Thank you for selecting us for your payment processing needs. Accepting numerous payment options provides a convenience to your customers, increases your customers’ ability to make purchases at your establishment, and helps speed payment to your account.
Your Merchant Processing Application will indicate the types of payments and Services you have elected to accept. These Processing Terms and Conditions (the “Program Guide”) presents terms governing the acceptance of Visa®, MasterCard®, and Discover® Network Credit Card and Non-PIN Debit Card payments, PayPal® in-store Card payments, American Express® Card transactions and applicable Non-Bank Services.
This Program Guide, your Merchant Processing Application and the schedules thereto (collectively, the “Agreement”), including, without limitation, the Interchange Qualification Matrix and American Express Program Pricing and one of the Interchange Schedules, as applicable to your pricing method as set forth in the Merchant Processing Application, contains the terms and conditions under which Processor and/or Bank and/or other third parties, will provide services . We will not accept any alterations or strike-outs to the Agreement and, if made, any such alterations or strike-outs shall not apply. Please read this Program Guide completely.
You acknowledge that certain Services referenced in the Agreement may not be available to you.
Discover Network Card Transactions, PayPal in-store Card Transactions, American Express Card Transactions and other Non-Bank Services are not provided to you by Bank but are provided by Processor and/or third parties.
The provisions of this Agreement regarding Discover Network Card Transactions, PayPal in-store Card Transactions, American Express Card Transactions and other Non- Bank Services constitute an agreement solely between you and Processor and/or third parties. Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it relates to PayPal in- store Card Transactions, American Express Card Transactions and other Non-Bank Services, and Bank is not responsible, and shall have no liability, to you in any way with respect to PayPal in-store Card Trans- actions, American Express Card Transactions and Non-Bank Services.
OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Cards present risks of loss and non-payment that are different than those with other payment systems. In deciding to accept Cards, you should be aware that you are
also accepting these risks.
Visa U.S.A., Inc. (“Visa”) MasterCard Worldwide (“MasterCard”), DFS Services LLC (“Discover Network”), PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”) and American Express Company, Inc. (“American Express”) are payment card networks that electronically exchange Sales Drafts and Chargebacks for Card sales and Credits. Sales Drafts are electronically transferred from banks (in the case of MasterCard and Visa transactions) or network acquirers (in the case of Discover Network and PayPal in-store Card transactions) that acquire them from merchants such as yourself through the appropriate Card Organization, to the Issuers. These Issuers then bill their Cardholders for the transactions. The Card Organizations charge the Acquirers interchange fees, pricing and/or assessments for submitting transactions into their systems. A substantial portion of the Discount Rate or Transaction Fees that you pay will go toward these interchange fees, pricing and assessments.
In order to speed up the payment process, the Issuer transfers the funds back through the Card Organization to the Acquirer at approximately the same time that the Issuer receives the electronic Sales Drafts. Even though the payments under this system are made simultaneously, all payments made through the Card Organizations are conditional and subject to reversals and adjustments.
Each Card Organization has developed Card Organization Rules that govern their Acquirers and Issuers and the procedures, responsibilities and allocation of risk for this process. Merchants are also bound by Card Organization Rules and applicable laws and regulations. The Card Organization Rules and applicable laws and regulations give Cardholders and Issuers certain rights to dispute transactions, long after payment has been made to the merchant, including Chargeback rights.
We do not decide what transactions are charged back and we do not control the ultimate resolution of the Chargeback. While we can attempt to reverse a Chargeback to the Issuer, we can only do so if the Issuer agrees to accept it or the Card Organization requires the Issuer to do so after a formal appeal process. Sometimes,
your customer may be able to successfully charge back a Card transaction even though you have provided your goods or services and are otherwise legally entitled to payment from your customer. While you may still be able to pursue claims directly against that customer, neither we nor the Issuer will be responsible for such transactions.
You will be responsible for all Chargebacks and adjustments associated with the transactions that you submit for processing. Please refer to the Glossary for certain capitalized terms used in the Agreement, including this Preface (if not defined above). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in the Agreement may be found in the Card Organization Rules.
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Card Organization Disclosure Visa and MasterCard Member The Bank’s mailing address is:
Bank Information: Westamerica Bank
3750 Westwind Blvd, Suite 210, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403 (800)939-9942
acquirer@westamerica.com
Important Member Bank Responsibilities: Important Member Bank Responsibilities:
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Client further acknowledges reading and agreeing to all terms in the Program Terms and Conditions. Upon receipt of a signed facsimile or original of this Confirmation Page by us, Client’s Application will be processed. Client understands a copy of the Program Guide is also available for downloading from the Internet at: www.tekcardpayments.com/terms-and-conditions
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Payment acceptance solutions are an essential part of your business, and we want to make accepting payments as simple as possible for you.
This part of the Program Guide (through Appendix 4), is the Your Payments Acceptance Guide. It’s your quick reference to some guidelines for initiating transactions and accepting payments. You’ll also find recommendations and tips to help you prevent fraud, reduce chargebacks, and properly handle payments, refunds, exchanges, and most other situations you’ll encounter in your day-to
day-business. To help you navigate more easily and find the information you need when you need it, we’ve organized this Section into three parts. At the end of the Section, you’ll also find information specific to processing American Express®, Discover® and PayPal® cards payments. Keep in mind, though, these guidelines highlight only some of the Card Organization Rules that apply to your acceptance of payments. Please carefully read the Card Organization Rules for each Card brand you accept.
If you have questions about initiating transactions, accepting payments or any of your other business services, please contact Customer Service at the number listed on your merchant services statement. Your Customer Service team is here to make things easier so let us know what we can do to help.
American Express www.americanexpress.com
Discover Financial Services www.discovernetwork.com/en-us/
MasterCard Worldwide www.mastercard.com/us/merchant/support/rules.html
Visa Inc. https://usa.visa.com
PayPal™
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/accept-payments-online
Part I – Gives you information about preparing to accept transactions The first step of a transaction actually begins before a customer even decides to make a purchase. This part of Your Payments Acceptance Guide reviews steps you’ll need to take to ensure customers are informed of their payment options and understand the terms of sale. You’ll also find tips and important reminders for validating cards in order to reduce the risk of fraud. Finally, specific procedures for accepting debit is outlined. If you have questions about anything discussed in this guide, please contact Customer Service at the number located on your merchant services statement.
For special rules applying to the treatment of the American Express brand, please refer to Appendix 2.
Do clearly and conspicuously:
If you accept orders via the Internet, your website must include the following information in a prominent manner:
If you limit refund/exchange terms or impose other specific conditions for card sales, you must clearly print (in 1/4” letters) the words “No Exchange, No Refund,” etc. on the sales draft near or above the cardholder’s signature, both on the cardholder’s copy and your copy.
During a liquidation or closure of any of your outlets, locations or businesses, you must post signs clearly visible to customers stating that “All Sales Are Final,” and stamp the sales draft with a notice that “All Sales Are Final.”
Transactions where the cardholder is present – ‘Card Present’ transactions
If the signature panel on the card is blank, you must:
current passport or driver’s license) to validate the cardholder’s identity;
Transactions where the cardholder is not present – ‘Card Not Present’ transactions This section applies to any transaction where the cardholder is not present, such as mail, telephone, Internet and E-commerce.
You may only conduct Internet transactions if you have notified us in advance and
received approval.
Customer Service immediately
Internet orders in all your requests for authorization and submission of charges
It is also recommended that, if feasible, you obtain and keep a copy on file of the cardholder’s signature authorizing you to submit telephone and mail order transactions.
Address Verification Service (AVS) (and other fraud mitigation tools such as Verified by Visa®, MasterCard® Secure Code, Discover Protect Buy®, American Express® SafeKey, Card Validation Codes and Card Identification) does not guarantee against chargebacks; but, if used properly, they assist you in reducing the risk of fraud by confirming whether certain elements of the billing address provided by your customer match the billing address maintained by the card issuing bank. AVS also may help you avoid incurring additional interchange expenses. AVS is a separate process from obtaining an authorization and will provide a separate response. A transaction may be authorized regardless of the AVS response. It is your responsibility to monitor the AVS responses and use the information provided to avoid accepting high-risk transactions.
If a disputed charge arises for a transaction conducted over the Internet or electronically, a chargeback may be exercised for the full amount.
For Discover Network transactions, please refer to Appendix 3 for the Discover Network protocol for Internet transactions.
Customer – activated terminals and self-service terminals
Transactions processed at customer-activated terminals and self-service terminals have specific requirements for processing. You must contact Customer Service for approval and further instructions before conducting customer- activated terminal transactions or self- service terminal transactions.
bona fidecardholder. DON’TS
or (iii) processing a Card Not Present transaction
an owner, partner, officer or employee of your business establishment or of a guarantor who signed your application form, unless such transaction arises from a bona fide purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of your business
You are responsible for maintaining the security of your POS devices and for instituting appropriate controls to prevent employees or others from submitting credits that do not reflect bona fide returns or reimbursements of earlier transactions.
Please comply with the data security requirements shown below:
compliant by the payment organizations.
For Internet transactions, copies of the transaction records may be delivered to cardholders in either electronic or paper format.
If you are receiving TransArmor services from us, the important DOs and DON’Ts listed below apply to you:
quarterly network scans performed by an Approved Scan Vendor, all in accordance with payments organization rules and PCI DSS
When accepting debit cards, you’ll need to follow the specific requirements for each debit network, as well as, the general requirements set out in this section. DO’S
Unless the transaction is a “no-signature” signature debit transaction or a “PINless”
PIN debit transaction specifically supported by the debit network
The debit network used to process your debit transaction will depend upon, among other things, our own business considerations, the availability of the debit network at the time of the transaction, and whether a particular debit card is enabled for a particular debit network.
The debit network used to route your transaction may or may not be the lowest cost network available. We may in our sole discretion:
our affiliated PIN debit networks); and
You may offer cash back to your customers when they make a PIN debit card purchase. You may set a minimum and maximum amount of cash back that you will allow. If you are not currently offering this service, your POS device may require additional programming to begin offering cash back as long as it is supported by the debit network.
You must reconcile your accounts for each location daily and notify us within 24 hours of any issues.
An adjustment is a transaction that is initiated to correct a debit card transaction that has been processed in error. For signature debit transactions (including
“no-signature” signature debit transactions), both the cardholder and the card issuing bank have the right to question or dispute a transaction. If these questions or disputes are not resolved, a chargeback may occur. You are responsible for all adjustment and chargeback fees that may be charged by a debit network.
An adjustment may be initiated for many reasons, including:
All parties involved in processing adjustments and chargebacks are regulated
by timeframes that are specified in the operating rules of the applicable debit
network, the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Regulation E, and other applicable law.
We offer electronic interfaces to Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) networks for the processing, settlement and switching of EBT transactions initiated through the use of a state-issued EBT card at your point of sale terminal(s) so that EBT recipients may receive EBT benefits.
EBT benefits may comprise:
If you accept EBT transactions and/or provide EBT benefits:
and the procedures set out in the Quest rules, in the amount authorized through your terminal, upon presentation by an EBT recipient of an EBT card and such EBT recipient’s entry of a valid PIN
benefits or if you are unable to comply with this section or the Quest rules
<br/>accordance with the standards set by the applicable state
cash benefits
extent cash is provided to your other customers.
compliance with this section or the Quest rules
applicable Quest rules and procedures
You must take sole responsibility for the provision of any EBT benefits other than
in accordance with authorizations received from the EBT service provider. If an authorized terminal is not working or the EBT system is not available: DO’S
You must take sole responsibility for (and you will not be reimbursed in respect of) a manual transaction if you fail to obtain an authorization number from the applicable EBT service provider in accordance with this section or otherwise fail to process the manual transaction in accordance with the Quest rules, except as specifically provided in the Quest rules.
This part of Your Payments Acceptance Guide reviews essential elements of a transaction, including authorizations, issuing refunds and exchanges, and
handling special transactions like recurring payments. You’ll also find information
about chargebacks and processes to put in place to avoid chargebacks. Feel free to contact Customer Service with any questions that arise as you review this information.
If you have contracted to use one of our authorization services, you must not use another third-party authorization system without notifying Customer Service.
Otherwise, we will be unable to successfully research and defend any authorization related chargebacks on your behalf. This delay will significantly decrease your time to research and provide proof of authorization, thus reducing your opportunity to reverse a chargeback.
If you use another authorization network:
an authorization provided by a third-party authorization system is challenged in a chargeback, you must obtain proof (for example, third party authorization logs) from the authorization source and submit it to us within the time frame specified on the chargeback documentation.
Call the following phone numbers for other card types, each of which is available 24 hours/day; 7 days/week:
and
<br/>American Express Direct
JCB, International (For YEN and CAD currency only) TeleCheck
Voyager WEX
<br/>1-800-528-2121
1-800-522-9345
1-800-366-5010
1-800-987-6589
1-800-842-0071
an approval of the sale from other authorization sources. Instead, request another
form of payment.
Card Not Present transactions
It is highly recommended that you obtain the three-digit card verification code on the back of the card (or the four digit verification code on the front of
American Express cards) and that you include this code with each card not present authorization request unless the transaction is a recurring transaction.
For recurring transactions, submit the card verification code only with the first
authorization request and not with subsequent authorization requests.
For American Express Card Not Present transactions, please also refer to Appendix
2. For Discover Network Card Not Present transactions, please also refer to Appendix 3. PayPal does not allow Card Not Present transactions. Authorization via telephone (other than terminal/electronic device users)
<br/>You must enter manually all approved sales that have been authorized in this manner as “post authorization” transactions into the terminal, once the terminal becomes operational. You must enter all credit transactions into the terminal for data capture. If you receive a referral and subsequently receive an approval, you may be subject to a chargeback. You must imprint the card using a manual
imprinter machine to reduce the risk of such a chargeback. For specific procedures on electronic data capture, refer to the Terminal Operating Instructions/Users Guide. If the terminal malfunctions for more than 24 hours, contact Customer Service for further instructions on processing your transactions.
Automated dispensing machines
You must produce records for all transactions originating with automated dispensing machines or limited amount terminals. Such records must include the last four digits of the cardholder account number, merchant’s name, terminal location, transaction date, identification of transaction currency, transaction type (purchase), authorization code, and amount.
For Discover Network transactions, please refer to Appendix 3 for instructions on how to cancel an authorization.
For PayPal transactions, please refer to Appendix 4 instructions on how to cancel an authorization.
Partial authorization provides an alternative to a declined transaction by permitting a card issuing bank to return an authorization approval for a partial amount. This amount is less than the transaction amount requested because the available card balance is not sufficient to approve the transaction in full. The cardholder is able to use the funds remaining on the card to pay for a portion of the purchase and select another form of payment (in other words, another payment card, cash, check) for the remaining balance of the transaction.
You must submit an authorization reversal if the authorization is no longer needed, a partial amount of the total authorized is submitted for the settled transaction, or the cardholder elects not to complete the purchase. The transaction sent for settlement must be no more than the amount approved in the partial authorization response. If you wish to support partial authorization functionality, you must contact Customer Service for additional rules and requirements.
Payment by installments
If a cardholder makes a deposit toward the full amount of the sale price and pays the balance on delivery, please follow the procedures set out in this section.
•do submit and seek authorization of each delayed delivery transaction under the same merchant identification number and treat deposits on the card no differently than you treat deposits on all other payment products.
If delivery occurs after the timeframes set out in section 19, you must obtain a new authorization for the unprocessed portion of the transaction prior to delivery. If the transaction is declined, contact the cardholder and request another form of payment.
For example: On January 1, a cardholder orders $2,200 worth of furniture and you receive an authorization for the full amount; however, only a $200 deposit is processed leaving a $2,000 balance remaining on the furniture. An authorization reversal must be processed for $2,000. When the goods are available to ship, the
$2,000 transaction balance must be reauthorized. Advance payment charges
If you permit or require cardholders to make advance payment charges for the following types of goods or services, please follow the procedures set out in this section:
customer’s specifications);
For all advance payment transactions:
The cardholder’s consent must include (1) a detailed description of the goods or services to be provided, and (2) his or her agreement to all of the terms of the sale (including price, any cancellation or refund policies), and the expected delivery date of the goods or services;
(1) a detailed description of the goods or services to be provided; (2) the amount of the charge; (3) the confirmation number (if applicable); (4) the details of any cancellation or refund policies; and (5) the expected delivery date of the goods or services.
Recurring transactions
If you process recurring transactions and charge a cardholder’s account periodically for recurring goods or services (for example, yearly subscriptions and annual membership fees, etc.), please follow the procedures set out in this section. DO’S
preauthorized order
<br/>the cardholder or card issuing bank or after a request for authorization has been denied
It is highly recommended that you obtain the three-digit card verification code on the back of the card (or the four-digit verification code on the front of American Express cards), include the number with the first authorization request. This is not required for subsequent authorization requests.
