsible for paying all fees associated with your use of the Account to Account Transfer Service. Applicable fees will be disclosed in the user interface for, or elsewhere within, the Account to Account Transfer Service or Site. Any applicable fees will be charged regardless of whether the Account to Account Transfer Service was used, except for fees that are specifically use-based. Use-based fees for the Account to Account Transfer Service will be charged against the Account that is debited for the funds transfer. There may also be charges for additional transactions and other optional services. Additional fees may apply for Instant Transfers and Businesses enrolled in the Small Business Transfers Service. You agree to pay such charges and authorize us to deduct the calculated amount from the applicable Eligible Transaction Account you hold with us or the Account that is debited for the funds transfer, depending on how such charges are described in the user interface for the Account to Account Transfer Service. Any financial fees associated with your standard deposit accounts will continue to apply. You are responsible for any and all telephone access fees and Internet service fees that may be assessed by your telephone and Internet service provider. Section 22 (Failed Or Returned Transfer Instructions) applies if you do not pay our fees and charges for the Account to Account Transfer Service, including without limitation if we debit the External Account for such fees, as described in this Section, and there are insufficient funds in the External Account; Section 22 (Failed Or Returned Transfer Instructions) should be interpreted as applying to the External Account, not just the Eligible Transaction Account, in such circumstances.

10. Refused Transfers. We reserve the right to refuse any transfer. As required by applicable law, we will notify you promptly if we decide to refuse to transfer funds.

11. Returned or Failed Transfers. In using the Account to Account Transfer Service, you understand transfers may be returned or fail for various reasons such as, but not limited to, the External Account number is not valid. We will use reasonable efforts to research and correct the transfer to the intended Account or void the transfer. We will, to the extent permitted by law, make reasonable attempts to return any unclaimed, refused, refunded, prohibited, failed, or denied transfer to your Account that we debited for the funds transfer or use other reasonable efforts to return such transfer to you as permitted by law. In certain cases, we may require you to contact us or the financial institution for your External Account to initiate a request to receive such funds. You may receive notification from us.

12. Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service. Except as otherwise stated below, notice to us concerning the Site or the Account to Account Transfer Service must be sent by postal mail to: Operations Department, PO Box 1550, Libby MT 59923. We may also be reached at 1-800-824-2692 for questions and other purposes concerning the Account to Account Transfer Service. We will act on your telephone calls as described below in Section 26 (Errors, Questions, and Complaints), but otherwise, such telephone calls will not constitute legal notices under this Agreement.

13. Notices to You. You agree that we may provide notice to you by posting it on the Site, sending you an in-product message within the Account to Account Transfer Service, emailing it to an email address that you have provided us, mailing it to any postal address that you have provided us, or by sending it as a text message to any mobile phone number that you have provided us, including but not limited to the mobile phone number that you have listed in your Account to Account Transfer Service setup or customer profile. For example, users of the Account to Account Transfer Service may receive certain notices (such as notices of processed Transfer Instructions, alerts for validation and notices of receipt of transfers) as text messages on their mobile phones. All notices by any of these methods shall be deemed received by you no later than twenty-four (24) hours after they are sent or posted, except for notice by postal mail, which shall be deemed received by you no later than three (3) Business Days after it is mailed. You may request a paper copy of any legally required disclosures and you may terminate your consent to receive required disclosures through electronic communications by contacting us as described in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above. We reserve the right to charge you a reasonable fee not to exceed twenty dollars ($20.00) to respond to each such request. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Account to Account Transfer Service if you withdraw your consent to receive electronic communications.

14. Text Messages, Calls and/or Emails to You. By providing us with a telephone number (including a wireless/cellular, mobile telephone number and/or email address), you consent to receiving calls from us and our Service Providers at that number INCLUDING THOSE MADE BY USE OF AN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING SYSTEM (“ATDS”), and/or emails from us for our everyday business purposes (including identity verification). You acknowledge and agree that such telephone calls include, but are not limited to, live telephone calls, prerecorded or artificial voice message calls, text messages, and calls made by an ATDS from us or our affiliates and agents. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information.

