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Consumer Mobile Remote Deposit (Snap Deposit) Services Agreement

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Mobile Deposit is designed to allow you to make deposits of checks (“original checks”) to your Personal accounts from home or other remote locations by scanning the original checks and delivering the digital images and associated deposit information (“images”) to us or our processor with your Mobile Device. After you login to Mobile Banking, you may apply for Mobile Deposit.

Limits. First American Bank (“we” or “Bank”) shall establish limits on the dollar amount and/or number of items or deposits based on your account relationship. If you attempt to initiate a deposit in excess of these limits, we may reject your deposit. If we permit you to make a deposit in excess of these limits, such deposit will still be subject to the terms of this Agreement, and we will not be obligated to allow such a deposit at other times.

Transaction Limits

Tier 1

Tier 2

Maximum Daily Deposit Amount

$2,500

$5,000

Maximum Monthly Deposit Amount

$50,000

$100,000

Maximum Deposit Amount Per Deposit

$2,500

$5,000

Maximum Number of Deposits Per Day

2

2

Maximum Number of Items Deposited Per Month

20

20

Maximum Number of Items Deposited Per Deposit

1

1


Eligible items.
You agree to scan and deposit only checks (i.e., drafts drawn on a credit union, savings and loan or bank and payable on demand.)

You agree that you will not use Mobile Deposit to deposit:
  • Checks payable to any person or entity other than you (i.e., payable to another party and then endorsed to you).
  • Checks payable to you and another party who is not a joint owner on the account.
  • Checks that contain evidence of alteration, or that you know or suspect, or should know or suspect, are fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by the owner of the account on which the check is drawn.

Requirements. Each image must provide all information on the front and back of the original check at the time presented to you by the drawer, including, but not limited to, information about the drawer and the paying bank that is preprinted on the original check, MICR information, signature(s), any required identification written on the front of the original check and any endorsements applied to the back of the original check. The image quality must meet the standards established by the American National Standards Institute, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, and any other regulatory agency, clearing house or association.

Endorsements must be made on the back of the share draft or check within 1½ inches from the top edge, although we may accept endorsements outside this space. Your endorsement must include your signature and “Mobile Deposit only at First American Bank”.

Any loss we incur from a delay or processing error resulting from an irregular endorsement or other markings by you will be your responsibility.

A check payable to two payees must be endorsed by both payees. If the check is payable to you or your joint owner, either of you can endorse it. If the check is made payable to you and your joint owner, both of you must endorse the check.

Receipt of Deposit. All images processed for deposit through Mobile Deposit will be treated as “deposits” under your current Account Agreement with us and will be subject to all terms of the Account Agreement, with the exception of Regulation CC. When we receive an image, we will confirm receipt via email to you. We shall not be deemed to have received the image for deposit until we have confirmed receipt to you. Confirmation does not mean that the image contains no errors. We are not responsible for any image that we do not receive. You agree to electronic receipts/notifications or confirmation of deposits via online or email. Following receipt, we may process the image by preparing a “substitute check” or clearing the item as an image. We reserve the right, at our sole and absolute discretion, to reject any image for remote deposit into your account. We will notify you of rejected images.

Original checks. After you receive confirmation that we have received an image, you must securely store the original check for 60 calendar days after transmission to us and make the original check accessible to us at our request. Upon our request from time to time, you will deliver to us within 10 calendar days, at your expense, the requested original check in your possession. If not provided in a timely manner, such amount will be reversed from your account. Promptly after such period expires, you must destroy the original check by first marking it “VOID” and then destroying it by cross-cut shredding or another commercially acceptable means of destruction. If you do not have access to a cross-cut shredder or another commercially acceptable means of destruction, you may take the check(s) to any First American Bank Branch and ask them to properly destroy. After destruction of an original check, the image will be the sole evidence of the original check.

You agree that you will never re-present the original check. You understand that you are responsible if anyone is asked to make a payment based on an original check that has already been paid.

Returned Deposits. Any credit to your account for checks deposited using Mobile Deposit is provisional. If original checks deposited through Mobile Deposit are dishonored, rejected or otherwise returned unpaid by the drawee bank, or are rejected or returned by a clearing agent or collecting bank, for any reason, including, but not limited to, issues relating to the quality of the image, you agree that an original check will not be returned to you, but that we may charge back the amount of the original check and provide you with an image of the original check, a paper reproduction of the original check or a substitute check. You will reimburse us for all loss, cost, damage or expense caused by or relating to the processing of the returned item. Without our approval, you shall not attempt to deposit or otherwise negotiate an original check if it has been charged back to you.
We may debit any of your accounts to obtain payment for any item that has been rejected or returned, for any adjustment related to such item or for any warranty claim related to such item, whether or not the rejection, return, adjustment or warranty claim was made timely.