A positive authorization response for one recurring transaction is not a guarantee that any future recurring transaction authorization request will be approved or paid.
If the recurring transaction is renewed, you must obtain from the cardholder a new written request for the continuation of such goods or services to be charged to the cardholder’s account.
If you or we have terminated your right to accept cards, you must not submit authorization requests or sales data for recurring transactions that are due after the date of such termination.
For American Express transactions please also see Appendix 2. Stored payment credentials
If you store information (including, but not limited to, an account number or payment token) to process future purchases on behalf of the cardholder, follow the procedures set out in this section.
stored for the first time
to identify an unscheduled credentials on file transaction
payment credential is being stored.
Card checks
If you accept card checks, you must treat checks from all the payment organizations that you accept equally (for example, if you accept MasterCard and American Express, your check acceptance policy must treat checks for both of these payment organizations equally). You should handle these card checks like any other personal check drawn upon a bank in the United States.
transaction receipt to the cardholder at the time the card transaction is completed. An exception is eligible transactions participating in any of the ‘no signature required’ programs
circle or underline any information on the sales draft or alter a sales draft in any way after the transaction has been completed and signed. Stray marks and other alterations on a sales draft may result in it becoming unreadable or illegible.
If you participate in the Visa Easy Payment Service (“VEPS”) (Visa’s ‘no signature required’ program), Quick Payment Service or Small Ticket, you are only required to provide the cardholder with the completed sales draft when requested by the cardholder.
If you are operating under certain merchant category codes (“MCC”) approved by a payment organization, you are not required to:
stores (MCC 5310) for which the floor limit is $50.
transactions.
transaction
the purpose of debiting and crediting your own or a customer’s account;
Your website must communicate your refund policy to your customers and require your customers to select a “click-to-accept” or other affirmative button to acknowledge the policy. The terms and conditions of the purchase must be displayed on the same screen view as the checkout screen that presents the total purchase amount, or within the sequence of website pages the cardholder accesses during the checkout process.
For American Express transactions, please also refer to Appendix 2.
For an even exchange, no additional paperwork is necessary, and you may simply follow your standard company policy.
For an uneven exchange, you must complete a credit draft, and follow the procedures outlined in section 11 for the total amount of the goods returned. The cardholder’s account will be credited for that amount. Then, complete a new sales draft for the total amount of any new goods purchased.
Both the cardholder and the card issuing bank have the right to question or dispute a transaction. If such questions or disputes are not resolved, a chargeback may occur. You are responsible for all chargebacks, our chargeback fees and related costs arising from your transactions. As a result, we will debit your settlement account or settlement funds for the amount of each chargeback.
Due to the short time frames and the supporting documentation necessary to successfully (and permanently) reverse a chargeback in your favor, we strongly recommend that:
regarding the dispute is prohibited by Discover Network Card Organization Rules); and
You must not process a credit transaction once a chargeback is received, even with cardholder authorization, as the credits may not be recoverable, and you may be financially responsible for the credit as well as the chargeback. Instead, the card issuing bank will credit the cardholder’s account.
If the card issuing bank submits a chargeback, we will send you a chargeback notification, which may also include a request for transaction documentation. Due to the short time requirements imposed by the payments’ organizations, it is important that you respond to a chargeback notification and transaction documentation request within the time frame set out in the notification.
Upon receipt of a transaction documentation request, you must immediately retrieve the requested sales draft(s) using the following guidelines:
We strongly recommend that you also include a detailed rebuttal letter along with all pertinent documents when responding to a transaction request or a chargeback notification (for example, rental agreement, imprinted portion of the invoice or sales draft; the portion dates, are located).
If the information you provide is both timely and, in our sole discretion, sufficient to warrant a re-presentment of the transaction or reversal of the chargeback, we will do so on your behalf. However, a re-presentment or reversal is ultimately contingent upon the card issuing bank and/or cardholder accepting the transaction under applicable payment organization guidelines. Re-presentment or reversal is not a guarantee that the chargeback has been resolved in your favor.
If we do not receive a clear, legible and complete copy of the transaction documentation within the timeframe specified on the request, you may be subject to a chargeback for “non- receipt” for which there is no recourse.
If you do not dispute the chargeback within the time limits set by the payments’ organization rules and regulations, you will forfeit your reversal rights. Our only alternative, which is available for Visa and MasterCard transactions only, is to attempt a “good faith collection” to the card issuing bank on your behalf for non-fraud chargeback reason codes. This process can take up to 6 months and must meet the card issuing bank’s criteria (for example, at or above a set dollar
amount). Good faith collection attempts are not a guarantee that any funds will be collected on your behalf. Card issuing banks normally charge good faith collection fees, which are deducted from the transaction amount if accepted in addition to any processing fees that are charged by us.
The card issuing bank may charge a handling fee which will be debited from your settlement account or settlement funds if a transaction documentation request results from a discrepancy between the sales draft and the transmitted record regarding any of the following:
Visa: If we reverse the chargeback and re-present the transaction to the card issuing bank, the card issuing bank, at its sole discretion, may elect to submit the matter for arbitration before Visa. Visa charges a filing fee and review fee. Whether or not a decision is made in your favor, you will be responsible for all such fees and charges and any other applicable fees and charges imposed by Visa. Such fees and charges will be debited from your settlement account or settlement funds, in addition to the chargeback.
STAR®: If we reverse the chargeback and re-present the transaction to the card issuing bank, the card issuing bank, at its sole discretion, may elect to submit the matter for arbitration before STAR. Whether or not a decision is made in your favor, you will be responsible for all fees and charges relating to that arbitration and any other applicable fees and charges imposed by STAR. Such fees and charges will be debited from your settlement account or settlement funds, in addition to the chargeback.
MasterCard: If we reverse the chargeback and re-present the transaction to the card issuing bank, the card issuing bank, at its sole discretion, may elect to resubmit the chargeback. In such event, at our discretion, we will debit your
settlement account or settlement funds for the chargeback. However, if you feel strongly that it is an invalid chargeback, we may, on your behalf and at your request, submit the matter for arbitration before MasterCard. MasterCard currently charges a filing fee and a review fee. Whether or not a decision is made in your favor, you will be responsible for all such fees and charges, and any other charges imposed by MasterCard. Such fees and charges will be debited from your settlement account or settlement funds, in addition to the chargeback.
Discover Network: If Discover Network rejects our re-presentment request and you feel strongly that the chargeback is invalid, we may, at our discretion and on your behalf and at your request, submit the matter for dispute arbitration before Discover Network. Discover Network charges Acquirers fees for re-presentment requests and matters submitted to Discover Network for arbitration We, n turn, may charge you fees for these items.
PayPal: If PayPal rejects our re-presentment request and you feel strongly that the chargeback is invalid, we may, at our discretion and on your behalf and at your request, submit the matter for dispute arbitration before PayPal. PayPal charges Acquirers fees for re-presentment requests and matters submitted to PayPal for arbitration. We, in turn may charge you fees for these items.
American Express: You may request a chargeback reversal if the chargeback was applied in error, provided that (i) you have responded to the original inquiry within the specified timeframe set out in your dispute notification, and (ii) you have provided all supporting documentation to substantiate the error.
The following section outlines the most common types of chargebacks. This list is not exhaustive. Within each group, we have included recommendations on how to reduce the risk of chargebacks. These are recommendations only, and do not guarantee that you will eliminate chargebacks.
Chargebacks due to authorization Description
Proper authorization procedures were not followed, and valid authorization was not obtained.
below floor limit).
<br/>Chargebacks due to cancellation and returns Description
Credit was not processed properly or the cardholder has canceled or returned items.
Transactions that the cardholder claims are unauthorized; the account number is no longer in use or is fictitious, or the merchant was identified as “high risk.” NOTE: For Visa transactions, to ensure that you preserve your chargeback rights, you must:
code. Otherwise, you should, imprint the card using a valid imprinting device that will capture the embossed card and merchant information. You must write on
the manually imprinted draft all pertinent information relating to the transaction (transaction date, dollar amount, authorization code and merchandise description) and obtain the cardholder signature. Do not alter the imprint on the draft in any way. You are not protected from this type of chargeback by manually entering the information into the POS device.
NOTE: Do not imprint on the back of a signed sales draft. The imprint must be on the transaction document that contains all transaction elements to prove the card was present at the time of the transaction.
NOTE: While transactions utilizing these tools may still be disputed, the service may assist you with your decision to accept certain cards for payment.
Goods or services not received by the cardholder, Merchandise defective or not as described.
was not as described; resolve the issue with the cardholder at first contact
defined.
Error was made when transaction was processed, or it was billed incorrectly.
timeframe
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Recommendations to reduce risk of chargeback
Failure to respond to a retrieval request or the cardholder does not recognize the transaction.
elements within the required timeframe that is specified on the retrieval request
specified by each payments’ organization
If the card being presented or the behavior of the person presenting the card appears to be suspicious or you otherwise suspect fraud, you must immediately call the Voice Authorization Center and ask to speak to a Code 10 operator.
Answer all their questions and follow their instructions.
While not proof that a transaction is fraudulent, the following are some suggestions to assist you in preventing fraudulent transactions that could result in a chargeback:
Does the cardholder:
difficult it is to handle, is not interested in free delivery, alterations, etc.)?
the sale date?
We also recommend that you are vigilant for any cardholder who behaves as
follows, specifically in relation to prepaid cards:
Gift Cards, jewelry, video, stereo, computer and camera equipment, shoes and men’s clothing are typically fraud-prone because they can easily be resold. Also be suspicious of high dollar amounts and transactions with more than one fraud prone item, (for example, two laptops, three gold chains, etc.).
PART III – Gives you helpful information, and guidelines for specific industries In this part of the guide you’ll find helpful information about what to do if a card is left at your business, how long you must retain copies of records, how to return equipment and important transaction timeframes. This is also where you’ll find additional guidelines for specific industries including:
If you’d like additional information about anything you’ve read in Your Payments Acceptance Guide, please contact Customer Service.
If a card is left behind and remains unclaimed, you should call the appropriate payment organization’s Customer Service team via the number below and they will instruct you on how to handle it:
If delivery is more than:
You must submit all credit transactions to us within 5 days of determining that a credit is due.
There are additional rules and requirements that apply to merchants in the lodging industry for practices including guaranteed reservations and charges for no shows, advance deposits, overbookings, and priority checkout. If you are a lodging merchant and wish to participate in the payment organization lodging services programs, please contact your sales representative or relationship manager for details and the appropriate payments organization requirements. You must provide the cardholder with written confirmation of a guaranteed reservation. The confirmation must contain:
Visa MasterCard Discover AMEX
PayPal
<br/>1-800-336-8472
1-800-826-2181
1-877-569-1113
If a cardholder requests a cancellation in accordance with your cancellation policy
and specified time frames, you must provide the cardholder with a cancellation
You must securely retain legible copies of all sales drafts and credit drafts or any other transaction records for the following periods:
MasterCard, Visa, and STAR: 13 months from the transaction date. 5 years for healthcare sales drafts and credit drafts.
Discover Network: the longer of (i) 365 days or (ii) the resolution of any pend- ing or threatened disputes, claims, disagreements or litigation involving the card transaction. You must also keep images or other copies of sales drafts for no less than 3 years from the date of the Discover Network transaction.
PayPal: the longer of (i) (A) 1 year from the transaction date, or (B) if the transac- tion date was subject to dispute, 2 years from the transaction date or (ii) the time period required by applicable law.
American Express: 24 months from the date on which you submitted the sales draft or credit draft to us. You must provide all sales drafts and credit drafts, or other transaction records requested by us within the shortest time limits established by payment organization rules.
To return point of sale (POS) equipment that you do not own, you must call Customer Service for the address of the location to send the device.
You must include the following information in the shipping box:
A positive (approved) authorization response remains valid for:
<br/>number and instructions to retain a record of it.
If a cardholder requests a written confirmation of the cancellation, you must provide this confirmation to the cardholder within 3 business days of such request. For the purposes of this section, a “business day” means Monday through Friday, excluding Bank holidays.
The cancellation confirmation must contain:
If you are a business engaged in providing travel and entertainment services (for example, car rentals, hotels, motels, etc.) or a restaurant business, and engage in the practice of “pre-authorization” you must comply with the following general procedures:
DAMAGE OR INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES IN ANY PREAUTHORIZATIONS
the amount authorized. If the final amount charged to the cardholder exceeds the original estimate by more than 15% above the preauthorization, you must authorize any additional amounts, and all incremental authorization codes must be written in the authorization area along with the date of authorization and the amount authorized
you must secure a positive authorization for the additional amount. Subsequent authorizations must only be for the additional amount of total charges, and must not include any amounts already authorized
For MasterCard, if you are operating vending machines under MCC 5499 (Miscellaneous Food Stores-Convenience Stores, Markets, Specialty Stores), you need not provide a receipt at the time a transaction is conducted. However, if a vending machine cannot provide a printed receipt, you must disclose and post instructions advising cardholders how a receipt may be obtained.
You must contact Customer Service for approval and further instructions, rules and requirements before conducting telecommunication transactions.
Telecommunication card sales occur when a telephone service provider is paid directly using a card for individual local or long-distance telephone calls, with the exception that prepaid telephone service cards are not and do not give rise to telecommunication card sales.
For Visa, MasterCard, STAR, American Express, Discover, and PayPal transactions, merchants operating in the petroleum industry that conduct card sales at Automated Fuel Dispensers (AFDs), may submit an authorization request for
$1 to verify the validity of the card presented. Under such circumstances, you must submit an authorization advice message for the actual amount of the card sale within 60 minutes of completion of fuel delivery regardless of whether you previously received a partial authorization response or a positive authorization response for any other amount. If you do not complete the card sale following receipt of an approved authorization response for any amount, a request to cancel the authorization request must be submitted within 60 minutes of the completion of fuel delivery.
Appendix 1– Additional Provisions for WEX and Voyager WEX cards
If you participate in the WEX Full-Service Program, the following terms and conditions will apply:
data from fraud or misuse
You acknowledge and agree that your sole remedies with respect to the WEX Full Acquiring services will be against us and not WEX, except to the extent that WEX knows of any fraud related to the WEX cards and fails to provide notice of such fraud or WEX commits fraud in respect to the WEX Full Acquiring Services.
In addition to the information set out in Section 11 (Sales Drafts), you must include the following information on a single page document constituting the sales draft for Voyager transactions:
You must not remove fuel tax at the point of sale. For all payment system product codes that are taxable, transaction dollar amount and price per gallon (PPG) must contain the sum of the fuel cost and PPG inclusive of all applicable Federal, State, County, Local and other fuel taxes.
If there is an increase of 15% or more compared to the previous month in the number of Voyager transaction authorization calls that are not due to our or Voyager system outages, we may, at our discretion, deduct telephone charges from the settlement of your Voyager transactions. Fees will not exceed $0.25 per call.
Settlement of Voyager transactions will generally occur by the fourth banking day after we process the applicable card transactions. We will reimburse you for the dollar amount of sales you submit for a given day, reduced by the amount of chargebacks, tax exemptions, discounts, credits, and the fees set out in the
Agreement You must notify us of any errors contained with the settlement reports within 30 calendar days of receipt of such report. Neither we nor Voyager will be required to reimburse you for sales submitted more than 60 calendar days from the date of purchase.
For daily transmission of sales data, you must securely maintain true and complete records for a period of not less than 36 months from the date of the generation of the data. You may store records on electronic media, if secure. You are responsible for the expense of retaining sales data records and sales drafts.
Appendix 2 – Additional Provisions for American Express Transactions
For merchants participating in the American Express OptBlue® Program, you should review the operating guide made available to you at www.americanex- press.com/merchantopguide.
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the American Express Transactions, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Appendix 2, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
Whenever payment methods are communicated to customers, or when customers ask what payments are accepted, you must indicate your acceptance of the American Express card and display the American Express marks (including any card application forms provided to you) as prominently and in the same manner as any other payment products.
You must not use the American Express marks in any way that injures or diminishes the goodwill associated with the mark, nor (without our prior written consent) indicate that American Express endorses your goods or services.
You must only use the American Express marks as permitted. You must cease using the American Express marks upon termination of your acceptance of American Express cards.
For additional guidelines on the use of the American Express marks, please contact Customer Service.
Any and all cardholder information is confidential and the sole property of the card issuing bank, American Express or its affiliates. Except as otherwise specified, you must not disclose cardholder Information, nor use nor store it, other than
to facilitate transactions at your establishments in accordance with the terms on which you are authorized to accept American Express cards.