15. Receipts and Transaction History. You may view your transaction history by logging into the Account to Account Transfer Service and looking at your transaction history. You agree to review your transactions by this method instead of receiving receipts by mail.

16. Your Privacy; Privacy of Others. Protecting your privacy is very important to us. Please review our Privacy Policy in order to better understand our commitment to maintaining your privacy, as well as our use and disclosure of your information. If you receive information about another person through the Account to Account Transfer Service, you agree to keep the information confidential and only use it in connection with the Account to Account Transfer Service.

17. Eligibility. The Account to Account Transfer Service is offered only to individual residents of the United States who can form legally binding contracts under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Account to Account Transfer Service is not offered to minors unless the minor is using an Eligible Transaction Account in the name of the minor with a parent or guardian as a co-signor or guarantor. By using the Account to Account Transfer Service, you represent that you meet these requirements and that you agree to be bound by this Agreement.

18. Prohibited Transfers. The following types of transfers are prohibited through the Account to Account Transfer Service, and we have the right but not the obligation to monitor for, block, cancel and/or reverse such transfers:

  1. Transfers to or from persons or entities located in prohibited territories (including any territory outside of the United States); and
  2. Transfers that violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; and
  3. Transfers that violate the Acceptable Use terms in Section 19 (Acceptable Use) below; and
  4. Transfers related to: (1) tobacco products, (2) prescription drugs and devices; (3) narcotics, steroids, controlled substances or other products that present a risk to consumer safety; (4) drug paraphernalia; (5) ammunition, firearms, or firearm parts or related accessories; (6) weapons or knives regulated under applicable law; (7) goods or services that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity; (8) goods or services that are sexually oriented; (9) goods or services that promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime; (10) goods or services that defame, abuse, harass or threaten others; (11) goods or services that include any language or images that are bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, obscene, indecent or discourteous; (12) goods or services that advertise, sell to, or solicit others; or (13) goods or services that infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy, or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction; and
  5. Transfers related to gambling, gaming and/or any other activity with an entry fee and a prize, including, but not limited to, casino games, sports betting, horse or dog racing, lottery tickets, other ventures that facilitate gambling, games of skill (whether or not it is legally defined as a lottery) and sweepstakes; 
  6. Transfers relating to transactions that (1) support pyramid or Ponzi schemes, matrix programs, other “get rich quick” schemes or multi-level marketing programs, (2) are associated with purchases of real property, equities, annuities or lottery contracts, lay-away systems, off-shore banking or transactions to finance or refinance debts funded by a credit card, (3) are for the sale of items before the seller has control or possession of the item, (4) constitute money-laundering or terrorist financing, (5) are associated with the following “money service business” activities: the sale of traveler’s checks or money orders, currency dealers or exchanges (including digital currencies such as bitcoin), or check cashing, or (6) provide credit repair or debt settlement services; and
  7.  Transfers relating to tax payments and court ordered payments.

Except as required by applicable law, in no event shall we or our Service Providers be liable for any claims or damages resulting from your scheduling of prohibited transfers. We encourage you to provide notice to us by the methods described in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above of any violations of the Agreement generally.

