15.8 Savings Subaccounts. The Bank will establish a target balance for the Customer’s demand deposit or NOW sub-account, which it may change at any time. To the extent funds in the demand deposit or NOW sub-account exceed the target balance, the excess will be transferred to the Customer’s savings sub-account, unless the maximum number of transfers from the savings sub-account for that calendar month or statement cycle have already occurred. If withdrawals from the demand deposit or NOW sub-account exceed the available balance in the demand deposit or NOW sub-account, funds from the Customer’s savings sub-account will be transferred to the demand deposit or NOW sub-account up to the entire balance of available funds in the savings sub-account to cover the shortfall and to replenish any target balance that the Bank has established for the demand deposit or NOW sub-account. If a sixth transfer is needed during a calendar month or statement cycle, it will be for the entire balance in the Customer’s savings sub-account, and such funds will remain in the demand deposit or NOW sub-account for the remainder of the calendar month or statement cycle.
15.9 Branch Designation. The Bank, for its administrative purposes may designate a branch of the Bank as the branch of record of an Account which may be different from the branch at which the Account is opened. This designation requires no action on the part of the Customer and will not change the Bank’s operations, Services or customer support.
15.10 No Fiduciary Relationship. Bank’s relationship with Customer concerning the Accounts is that of a debtor and creditor. No fiduciary, quasifiduciary or other special relationship exists between Bank and Customer or any third parties regarding the Accounts.
Section 16 of the Account Terms (Governing Law) is amended by replacing Section 16.1 with the following provision:
16.1 Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Bank and the Customer, the rights and obligations of the Customer and the Bank in respect of each Account maintained in the U.S. shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without regard to its conflict of laws rules). Each of the Customer and the Bank irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any State or Federal court sitting in the City of New York, New York over any action, suit, proceeding, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to the Account Terms which includes this Addendum. The rights and remedies of the Bank under this Addendum, the Account Terms, the Account Documentation, the Service Terms, and any other agreement by the Customer in favor of the Bank are in addition to the rights and remedies of the Bank under applicable law (as provided above in this Section), are cumulative and may be exercised successively or concurrently, and are retained by the Bank.
Section 16 of the Account Terms (Governing Law) is amended by adding the following provision:
16.4 In the event the Bank is required to remit funds to any state as abandoned property, the Account may be charged for fees in remitting funds to that state. In addition, the Bank may charge fees in connection with its handling of dormant funds and accounts.
Section 17 of the Account Terms (Miscellaneous) is amended by adding the following provisions:
17.15 When the Customer provides the Bank any information requested by the Bank under its “Know Your Customer” or Anti-Money Laundering or other compliance polices pertaining to any natural or other persons, the Customer represents and warrants to the Bank that the Customer has obtained that person’s consent that the Bank may make continued use of that person’s information in order for the Bank to discharge any of its responsibilities in connection with “Know Your Customer” or Anti-Money Laundering, or other compliance purposes.
17.16 Beneficial Ownership. Customer agrees to adhere to the FinCEN Customer Due Diligence final rule which requires certain entities to provide and certify beneficial ownership information to the Bank at 10% and provide information on a controller when opening a new USD account.
The Bank is required to collect and validate certain information (e.g. Name, Address, DOB, SSN or Passport # for non US individuals) for new accounts impacted by the rule. If an entity is exempt from rule, the Bank may require documentation to support the exemption.
17.17 Payable Through Accounts. If the Customer is a bank or financial institution and is not organized under the laws of the U.S., it shall not permit its customers to conduct banking transactions in the U.S. through the Customer’s Account, and shall not provide its customers with check stock, drafts, wire transfer capabilities or any other means which would enable its customers to draw on the Customer’s Account. These types of arrangements are typically called “payable through accounts” and are prohibited under these Account Terms. The Customer acknowledges that the sale of U.S. dollar checks or drafts to third parties is prohibited without the express written approval of the Bank.
17.18 No Advice. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that the Bank has not provided and will not provide any investment, tax or accounting advice or recommendation in relation to the Accounts or any investments made under any Service.
17.19 ERISA Status. The Customer will notify the Bank in writing, reasonably in advance of the Account opening, if any Accounts or monies it holds or places with the Bank are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), together with all the rules promulgated thereunder, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, together with all the rules promulgated thereunder. The Bank may, in its sole discretion and subject to such further conditions as it may impose, including, without limitation, execution of further documentation in form and manner acceptable to the Bank, permit the holding of such Accounts or deposits or receipt of funds.