If you process a Card Not Present transaction you must obtain the following information:
transactions you must:
Internet orders in all of your requests for authorization and Submission of charges;
American Express has the right to chargeback for any Card Not Present transaction that the cardholder denies making or authorizing. However, American Express will not chargeback for any Card Not Present transaction based solely upon a claim by a cardholder that he or she did not receive the disputed goods if you have:
billing address; and
American Express will not be liable for actual or alleged fraudulent transactions over the Internet and will have the right to chargeback for those charges.
If a disputed transaction arises involving a ard ot resent transaction that is an Internet electronic delivery transaction, American Express may exercise a chargeback for the full amount of the transaction and place you in any of its chargeback programs.
For each transaction submitted:
number and, if applicable, store number;
If the cardholder wants to use more than one card for payment of a purchase, you may create a separate charge record for each card used. However, if the cardholder is using a single card for payment of a purchase, you must not divide the purchase into more than one transaction, and you must not create more than one charge record.
To issue a refund you must:
If the cardholder indicates that the card on which the purchase was originally made is no longer active or available:
In the credit draft delivered to the cardholder you must mask truncated card number digits with replacement characters such as “x,” “*” or “#,” and not blank spaces or numbers.
Your refund policy for card transactions must be at least as favorable as your refund policy for purchases made with other payment products or other payment methods.
If you issue a credit, American Express will not refund the discount, or any other fees or assessments previously applied on the corresponding transaction. The discount on chargebacks will not be refunded.
American Express offers fraud mitigation tools for both Card Present and Card Not Present transactions to help verify that a transaction is valid. These tools help you mitigate the risk of fraud at the point of sale, but are not a guarantee that a transaction is in fact valid or bona fide, or that you will not be subject to a chargeback. For optimal use of the tools, please visit American Express’ Fraud Prevention Information at: www.americanexpress.com/fraudinfo.
For recurring transactions, you must offer the cardholder the option to receive written notification for the recurring transaction(s) at least (10) ten days prior to submitting, or any time the transaction amount exceeds a maximum amount
that has been set by the cardholder. You must clearly and conspicuously disclose all material terms of the option, including, if applicable, the fact that recurring billing will continue until the option is canceled by the cardholder. If the material terms of the option change after submission of the first recurring transaction, you must promptly notify the cardholder in writing of such change and obtain the cardholder’s express written consent to the new terms prior to submitting another recurring transaction.
If your recurring transaction amounts vary, you must offer the cardholder the right to receive written notification of the amount and date of each recurring transaction:
transaction amount specified by the cardholder.
For more information about processing prepaid cards:
You may participate in the No Signature Program under which you are not required to request a signature from cardholders on the transaction record provided that:
exception of the following categories:
Express Card Organization Rules regarding “risk evaluation”
n relation to the transaction:
Express’ country specific policy
and the Cardholder were present at the point of sale
Under the American Express No Signature Program, chargebacks will not be exercised for such charges based solely on your failure to obtain the cardholder’s signature at the point of sale.
If a disproportionate number of disputed charges under the No Signature Program occur, you must cooperate to reduce the number of disputed charges. If such efforts fail, you may be placed in American Express chargeback programs, or your participation in the No Signature Program may be modified or terminated. Travelers cheques
Travelers cheques are available in various denominations and currencies. The denominations in US dollars range from $20 to $1000.
You must exercise caution when presented with a traveler’s cheque in a denomination of
$500 or greater. The higher denominated travelers’ cheques are rarely sold, and so more likely to be counterfeit.
To accept a traveler’s cheque, watch your customer countersign in the lower left corner of the travelers cheque, and compare the countersignature to the signature in the upper left corner of the travelers cheque.
moistened finger across the denomination
<br/>are not required to obtain authorization before accepting a travelers cheque.
You acknowledge that you will be converted from the American Express US Enhanced Acquisition Program to a direct card acceptance relationship with American Express if and when you become a ‘High CV Merchant’ in
accordance with the American Express Card Organization Rules. As part of this acknowledgment you agree that upon conversion: (i) you will be bound by American Express’ then-current agreement for card acceptance; and (ii) American Express will set pricing and other fees payable by you for card acceptance.
A “High CV Merchant” is a Program Merchant with Estimated Annual Charge Volume (ECV) of greater than (i) United States currency (USD) $1,000,000 in the United States excluding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands or (ii) USD
$1,000,000 in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Where a Program Merchant Prospect has more than one Establishment, then the ECV of (i) all Establishments operated under the same tax identification number (TIN) in a region shall be aggregated or (ii) all Establishments operated under different TINs but as a unified business enterprise in a region shall be aggregated. For clarification purposes, a ‘unified business enterprise’ shall include Establishments that are owned, operated, or affiliated to a single business entity.
You agree that when providing your contact information to us that you may receive messages from American Express, including important information about American Express products, services, and resources available to your business. These messages may be sent to the mailing address, phone numbers, email addresses or fax numbers that you provide. If you provide a wireless phone number, you agree that you may be contacted at that number and the communications sent may include autodialed short message service (SMS or
“text”) messages or automated or pre-recorded calls. If you provide a fax number, you agree that you may be sent fax communications. American Express may otherwise use and share your information for business purposes and as permitted by applicable law. American Express uses reasonable administrative, technical
and physical security measures to protect your information consistent with the sensitivity of the information.
You may opt out of newsletters or messages about products, services and resources for different forms of communications by contacting us, via inbound telephone, email, facsimile, website and any other means identified by us, or by exercising the opt-out options that may be described or offered in emails, SMS messages, faxes or other communications. If you opt out, you may still receive messages from American Express regarding services and programs designed to enhance the value of the American Express Network.
These merchant data security requirements apply to all of your equipment, systems, and networks on which encryption keys, cardholder data and/or sensitive authentication data are stored, processed, or transmitted.
Standards for protection of cardholder data and sensitive authentication data
You must, and you must ensure that all of your employees, agents, representatives, subcontractors, processors, service providers, providers of point-of-sale equipment or systems or payment processing solutions, and any other party to whom you may provide card member information access, will:
for implementing that version; and
You must protect all charge records and credit records retained in accordance with these data security provisions.
You must use these records only for purposes of your acceptance of American Express cards and you must safeguard the records accordingly.
If you discover a data incident, you must:
Forensic investigation reports must:
the data incident: and
remediating all PCI DSS deficiencies.
American Express has the right to disclose information about any data incident to card members, issuers, other participants on the American Express network,
and the general public as required by applicable law, by judicial, administrative, or regulatory order, decree, subpoena, request, or other process; in order to mitigate the risk of fraud or other harm; or otherwise to the extent appropriate to operate the American Express network.
You must take steps to validate under PCI DSS annually and quarterly the status of your equipment, systems and networks (and their components) on which cardholder data and sensitive authentication data are stored, processed or transmitted.
You must submit applicable periodic validation documentation to us. Please contact us for more information regarding data security compliance requirements. Step 2 – Determine merchant level and validation requirements
Most merchant levels are based on the volume of transactions submitted by establishments. You will fall into one of the merchant levels specified in the following table:
American Express may require certain level 3 merchants to enroll in American Express’ compliance program. Such merchants must enroll no later than ninety
(90) days following receipt of such notice from us. All other level 3 merchants need not submit validation documentation but must comply with all other provisions of these data security provisions.
The validation documentation which you must send to us is as follows:
This is a detailed onsite examination of your equipment, systems, and networks (and their components) where cardholder data or sensitive authentication data (or both) are stored, processed, or transmitted.
(ii) you and certified by your chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief information security officer or principal;
-submit the AOC section of the SAQ annually to us, and include copies of the full SAQ upon request; and
ensure that the AOC certifies compliance with all requirements of the PCI DSS.
This is a process using the PCI DSS self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) that allows self-examination of your equipment, systems, and networks (and their components) where cardholder data or sensitive authentication data (or both) are stored, processed, or transmitted.
PCI DSS.
The quarterly network scan is a process that remotely tests your internet- connected computer networks and web servers for potential weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
<br/>or executive summary of findings of the scan (and copies of the full scan, on
request) quarterly to us;
Step 3 – Send the validation documentation to Participant Compliance and validation are completed at your expense. By submitting validation documentation to us, you represent and warrant to us that you are authorized to disclose the information contained in it and are providing the validation documentation without violating any other party’s rights.
If you are not compliant with the PCI DSS, then you must:
Non-validation fees and termination of right to accept cards
We have the right to impose non-validation fees on you and terminate your right to accept cards if you do not fulfill these requirements or fails to provide the mandatory validation documentation to us by the applicable deadline.
We will notify you separately of the applicable deadline for each annual and quarterly reporting period. If we do not receive your mandatory validation documentation, then we have the right to terminate your right to accept cards and to impose non-validation fees on you.
Your merchant level may be classified as EMV if you submit 50,000 (or more) American Express card transactions per year, of which at least 75% are made by the card member with the physical card present at a point of sale system compliant with EMV specifications and capable of processing contact and contactless transactions on a chip-enabled device.
If you are classified as merchant level EMV, you may submit the annual EMV attestation (AEA) instead of other validation documentation, in which case you must submit the AEA annually to us. Even if you fall into merchant level 1 or 2, if you are classified as merchant level EMV, you only need to submit the AEA, and not the other merchant level 1 and 2 validation documentation.
The AEA involves a process using PCI DSS requirements that allows self- examination of your equipment, systems, and networks (and their components) where cardholder data or sensitive authentication data (or both) are stored, processed or transmitted.
The AEA must:
Each Internet Discover Network card transaction accepted by you and submitted to us shall comply with Discover Network standards, including Discover Network standards governing the formatting, transmission and encryption of data, referred to as the “designated protocol”.
You shall accept only those Internet Discover Network card transactions that are encrypted in accordance with the designated protocol. As of the date of these procedures, the designated protocol for the encryption of data is Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
We may, at our discretion, withhold Settlement until security standards can be verified. However, the designated protocol, including any specifications with respect to data encryption, may change at any time upon 30 days advance written notice. You shall not accept any Internet Discover Network card transaction
unless the transaction is sent by means of a browser that supports the designated protocol.
Card Not Present Transactions
For Discover Network Card Not Present transactions, you must also verify the name and billing address of the Discover Network cardholder using the Address Verification System (AVS).
If a Discover Network or PayPal card sale is canceled or the amount of the transaction changes following your receipt of authorization for the sale, you must process an authorization reversal via your POS Device or, for voice-approved authorizations, call your Authorization Center directly and request a cancellation of the authorization. An authorization may be canceled at any time within 10 days of your receipt of the of the authorization but must be canceled before the sales data relating to the transaction is
submitted to us, after which the authorization cannot be changed. For an authorization cancellation, you must provide us with the following information, in this order:
Cash over transactions are only available for Discover Network.
You may issue cash over in connection with a Discover Network card sale, provided that you comply with the terms on which you are authorized to accept cards, including the following requirements:
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the PayPal
Transactions, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Appendix 4, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank
PayPal does not permit internet (ecommerce), mail order, manually key-entered, cash type transactions (including, cash over, cash advance or quasi cash transactions), or international/non-U.S. currency transactions. Contact us for further information related to these transaction types.
PayPal procedure for request for cancellation of authorization
If a PayPal card sale is canceled or the amount of the transaction changes following your receipt of authorization for the sale, you must process an authorization reversal via your POS Device.
PayPal Sublicense to Use PayPal Marks
You are prohibited from using the PayPal Marks, as defined below, other than as expressly authorized in writing by us. “PayPal Marks” means the brands, emblems, trademarks, or logos that identify PayPal acceptance. You may use the PayPal Marks only to promote PayPal products, offers, services, processing and/ acceptance. Your use of the PayPal Marks is restricted to the display of decals,
signage, advertising, and marketing materials provided or approved by PayPal in writing pursuant to the process set forth in the PayPal Card Organization Rules. You are not permitted to use the PayPal Marks in such a way that PayPal Account Holders could believe that the products or services offered by you are sponsored or guaranteed by the owners of the PayPal Marks. You recognize that you have no ownership rights in the PayPal Marks.
You are not permitted to assign to any third party any of the rights to use the PayPal Marks. You are prohibited from using the PayPal Marks, not permitted above, unless expressly authorized in writing by PayPal.
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the Enhanced Data Security and Chargeback Insurance Program, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Appendix 5, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
This Summary of Benefits outlines some of the terms and conditions of the PCI
Compliance, LLC Enhanced Merchant Data Security and Chargeback Insurance
<br/>program administered in partnership with Payment Insurance Network, LLC (the “Program”). This Summary of Benefits is not an insurance policy or a certificate of insurance. Subject to certain terms and conditions, you are entitled to the benefits described below. Should you have any questions regarding the program, wish
to view a complete copy of the terms and conditions or wish to opt-out of the benefits provided by the policy, please email customerservice@tekcardpayments. com or call 1- 844-TEK-PYMT.
The Program provides benefits exclusively to you because of your contractual relationship with Processor under the Agreement. The Program does not cover deliberate acts of your employees and does not cover Data Security Costs incurred by a Processor.
Appendix 6 – Special Provisions for TekCard Merchant Club Program The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the TekCard Merchant Club Program, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Appendix 6, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
Merchant Club is a merchant club containing benefits for use by our clients, including you. By opting in the Merchant Club, you are expressly agreeing to comply with and be bound by all of the following terms and conditions of use.
If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, you are required to immediately contact us at 1- 844-TEK-PYMT or emailing us at customerservice@ tekcardpayments.com.
entitled to the following benefits:
$14.95 per month. Your monthly membership fee will be billed on your monthly statement. Membership fees are non-refundable. If the amount of the fee changes after your enrollment for any reason, we will provide at least thirty (30) days advance written notice to you regarding any such change.
member, you authorize us to send you promotional and/or marketing materials relating to the Processor, including, but not limited to, through email, monthly statements and/or postal mail. Please review our “privacy policy” for detailed information regarding our permitted uses of the information we receive from you through the Site and for other uses of your information.
accordance with the laws of California, exclusive of its conflict or choice of law
rules.
termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity of these terms and conditions, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined exclusively by binding arbitration in New Jersey before one arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures. Judgment on the award may
be entered in any court having jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND OF NON- INFRINGEMENT.
WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS BENEFIT INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS BENEFIT; ARE FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS BENEFIT OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS BENEFIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.
THE PRECEDING NOTWITHSTANDING, IF WE ARE DEEMED LIABLE FOR ACTS OR OMMISSIONS EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO MERCHANT CLUB THEN OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, EXCEED BY THE AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THE MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP FEE.
to the Merchant Club benefits, policies, and these terms and conditions at
any time, with or without notice. Amendments or changes to these terms and conditions, including benefits, shall not be deemed amendments or changes to your Merchant Agreement for purposes of any termination provision enumerated in said Merchant Agreement. If any of these terms or conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining terms or condition.
(i) in the event of any breach of your Merchant Processing Agreement or its termination for any reason; or (ii) by refunding the last monthly membership fee paid.
In addition to the preceding Your Payments Acceptance Guide, our Agreement with you includes the following General Terms. If you fail to follow any of the provisions of the Your Payments Acceptance Guide Procedures or General Terms, you may incur certain liabilities and we may terminate our Agreement.
Subject to Card Organization Rules, Services may be performed by us, our Affiliates, our agents, or other third parties we may designate from time to time in connection with this Agreement.
You agree to follow all requirements of this Agreement in connection with each Card transaction and to comply with all applicable Card Organization Rules, including without limitation, the data security requirements described in Part I, Section 5. From time to time, we may amend the General Terms, by providing you with at least 20 days’ prior written notice, and those provisions will be deemed incorporated into this Agreement. However, for changes in the Card Organization Rules or for security reasons, certain changes in Card procedures may become effective on shorter notice. If there are any inconsistencies between the General Terms and Your Payments Acceptance Guide, the General Terms will govern.
You are responsible for staying apprised of all applicable changes to the Card Organization Rules and maintaining compliance with the Card Organization Rules. Card Organization Rules may be available on web sites such as http://usa.visa. com/and http://www.mastercard.
These links may change from time to time.
to invoice you for any such amounts, net due 30 days after the invoice date or on
such earlier date as may be specified.
<br/>credit entries caused by you or any Person.
even if any of those numbers do not correspond to the actual account or financial institution identified by name.
of settlement funds rights are being applied to claims that are liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured.
During the term of this Agreement, you shall use us as your exclusive provider of all Services.
and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and any additional pricing supplements or subsequent communications.
If a transaction fails to qualify for your anticipated interchange levels or you inadvertently or intentionally accept a transaction other than the type anticipated for your account (including a different Card type), then, as applicable to your pricing method, you will be charged a higher interchange, Discount Rate or Non- Qualified Interchange Fee, as well any applicable surcharge for that transaction, all as further described in Section A.3 of Part IV of this Agreement and in the Application. With respect to inadvertent or intentional acceptance of a transaction other than the type anticipated for your account (including a different Card
type), you will also be subject to payment to us of our then-current transaction fee(s) with respect to such Card and/or transaction and be liable, obligated and responsible under this Agreement for any such transaction to the same extent as you would be if it was of a Card type elected and approved.