19. Acceptable Use. You agree that you are independently responsible for complying with all applicable laws in all of your activities related to your use of the Account to Account Transfer Service, regardless of the purpose of the use, and for all communications you send through the Account to Account Transfer Service. We and our Service Providers have the right but not the obligation to monitor and remove communications content that we find in our sole discretion to be objectionable in any way. In addition, you are prohibited from using the Account to Account Transfer Service for communications or activities that: (a) violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation; (b) promote hate, violence, racial intolerance, or the financial exploitation of a crime; (c) defame, abuse, harass or threaten others; (d) include any language or images that are bigoted, hateful, racially offensive, vulgar, obscene, indecent or discourteous; (e) infringe or violate any copyright, trademark, right of publicity or privacy or any other proprietary right under the laws of any jurisdiction; (f) impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure; (g) facilitate any viruses, trojan horses, worms or other computer programming routines that may damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or information; (h) constitute use of any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to monitor or copy the Account to Account Transfer Service or the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered without our prior written permission; (i) constitute use of any device, software or routine to bypass technology protecting the Site or Account to Account Transfer Service, or interfere or attempt to interfere, with the Site or the Account to Account Transfer Service; or (j) may cause us or our Service Providers to lose any of the services from our internet service providers, payment processors, or other vendors. We encourage you to provide notice to us by the methods described in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above of any violations of the Agreement generally.

20. Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers. Consumer Accounts. This paragraph applies only to Eligible Transaction Accounts used for personal, family and household purposes, and shall not apply to the Small Business Transfers Service. Immediately following your discovery of an unauthorized Transfer Instruction, you shall communicate with customer care for the Account to Account Transfer Service in the manner set forth in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above. You acknowledge and agree that time is of the essence in such situations. If you tell us within two (2) Business Days after you discover your password or other means to access your account through which you access the Account to Account Transfer Service has been lost or stolen, your liability is no more than $50.00 should someone access your account without your permission. If you do not tell us within two (2) Business Days after you learn of such loss or theft, and we can prove that we could have prevented the unauthorized use of your password or other means to access your account if you had told us, you could be liable for as much as $500.00. If your monthly financial institution statement contains transfers that you did not authorize, you must tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days after the statement was sent to you, you may lose any amount transferred without your authorization after the sixty (60) days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money had you told us in time. If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay) prevented you from telling us, we will extend the time periods specified above to a reasonable period.

21. Taxes. It is your responsibility to determine what, if any, taxes apply to the transactions you make or receive, and it is your responsibility to collect, report and remit the correct tax to the appropriate tax authority. We are not responsible for determining whether taxes apply to your transaction, or for collecting, reporting or remitting any taxes arising from any transaction.

22. Failed or Returned Transfer Instructions. In using the Account to Account Transfer Service, you are requesting that we or our Service Provider attempt to make transfers for you from your Eligible Transaction Account. If the Transfer Instruction cannot be completed for any reason associated with your Eligible Transaction Account (for example, there are insufficient funds in your Eligible Transaction Account, or the Transfer Instruction would exceed the credit or overdraft protection limit of your Eligible Transaction Account, to cover the transfer), the Transfer Instruction may or may not be completed. In certain circumstances, our Service Provider may either advance funds drawn on their corporate account or via an electronic debit, and in such circumstances will attempt to debit the Eligible Transaction Account a second time to complete the Transfer Instruction. In some instances, you will receive a return notice from us or our Service Provider. In each such case, you agree that:

  1. You will reimburse us or our Service Provider immediately upon demand the amount of the Transfer Instruction if the transfer has been delivered but there are insufficient funds in, or insufficient overdraft credits associated with, your Eligible Transaction Account to allow the debit processing to be completed;
  2. You may be assessed a late fee equal to one and a half percent (1.5%) of any unpaid amounts plus costs of collection by our Service Provider or their third-party contractor if the Transfer Instruction cannot be debited because you have insufficient funds in your Eligible Transaction Account, or the transaction would exceed the credit or overdraft protection limit of your Eligible Transaction Account, to cover the transfer, or if the funds cannot otherwise be collected from you. The aforesaid amounts will be charged in addition to any NSF charges that may be assessed by us, as set forth in your fee schedule from us (including as disclosed on the Site) or your account agreement with us. You hereby authorize us and our Service Provider to deduct all of these amounts from your designated Eligible Transaction Account, including by ACH debit;
  3. We and our Service Provider are authorized to report the facts concerning the return to any credit reporting agency

23. Address or Banking Changes. It is your sole responsibility and you agree to ensure that the contact information in your user profile is current and accurate. This includes, but is not limited to, name, physical address, phone numbers and email addresses. Depending on the Account to Account Transfer Service, changes may be able to be made within the user interface of the Account to Account Transfer Service or by contacting customer care for the Account to Account Transfer Service as set forth in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above. We are not responsible for any payment processing errors or fees incurred if you do not provide accurate Eligible Transaction Account, Transfer Instructions or contact information.

