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RELATED
SERVICES AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Direct Deposit
We offer both direct deposit and payroll deduction
services. You may use direct deposit for all or part
of your salary or retirement check to fund your
checking or share savings account automatically.
Automatic Transfer Service
You may authorize the Credit Union to make automatic
payroll deductions from your Savings or Checking
account to be applied for loan payments and/or
deposits at HEWFCU. You may also have funds
transferred to other HEWFCU accounts and applied as
you request.
Canceled Share Drafts
We will not return canceled checks to you. Each time
you write a check, it is automatically recorded on a
carbon copy. The Credit Union will store microfiche
copies of your canceled checks for you. If you should
need a copy of a canceled check as proof of payment,
you may obtain it for a reasonable service charge. See
Fees and Service Charges.
Account Closing
You may not close your account if:
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You have a loan outstanding; -
You have a credit card
balance; -
You have payroll deductions; -
You have
negative balances.
We reserve the right to require account depositors to
give seven days written notice before an intended
closing. We require your signature to close your
account. We may also close your account if you violate
the terms of our agreement.
Credit Union Family Service Centers
Shared branches are defined as those offices where
members of many different credit unions are able to
perform transactions to their own credit union
account. The policy at shared branches is to make
funds from your deposits available to you on the same
business day your deposit is received. A deposit at a
shared branch is considered received when it is
accepted with all appropriate endorsements. For
determining the availability of your deposits, every
day is a business day that HEWFCU is open, which may
differ from the days the shared branch is open. If you
make a deposit on a day HEWFCU is open, that day will
be considered the day of deposit. However, if you make
a deposit at a share branch on a day HEWFCU is not
open, your deposit will be considered made on the next
business day HEWFCU is open.
See Regulation CC (page 14) for your
deposits available to you after a deposit at the
Credit Union Family Share Services.
Dormant Accounts
An account is classified as dormant if there has been
no activity (other than dividends) on the account
within a 12-month period. A share withdrawal or a
deposit in any amount is considered activity on the
account. In addition, a note or letter to the Credit
Union acknowledging the account is also considered
activity.
Abandoned Property
An abandoned account is a share account in which there
has been no activity other than dividends for three
years. The District of Columbia Uniform Disposition of
Unclaimed Property Act (Escheat law) defines abandoned
property as it applies to credit unions to be
accounts, where, within three years there has been:
1. No increase or decrease in at the amount of funds
on deposit excluding dividends.
2. No written correspondence from the member
concerning the funds on deposit.
3. No other active sub-accounts or loans with the
Credit Union.
Abandoned property will be surrendered
to the District of Columbia on an annual basis. The
Credit Union makes all efforts to avoid escheat of an
account.
Change of Address
The Credit Union will mail all account statements to
the address on file. You must notify us in writing
within 60 days of any change of address. The Credit
Union reserves the right to destroy any mail returned
to us as undeliverable. It is your responsibility to
maintain a current address on file with the credit
union. If you fail to do so, the Credit Union may
charge your account a locator fee to obtain a current
address, and will discontinue printing and mailing
your statements.
FEDERAL REGULATION E
Electronic Funds Transfer Disclosure
The following information applies to
our ATM Agreement, VISA Check Card Agreement, PAL and
Home Branch Agreement.
In Case of Errors or Questions
about your Electronic Transfers:
Telephone or write us immediately at (202) 488-5400,
HEW Federal Credit Union
Attention: Accounting Department
PO Box 70990, SW Station
Washington, DC 20024-0990
as soon as you can if you think your statement or
receipt is wrong or if you need more information about
a transfer listed on the statement or receipt. We must
hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent the
first statement on which the problem or error
appeared.
Tell us your name and account number.
Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure
about, and explain as clearly as you can why you
believe it is an error or why you need more
information. Tell us the dollar amount of the
suspected error.
If you tell us orally, we may require
you to send us your complaint or question in writing
within 10 business days.
We will tell you the results of our
investigation within 10 business days after we hear
from you and will correct any error promptly. If we
need more time, however, we may take up to 45 days to
investigate your complaint or question. If we decide
to do this, we will re-credit your account within 10
business days for the amount you think is in error so
that you will have use of the money during the time it
takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you
to put your complaint or question in writing and we do
not receive it within 10 business days, we may not
re-credit your account.
If your account is new (opened 30
days or less), we may take up to 20 business days to
resolve the error before re-crediting your account. We
may also take up to 90 days to fully investigate your
complaint or question. If your account is new and your
complaint or question involves a POS or foreign
transaction, we will re-credit your account if
necessary, within 10 business days, but we may take up
to 90 days to fully complete our investigation.
If we decide that there was no error,
we will send you a written explanation within 3
business days after we finish our investigation. You
may ask for copies of the documents that we used in
our investigation.
Liability Disclosure
Tell us at once, if you believe there has been an
unauthorized electronics funds transaction on your
account. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your
possible losses down. You could lose all the money in
your account (plus your maximum overdraft line of
credit). If you tell us within two (2) business days
you can lose no more than $50 if someone accessed your
account by way of an electronic funds transaction
without your permission. If you don't tell us within 2
business days after you learn of the loss and we can
prove we could have stopped someone from accessing
your account without your permission if you had told
us, you could lose as much as $500.
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