For more information on Visa’s and MasterCard’s interchange rates, please go to www.visa.com and www.mastercard.com.
reflect increases, or new fees imposed by Card Organizations, including without limitation, interchange, assessments and other Card Organization fees, or to pass through increases or new fees charged to us by other Persons related to the Services. All such adjustments shall be your responsibility to pay and shall become effective upon the date any such change or addition is implemented by the applicable Card Organization or other Person as specified in our notice to you.
is used to effect debits or credits to your Settlement Account, you agree to be bound by the terms of the operating rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association, as in effect from time to time. You hereby authorize us to initiate credit and debit entries and adjustments to your account through the ACH network and/or through direct instructions to the financial institution where your Settlement Account is maintained for amounts due under this Agreement and under any agreements with us or our respective Affiliates for any products or
services, as well as for any credit entries in error. You hereby authorize the financial institution where your Settlement Account is maintained to effect all such debits
This authority will remain in full force and effect until we have given written notice to the financial institution where your Settlement Account is maintained that all monies due under this Agreement and under any other agreements with us or our respective Affiliates for any products or services have been paid in full. You are solely responsible to inform us in writing if you want any fees or other adjustments to be debited from an account other than your Settlement Account.
responsible for all fees, fines, and other charges imposed on us as a result of acts
or omissions by your agents or third parties.
If your Chargeback percentage for any line of business exceeds the estimated industry Chargeback percentage, you shall, in addition to the Chargeback fees and any applicable Chargeback handling fees or fines, pay us an excessive Chargeback fee for all Chargebacks occurring in such month in such line(s) of business. Each estimated industry Chargeback percentage is subject to change from time to
time by us in order to reflect changes in the industry Chargeback percentages reported by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Network, or PayPal. Your Chargeback Percentage will be calculated as the larger of (a) the total Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Network and PayPal Chargeback items in any line of business in any calendar month divided by the number of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Network and PayPal transactions in that line of business submitted that month, or (b) the total dollar amount of Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Network and PayPal Chargebacks in any line of business received in any calendar month divided by the total dollar
amount of your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Network and PayPal transactions in that line of business submitted in that month.
in investigating such matters shall not create any obligation to continue such investigation or any future investigation.
NOTE: For Discover Network transactions, you are not permitted to convert from your local Discover Network approved currency into another currency, nor may you quote the price of a transaction in U.S. Dollars if completed in another approved currency.
– Cardholder account number on exception file.
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dispute, setoff or counterclaim;
transaction per shipment of goods for which the Cardholder has agreed to partial shipments;
requiring a different MCC under Card Organization Rules, in a way not previously
disclosed to us;
(NOTE: Factoring is prohibited.)
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON- INFRINGEMENT OR OTHERWISE OF ANY SERVICES OR ANY GOODS PROVIDED INCIDENTAL TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SERVICES OR ANY GOODS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES WERE FORESEEABLE OR WHETHER ANY PARTY OR ANY ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. CLIENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT PAYMENT OF ANY EARLY TERMINATION FEE OR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES AS PROVIDED ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT BE PROHIBITED BY THIS PARAGRAPH.
(II) THE AMOUNT OF FEES RECEIVED BY US PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES PERFORMED IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING 12 MONTHS, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
Person was not subject to a duty of confidentiality, (b) rightfully and independently known by you on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure or (c) generally available to the public other than through any disclosure by or fault of you, your agents or representatives.
your rights and to perform your obligations hereunder. Client shall receive our confidential information in confidence and not disclose the confidential information to any third party, except as may be agreed upon in writing by us.
Client shall safeguard all of our confidential information using a reasonable degree of care, but not less than that degree of care used by it in safeguarding its own similar information or material. Upon request by us or upon termination of this Agreement, Client shall return to us or destroy all of our confidential information in its possession or control.
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(ii) was received from a third party free of any obligation of confidence of Client to the third party and which third party, to Client’s knowledge, was not under an obligation to keep the information confidential; (iii) was already in Client’s possession prior to receipt from us; (iv) is required to be disclosed by law, regulation or court order after giving us as much advance notice as practical of the possibility of disclosure; or (v) is subsequently and independently developed by Client’s employees, consultants or agents without use of or reference to our confidential information.
parties. This includes collecting, using, and de-identifying cardholder information, dates, amounts, and other Transaction Data to provide you with analytic products and services as well as collecting and using Transaction Data anonymized
and aggregated with other merchants’ transaction data to provide you, other merchants, and third parties with analytic products and services.
under whose sponsorship this Agreement is performed with respect to Visa and MasterCard transactions. Upon substitution, such other Visa and MasterCard member shall be responsible for all obligations required of Bank for Visa and MasterCard transactions, including without limitation, full responsibility for its Card program and such other obligations as may be expressly required by applicable Card Organization Rules.
Subject to Card Organization Rules, we may assign or transfer this Agreement and our rights, duties and obligations hereunder and/or may delegate or subcontract our rights, duties and obligations hereunder, in whole or in part, to any Person, whether in connection with a change in sponsorship, as set forth in the preceding paragraph, or otherwise, without notice to you or your consent.
and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns. No assignee for the benefit of creditors, custodian, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, or other person charged with taking custody of a party’s assets or business, shall have any right to continue, assume or assign this Agreement. 20
Merchant to be effective at the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term by giving written notice of an intention not to renew at least 90 calendar days before the end of the current term. Further, this Agreement may be terminated at any time with or without notice and with or without cause by Processor. All rights and obligations of the parties existing hereunder as of the effective time of termination shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
we may terminate this Agreement at any time and for any reason by providing 30 days’ advance notice to you. We may terminate this Agreement immediately or with shorter notice upon an Event of Default as provided under Section
30.4 of this Agreement. In the event we provide notice to you of any new fees or increases in existing fees for Services, pursuant to Section 25.5, you may terminate this Agreement without further cause or penalty by notifying us that you are terminating this Agreement prior to the effective date of such new fees
or increases. However, maintaining your merchant account, or your continued use of the Services after the effective date of any such fee changes shall be deemed your acceptance of such fee changes for the Services, throughout the term of this Agreement.
business prospects; or
breach, or any other circumstances which, in our sole discretion, may increase our exposure for your Chargebacks or otherwise present a financial or security risk to us; or
respective Affiliates; or
or our reasonable belief that termination of this Agreement or suspension of Services is necessary to comply with any law including without limitation the rules and regulations promulgated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Department of the Treasury or your breach, as determined by Servicers, of Section 39.2 (“Compliance with Laws”), then, upon the occurrence of (1) an Event of Default specified in subsections 30.4.4, 30.4.9 or 30.4.11, we may consider this Agreement to be terminated immediately, without notice, and all amounts payable hereunder shall be immediately due and payable in full without demand or other v.12220200227-ck
<br/>notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by you, and (2) any other Event of Default, this Agreement may be terminated by us giving not less than 10 days’ notice to you, and upon such notice all amounts payable hereunder shall be due and payable on demand.
the obligations and rights of the parties pursuant to provisions of this Agreement which by their terms are intended to survive or be perpetual or irrevocable.
Such provisions shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement. All obligations by you to pay or reimburse us for any obligations associated with transactions you have submitted to us will survive termination of this Agreement until finally and irrevocably paid in full and settled.
of creditors or similar laws, and you continue to use our Services, it is your
responsibility to open new accounts to distinguish pre and post filing obligations.
You acknowledge that as long as you utilize the accounts you established prior to such filing, we will not be able to systematically segregate your post-filing transactions or prevent set-off of the pre-existing obligations. In that event, you
will be responsible for submitting an accounting supporting any adjustments that you may claim.
to the Card Organizations for inclusion on such list(s). You expressly agree and consent to such reporting if you are terminated as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or for any reason specified as cause by Visa, MasterCard, Discover Network, PayPal or American Express. Furthermore, you agree to waive and hold us harmless from and against any and all claims which you may have as a result of such reporting.
all other amounts then due or which thereafter may become due under this Agreement.
you, or in instances of fraud or suspected fraud or an Event of Default, Reserve Account funding may be immediate. Such Reserve Account may be funded by all or any combination of the following: (i) one or more debits to your Settlement Account or any other accounts held by Bank or any of its Affiliates, at any financial institution maintained in the name of Client, any of its principals, or any of its guarantors, or if any of same are authorized signers on such account; (ii) any payments otherwise due to you, including any amount due from TeleCheck;
(iii) your delivery to us of a letter of credit; or (iv) if we so agree, your pledge to us of a freely transferable and negotiable certificate of deposit. Any such letter of credit or certificate of deposit shall be issued or established by a financial institution acceptable to us and shall be in a form satisfactory to us. In the event of termination of this Agreement by any party, an immediate Reserve Account may be established without notice in the manner provided above. Any Reserve Account will be held by us for the greater of ten (10) months after termination of
this Agreement or for such longer period of time as is consistent with our liability for your Card transactions and Chargebacks in accordance with Card Organization Rules. We will hold funds pursuant to this Section 31 in master account(s) with your funds allocated to separate sub accounts. Unless specifically required by law, you shall not be entitled to interest on any funds held by us in a Reserve Account.
To secure your obligations to us and our respective Affiliates under this Agreement and any other agreement for the provision of equipment, products or services (including any obligations for which payments on account of such
obligations are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy act, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause), you grant to us a first priority lien and security interest in and to
(i) the Reserve Account and (ii) any of your funds pertaining to the Card transactions contemplated by this Agreement now or hereafter in our possession,
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whether now or hereafter due or to become due to you from us. Any such funds, money or amounts now or hereafter in our possession may be commingled with other funds of ours, or, in the case of any funds held pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs, with any other funds of other customers of ours. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, we are hereby authorized by you at any time and from time
to time, without notice or demand to you or to any other Person (any such notice and demand being hereby expressly waived), to set off, recoup and to appropriate and to apply any and all such funds against and on account of your
obligations to us and our respective Affiliates under this Agreement and any other agreement with us our respective Affiliates for any related equipment or related services (including any check services), whether such obligations are liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured. You agree to duly execute and deliver to us such instruments and documents as we may reasonably request to perfect and confirm the lien, security interest, right of set off, recoupment and subordination set forth in this Agreement.
any settlement monies or amounts otherwise due you pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (collectively “Set Off Funds”), you acknowledge that such Set Off Funds will be held in a commingled Reserve Account(s) of Servicers.
Agreement; provided that this indemnity obligation shall not apply to Bank with respect to Non-Bank Services.
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<br/>is not liable to you in any way with respect to such Services and (ii) you agree to pay Processor any per item processing, authorization and other fees described in the Application for any non-acquired transaction services you receive from Processor. For the purposes of this section, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not to the Bank. You authorize us to share information from your Application with American Express, Discover Network, PayPal and any other Non-Bank Card Organization.
transactions, international transactions or manually entered transactions are not eligible for processing. You must contact us or PayPal for information related to services that are not covered in this Agreement.
If you accept JCB, Diners Club International, UnionPay, BCcard, and Dinacard, you agree to be bound by the Discover Network provisions of this Agreement. You also acknowledge and agree that JCB, Diners Club International, UnionPay,
BCcard, and Dinacard transactions will be processed under and subject to Discover Network Card Organization Rules.
the WEX and/or Voyager rules. You also agree to be bound by all other provisions of this Agreement which are applicable to WEX and/or Voyager.
to processing WEX Cards unless and until WEX executes your WEX Merchant Agreement. If WEX executes your WEX Merchant Agreement and you accept WEX Cards, you understand that WEX transactions are processed, authorized and funded by WEX. You understand that WEX is solely responsible for all agreements that govern WEX transactions and that we are not responsible and assume absolutely no liability with regard to any such agreements or WEX transactions, including but not limited to the funding and settlement of WEX transactions. You understand that WEX will charge additional fees for the services that it provides.
The special provisions outlined in this Section 35 apply only to those Debit Card transactions that are processed by a Cardholder entering a PIN unless the
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settlement/funding transactions with neither a PIN nor Signature. The Services provided, transactions processed and other matters contemplated under this Section 35 are subject to the rest of this Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 35 directly conflict with another provision of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 35 will control.
Debit networks available to you based on a variety of factors including availability, features, functionality and our own business considerations.
transaction and effect PAN Truncation on it.
a Debit Card transaction that has been processed in error. For signature debit transactions (including “no signature” signature debit transactions), both the Cardholder and the card issuing bank have the right to question or dispute a transaction. If these questions or disputes are not resolved, a chargeback may occur. You are responsible for all adjustment and Chargeback fees that may be charged by a Debit network. There are several reasons for adjustments being initiated:
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by time frames that are specified in the operating rules of the applicable Debit
network, The Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Regulation E, and other applicable law.
If you elect to accept EBT Cards and engage in EBT transactions, the terms and conditions of this Section 36 shall apply.
EBT transactions are provided to you by Processor and not by Bank. The Services provided, transactions processed and other matters contemplated under this Section 30 are subject to the rest of this Agreement, as applicable, except to
the extent the terms of this Section 30 directly conflict with another section of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 30 will control; provided, however, that Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it relates to EBT
transactions, and Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to such Services. For the purposes of this section, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not to the Bank.
We offer electronic interfaces to EBT networks for the processing, settlement and switching of EBT transactions initiated through the use of a state-issued EBT card (“EBT Card”) at your POS Terminal(s) for the provision of United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (“FNS”), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”) and Women, Infants and Children Benefits (“WIC Benefits”) and/or government delivered Cash Benefits (Cash Benefits, together with FNS, SNAP and WIC Benefits, collectively are referred to as the “EBT benefits”) to EBT benefit recipients (“EBT customers”), subject to the terms below.
provide EBT benefits to EBT customers through the use of a POS Terminals, PIN pad and printer or other equipment that meet standards as set- forth in the EBT Rules (“Authorized Terminal”) applicable to such EBT benefits during your normal business hours, in a manner consistent with your normal business practices and in accordance with the EBT Rules.
You will provide EBT benefits to EBT customers, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the EBT Rules, in the amount authorized through your Authorized Terminal upon presentation by an EBT customer of an EBT Card and such EBT customer’s entry of a valid PIN. The “EBT Rules” means (i) all procedures that we establish and provide to you from time-to-time regarding your acceptance of
EBT Cards and provision of EBT benefits to EBT customers; (ii) the Quest Rules, as amended from time-to-time, issued by the National Automated Clearing House Association and as approved by the Financial Management Service of the U.S. Treasury Department, as necessary (and any rules that succeed or replace the Quest Rules); and (iii) other such laws, rules, regulations and procedures that are applicable to the acceptance of EBT Cards and the provision of EBT benefits by you under this Section 30, including without limitation, laws pertaining to delivery of services to EBT customers and EBT customer confidentiality, the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, regulations issued by the Department of Agriculture pertaining to Food Stamp Program, and, any additional procedures specified by the state regarding lost EBT Cards, forgotten PINs, discrepancies
in benefits authorized and similar matters by providing EBT customers with information such as telephone numbers and addresses of the state or other appropriate agencies. The “Food Stamp Program” is the government benefits program operated under the authority of the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
If the Authorized Terminal fails to print EBT benefit issuance information as approved and validated as a legitimate transaction, you will comply with the procedures set forth in the EBT Rules for authorization of EBT benefits in such instance. You are solely responsible for your provision of EBT benefits other than in accordance with authorizations timely received from EBT service provider. You will not resubmit any EBT Card transaction except as specifically permitted by the EBT Rules and procedures applicable to such EBT Card transaction. You must provide a receipt for each EBT transaction to the applicable EBT customer.
You will not accept any EBT Card for any purpose other than providing EBT Benefits, including without limitation accepting an EBT Card as security for repayment of any EBT customer obligation to you. In the event of any violation of this provision, you will be obligated to reimburse the state or us for any EBT benefits unlawfully received by either you or an EBT customer to the extent permitted by law. Cash should never be dispensed for FNS, SNAP and WIC Benefits.
periods of time when your Authorized Terminal is not working or the EBT system in not available; you will manually provide EBT benefits in the amount authorized through the applicable EBT service provider to the EBT customers at no cost to the EBT customers upon presentation by an EBT customer of his/ her EBT Card. All
manual voucher authorizations must be cleared on your POS terminal for payment of voucher to be made to you. In addition to any procedures set forth in the EBT Rules, the following limitations will apply to manual issuance of FS Benefits by merchant:
is present and before you provide such EBT customer with any FNS, SNAP and WIC
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Benefits, or Cash Benefits, as applicable. You must not attempt to voice authorize a manual EBT transaction if the EBT customer is not present to sign the voucher. The EBT customer must sign the voucher. A copy of the voucher should be given to the EBT customer at the time of authorization and you should retain one copy for your records.