24. Information Authorization. Your enrollment in the applicable Account to Account Transfer Service may not be fulfilled if we cannot verify your identity or other necessary information. Through your enrollment in or use of each Account to Account Transfer Service, you agree that we reserve the right to request a review of your credit rating at our own expense through an authorized bureau. In addition, and in accordance with our Privacy Policy, you agree that we reserve the right to obtain personal information about you, including without limitation, financial information and transaction history regarding your Eligible Transaction Account. You further understand and agree that we reserve the right to use personal information about you for our and our Service Providers’ everyday business purposes, such as to maintain your ability to access the Account to Account Transfer Service, to authenticate you when you log in, to send you information about the Account to Account Transfer Service, to perform fraud screening, to verify your identity, to determine your transaction limits, to perform collections, to comply with laws, regulations, court orders and lawful instructions from government agencies, to protect the personal safety of subscribers or the public, to defend claims, to resolve disputes, to troubleshoot problems, to enforce this Agreement, to protect our rights and property, and to customize, measure, and improve the Account to Account Transfer Service and the content and layout of the Site. Additionally, we and our Service Providers may use your information for risk management purposes and may use, store and disclose your information acquired in connection with this Agreement as permitted by law, including (without limitation) any use to effect, administer or enforce a transaction or to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability. We and our Service Providers shall have the right to retain such data even after termination or expiration of this Agreement for risk management, regulatory compliance, or audit reasons, and as permitted by applicable law for everyday business purposes. In addition, we and our Service Providers may use, store and disclose such information acquired in connection with the Account to Account Transfer Service in statistical form for pattern recognition, modeling, enhancement and improvement, system analysis and to analyze the performance of the Account to Account Transfer Service.

a. Mobile Subscriber Information. You authorize your wireless carrier to disclose information about your account, such as subscriber status, payment method and device details, if available, to support identity verification, fraud avoidance and other uses in support of transactions for the duration of your business relationship with us. This information may also be shared with other companies to support your transactions with us and for identity verification and fraud avoidance purposes.

b. Device Data. We may share certain personal information and device-identifying technical data about you and your devices with third party service providers, who will compare and add device data and fraud data from and about you to a database of similar device and fraud information in order to provide fraud management and prevention services, which include but are not limited to identifying and blocking access to the applicable service or Web site by devices associated with fraudulent or abusive activity. Such information may be used by us and our third party service providers to provide similar fraud management and prevention services for services or Web sites not provided by us. We will not share with service providers any information that personally identifies the user of the applicable device.

25. Account to Account Transfer Service Termination, Cancellation, or Suspension. If you wish to cancel the Account to Account Transfer Service, you may contact us as set forth in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above. Any transfer(s) that have begun processing before the requested cancellation date will be processed by us. You agree that we may terminate or suspend your use of the Account to Account Transfer Service at any time and for any reason or no reason. Neither termination, cancellation nor suspension shall affect your liability or obligations under this Agreement.