Your Warranties. You make the following warranties and representations with respect to each image:

  • Each image is a true and accurate rendition of the front and back of the original check, without any alteration, and the drawer of the check has no defense against payment of the check.
  • The amount, payee(s), signature(s), and endorsement(s) on the image and on the original check are legible, genuine, and accurate.
  • You will not deposit or otherwise endorse to a third party the original check and no person will receive a transfer, presentment, or return of, or otherwise be charged for, the original check or a paper or electronic representation of the original check such that the person will be asked to make payment based on an item that has already been paid.
  • There are no other duplicate images of the original check.
  • The original check was authorized by the drawer in the amount stated on the original check and to the payee(s) stated on the original check.
  • You are authorized to enforce and obtain payment of the original check.
  • You have possession of the original check and no party will submit the original check for payment.

With respect to each image, you make to us all representations and warranties that we make or are deemed to make to any party pursuant to law, regulation or clearinghouse rule. You agree that files and images transmitted to us will contain no viruses or any other disabling features that may have an adverse impact on our network, data, or related systems.

Mobile Deposit Unavailability. Mobile Deposit may be unavailable temporarily due to system maintenance or technical difficulties, including those of the Internet service provider, cellular service provider and Internet software. In the event that Mobile Deposit is unavailable, you may deposit original checks at our branches or through our ATMs.

Funds Availability. The items transmitted using this Service are not subject to the funds availability requirements of Reg CC. If an image of an item is received through this Service and accepted before 4:00 PM mountain time, on a business day, we consider that the day of deposit. Otherwise, we will consider that the deposit was made on the next business day. Funds deposited using this Service will generally be made available in 2 business days from the day of deposit. A business day is Monday through Friday, excluding all holidays recognized by the Federal Government. If there is a doubt of collectability, we may delay the availability of funds for a reasonable period of time until the item is either paid or returned.

Mobile Deposit Security. You will complete each deposit promptly. If you are unable to complete your deposit promptly, you will ensure that your mobile device remains securely in your possession until the deposit has been completed. It is your responsibility to establish and maintain procedures to safeguard against unauthorized deposits. You will notify us immediately by telephone with written confirmation if you learn of any loss or theft of original checks. You will ensure the safety and integrity of original checks from the time of receipt until the time of destruction. If warranted in our reasonable judgment, we may audit and monitor you, and you agree to cooperate with us to permit such monitoring, to confirm that you have satisfied your obligations under this Agreement.

You agree to take every precaution to ensure the safety, security and integrity of your account and transactions when using mobile banking. You agree not to leave your mobile device unattended while logged into mobile banking and to log off immediately at the completion of each access by you. You agree not to provide your username, password or other access information to any unauthorized person. If you permit other persons to use your mobile device, login information, or other means to access mobile banking, you are responsible for any transactions they authorize and we will not be liable for any damages resulting to you. You agree not to use any personally identifiable information when creating shortcuts to your account. You agree that the security procedures provided in this Agreement and the Online Banking Agreement are commercially reasonable. We make no representation that any content or use of mobile banking is available for use in locations outside of the United States. Accessing mobile banking from locations outside of the United States is at your own risk.

Your Responsibility. You are solely responsible for the quality, completeness, accuracy, validity and integrity of the image. You are solely responsible if you, intentionally or unintentionally, submit fraudulent, incorrect or illegible images to us or if Mobile Deposit is used, by authorized or unauthorized persons, to submit fraudulent, unauthorized, inaccurate, incorrect or otherwise improper or unusable images to us. You are responsible for updating Mobile Applications as they become available.
In addition you agree that you will not modify, change, alter, translate, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the technology or Service, copy or reproduce all or any part of the technology or Service; or interfere, or attempt to interfere, with the technology or Service. We and our technology partners, inclusive of, but not limited to, Digital Insight. and Vertifi Software, LLC, retain all rights, title and interests in and to the Services, Software and Development made available to you.