Terminal before payment of voucher will be made to you. Vouchers must be cleared within 10 Business Days after the date of applicable voice authorization. Vouchers cannot be cleared by any manner except by your Authorized Terminal therefore you should never mail vouchers requesting payment. If a voucher expires before it has been cleared by your Authorized Terminal for payment, no further action can be taken to obtain payment for the voucher.
certificate, and covenant that you will not accept EBT Cards or provide EBT benefits at any time during which you are not in compliance with the requirements of any EBT Rules.
the Food Stamp Program, your authority to issue benefits will be terminated concurrently therewith. Such disqualification or withdrawal will be deemed a breach of this Agreement with respect to your authority to issue Cash Benefits and, in the event of such disqualification, we have the right to immediately terminate the provision of service under this Section 30 or the Agreement in its entirety. With respect to the issuance of Cash Benefits only, your authority to issue Cash Benefits may be suspended or terminated immediately at the sole discretion of us, the state or its EBT service provider, effective upon delivery of a notice of suspension or termination specifying the reasons for such suspension or termination if there will be (i) any suspension, injunction, cessation, or termination of the EBT service provider’s authority to provide EBT services to the state; (ii) failure by you, upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, to cure any breach by you of these terms and conditions, including without limitation, your failure to support the issuance of EBT benefits during your normal business hours consistent with your normal business practices, your failure to comply with EBT benefit issuance procedures, your impermissible acceptance of an EBT Card, or
your disqualification or withdrawal from the Food Stamp Program; or (iii) based on
a state’s or its EBT service provider’s investigation of the relevant facts, evidence that you or any of your agents or employees are committing, participating in, or have knowledge of fraud or theft in connection with the dispensing of EBT benefits. If you fail to cure any breach as set forth above, you may appeal such suspension of termination to the applicable state for determination in its sole discretion.
In the event that your authority to accept benefits is suspended or terminated by a
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<br/>state or its EBT service provider, and you successfully appeal such suspension or termination to the state or its EBT service provider, we shall be under no obligation to reinstate the services previously provided under this Section 30 or the Agreement, as applicable.
The provision of services under this Section 30 shall terminate automatically if our agreement or our service provider’s agreement with any applicable state’s EBT service provider terminates for any reason.
You will give prompt notice to us if you plan to stop accepting EBT Cards and providing EBT benefits or if you are unable to comply with the terms of this Section 36.
EBT customers and/or the issuance of EBT benefits shall be considered confidential
information.
Individually identifiable information relating to an EBT customer or applicant for EBT benefits will be held confidential and will not be disclosed by you or your directors, officers, employees or agents, without prior written approval of the applicable state.
You will: (a) implement appropriate measures designed to: (1) ensure the security and confidentiality of all non-public personal information or materials regarding customers (“NPPI”); (2) protect against any anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of NPPI; (3) protect against unauthorized access to or use of NPPI that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer and
(4) ensure the proper disposal of NPPI; and (b) take appropriate actions to address incidents of unauthorized access to NPPI, including notification to us as soon as possible.
The use of information obtained by you in the performance of your duties under this Section 36 will be limited to purposes directly connected with such duties.
sales drafts or vouchers) in the manner required by the EBT Rules or otherwise reasonably requested by us for three (3) years following the date of the applicable EBT transaction, or for such additional period as may be required by the EBT Rules. Records involving matters in litigation will be kept by you for a period of not less than three (3) years following the termination of the applicable litigation. Copies of any documents in media other than paper (e.g., microfilm, etc.) related to this Section 30 may be substituted for the originals to the extent permitted under applicable EBT Rules and provided that legible paper copies can be reproduced within a reasonable time after such records are requested.
regarding the issuance of EBT benefits.
36.9.7. Third Party Beneficiaries. These terms and conditions, do not create, and will not be construed as creating, any rights enforceable by any person not having any rights directly under this Agreement, except that the state and its Issuer, as defined in the Quest Rules, will be deemed third party beneficiaries of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made by you under the Agreement, including without limitation this Section 36.
If you elect to purchase the Wireless Services from us as indicated on the Application, then the following terms and conditions of this Section 37, referred to as the “Wireless Services Terms,” shall apply.
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the Wireless Service, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Section 37, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank
THE WIRELESS SERVICES ARE BEING SOLD TO YOU FOR USE IN BUSINESS AND ARE NOT BEING SOLD TO YOU FOR HOUSEHOLD OR PERSONAL USE. Sale of
Wireless Services is made by Processor and not the Bank. The Services provided, transactions processed and other matters contemplated under this Section 37 are subject to the rest of this Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 37 directly conflict with another section of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 37 will control; provided, however, that Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it relates to Wireless Services, and Bank is
not liable to you in any way with respect to such services. For the purposes of this section, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not to the Bank.
Through one or more third party vendors (“Wireless Vendor(s)”) selected by us in our sole discretion, we have acquired the right to resell certain wireless
data communication services that use radio base stations and switching offered by certain cellular telephone and data networks throughout the country (the “Wireless Networks”) in order to allow you to capture and transmit to Processor and Bank certain wireless Card Authorization transactions or to transmit other communications to our system (“Wireless Services”).
If you elect to purchase voice and/or data services directly from a third party provider for use with the Wireless Equipment as permitted by Processor, you acknowledge and agree that this Agreement does not address or govern those voice and/or data services or your relationship with that third party provider, and Servicers are in no way responsible for providing, maintaining, servicing or supporting such third party voice and/or data services.
indicated on the Application, then the terms of this Agreement apply to your use of such Wireless Equipment.
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<br/>connection with your purchase and use of the Wireless Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including this Section 37. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, we or certain third parties retain all ownership and copyright interest in and to all Wireless Software, related documentation, technology, know-how and processes embodied in or provided in connection with the Wireless Software, and you shall have only a nonexclusive, non-transferable license to use the Wireless Software in your operation of the Wireless Equipment for the purposes set forth in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement confers any title or ownership of any such Wireless Software to you or shall be construed as a sale of any rights in any such Wireless Software to you. You agree to accept, agree to and be bound by all applicable terms and conditions of use and other license terms applicable to such Wireless Software. You shall not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Wireless Software. You shall not give any Person access to the Wireless Software without our prior written consent. Your obligations under this Section 37.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. You acknowledge that the only right you obtain to the Wireless Software is the right to use the Wireless Software in accordance with the terms in this Section.
In no event shall Servicers, Wireless Vendor(s) or our respective Affiliates be liable for any indirect incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages. The remedies available to you under these Wireless Services Terms will be your sole and exclusive remedies with respect to the Wireless Services.
will safeguard our confidential information with at least the same degree of care and security that you use for your confidential information, but not less than reasonable care.
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Wireless Equipment, and other conditions we don’t control may also cause failed transmissions or other problems. PROCESSOR, BANK, AND WIRELESS VENDOR(S) DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO WIRELESS SERVICES. WE CANNOT PROMISE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE WIRELESS SERVICE AND DO NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO MAKE ANY WARRANTIES ON OUR BEHALF.
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the Clover Security, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Section 38, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank
Clover Security Plus consists of a POS security monitor, the TransArmor Data Protection service, and tools that you can use to help you meet your PCI DSS compliance obligations. Each of these services is described in more detail below. Clover Security Plus is provided to you by Processor and not by Bank. Clover Security Plus is available only for Level 3 and Level 4 merchants, as defined by the Payments Organizations. Clover Security Plus is not available for Level 1 or Level 2 merchants.
that you have full right, power, and authority to consent for Clover Security Plus to scan for vulnerabilities in the IP address and/or URL and/or domain names identified to us by you for scanning, whether electronically or by any other means, whether during initial enrollment or thereafter. If applicable, you shall obtain all
consents and authorizations from any third parties necessary for us or our vendors to perform the Clover Security Plus services, including, without limitation, third party data centers, co-locations and hosts. We will not be required to execute agreements with any such third parties. You agree to defend, indemnify and
hold us and our vendors harmless from any third party claim that such access was not authorized. You may use Clover Security Plus and portals only to scan IP addresses, URLs and domain names owned by and registered to you. You
understand that your failure to provide a complete list of and complete access to your IP addresses will significantly impair the scanning services and may result in incomplete or inaccurate results. You agree that the Clover Security Plus services hereunder, including without limitation their functionality and contents, constitute confidential information, and your use and/or access to the Clover Security Plus is subject to the terms of confidentiality set forth in this Agreement.
including, but not limited to: network configuration, TCP/ IP packet headers and contents, log files, malicious codes, and Trojan horses. We retain the right to use the Data or aggregations thereof for any reasonable purpose.
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information to/from us, you must use the service provided by us to enable such
files to contain only Tokens or truncated information.
The Limited Warranty is void if (a) you use Data Protection in a manner not contemplated by, or you are otherwise in violation of, this Agreement or any other agreement relating to Cards eligible for Data Protection; (b) you are grossly negligent or engage in intentional misconduct; or (c) you no longer have a processing relationship with us.
any laws, Rules, or applicable standards (including the PCI DSS), (b) affect your obligation to comply with laws, Rules, and applicable standards (including the PCI DSS), or (c) guarantee protection against a Data Incident. Your use of Clover Security Plus involves inherent risks, including system performance, availability, and data corruption. We make no promise, and disclaim all warranties of any kind, that the use of Clover Security Plus will detect all vulnerabilities on your system, or that our vulnerability assessments, suggested solutions, information, or advice is error- free or complete.
alterations, or modifications to or derivative works from such intellectual property), owned, developed or licensed by us prior to, during the term of, or after this Agreement, or employed by us in connection with the Clover Security Plus, shall be and remain, as among the Parties or our Affiliates’, our vendors’ or our
licensors’ (as applicable) sole and exclusive property, and all right, title and interest associated with the Clover Security Plus, Equipment and Software not expressly granted by us in this Agreement are deemed withheld. You may not use our Marks in any manner, including in any advertisements, displays, or press releases, without our prior written consent.
algorithms of the Clover Security Plus, Software or Equipment (or any part), except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (b) modify, translate, or alter in any manner, the Clover Security Plus, Software or Equipment (or any part) or the Marks; (c) create derivative works of or based on the Clover Security Plus (or any part), Software or the Marks; (d) except for backup and archival purposes, directly or indirectly copy the Clover Security Plus or any 26
any Software (or any part); (e) republish, upload, post, transmit, disclose, or distribute (in any format) the Clover Security Plus or Software (or any part) except as permitted in this Agreement; or (f) remove, relocate, or otherwise alter any proprietary rights notices from the Clover Security Plus, Software or Documentation (or any part) or the Marks.
Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19 when applicable, or in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, and in similar clauses in the NASA FAR Supplement; (b) we are the contractor/ manufacturer, with the address set forth in this Agreement; and (c) any use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display or disclosure of Clover Security Plus and/or the accompanying documentation by the Government or any of its agencies shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement.
any termination, suspension, delay or disruption of service (including billing for a service) by the internet, any common carrier or any third party service provider; (b) any failure, disruption or malfunction of the Clover Security Plus, the Internet, or any communications network, facility or equipment beyond our or a third party’s reasonable control, whether or not attributable to one or more common carriers; or () any failure to transmit, obtain or collect data or for human, machine or software errors or faulty or erroneous input by you.
attempt to access any of the Clover Security Plus service that is not intended to be available to you;
(b) access or use (in any format) the Clover Security Plus (or any part) through any time- sharing service, service bureau, network, consortium, or other means; (c) without our advanced written consent, use, ship or access TransArmor (or any part) outside or from outside of the United States; (d) perform or attempt to perform any actions that would interfere with the proper working of any part of the Clover Security Plus, prevent access to or use of any of the Clover Security Plus by other users, or in our reasonable judgment, impose a large load on our infrastructure, network capability or bandwidth; or (e) use the Clover Security Plus (or any part) except as permitted in this Agreement.
We have the right to rely on user names, password and other sign on credentials/ access controls for the Clover Security Plus or any Software (including Federated Single Sign-on credentials) provided or approved by us to authenticate access to, and use of, the Services and any Software.
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<br/>Agreement, you agree to indemnify and hold us, our Affiliates and third party service providers harmless from and against all losses, liabilities, damages and expenses arising from (a) your use of the Clover Security Plus, including any Software or Equipment provided under this Agreement; or (b) any other person’s authorized or unauthorized access and/or use of the Clover Security Plus (or
any part), Software or Equipment, whether or not using your unique username, password, or other security features.
These limitations apply during each twelve-month period from June 1 through May 31 regardless of the number of Data Incidents you may experience.
is reported to us after you stopped using Clover Security Plus; (b) any fines or assessments against you that are not the direct result of a Data Incident; (c) any repeated Data Incidents, unless between the repeated events a qualified security assessor certified you as PCI-compliant; (d) any routine or recurring expenses for security assessments, regulatory examinations, or compliance activities; (e) any Data Incident that occurs during any period of time that (1) a Payments
Organization has categorized you as a Level 1 or Level 2 merchant, or (2) you have processed more than 6 million transactions during the 12-month period before the Data Incident; (f) any expenses (other than Data Incident Expenses) incurred
to bring you into compliance with the PCI DSS or a similar security standard; or
(g) any Data Incident Expenses that arise out of an uncontrollable event or any intentional, reckless, or grossly negligent misconduct on your part.
or (c) in any manner not in full compliance with the requirements of the United States Bureau of Industry and Security and all applicable Export Administration Regulations.
laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which you obtained it. You warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
TransArmor Data Protection Service
The TransArmor Data Protection service encrypts cardholder data at
the point of transaction and replaces it with a unique identifier (a token) that is returned with the authorization response. You must use the token you receive with the authorization response instead of the card number for all other activities associated with the transaction, including settlement, retrieval, chargeback, or adjustment processing as well as transaction reviews. If you fully deploy and
use the TransArmor Data Protection service, the token returned to you with the authorization response cannot be used to initiate a financial sale transaction by an unauthorized person outside your point of sale systems or the systems where you store your transaction data. The TransArmor Data Protection service can only be used with a point of sale device, gateway, or service that we have certified as being eligible for the TransArmor Data Protection service. The TransArmor Data Protection Service is provided to you by Processor and not by Bank.
Use of the TransArmor Data Protection Service does not (a) guarantee compliance with any laws, Rules, or applicable standards (including the PCI DSS),
(b) affect your obligation to comply with laws, Rules, and applicable standards
(including the PCI DSS), or (c) guarantee protection against a Data Incident.
If you elect to utilize the Payeezy Gateway Services, the following additional terms and conditions of this Section 39 shall apply.
The Payeezy Gateway Services are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it applies to the Payeezy Gateway Services, and Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to such services. For the purposes of this Section 39, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
The Payeezy Gateway Services provided, and other matters contemplated under this Section 39 are subject to the rest of this Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 39 directly conflict with another provision of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 39 will control.
Claim means any arbitration award, assessment, charge, citation, claim, damage,
demand, directive, expense, fine, interest, joint or several liability, lawsuit or
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<br/>other litigation, notice, infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual Property Right or violation of any law, and any consequential, indirect, special, incidental or punitive damages and any attorney’s fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith. For purposes of the foregoing Claim definition, a Claim shall be considered to exist even though it may be conditional, contingent, indirect, potential, secondary, unaccrued, unasserted, unknown, unliquidated, or unmatured.
Confidential Information means the Payeezy Gateway Services, Documentation, operational procedures, the terms and conditions of this Section 33 (including any schedule, exhibit or addendum), pricing or other proprietary business information, and any other information provided to you by us, whether or not such information is marked as confidential; provided, however, that Confidential Information will not include information that: (a) is or becomes generally known to the public through no fault of yours; (b) was lawfully obtained by you from a third party free of any obligation of confidentiality; (c) was already in your lawful possession prior to receipt thereof, directly or indirectly, from the disclosing party; (d) is independently developed by you without the use of the Confidential Information; (e) is disclosed with our express written permission; or (f) is disclosed pursuant to a lawful court or governmental order, provided you provide us with prompt prior written notice of any proceeding that may involve such an order, and an opportunity to contest any disclosure at such proceeding.
Customer means your customer who would like to provide payment for your goods or services.
Documentation means any and all manuals and other written materials in any form provided for use with the Software, as amended by us from time to time, the terms of which are incorporated in this Section 39 as if fully set forth herein.
Intellectual Property Rights means any and all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, service marks, and any other intellectual property rights, and any applications for any of the foregoing, in all countries in the world.
Merchant Account shall mean an account set up for a merchant that requires a card processor, bank, merchant ID, terminal ID, merchant identification number, or otherwise named unique merchant number. Multiple physical or virtual storefronts that process transactions under the same unique merchant number shall be deemed as one (1) Merchant Account.