26. Errors, Questions, and Complaints.

  1. In case of errors or questions about your transactions, you should as soon as possible contact us as set forth in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above.
  2. If you think your periodic statement for your account is incorrect or you need more information about a transaction listed in the periodic statement for your account, we must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days after we send you the applicable periodic statement for your account that identifies the error. You must:
    1. Tell us your name;
    2. Describe the error or the transaction in question, and explain as clearly as possible why you believe it is an error or why you need more information; and,
    3. Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
  3. If you tell us orally, we may require that you send your complaint in writing within ten (10) Business Days after your oral notification. Except as described below, we will determine whether an error occurred within ten (10) Business Days after you notify us of the error. We will tell you the results of our investigation within three (3) Business Days after we complete our investigation of the error, and will correct any error promptly. However, if we require more time to confirm the nature of your complaint or question, we reserve the right to take up to forty-five (45) days to complete our investigation. If we decide to do this, we will provisionally credit your Eligible Transaction Account within ten (10) Business Days for the amount you think is in error. If we ask you to submit your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) Business Days, we may not provisionally credit your Eligible Transaction Account. For errors involving new Eligible Transaction Accounts, we may take up to ninety (90) days to investigate your complaint or question and up to twenty (20) Business Days to provisionally credit your Eligible Transaction Account. If it is determined there was no error we will mail you a written explanation within three (3) Business Days after completion of our investigation. You may ask for copies of documents used in our investigation. We may revoke any provisional credit provided to you if we find an error did not occur.

27. Intellectual Property. All marks and logos related to the Account to Account Transfer Service are either trademarks or registered trademarks of us or our licensors. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are our service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress or those of our licensors. You may not copy, imitate, or use any of the above without our prior written consent, which we may withhold in our sole discretion, and you may not use them in a manner that is disparaging to us or the Account to Account Transfer Service or display them in any manner that implies our sponsorship or endorsement. All right, title and interest in and to the Account to Account Transfer Service, the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered, the technology related to the Site and Account to Account Transfer Service, and any and all technology and any content created or derived from any of the foregoing, is our exclusive property or that of our licensors. Moreover, any suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information you may send to us through or regarding the Site or Account to Account Transfer Service shall be considered an uncompensated contribution of intellectual property to us and our licensors, shall also be deemed our and our licensors’ exclusive intellectual property, and shall not be subject to any obligation of confidentiality on our part. By submitting any such materials to us, you automatically grant (or warrant that the owner of such materials has expressly granted) to us and our licensors a perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and display, create derivative works from and distribute such materials or incorporate such materials into any form, medium, or technology now known or later developed, and you warrant that all so-called “moral rights” in those materials have been waived, and you warrant that you have the right to make these warranties and transfers of rights.

28. Links and Frames. Links to other sites may be provided on the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered for your convenience. By providing these links, we are not endorsing, sponsoring or recommending such sites or the materials disseminated by or services provided by them, and are not responsible for the materials, services or other situations at or related to or from any other site, and make no representations concerning the content of sites listed in any of the Account to Account Transfer Service web pages. Consequently, we cannot be held responsible for the accuracy, relevancy, copyright compliance, legality or decency of material contained in sites listed in any search results or otherwise linked to the Site. For example, if you “click” on a banner advertisement or a search result, your “click” may take you off the Site. This may include links from advertisers, sponsors, and content partners that may use our logo(s) as part of a co-branding agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect data, solicit personal information, or contain information that you may find inappropriate or offensive. In addition, advertisers on the Site may send cookies to users that we do not control. You may link to the home page of our Site. However, you may not link to other pages of our Site without our express written permission. You also may not “frame” material on our Site without our express written permission. We reserve the right to disable links from any third party sites to the Site.

29. Password and Security. If you are issued or create any password or other credentials to access the Account to Account Transfer Service or the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered, you agree not to give or make available your password or credentials to any unauthorized individuals, and you agree to be responsible for all actions taken by anyone to whom you have provided such credentials. If you believe that your credentials have been lost or stolen or that someone may attempt to use them to access the Site or Account to Account Transfer Service without your consent, you must inform us at once at the telephone number provided in Section 12 (Notices to Us Regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service) above. See also Section 20 (Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers) above regarding how the timeliness of your notice impacts your liability for unauthorized transfers.