17.20 Additional Representation for ERISA Benefit Plans. (i) If the Customer is or represents a “benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA, and U.S. Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (together, the “Plan Asset Rules” and each such benefit plan investor, a “Benefit Plan”), or is acting on behalf of one or more Benefit Plans, the Customer represents and warrants that:
(6) the Bank has not or will not provide advice with respect to the services obtained by the Benefit Plan.
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(7) the Benefit Plan fiduciary (the “Plan Fiduciary”) is independent of the Bank, and is not an individual acting for his or her own Individual Retirement Account, and such Plan Fiduciary is either (a) a bank as defined in Section 202 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”), or similar institution that is regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a State or Federal agency; (b) an insurance carrier which is qualified under the laws of more than one state to perform the services of managing, acquiring or disposing of assets of a Benefit Plan; (c) an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act or, if not registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act by reason of paragraph (a)(1) of Section 203A of the Advisers Act, is registered as an investment adviser under the laws of the state in which it maintains its principal office and place of business; (d) a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or (e) has, and will at all times have, total assets of at least U.S. $50,000,000 under its management or control;
(8) the Plan Fiduciary is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with respect to the Accounts and Services;
(9) the Plan Fiduciary is a “fiduciary” with respect to the Benefit Plan within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or both, and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the receipt of Services by the Benefit Plan; (10) the Bank has not exercised any authority to cause the Benefit Plan to agree to these Account Terms; and (11) the Plan Fiduciary has been informed (a) that the Bank is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity in connection with the Services; and (b) of the existence and nature of the financial interests of the Bank, as disclosed in the Account Terms and Service Terms.
(ii) The representations and covenants in the above clauses are intended to comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Reg. Sections 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-21(a) and (c)(1) as promulgated on April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20,997). If these regulations are revoked or repealed, these representations shall be deemed no longer in effect.
17.21 FDIC Part 370 Disclosure. If the Customer’s Account is eligible for “pass through” deposit insurance from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) as set forth in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and 12 CFR § 330, then the Customer acknowledges and agrees that if the Bank becomes insolvent or enters into receivership (hereinafter a “Bank Receivership”), the Customer will: (a) cooperate fully with the Bank and the FDIC in connection with determining the insured status of funds in each Account, and (b) provide the FDIC with the information that identifies each beneficial owner and its interest in the funds in each such Account within 24 hours of the Bank Receivership, unless it falls within one of the enumerated exceptions in 12 CFR 370.5(b). The information described in (b) must be sent to the Bank in the format specified by the FDIC (see: www.fdic.gov/regulations/resources/recordkeeping/index.html). The Bank shall provide the Customer an opportunity to validate its capability to deliver the information described in (b) in the format specified by the FDIC so that a timely calculation of deposit insurance coverage for the Account can be completed.
The Customer further acknowledges and agrees that following a Bank Receivership: (i) a hold will be placed on each Account once a receiver of the Bank is appointed so that the FDIC can conduct the deposit insurance determination and such hold will not be released until the FDIC obtains the necessary data to enable the FDIC to calculate the deposit insurance coverage for each Account; (ii) its failure to provide the necessary data to the FDIC may result in a delay in receipt of insured funds and legal claims against the Customer from the beneficial owners of the funds in the applicable Account; and (iii) failure to provide the data the FDIC requires may result in the applicable Account being frozen until the information is received, delaying receipt of FDIC insurance proceeds.
Notwithstanding other provisions in this Agreement, this section survives after the FDIC is appointed as the Bank’s receiver, and the FDIC is considered a third party beneficiary of this section.
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AVAILABILITY POLICY - FOR ACCOUNTS MAINTAINED IN THE U.S.
The Bank’s policy is to make funds available to the Customer on the same, next or second business day after the day of deposit depending on the type of deposit and when the deposit is made as described below. If the Customer will need the funds from a deposit immediately, the Customer should ask the Bank when the funds will be available.