Payeezy Gateway Services or Services means the products or services offered through the Platform including, but, not limited to payment processing services such as authorization of transactions to the appropriate payment processing network or third party service provider, transaction responses (approved, declined), and the detailed reporting of those transactions, and all related and applicable Software.
Platform means our operated, or approved, electronic payment platform(s)
and/or gateway(s) (also referred to as the “Payeezy Gateway”) through which the payment Services contemplated under this Section 39 are provided.
Software means all applications, protocols, software components and other interfaces and software provided by us to you pursuant to this Section 39, and any and all Updates.
Updates means an embodiment of the Software that provides enhancements and/or improvements.
Your Systems means any web site(s) or interfaces to the Services that are operated or maintained by you or on your behalf through which transactions are submitted for processing, and all your other associated systems.
as set forth on the Application. A separate account with us for Payeezy Gateway Services shall be required for each separate Merchant Account held by you.
responsible for the payment of all fees due up to and including the effective date
of termination.
of this Agreement, for the sole and limited purpose of submitting payment transactions to us for processing, and otherwise using our Services as set forth herein. For clarity, all references to Services in this Agreement shall include the applicable Software.
this Agreement, we hereby grant, and you hereby accept, a nonsublicensable, royalty free, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable limited license to use the Documentation during the term of this Agreement for the sole and limited purpose of supporting your use of the Services. You shall strictly follow all
Documentation provided to you, as it may be amended from time to time by us, in our discretion. To the extent that there is any conflict between the Documentation and the terms of Agreement, the terms of this Section 39 shall govern and control.
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Restrictions. You acknowledge that the Services and Documentation constitute our intellectual property, therefore, you shall not, and shall not cause or permit any third party to: (i) use the Services in any way, other than in accordance
with this Agreement or the Documentation or as otherwise instructed by us in writing; (ii) use the Services or Documentation, either directly or indirectly, for benchmarking purposes or to develop any product or service that competes with the products and services provided under this Section 39; (iii) disassemble,
decompile, decrypt, extract, reverse engineer or modify the Services, or otherwise apply any procedure or process to the Services in order to ascertain, derive, and/ or appropriate for any reason or purpose, the source code or source listings for the Services or any algorithm, process, procedure or other information contained in the Services, except as otherwise specifically authorized in accordance with this Section 39; (iv) provide the Services or Documentation to any third party, other than to your authorized employees and contractors who are subject to a written confidentiality agreement, the terms of which are no less restrictive than the confidentiality provisions of the Agreement; (v) use, modify, adapt, reformat, copy or reproduce the Services or Documentation or any portion thereof, except as is incidental to the purposes of this Section 39, or for archival purposes (any
copies made hereunder shall contain all appropriate proprietary notices); (vi) rent, lease, upload, assign, sublicense, transfer, distribute, allow access to, or time share the Services or Documentation; (vii) circumvent or attempt to circumvent any applicable security measures of the Services; (viii) attempt to access or actually access portions of the Platform or Services not authorized for your use; and/or (ix) use the Services in any unlawful manner or for any unlawful purpose.
or modify the Software. In the event we notify you of any such Update, you shall integrate and install such Update into Your Systems within thirty (30) days of your receipt of such notice. You acknowledge that failure to install Updates in a timely fashion may impair the functionality of the Platform or any of our Services provided hereunder. We will have no liability for your failure to properly install the most current version of the Software or any Update, and we will have no obligation to provide support or Services for any outdated versions.
our sole and absolute discretion. You acknowledge and agree to such potential termination or suspension and hereby waive any and all damages, whether actual, incidental or consequential resulting therefrom.
the Software or underlying information or technology may be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported (i) to any country to which the United States has embargoed goods (or any national or resident thereof); (ii) to anyone on the United States Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the United States Commerce Department’s Table of Deny Orders; or (iii) in any
manner not in full compliance with the requirements of the United States Bureau of Industry and Security and all applicable Export Administration Regulations. If you have rightfully obtained the Software outside of the United States, you agree not to re- export the Software except as permitted by the laws and regulations of the United States and the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which you obtained the Software. You warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any such country or on any such list.
on behalf of any part of the United States Government (the “Government”), the following provisions apply: Any use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in subparagraphs (a) through (d) of the Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52.227-19
when applicable, or in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013, and in similar clauses in the NASA FAR Supplement. We are the contractor/manufacturer, with the address set forth below. Any use, modification, reproduction, release, performance, display or disclosure of the Software and/or the accompanying documentation by the Government or any of its agencies shall be governed solely by the terms of this Agreement and shall be prohibited except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Section 39.
five (5) days thereof, you shall either return to us or destroy the Software and the
Documentation, and shall so certify to us in writing.
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you acknowledge that the Software itself is insufficient to allow Your Systems to function with the Platform. Programming, development and maintenance of Your Systems and their functionality are your sole responsibility. You have the sole responsibility to select and employ any competent programming agent(s) to accomplish the programming required to make Your Systems function correctly with the Platform and the payment services contemplated hereunder (“Integration”). You shall be responsible for all technical support for Your
Systems and Integration related issues. You agree that you will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Integration as soon as possible. You will be responsible for all of your own development and implementation costs associated with such Integration. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 39,
you acknowledge that unless and until you complete the Integration, no Services need be provided by us to you pursuant to this Agreement, except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 39.5.2 below. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that, even if you have completed Integration, if you have not entered into a valid merchant processing agreement with an authorized bank card processor, you cannot receive the Services through the Platform.
suspend your access to the Platform and Services, without prior notice, with cause. For purposes of this Section 39 the term “cause”, in addition to cause as defined under the Agreement, shall mean that significant activity by you has been
detected (which excludes a high volume of transactions) or the security or integrity of the Platform is materially compromised. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide prior notification to you of any such proposed suspension and provide you with a reasonable opportunity to cure, provided just you (and no other user) are affected, and provided such cure is allowed by the applicable law or the Card Organization Rules. If prior notification to you is not possible because such significant activity or security issue would materially and adversely affect other users of the Platform and Services, then we will provide notice of such suspension as promptly as possible thereafter with detailed information regarding the suspected fraudulent activity or security issue, as well as any other information that can assist you with identifying the root cause of the problem responsible for such suspension. Upon a determination by us that you are not responsible for
the fraudulent activity or security issue resulting in the suspension or any security threat as abated, the Services and your license to the Software shall be promptly re-activated and the Services under this Section 39 shall recommence. Regardless of the reason for such suspension, you shall be responsible for the payment of all fees due up to and including the effective date of the suspension.
individuals as to our online collection and use of personal information. You agree that, during the term of this Agreement, you will adequately communicate and comply with an appropriate privacy policy explaining your online collection and use of the personal information of your Customers. Unless required by law, Card Organization Rules, or done pursuant to this Agreement, you shall not, under any circumstances, sell, purchase, provide, or otherwise disclose any customer’s
account information, transaction information, or other personal information to any third party. You shall store all data securely. We may advise potential users of the services that we have a relationship with you.
Audit Rights. Upon notice to you, we may audit your usage, records and security of the Services, your Customer’s payment processing information, and the services provided hereunder to ensure (i) that you are using the Services in full compliance with the provisions of this Section 39; (ii) that all applicable fees have been paid;
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compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and rules (including but not limited to Card Organization Rules). Any such audit shall be conducted during regular business hours at your offices and shall not interfere unreasonably with your business.
(i) terms and conditions pursuant to this Agreement and any addenda hereto or Documentation; or (ii) applicable law, regulations or rules. Upon written notice from us to you, you shall immediately undertake the defense of such Claim by representatives of your own choosing, subject to our reasonable approval.
related to, this Section 33 exceed, in the aggregate (inclusive of any and all Claims made by you against us, whether related or unrelated), the lesser of: (i) the total amount of fees paid by you for the our Services during the 12-month period immediately preceding the date the event giving rise to such Claim(s) occurred; or
(ii) $50,000.00.
erroneous input. Except as expressly agreed to by us in writing with respect to any Separate Product, we are not liable for any Excluded Products.
SECTION, PAYEEZY GATEWAY SERVICES, DOCUMENTATION, OUR PROCEDURES, OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED OR PERFORMED BY US HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION: (A) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, (B) ANY WARRANTIES OF NONINTERFERENCE OR NON- INFRINGEMENT; OR (C) ANY WARRANTIES THAT ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDED HEREUNDER (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SOFTWARE) WILL (1) MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (2) OPERATE ACCORDING TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS; (3) PROVIDE ACCURATE DATA; OR (4) OPERATE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. ANY AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES
ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED BY US AND WAIVED BY YOU. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT ANY ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN, THE PAYEEZY GATEWAY SERVICES, (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE PAYEEZY GATEWAY AND SOFTWARE), DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” BASIS. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES CONSTITUTES AN
ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. All decisions to reject any processing transaction or payment for your products or services are solely your responsibility.
of business, or any other information required on your Merchant Processing Application at least thirty
(30) business days prior to the effective date of change. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing, addressed or transmitted to the party to be notified at such party’s address or number at such party’s last known address or number, and shall be: (i) if sent by us, hand delivered or delivered by facsimile transmission, overnight courier or certified, registered, regular mail or e-mail; or (ii) if sent by you, certified or registered mail, postage prepaid return receipt requested to 3975 N.W. 120th
Avenue, Coral Springs, FL 33065. Any notice delivered hereunder shall be deemed
effective, as applicable, upon delivery, if hand delivered or sent by overnight
<br/>courier; upon receipt as evidenced by the date of transmission indicated on the transmitted material, if by facsimile transmission or e-mail; on the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, if mailed by certified or registered mail; or ten (10) days after mailing, if by regular mail (or as otherwise required by applicable law). The parties’ addresses may be changed by written notice to the other party as provided herein.
If you elect to utilize the Payeezy WebStore Services, you will be asked to electronically “click to agree” to terms and conditions that are substantially similar to the terms and conditions set forth below.
The Payeezy WebStore Services are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it applies to the Payeezy Webstore Services, and Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to such services.
For purposes of this Section 40, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank. The Payeezy WebStore Services provided and
other matters contemplated under this Section 40 are subject to the rest of this Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 40 directly conflict with another provision of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 40 will control.
“Merchant WebStore” is the online store that you create using the Payeezy WebStore Services.
“Payeezy Gateway Services” means the products or services offered through Processor’s electronic payment platform, as described in Section 39. “Payeezy WebStore Services” or “Services” means a collection of tools and resources to design and manage a Merchant WebStore.
Services provides merchants with a collection of tools and resources to design and manage an online store. The Services are part of our e-commerce platform, called “Payeezy”, and they assist merchants with creating their Merchant WebStore, selling products, processing orders and they also provide access to an array of online functionalities for the Merchant WebStore.
Before you utilize the Services, you must “click to agree” to the Merchant Terms of Service Agreement (the “Terms”). The Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Processor in relation to your use of the Services. You represent and warrant that you have the right and authority to bind your business to these Terms and you are not barred or otherwise legally prohibited from accessing
or using the Services. You also authorize Processor to rely on any instructions provided by or agreements entered into with any persons to whom you grant permission to access and use the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms “you” or “your” shall refer to your business.
use the Payeezy Gateway Services (the “Payeezy Gateway Application Process”). If you have not completed the Payeezy Gateway Application Process, you will be automatically directed to that application process after you “click to agree” to these Terms. If you are currently using our payment gateway, after you “click to agree” to these Terms, you will be sent an email that contains a link to your
Merchant WebStore and the administrative panel or “Dashboard” that assists you in creating your Merchant WebStore.
occurs on your Merchant WebStore. Although Processor is the host of your Merchant WebStore, you are solely responsible for the Content, defined below, on your Merchant WebStore, including but not limited to branding (trademarks and logos), images and the accuracy of such Content. Processor shall have no responsibility or liability for any claims, costs or expenses (including refunds) associated with the operation of your Merchant WebStore.
You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your Merchant WebStore. You accept sole responsibility for selecting and safeguarding your Merchant WebStore URL as well as any account numbers, passwords, security questions
and answers, login details and any other security access information used by you to use or access the Services and/or your Merchant WebStore. You must prevent unauthorized access to and use of such information as well as unauthorized access to and use of your Merchant WebStore. You agree to immediately notify Processor in writing of any unauthorized uses of the Services and your Merchant WebStore or any other breach of security. Processor cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation and has the right to rely on your access controls for your Merchant WebStore.
As the host of your Merchant WebStore and provider of your payment gateway, Processor will have access to all information and data about your Merchant WebStore and may use that information and data for its own business purposes. You will in no way restrict Processor’s access or impede Processor’s ability to use, collect or disclose such information and data (as more specifically described in the Privacy Statement, defined below).
your customers’ access and use of your Merchant WebStore. Processor will in no way be responsible for any claims, disputes or complaints from your customers. We will provide you with a privacy statement for your Merchant WebStore, see Paragraph 34.5 below, but you are responsible for creating and including all other disclosures for your Merchant WebStore. You are solely responsible for disclosing the following information to your customers:
Section or your Merchant WebStore does not comply with this Section, Processor shall have the right to terminate your use of the Services and suspend or permanently remove your Merchant WebStore, in its sole discretion, and you will not be entitled to damages or reimbursement.
be asked to disclose your personal information when you create your Merchant WebStore nor will Processor require that you submit additional information
to create your Merchant WebStore as all required information will have been provided when you completed the Payeezy Gateway Application Process, which is subject to its own privacy statement. Be advised that by using the Services, we may send you messages via email, including service-related announcements, notices (including any notices required by law), changes to features of the Service and special offers. The Services may allow you to share your personal information and activity on the internet (including blogs and social media sites,
such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc). You will need to take specific action for this to occur. Processor disclaims any and all liability and responsibility for any consequences (including, but not limited to, unforeseen consequences) of sharing (whether intended or unintended) your personal information.
The Services are provided AS IS and Processor may change, suspend or discontinue any or all of the Services (including any Third Party Content) for any reason, at any time and at its sole discretion. Processor may also (i) add additional Services and will provide you with notice of such new Services via email or in connection with your use of our payment gateway; (ii) charge an additional fee for certain Services, which will be communicated to you when you elect to use such Services; and (iii) impose limits on all or any of the Services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability to Processor.
affiliation with a person or an entity;
“spam” including, sending Content or emails which do not comply with the CAN- SPAM Act of 2003;
any information, act, or omission, which in Processor’s sole opinion constitutes a violation of any local, state, federal law or regulation or the Terms, Processor may immediately suspend or terminate your use of the Services and/or suspend or permanently remove your Merchant WebStore. Processor will notify you of any such action and you agree to waive any cause of action or claim you may have against Processor for such action.
(i) to allow other internet users to view your Merchant WebStore and Your Content; (ii) to allow Processor to display and store Your Content; and (iii) that Processor can, at any time, review all of Your Content submitted by you. You retain all ownership over Your Content that you upload to your Merchant WebStore and you are solely responsible for the compliance of Your Content and your Merchant WebStore with applicable laws, regulations and the Terms. In connection with such compliance, you agree that you will not:
You understand that Your Content is your sole responsibility and Processor does not control the Content posted on your Merchant WebStore and, therefore, does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, ownership or quality of such Content.
Processor does not claim any intellectual property rights over Your Content and Your Content remains yours; however, with respect to Your Content that you upload or post, the uploading/posting of such Content shall be deemed and considered a license to Processor to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and publicly display such Content. Such license shall be
terminated only upon your removal of Your Content or Merchant WebStore (either by you or by Processor).
While Processor is not responsible for and does not review Your Content, Processor reserves the right to delete any such Content that Processor, in its sole discretion, deems unacceptable for any reason and with no need to
provide explanation. Processor does not endorse Your Content or any opinion, recommendation or advice expressed on your, or any, Merchant WebStore and Processor expressly disclaims any and all liability in connection with Your Content.
Content”). Processor Content is protected by copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and other laws, and Processor owns and retains all rights in the Processor Content and the features and functionality of the Services. Processor hereby grants you a limited, revocable, non- exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to reproduce and display the Processor Content (excluding any software code) solely for your use in connection with utilizing the Services and creating your Merchant WebStore. Processor Content is provided to you AS IS and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of Processor (or the respective owners if such consent is required).
may provide you with access to certain Content such as pictures, fonts, graphical items and designs which has been created by or is subject to proprietary rights of third parties (“Third Party Content”). Third Party Content is provided to you AS IS and may not be used, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any purposes whatsoever without the prior written consent of Processor (or the respective owners if such consent is required).