30. Amendments. We may amend this Agreement and any applicable fees and charges for the Account to Account Transfer Service at any time by posting a revised version on the Site. The revised version will be effective at the time it is posted unless a delayed effective date is expressly stated in the revision. Any use of the Account to Account Transfer Service after a notice of change or after the posting of a revised version of this Agreement on the Site will constitute your agreement to such changes and revised versions. Further, we may, from time to time, revise, update, upgrade or enhance the Account to Account Transfer Service and/or related applications or material, which may render all such prior versions obsolete. Consequently, we reserve the right to terminate this Agreement as to all such prior versions of the Account to Account Transfer Service, and/or related applications and material, and limit access to only the Account to Account Transfer Service’s more recent revisions, updates, upgrades or enhancements.

31. Our Relationship With You. We are an independent contractor for all purposes, except that we act as your agent with respect to the custody of your funds for the Account to Account Transfer Service. We do not have control of, or liability for, any products or services that are paid for with our Account to Account Transfer Service. We also do not guarantee the identity of any user of the Account to Account Transfer Service (including but not limited to recipients to whom you send transfers).

32. Assignment. You may not transfer or assign any rights or obligations you have under this Agreement without our prior written consent, which we may withhold in our sole discretion. We reserve the right to transfer or assign this Agreement or any right or obligation under this Agreement at any time to any party. We may also assign or delegate certain of our rights and responsibilities under this Agreement to independent contractors or other third parties.

33. Remedies. If we have reason to believe that you have engaged in any of the prohibited or unauthorized activities described in this Agreement or have otherwise breached your obligations under this Agreement, we may terminate, suspend or limit your access to or use of the Site or the Account to Account Transfer Service; notify law enforcement, regulatory authorities, impacted third parties, and others as we deem appropriate; refuse to provide our services to you in the future; and/or take legal action against you. In addition, we, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to terminate this Agreement, access to the Site and/or use of the Account to Account Transfer Service for any reason or no reason and at any time. The remedies contained in this Section 33 are cumulative and are in addition to the other rights and remedies available to us under this Agreement, by law or otherwise.

34. Disputes. In the event of a dispute regarding the Account to Account Transfer Service, you and we agree to resolve the dispute by looking to this Agreement.

35. Arbitration. For any claim (excluding claims for injunctive or other equitable relief) where the total amount of the award sought is less than $10,000.00 USD, the party requesting relief may elect to resolve the dispute in a cost effective manner through binding non-appearance-based arbitration. If a party elects arbitration, that party will initiate such arbitration through Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”), the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), or an established alternative dispute resolution (ADR) administrator mutually agreed upon by the parties. The parties agree that the following rules shall apply: (a) the arbitration may be conducted telephonically, online and/or be solely based on written submissions, at the election of the party initiating the arbitration; (b) the arbitration shall not involve any personal appearance by the parties, their representatives or witnesses unless otherwise mutually agreed by the parties; (c) discovery shall not be permitted; (d) the matter shall be submitted for decision within ninety (90) days of initiation of arbitration, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, and the arbitrator must render a decision within thirty (30) days of submission; and (e) any award in such arbitration shall be final and binding upon the parties and may be submitted to any court of competent jurisdiction for confirmation. The parties acknowledge that remedies available under federal, state and local laws remain available through arbitration. NO CLASS ACTION, OTHER REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION, OR JOINDER OR CONSOLIDATION OF ANY CLAIM WITH A CLAIM OF ANOTHER PERSON SHALL BE ALLOWABLE IN ARBITRATION.