Accountholder’s Indemnification Obligation. You understand and agree that you are required to indemnify us and hold us harmless against any and all claims, actions, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses arising from your use of the Services and/or breach of this Disclosure and Agreement. You understand and agree that this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

You understand and agree that you are required to indemnify our technology partners, including but not limited to Digital Insight (Digital Insight) and Vertifi Software, LLC (Vertifi), and hold harmless Digital Insight, its affiliates, officers, employees and agents, as well as Vertifi, its affiliates, officers, employees, and agents, from and against any third party claims, suits, proceedings, actions or demands, including to claims of another financial institution, business entity or governmental authority, and all losses, liabilities, damages, fines, penalties, costs and expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorney fees and expenses, arising from such claims, to the extent such claim is related to FI or End User’s use of the Services, Vertifi or Digital Insight Applications, unless such claim directly results from an action or omission made by Digital Insight or Vertifi in bad faith. You understand and agree that this paragraph shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE AND ALL INFORMATION AND CONTENT (INCLUDING THAT OF THIRD PARTIES) IS AT YOUR RISK AND IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND AS TO THE USE OF ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR WILL BE ININTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE OR THAT ANY ERRORS IN ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE OR TECHNOLOGY WILL BE CORRECTED.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU AGREE THAT WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER LOSSES INCURRED BY YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE TERMINATION OF THE USE OF ANY REMOTE BANKING SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR CLAIM (WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW.

IN NO EVENT WILL ANY THIRD PARTY BE LIABLE HEREUNDER FOR AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE LESSER OF THE ACTUAL DAMAGES INCURRED BY CUSTOMER OR THE FEES PAID BY CUSTOMER FOR USE OF THE RESPECTIVE THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRIOR TO WHEN THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY TOOK PLACE, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE.

Financial Information. You must inform us immediately of any material change in your financial circumstances or in any of the information provided in your Application for any Remote Banking services. You agree to provide us any financial information we reasonably request during the term of this Agreement. You authorize us to review your history from time to time. The Bank has the ability to terminate service for abuse or for any reason the Bank deems necessary.

The software provided by Financial Institution to Customer contains software provided by one or more third parties (“Third Party Software”) under contract with Financial Institution (each a “Third Party”) Restrictions. Customer agrees that it will not itself, and will not permit any parent, subsidiary, affiliate, agent or other third party to: (1) sell, provide, distribute, lease, rent, lend, relicense, sublicense, or display Third Party Software or related documentation except as necessary to utilize the Software for mobile check deposits; (ii) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or attempt to reconstruct the Third Party Software, identify or discover any source code, trade secret, know-how, or ideas underlying user interface techniques or algorithms of Third Party Software by any means whatsoever, or disclose any of the foregoing; (iii) create any derivative works or any other software program based upon Third Party Software or related documentation or modify Third Party Software in any way; or (iv) use Third Party Software or documentation to develop or enhance any product that competes with Third Party Software.

Intellectual Property. Financial Institution or the Third Parties, as the case may be, retain all rights, title and interests, including intellectual property rights, in and to the Third Party Software and services, any improvements, translations, modifications or derivatives thereof, and any related documentation provided or made available to Customer, including all intellectual property rights therein. Customer acknowledges that the Third Party Software and related documentation contain copyrighted material, trade secrets, and other material that is proprietary to one or more Third Parties. Except as expressly stated herein, this Agreement does not grant Customer any intellectual property rights in the Third Party Software, services, or any related documentation or materials and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Financial Institution and the Third Parties. Customer agrees to assign, and hereby does assign, to the Third Party all rights, title and interest, including all intellectual property rights, in any ideas, modifications, enhancements, improvements, inventions, works of authorship or any other suggestions that Customer or any of its employees or agents propose, create, author or develop relating to that Third Party’s Software or services, and will take all necessary action, including execution of relevant documents, to perfect such party’s
ownership thereof.

Compliance with Law. Customer represents, warrants, and covenants that it will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and prevalent industry standards in their use of Third Party Software, including compliance with applicable requirements under state and federal laws and regulations related to data security and nonpublic personal information, as defined or used in such applicable law or regulation. You warrant that you will only transmit acceptable items for deposit and have handled the original items in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

Confidentiality.

  1. “Third Party Confidential Information” means trade secrets, know-how, data, methods, documents, devices, software code, technology, technical information, as well as, business, financial or customer information of a Third Party. Confidential Information will not include any information that Customer can prove: (i) was publicly known in the trade or business prior to its receipt of the Third Party Software; or (ii) was entirely and independently developed by the Customer without any use or reference to Confidential Information of the other Party.
  2. Customer acknowledges that Third Parties own all rights, titles and interests, including all IP Rights in Third Party Confidential Information. Customer may use Third Party Confidential Information only in connection with its utilization of the Third Party Software and Financial Institution’s services, and not for any other purpose. Customer will protect Third Party Confidential Information from unauthorized use or access.
  3. Customer acknowledges that Third Party Confidential Information may still be under development or may be incomplete or may relate to products that are under development or planned for development. NO THIRD PARTY MAKES ANY WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY OF ITS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION OR ITS USE FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Neither Financial Institution nor any Third Party grants any license or right to Third Party Confidential Information except for the limited use of such information in connection with this agreement.

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