A. Determining the Day of a Deposit. If a deposit is made to an account on a business day before the Bank’s cutoff time established for that location (which will be no earlier than 2 p.m. local time), then the Bank will consider that day to be the day of deposit. However, if a deposit is made after the cutoff time or on a day that is not a business day, then the Bank will consider the deposit to have been made no later than the next business day. For determining the availability of deposits, every day is a business day, except Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays.
Availability with respect to any deposit will be determined by the location of the banking center or other facility where the deposit was received.
For deposits made at the Bank’s automated teller machines (ATMs) the cutoff time is 11 p.m. Eastern Time unless otherwise noted on the ATM screen.
B. Same Day Availability. Funds from the following deposits made at a banking center or at an ATM that do not require deposit envelopes will be available on the business day the Bank determines the deposit is made:
Cash;
Wire transfers; and
Electronic direct deposits to an account.
C. Next Day Availability. Funds from the following deposits are available on the first business day after the business day the Bank determines the deposit is made:
U.S. Treasury checks that are payable to the Customer; Checks drawn on a Bank affiliate that holds the applicable account (excluding a Controlled Disbursement site); and At least, the first $225 from a day’s total deposits.
If the deposit is made in person to a Bank employee, funds from the following deposits are also available on the first business day after the business day the Bank determines the deposit is made:
State and local government checks that are payable to the Customer, if a special deposit slip, available upon request at any Bank banking center is used;
Cashier’s, certified, and teller’s checks that are payable to the Customer, if a special deposit slip, available upon request at any Bank banking center, is used; and
Federal Reserve Bank checks, Federal Home Loan Bank checks, and postal money orders, if these items are payable to the Customer.
If a special deposit slip is not used, availability of funds from these deposits will follow the schedule identified in the Availability of Other Check Deposits section below.
D. Availability of Other Check Deposits. Generally, funds from all other deposits of checks drawn on banks (as defined in Federal Reserve Regulation CC) will be available no later than the second business day after the day of deposit. Checks that require special handling may receive delayed availability. The amount of funds available to the Customer will be reduced by the amount of any deposited check that is returned unpaid. If the Bank reprocesses the check, the funds will become available no later than the second business day after the business day in which the check is reprocessed.
E. Longer Delays May Apply. In some cases the Bank may not make all of the funds that are deposited by check available. Depending on the type of check deposited, funds may not be available as set forth above. However, the first $225 of the aggregate deposit will be available on the first business day after the day of deposit.
If the Bank is not going to make all of the funds from a deposit available at the times shown above, it will notify the Customer and specify when the funds will be available. If a deposit is not made directly to a Bank employee, or if the Bank decides to take this action after the Customer has left the premises, the Bank will mail or otherwise send the notice to the Customer by the business day after the day of deposit.
Funds deposited by check may be delayed for a longer period under the following circumstances:
The Bank believes a deposited check will not be paid; Deposited checks for all of the Customer’s accounts total more than $5,525 in any one day; The Customer redeposited a check that has been returned unpaid; The Customer has overdrawn one or more of its accounts repeatedly in the last six months; or There is an emergency, such as failure of communications or computer equipment.
In such circumstances, funds will generally be available no later than the seventh business day after the day of deposit. Inclement weather or transportation problems may lead to additional delays under certain availability schedules. Customer may have specific availability schedules related to a banking service.
F. Special Rules for New Accounts. If the account is a new account, the following special rules may apply during the first thirty days the account is open:
Funds from deposits of the first $5,525 of that day’s total deposits of cashier’s, certified, teller’s, traveler’s and federal, state and local government checks payable to the Customer will be available on the first business day after the day of deposit. The excess over $5,525 ATTACHMENT 5
will be available no later than the ninth business day after the day of deposit. If the deposit of checks (other than U.S. Treasury checks) is not made in person to one of the Bank’s employees, the first $5,525 may not be made available until the second business day after the day of deposit; and
Funds from all other check deposits will be made available no later than the fifteenth business day after the day of deposit.
G. Large Dollar Deposits. The U.S. Federal Reserve Banks will not forward process any Item over $99,999,999.99 and considers such Items as “non-cash items.” Such Items should not be deposited in the Account. If Customer does deposit such an Item, the Bank may refuse to process such Item or handle it as a collection Item. If handled as a collection Item, Customer credit and availability will be deferred accordingly.
This Availability Policy and availability schedules may be changed without notice. © 2021 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Member FDIC.