36. Law and Forum for Disputes. Unless our account agreement with you states otherwise, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State in which you reside, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions. To the extent that the terms of this Agreement conflict with applicable state or federal law, such state or federal law shall replace such conflicting terms only to the extent required by law. Unless expressly stated otherwise, all other terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Unless our account agreement with you states otherwise, you agree that any claim or dispute you may have against us (other than those which are arbitrated under Section 35 (Arbitration) above) must be resolved by a court located in the county in which you reside. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of litigating all claims or disputes unless said claim is submitted to arbitration under Section 35 (Arbitration) of this Agreement. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this Agreement. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Both parties agree to waive any right to have a jury participate in the resolution of any dispute or claim between the parties or any of their respective Affiliates arising under this Agreement.

37. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and our Affiliates and Service Providers and their Affiliates and the employees and contractors of each of these, from any loss, damage, claim or demand (including attorney’s fees) made or incurred by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of this Agreement and/or your use of the Site or the applicable Account to Account Transfer Service.

38. Release. You release us and our Affiliates and Service Providers and the employees and contractors of each of these, from any and all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature arising out of or in any way connected with any dispute that may arise between you or one or more other users of the Site or the applicable Account to Account Transfer Service. In addition, if applicable to you, you waive California Civil Code §1542, which states that a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if not known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.

39. No Waiver. We shall not be deemed to have waived any rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed by one of our authorized representatives. No delay or omission on our part in exercising any rights or remedies shall operate as a waiver of such rights or remedies or any other rights or remedies. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar or waiver of any rights or remedies on future occasions.

40. Exclusions of Warranties. THE SITE AND ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE AND RELATED DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO ANY PART OF OUR ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE, AND OPERATION OF OUR SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS PARAGRAPH GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER LEGAL RIGHTS THAT VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

41. Limitation of Liability. THE FOREGOING SHALL CONSTITUTE YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF US AND OUR AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF EACH OF THESE, FOR THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE AND THE PORTION OF THE SITE THROUGH WHICH THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE IS OFFERED. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE MAY BE DELAYED, INTERRUPTED OR DISRUPTED PERIODICALLY FOR AN INDETERMINATE AMOUNT OF TIME DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY INTERRUPTION, DISRUPTION OR FAILURE IN THE PROVISION OF THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE, WHETHER CAUSED BY STRIKES, POWER FAILURES, EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS INTERNET DISRUPTION OR OTHER REASONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS OR THE EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OF ANY OF THESE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE CAUSED BY OR ARISING OUT OF ANY SUCH DELAY, INTERRUPTION, DISRUPTION OR SIMILAR FAILURE. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS OR THE EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OF ANY OF THESE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF GOODWILL OR LOST PROFITS (EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE INSTALLATION, USE, OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE OR THE PORTION OF THE SITE THROUGH WHICH THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE IS OFFERED, EVEN IF SUCH DAMAGES WERE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE AND NOTICE WAS GIVEN REGARDING THEM. IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR AFFILIATES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS OR THE EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OF ANY OF THESE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE OR THE PORTION OF THE SITE THROUGH WHICH THE ACCOUNT TO ACCOUNT TRANSFER SERVICE IS OFFERED THAT YOU DO NOT STATE IN WRITING IN A COMPLAINT FILED IN A COURT OR ARBITRATION PROCEEDING AS DESCRIBED IN SECTIONS 35 AND 36 ABOVE WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS OF THE DATE THAT THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM OCCURRED. THESE LIMITATIONS WILL APPLY TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION, WHETHER ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY, AND THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF OUR AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND THE EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS OF EACH OF THESE, TO YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS OR OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO DIRECT OUT OF POCKET DAMAGES UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $500 (FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS). SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

42. Complete Agreement, Severability, Captions, and Survival. You agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between us, sets forth the entire understanding between us and you with respect to the Account to Account Transfer Service and the portion of the Site through which the Account to Account Transfer Service is offered and supersedes any proposal or prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications between us. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. The captions of Sections in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Agreement. Sections 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 27 and 32-42 of the Agreement, as well as any other terms which by their nature should survive, will survive the termination of this Agreement. If there is a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and something stated by an employee or contractor of ours (including but not limited to its customer care personnel), the terms of the Agreement will prevail.