Third Party Content may include design templates that have been created by third party designers for Processor. Design templates are made available to you via your Payeezy WebStore Dashboard and give you the ability to establish the appearance of your Merchant WebStore by using certain templates or themes. When you use a design template for your Merchant WebStore, you are granted a limited, non- exclusive, non-transferable, non- sublicensable and revocable license to use it for a single store only. You may transfer the design template to a second store, if you close your first store. You are not permitted to transfer or sell a design template to any other Merchant’s WebStore or any other website. You may modify the design template to suit your Merchant WebStore. Processor may modify any design template at any time, for any reason, including to incorporate technical changes and updates. The intellectual property rights of the design template will remain the property of Processor. If you violate the rights granted to you by your use of a design template, Processor may take legal action against you, which may result in modifying or closing your Merchant WebStore.
or enforce limitations on use of the Services or any Content; (iii) not make any
modification, duplicate, copy, distribute, sublicense, retransmit, create derivative
<br/>works from or resale such Content, except as specifically provided and allowed
by Processor or these Terms; and (iv) not use the Content in a manner that is inconsistent with the restrictions set forth in these Terms, as may be updated from time to time.
With respect to all Content (including Your Content), you acknowledge and agree that Processor shall have the right, at any time, at is sole and exclusive discretion to: (i) disable access to Content; or (ii) demand that you immediately remove Content from your Merchant WebStore. If you do not obey such demand and you do not remove the Content from your Merchant WebStore within no later than 24 hours from the time in which Processor issued the demand, Processor shall have the right to terminate your use of the Services and suspend or permanently
remove your Merchant WebStore, in its sole discretion, and you will not be entitled to damages or reimbursement. In the event of actual or suspected infringement activity on your Merchant WebStore, Processor will remove Content (including Your Content) without prior notice and Processor reserves the right to terminate your access to the Services or permanently remove your Merchant WebStore, in its sole discretion.
Fees and Payment. All fees related to Services are charged monthly, in conjunction with your payment gateway charges. All fees are exclusive of all taxes, levies,
or duties imposed by taxing authorities; however, you remain responsible for payment of any such taxes, levies, or duties that might be applicable to your use of the Services or the operation of your Merchant WebStore. All prices and fees are non-refundable. Processor expressly reserves the right to change or
modify its prices and fees at any time, and such changes or modifications shall be
communicated to you as set forth in your payment gateway documentation.
While we look forward to providing you with excellent service for a long period of time, you may cancel your use of the Services (and we will delete your Merchant WebStore) at any time and for any reason, upon receipt of your notice of cancellation.
Upon termination or cancellation of the Services: (i) your Merchant WebStore will be immediately deleted and you will only be obligated to pay the fees owed during the month of such termination (ex: if you terminate on June 16th, you will be responsible for all fees owing in June and your obligation to pay fees will end on June 30th).
The Payeezy name, Payeezy logo, and other Processor trademarks, service marks, graphics, and logos used in connection with the Services are trademarks or registered trademarks of Processor or its Affiliates in the U.S. and/or other
countries. You are granted no right or license with respect to any of the aforesaid trademarks and any use of such trademarks other than in respect of your use of the Services.
and infringement of intellectual property rights with respect to the Services and your Merchant WebStore and Processor will remove all infringing Content if properly notified that such Content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights.
Processor respects the intellectual property rights of others, and it is our policy to respond to claims of alleged infringement that complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (the “DMCA”). If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that infringes your copyrights, please contact us and provide all relevant details, including the exact location of the material claimed to be
infringing your rights, reasonable evidence of such pleaded rights, and any other information as may be required.
comply with all applicable law or regulation in any jurisdiction in or to which you are making the products and services available and you have all necessary licenses and permits in place to engage in the advertising and provision of the products and services on your Merchant WebStore. You represent and warrant that you are not currently subject to an order, litigation or investigation by any federal, state, local or international regulatory or law enforcement organization arising out of or relating to your activities and your Merchant WebStore.
Processor’s Disclaimer of Warranties. The Services and Content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Processor expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including without limitation, all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
noninfringement. Further, Processor makes no warranty that: (a) the Services will meet your requirements; (b) the Services will be available on an uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free basis; (c) the results that may be obtained from use of the Services will be accurate, timely, or reliable; or (d) the quality of the Services will meet your expectations. You assume total responsibility for your use of the Services. Processor shall have no responsibility or liability for any damage to
your computer system or loss of data that results from your use of the Services. Any material or Content downloaded, or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services is accessed at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for and hereby waive any and all claims and causes of action with respect to any damage to your computer system, internet access, download
or display device, any material or Content downloaded, or otherwise obtained through the use of the Services is accessed at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for and hereby waive any and all claims and causes of action with respect to any damage to your computer system, internet access download or display device, or loss of data that results from the download of any such material or Content.
When using the Services, you may be exposed to Third Party Content and links to other third-party websites. Processor is not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety or intellectual property rights related to such Third Party Content and third party websites. When you access third party websites, you do so at your own risk. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you access such websites and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each third-party website that you visit.
The Services are controlled from Processor’s facilities in the United States. Processor makes no representation that the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Services from other jurisdictions do so of their own volition and at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with local law.
of warranty, defamation, negligence, strict liability, misrepresentation, and other torts, as well as third-party claims arising from your access to, or use of, or inability to use the Services or any Content. If the disclaimers or limitations of liability set forth above are for any reason held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be void, unenforceable or inapplicable, such provisions shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of these Terms, provided, in no event
will the aggregate liability of Processor or its Affiliates to you and any third party in connection with these Terms or your access to and use of the Services or any Content exceed the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), regardless of the form or theory of the action or claim.
You cannot sue or recover any damages from Processor, its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agent, contractors, principals, and licensors as a result of its decision to (a) remove Your Content or your Merchant WebStore, (b) refuse to process any information or Content, (c) warn you, suspend or terminate your access to the Services, or (d) take any other action during an investigation of a suspected violation or as a result of Processor’s conclusion that a violation of these Terms has occurred. This indemnity and waiver provision applies to all violations described in or contemplated by these Terms.
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<br/>Services indicates your acceptance of such updates and changes. We last modified these Terms on the date stated at the beginning of these Terms. If you are dissatisfied with the Services or any Terms (including as modified), you agree that your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the Services. The Terms are the entire agreement between you and Processor with respect to your use of the Services.
If you elect to utilize the First Data Clover InsightsSM Solution (“Clover Insights”) the terms and condition in this Section 36 shall apply (“Clover Insights Terms and Conditions”); and if you were granted a First Data Clover Insights Temporary Demonstration License, an election for Services under this Section 41 shall serve to supersede it. Clover Insights is provided to you by Processor and not Bank.
Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to Clover Insights. Clover Insights, transactions processed, and other matters contemplated under Section 41 are subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms directly conflict with the Clover Insights Terms and Conditions, in which case the Clover Insights Terms and Conditions will control.
“Customer” means a Person who makes a purchase of goods or services from you, the transaction detail of which is utilized in Clover Insights.
“Customer Information” means information about your Customers (e.g., name, mailing address, card account number, e-mail address, telephone number) obtained in connection with your use of the Services and may be utilized in Clover Insights.
“Data” means transaction data that may include processing data from First Data Merchant Services LLC’s credit and debit information warehouse and other available sources that First Data Merchant Services LLC owns or has a contractual or other right to use in Clover Insights.
“Device” means a tablet, computer, smartphone or other mobile device, or other device that you use to access the Clover Insights website to receive or to which you receive communications from Clover Insights.
“First Data” means First Data Corporation, which is the parent company of First Data Merchant Services LLC.
“First Data Clover Insights Marks” means the trademarks or service marks related to Clover InsightsSM and sub-licensed to you by Processor.
“First Data Clover Insights Solution” or “Clover Insights Solution” means the website or the application associated with Clover InsightsSM, the object code version of the Clover Insights software applications and communications you receive from the applications. Among other things, Clover Insights allows merchants to track and visualize information regarding their own revenue, ticket size, and Customers contained in the Data and other third-party data sources. Clover Insights may also permit a merchant to compare its performance to groups of similar businesses within their industry and/or certain geographic areas using the Data and other third-party data sources, subject to certain limitations. The features and functionality of Clover Insights may be modified from time to time by First Data or its third-party provider(s). For the avoidance of doubt, the term “software” in this definition does not include any software that may be obtained by you separately from Clover Insights (e.g., any applications downloaded by you). The First Data Clover Insights Solution is deemed part of the “Services,” as defined in and provided under the Agreement.
“Clover Insights Solution Fees” means the fees charged for your use of the First Data Clover Insights Solution, which includes additional fees for multiple locations. “Third Party Services” are the services, products, promotions or applications provided to you by or through someone other than Processor.
“User Documentation” means that documentation regarding the operation, guidelines and features and functionality of Clover Insights that is made available to you from time to time at the website, by internet link or otherwise. User Documentation may be modified from time to time by First Data or its third-party provider(s).
States” does not include U.S. Territories or possessions. Clover Insights is for your internal business use only. This Section 41 does not grant you any rights to First Data Clover Insights Marks. Except for the license expressly granted herein, all intellectual property and proprietary rights in or related to Clover Insights and First Data Clover Insights Marks are and will remain the sole and exclusive property of First Data or its affiliates, vendors, or third party provider(s) (as applicable), and any and all right, title and interest associated with Clover Insights not expressly granted in this Section 41 is deemed withheld.
public use; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to reconstruct or discover by any means any source code or any underlying data, ideas or algorithms of Clover Insights (or any part), except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (c) modify, translate, or alter in any manner, Clover Insights (or any part), or First Data Clover Insights Marks;
(d) create derivative works of or based on Clover Insights (or any part) or Clover Insights Marks; (e) except for backup and archival purposes, directly or indirectly copy Clover Insights (or any part), except screen shots may be copied and retained solely for internal business purposes; (f) republish, upload, post, transmit, disclose, or distribute (in any format) Clover Insights (or any part) except as expressly permitted herein; (g) access or use (in any format) Clover Insights (or any part) through any time-sharing service, service bureau, network, consortium, or other means; (h) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign, or otherwise transfer your license rights to any third party, whether by operation of law or otherwise; (i) use or ship Clover Insights (or any part) outside of the United States, or access Clover Insights (or any part) from outside the United States, without in any case obtaining our advance written consent; (j) remove, relocate, or otherwise alter any proprietary rights notices from Clover Insights (or any part), or First Data Clover Insights Marks; (k) perform or attempt to perform any actions that would interfere with
the proper working of Clover Insights, prevent access to or use of Clover Insights
by other users, or in our reasonable judgment impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Clover Insights’ infrastructure, network capability or bandwidth; or (l) use Clover Insights (or any part) except as permitted in Section 41.2.
You shall not take any action inconsistent with the stated title and ownership
in Section 41.2. You will not file any action in any forum that challenges the ownership of any part of Clover Insights, any related software, materials or User Documentation. Failure to comply with this provision will constitute a material breach of this Agreement and may restrict Processor’s ability to sublicense Clover Insights to you. Processor has the right to immediately terminate Services under this Section 41, and First Data has the right to immediately terminate your access to and use of Clover Insights in the event of a challenge by you.
nor its affiliates, vendors, or third-party provider(s), will be liable for any such interruptions, delays, errors, or bugs. You agree that First Data or its affiliates, vendors, or third-party provider(s) may contact you in order to assist you with Clover Insights and obtain information needed to identify and fix any errors.
below. You will not permit anyone unauthorized by you to use the username and password and you may only authorize your employees and agents with a business need to use the username and password. At such time as multiple usernames and passwords are available, you shall restrict the use of usernames and passwords
to single individuals and you shall monitor use of Clover Insights to ensure compliance with this Section 41 by those to whom you have provided usernames and passwords and you shall keep records regarding who has access to which usernames and passwords at all times.
accounting application on your Device). If you decide to use Third Party Services, you will be responsible for reviewing and understanding the terms and conditions associated with Third Party Services (including obtaining and maintaining any required third party hardware and/or software that is required for the Third Party Services to work with Clover Insights). Your access of any Third Party Services
is at your own risk. Third Party Services are not governed by the terms and conditions of this Section 41 or the Agreement. ANY CONTENT DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES (E.G., ACCOUNTING APPLICATION) IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER FIRST DATA NOR ITS AFFILIATES, VENDORS, OR THIRD PARTY PROVIDER(S), WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTIONS OR ANY FAILURES TO ACT OF ANY THIRD PARTY, AND SUCH LIABILITY RELATED TO ALL THIRD PARTY SERVICES IS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED.
provided by you is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, First Data has the right to terminate your First Data Clover Insights account (“Account”) and refuse any and all current or future use of Clover Insights.
the Services or in connection with your use of Clover Insights, including Customer Information and information about your business and employees used with or stored in or by Clover Insights (collectively, “Account Data”), is collected by First Data, its affiliates, vendors, and/or third party provider(s) ; therefore, the use
and sharing of such Account Data is controlled by the applicable Privacy Policy displayed and available at or through a link on the Clover Insights website. You acknowledge and agree that First Data, its affiliates, vendors, and/or third party provider(s) may access your Account Data, and our use of your Account Data is governed by the Clover Insights Terms and Conditions and the Agreement. You also agree that First Data, its affiliates, vendors, and/or third party provider(s) may access and use Account Data to provide or enhance Clover Insights or the Services.
with Clover Insights (e.g., Customer Information). First Data, its affiliates, vendors, and/or third party provider(s) disclaim any and all liability arising out of any inaccuracies as a result of use of such information or data.
ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON- INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT CLOVER INSIGHTS WILL FUNCTION UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT CLOVER INSIGHTS IS SECURE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT ANY DEFECTS OR ERRORS WILL BE CORRECTED.
Insights, it makes no representation or warranty of any kind with respect to Clover Insights. You acknowledge and agree that all use of Clover Insights by you and
all other persons shall be: (i) based upon your own determination and evaluation and (ii) at your sole risk. At times the Data may include third party data that is appended to the Data and First Data has not investigated and does not make any representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy of the third party data.
to the Clover Insights Terms and Conditions in Section 41 at any time, and (ii) change, delete, discontinue, or impose conditions on any feature or aspect of Clover Insights with notice provided to you as set forth in the Notices section of the Section 41. Any use of Clover Insights after the publication of any such changes shall constitute your acceptance of the Clover Insights Terms and Conditions as modified.
<br/>any confidentiality obligations or use restrictions, express or implied, with respect to any Idea, (b) your submission will be non- confidential, and (c) First Data is free to use and disclose any Idea on an unrestricted basis without notifying or compensating you and without you claiming any rights therein. You release
First Data, its affiliates, vendors, or third party provider(s) from all liability and obligations that may arise from the receipt, review, use or disclosure of any portion of any Idea.
party provider(s) used in providing Clover Insights are intended third party beneficiaries of this Section 41 as applicable, and each of them may enforce its provisions as if it was a party hereto. Except as expressly provided in this Section 41, nothing in this Section 41 is intended to confer upon any Persons any rights or remedies, and the parties do not intend for any Persons to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 41.
its affiliates, vendors, and third party provider(s) for any and all claims arising
out of or resulting from this Section 41 shall not exceed the total for the Clover Insights Solution Fees you paid to the Processor in the twelve months immediately preceding any claim.
If you elect to use the Clover Service, the following additional terms and conditions of this Section 42 shall apply.
The Clover Service is provided to you by Processor and not Bank. The Clover Service, transactions processed, and other matters contemplated under this Section 42 are subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 42 directly conflict with another provision of the Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 42 will control; provided however, Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it applies to the Clover Service, and you acknowledge that Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to the Clover Service. For the purposes of this Section, 42, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
given to such terms as set forth in this Section 42 or as defined in the Glossary or
elsewhere in this Agreement. “Clover” means Clover Network, Inc.
“Clover Marks” means the trademarks or service marks of Clover, an affiliate of
Processor.
“Clover Service” means the website associated with the Clover Service, the object code version of Clover software applications (whether owned or licensed by Clover) resident on a Device at the time we provide you with the Device and the object code version of the software that enables the applications resident on a Device at the time of provisioning, and any related updates (including software maintenance or bug fixes) that are designed to assist with the management
of your business and enable payment processing at the point of sale, and any materials, documentation and derivative works released by Processor from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, the term software in the preceding sentence does not include any software that may be obtained by you separately from the Clover Service (e.g., any applications downloaded by you through an application marketplace). The Clover Service is deemed part of the “Services,” as defined in and provided under the Agreement.
“Customer” means a Person who makes a purchase of goods or services from you, the transaction for which utilizes the Clover Service.
“Customer Information” means information about your Customers (e.g., name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number) obtained in connection with your use of the Clover Service.
“Device” means a tablet, smartphone, or other mobile or fixed form factor identified by Processor from time to time as compatible with and capable of supporting the Clover Service.