First Montana Bank Alerts Terms and Conditions

Alerts. Your enrollment in First Montana Bank Online Banking and/or Mobile Banking (the "Service") includes enrollment to receive transaction alerts and notifications ("Alerts"). Alerts are electronic notices from us that contain transactional information about your First Montana Bank account(s). Alerts are provided within the following categories:

  • Mandatory Alerts provide you with important account notifications, such as information about changes to your Online Banking password, PIN, or login information. You do not have the option to suppress these Mandatory Alerts.
  • Account Alerts provide you with notification of important account activities or when certain changes are made to your Service accounts, such as scheduled payments made, scheduled payments cancelled and mobile deposits. These Alerts are automatically activated for you. Although you may suppress these Account Alerts, we strongly recommend that you do not do so because they provide important information related to your Service accounts.
  • Additional Alerts must be activated by you to be enabled. These Additional Alerts can be accessed from the Manage Alerts menu within First Montana Bank Online Banking and Manage Alerts menu within First Montana Bank Mobile Banking.

Account Alerts and Additional Alerts must be managed and/or added online through the Service. You cannot maintain all Alerts though your mobile device. We may add new Alerts from time to time, or cancel old Alerts. We usually notify you when we cancel Alerts, but are not obligated to do so. First Montana Bank reserves the right to terminate its Alerts service at any time without prior notice to you.

Methods of Delivery. We may provide Alerts through one or more channels (“EndPoints”): (a) a mobile device, by text message, (b) a mobile device, by push notification; (c) an email account, by an e-mail message; or (d) your First Montana Bank Online Banking message in-box, by an e-mail message. You agree to receive Alerts through these EndPoints, and it is your responsibility to determine that each of the service providers for the EndPoints described in (a) through (c) above supports the email, push notification, and text message Alerts provided through the Alerts service. Please be advised that text or data charges or rates may be imposed by your EndPoint service provider. Alert frequency varies by account and preferences. You agree to provide us a valid mobile phone number or email address so that we may send you Alerts. If your email address or your mobile device's number changes, you are responsible for informing us of that change. Your Alerts will be updated to reflect the changes that you communicate to us with regard to your primary and secondary email addresses or mobile device number.

Alerts via Text Message. To stop Alerts via text message, text "STOP" to 99588 at anytime. Alerts sent to your primary email address will be unaffected by this action. To restore Alerts on your mobile phone, just visit the Alerts tab in First Montana Bank Online Banking and click the box next to your mobile number for the Alerts you'd like to receive again. For help with SMS text alerts, text “HELP” to 99588. In case of questions please contact customer service at 800-824-2692Our participating carriers include (but are not limited to) AT&T, SprintPCS, T-Mobile®, U.S. Cellular®, Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS.

Limitations. First Montana Bank provides Alerts as a convenience to you for information purposes only. An Alert does not constitute a bank record for the deposit or credit account to which it pertains. We strive to provide Alerts in a timely manner with accurate information. However, you acknowledge and agree that your receipt of any Alerts may be delayed or prevented by factor(s) affecting your mobile phone service provider, internet service provider(s) and other factors outside First Montana Bank’s control. We neither guarantee the delivery nor the accuracy of the contents of each Alert. You agree to not hold First Montana Bank, its directors, officers, employees, agents, and service providers liable for losses or damages, including attorneys' fees, that may arise, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from (a) a non-delivery, delayed delivery, or the misdirected delivery of an Alert; (b) inaccurate or incomplete content in an Alert; or (c) your reliance on or use of the information provided in an Alert for any purpose.

Alert Information. As Alerts delivered via SMS, email and push notifications are not encrypted, we will never include your passcode or full account number. You acknowledge and agree that Alerts may not be encrypted and may include your name and some information about your accounts, and anyone with access to your Alerts will be able to view the contents of these messages.

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