“Third Party Services” are the services, products, promotions or applications provided by someone other than Processor.
not include U.S. Territories or possessions. The Clover Service is for your internal business use only. This Section 42 does not grant you any rights to the Clover Marks. All intellectual property and proprietary rights in or related to the Clover Service and the Clover Marks are and will remain our, our affiliates’, our vendors’, or our licensors’ (as applicable) sole and exclusive property, and any and all right, title and interest associated with the Clover Service not expressly granted by Processor in this Section 42 are deemed withheld.
of the following: (a) access or attempt to access the Clover Service (or any part) that is not intended or made available for public use; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to reconstruct or discover by any means any source code, underlying ideas or algorithms of the Clover Service (or any
part) that is not intended or made available for public use; (b) decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to reconstruct or discover by any means any source code, underlying ideas or algorithms of the Clover Service (or any part), except to the extent that such restriction is expressly prohibited by law; (c) modify, translate, or alter in any manner, the Clover Service (or any part) or the Clover Marks; (d) create derivative works of or based on the Clover Service (or any part) or the Clover Marks; (e) except for backup and archival purposes, directly or indirectly copy the Clover Service (or any part); (f) republish, upload, post, transmit, disclose, or distribute (in any format) the Clover Service (or any part) except as permitted herein; (g) access or use (in any format) the Clover Service (or any part) through any time-sharing service, service bureau, network, consortium, or other means; (h) rent, lease, sell, sublicense, assign, or otherwise transfer your license rights to any third party, whether by operation of law or otherwise; (i) use or ship the Clover Service (or any part) outside of the United States, or access the Clover Service (or any part) from outside the United States, without in any case obtaining our advance written consent; (j) remove, relocate, or otherwise alter
any proprietary rights notices from the Clover Service (or any part) or the Clover
Marks; (k) perform or attempt to perform any actions that would interfere with the proper working of the Clover Service, prevent access to or use of the Clover Service by other users, or in our reasonable judgment impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, network capability or bandwidth; or (l) use the Clover Service (or any part) except as permitted in subsection 42.2 above. You shall not take any action inconsistent with the stated title and ownership in subsection 42.2 above. You will not file any action, in any
forum that challenges the ownership of any part of the Clover Service, any related software, materials or documentation. Failure to comply with this provision will constitute a material breach of this Agreement. We have the right to immediately terminate your access to and use of the Clover Service in the event of a challenge by you.
requirements, or guidelines regarding your use of the Clover Service that are posted on the Clover website or otherwise provided or made available to you (collectively, “Clover Ops Guide”).
CUSTOMER HAS PROVIDED HIS CONSENT, AND/OR YOUR DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT (I) YOUR USE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOVER SERVICE MAY BE SUBJECT TO LOCAL, STATE, AND/OR FEDERAL LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, (II) YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONS- IBLE FOR KNOWING SUCH LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS, AND (III) YOU WILL AT ALL TIME STRICTLY COMPLY WITH ALL SUCH LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
terms set forth in Section 38 apply. However, you will only receive the applicable TransArmor service subscribed by you as set forth in the Application.
time by either party upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the other party. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, upon as much advance notice as is commercially practicable, we may suspend or terminate the Clover Service if
(a) we determine that you are using Clover Service for any fraudulent, illegal, or unauthorized purpose, (b) you violate the terms of this Section 42 or an Event of Default occurs under the Agreement, (c) we terminate our agreement with any third parties that are involved in providing the Clover Service, or (d) Processor otherwise decides to discontinue providing the Clover Service. You acknowledge and agree that an occurrence of (a) or (b) above may be deemed an Event of Default under the Agreement, thereby affording Processor and Bank all rights and remedies as set forth in the Agreement triggered by such an Event of Default, which may include immediate termination of the Agreement without notice.
Party Services (e.g., an application marketplace). If you decide to use Third Party Services, you will be responsible for reviewing and understanding the terms and conditions associated with Third Party Services (including obtaining and maintaining any required third party hardware and/or software that is required for the Third Party Services to work with the Clover Service). Your access of any Third Party Services is at your own risk. Third Party Services are not governed by the terms and conditions of this Section 37 or the Agreement. ANY CONTENT
DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES (E.G., APPLICATION MARKETPLACE AND ANY APPS AVAILABLE AT SUCH APPLICATION MARKETPLACE) IS DOWNLOADED AT YOUR OWN RISK. PROCESSOR WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ACTIONS OR ANY FAILURES TO ACT OF ANY THIRD PARTY, AND PROCESSOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY LIABILITY RELATED TO ALL THIRD PARTY SERVICES. PROCESSOR DOES NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD PARTY SERVICE OR PRODUCT ADVERTISED OR OFFERED THROUGH THE CLOVER SERVICE OR ANY HYPERLINKED WEBSITE OR SERVICE, OR FEATURED IN ANY BANNER OR OTHER ADVERTISING, AND PROCESSOR WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND PROVIDERS OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES OR PRODUCTS.
by the Clover Services (collectively, “Account Data”), is collected by Clover and not Processor or Bank; therefore, the use and sharing of such Account Data is controlled by the Clover Privacy Policy (available at https://www.clover.com/ privacy_policy). You acknowledge and agree that we may access your Account
Data upon our request to Clover, and our use of your Account Data is governed by the terms set forth in the Agreement.
E-Sign Consent Agreement set forth below.
improve the Clover Service (“Ideas”). By submitting any Idea, you agree that: (a) we expressly disclaim any confidentiality obligations or use restrictions, express or implied, with respect to any Idea, (b) your submission will be non-confidential, and (c) we are free to use and disclose any Idea on an unrestricted basis without notifying or compensating you. You release us from all liability and obligations that may arise from our receipt, review, use or disclosure of any portion of any Idea.
The Clover Go service is provided to you by Processor and not Bank. The Clover Go service, transactions processed, and other matters contemplated under
this Section 43 are subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section 43 directly conflict with another provision of the Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section 43 will control; provided however, Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it applies to the mobile payments service, and you acknowledge that Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to the mobile payments service. For the purposes of this Section, 43, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor and not the Bank.
(b) an approved card reader you obtain from us (“Clover Go Reader”), and (c) an application (“Clover Go App”) that you download from the Apple App Store or Google Play. The Clover Go Service does not support offline point of sale activities and requires Internet connectivity for proper functioning. We may update the Clover Go Service from time to time.
with the Clover Go Service, and only certain types of mobile devices using Apple iOS and Google Android are supported for the Clover Go App and Clover Go Service. Please contact us for information on whether a particular mobile device is supported for the Clover Go App and Clover Go Service.
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referred to as “TransArmor Tokenization and Encryption”. You may also choose to use the Clover Security Plus Solution Services, which includes the TransArmor Data Protection Service.
an agreement for an eligible TransArmor product.
BE CORRECTED, OR (d) ANY WARRANTY THAT THE CLOVER GO READERS ARE SECURE, FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING ANY CLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
the non- performing party shall be excused from any further performance and observance of the obligations so affected only for as long as such circumstances prevail, and such party continues to use commercially reasonable efforts to recommence performance or observance as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, your failure to receive payment or funds from a Person shall not excuse the performance of your obligations to us under this Agreement.
U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (available at www.treas.gov/ofac) or the U.S. Department of State’s Terrorist Exclusion List (available at www.state.gov), or for the processing and acceptance of transactions in certain jurisdictions pursuant to 31 CFR Part 500 et seq. and other laws enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or in connection with illegal activity of any kind.
shall be in writing, if to you at your address appearing in the Application or by any electronic means, including but not limited to the e-mail address you have provided on the Application. If to us at our address appearing in Section A.5 of Part IV of this Agreement, with a copy to Attention: General Counsel’s Office, 3975
N.W. 120th Avenue, Coral Springs, FL 33065, and Notices shall be deemed to have been given (i) if sent by mail or courier, upon the earlier of five (5) days after mailing or when actually received or, in the case of courier, when delivered, 37
and (ii) if sent by facsimile machine, when the courier confirmation copy is actually received. Notice given in any other manner shall be effective when actually received. Notices sent to your last known address (including e-mail address), as indicated in our records, shall constitute effective notice to the Merchant under this Agreement. If you change your address (including your e-mail address), you must notify us at least 30 days prior of the effective date of any such change.
Failure to provide us with a valid address (including e-mail address) may result in the termination of the Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, all bankruptcy or collection related notices must be sent to the following address Merchant Services Department, 5251 Westheimer Road, Fourth Floor, Houston, Texas 77056, Attn: Bankruptcy and Collection Notifications. All such notices must include the related merchant name and merchant number. Failure to provide Notice to this address or include this pertinent merchant information will be deemed ineffective. All notices must include your merchant name(s) and merchant number(s). Failure to provide notice in the manner described in this Section will be deemed ineffective.
be severable. If any part of this Agreement is not enforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain valid and enforceable.
as required herein. This Section 45.7 does not apply to fee changes, which are governed by Sections 25.4 and 25.5.
and each of them may enforce its provisions as it was a party hereto. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person any rights or remedies, and the parties do not intend for any Persons to be third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.
Discover Network and PayPal Card systems and to investigate you. The parties also acknowledge that issuers of other Cards, for which we perform services on your behalf, may have similar rights under their applicable Card Organization Rules
with respect to this Agreement’s applicability to transactions involving such other Cards.
By signing the Confirmation Page, you consent and agree that:
e-mail, (2) by access to a web site that we designate in an e-mail notice we send to you at the time the information is available, or (3) to the extent permissible by law, by access to a website that we will generally designate in advance for such purpose.
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By consenting, you agree that electronic Disclosures have the same meaning and effect as if Processor provided paper Disclosures to you. When Processor sends you an email or other electronic notification alerting you that the Disclosure is available electronically and makes it available online, that shall have the same meaning and effect as if Processor provided a paper Disclosure to you, whether or not you choose to view or print or download the Disclosure.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms mean as follows:
Address Verification Service (“AVS”): A service provided through which the merchant verifies the Cardholder’s address, in whole or in part. Primarily used by Mail/Telephone/ Internet order merchants, Address verification is intended to deter fraudulent transactions, however, an AVS Match does not guarantee that a transaction is valid. An AVS request should generally be submitted with an authorization request. The AVS response, if available, however will not impact
whether any associated authorization request is approved or denied. You may be charged an AVS fee for any AVS request you submit even if we are not able to provide a response to the request.
Affiliate: Person that, directly or indirectly, (i) owns or controls a party to this Agreement or (ii) is under common ownership or control with a party to this Agreement.
Application: the Application for Services executed by you.
Authorization: approval by, or on behalf of, the Issuer to validate a transaction. An Authorization indicates only that the Issuer has confirmed there is sufficient availability of funds on the Cardholder’s account at the time the Authorization is requested.
Authorization Approval Code: A number issued to a participating merchant
by the Authorization Center which confirms the Authorization for a sale or service.
Authorization and Capture: Refers to the communication of instructions from your POS device or other systems to our computer systems, whether the communications are for authorization requests or any other capture of information.
Authorization Center: A department that electronically communicates a merchant’s request for Authorization on Credit Card transactions to the Cardholder’s bank and transmits such Authorization to the merchant via electronic equipment or by voice Authorization.
Bank: The bank identified on the Application signed by you.
Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.
Batch: A single Submission to us of a group of transactions (sales and Credits) for settlement. A Batch usually represents a day’s worth of transactions.
Business Day: Monday through Friday, excluding Bank holidays.
Card: See either Credit Card or Debit Card.
Cardholder: Means the Person whose name is embossed on a Card and any authorized user of such Card, also referred to as Card Member by American Express.
Cardholder Information: the data contained on a Card, or otherwise provided to you, that is required by the Payments Organization or us in order to process, approve and/or settle a Card transaction, including the names, addresses and Card account numbers of Cardholders.
Card Not Present Sale/Transaction: A transaction that occurs when the Card is not present at the point-of-sale, including Internet, mail-order and telephone- order Card sales.
CardVerification Codes: A three-digit value printed in the signature panel of most Cards and a four-digit value printed on the front of an American
Express Card. Visa’s Card Verification Code is known as CVV2; MasterCard’s Card Verification Code is known as CVC2; the Card Verification Codes for Discover Network, PayPal and American Express are known as a Card Identification Numbers (CID). Card Verification Codes are used to deter fraudulent use of an account number in a non-face-to-face environment, (e.g., mail orders, telephone orders and Internet orders).
Card Verification Value (CVV)/Card Validation Code (CVC)/Card Identification Data (CID): A unique value encoded on the Magnetic Stripe of a Card used to validate Card information during the Authorization process.
Cardholder Verification Method (CVM): A method used to confirm the identity of a Cardholder and to signify Cardholder acceptance of a transaction, such as signature, Offline PIN, and Online PIN.
Cash Benefits: An EBT account maintained by an Issuer that represents
pre-funded or day-of-draw benefits, or both, administered by one or more government entities, and for which the Issuer has agreed to provide access under the EBT program. Multiple benefits may be combined in a single cash benefit account.
Cash Over Transaction: Dispensing of cash by a merchant in connection with a Card sale, other than a PIN Debit Card transaction, for the purchase of goods or services.
Charge or Charges: The total price, including all applicable taxes and gratuities, for the purchase of goods or services at a merchant for which a Cardholder has signed a Sales Draft or otherwise indicated intent to pay with a Card.
Chargeback: A Card transaction (or disputed portion) that is returned to us by the Issuer. Client is responsible for payment to us for all Chargebacks. 38
Chip: An integrated microchip embedded on a Card containing cardholder and account information.
Chip Card: A Card with an embedded EMV-compliant chip containing memory and interactive capabilities used to identify and store additional data about a Cardholder, an Account, or both.
Claim: Means any claim (including initial claims, counterclaims, cross-claims,
and third party claims), dispute, or controversy between you and us arising from or relating to the Agreement or prior Card acceptance agreements, or the relationship resulting therefrom, whether based in contract, tort (including
negligence, strict liability, fraud, or otherwise), statutes, regulations, or any other theory, including any question relating to the existence, validity, performance, construction, interpretation, enforcement, or termination of the Agreement or prior Card acceptance agreements or the relationship resulting therefrom.
Contactless Payment: Payment performed in a Card-Present Environment with a Contactless card or Payment Device (e.g., Mobile phone) at the Point-of- Transaction.
Client: The party identified as “Client” on the Application. The words “Subscriber,”
“you” and “your” refer to Client. Also, sometimes referred to as “Merchant.” Credit: A refund or price adjustment given for a previous purchase transaction. Credit Card: a payment account that is (a) presented to you in various forms (including cards, fobs, tags, mobile devices, or virtual forms), (b) bears the Mark of a Payments Organization, and (c) enables the Cardholder to buy goods or services on credit.
Credit Draft: A document evidencing the return of merchandise by a Cardholder to a Client, or other refund or price adjustment made by the Client to the Cardholder, whether electronic, paper or some other form, all of which must conform to Card Organization Rules and applicable law.
Credit Limit: The credit line set by the Issuer for the Cardholder’s Credit Card account.
Customer Activated Terminal (CAT): A magnetic stripe terminal or chip- reading device (such as an automatic dispensing machine, Limited Amount Terminal, or Self-Service Terminal) that is not an ATM.
Data Incident: any actual or potential unauthorized or fraudulent access to (or use, disclosure, or alteration of) transaction data, whether consisting of a single event, a continuous course of events, or a series of related events.
Data Incident Expenses: means: (a) any obligations that you have to us arising from a Data Incident including EMV Upgrade Costs; (b) the costs of a security assessment conducted by a qualified security assessor approved by a Payments Organization or PCI to determine the cause and extent of a Data Incident; and (c) any reasonable fees and expenses incurred by us, or by you with our prior written consent, for any Mitigation Services specifically approved by us in writing but only if the Mitigation Services are provided within one (1) year following discovery of the relevant Data Incident.
Data Usage Charge: Charged to you for our processing of Sales Data sent to us.
Debit Card: a payment account that is (a) presented to you in various forms (including cards, fobs, tags, mobile devices, or virtual forms), (b) bears the Mark of a Payments Organization, and (c) enables the Cardholder to buy goods or services by debiting the Cardholder’s bank account or stored value/prepaid account.
Dial-Up Terminal: An Authorization device which, like a telephone, dials an Authorization Center for validation of transactions.
Discount Rate: A percentage rate and/or amount charged to a merchant for processing its qualifying daily Credit Card and Non-PIN Debit Card transactions, as set forth in the Application. Transactions that fail to meet applicable interchange requirements will be charged additional amounts as set forth in Section 19.1.
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT): An Electronic Benefits Transfer system used to deliver certain government delivered benefits, including without limitation Cash Benefits and FNS, SNAP and WIC Benefits, to EBT customers.
Electronic Draft Capture (EDC): A process which allows a merchant’s Dial-Up Terminal to receive Authorization and capture transactions, and electronically transmit them to the Processor. This eliminates the need to submit paper for processing.
EMV Upgrade Costs: the costs you agree to incur to upgrade payment acceptance and processing hardware and software to enable you to accept and process EMV-enabled Cards in a manner compliant with the PCI DSS.
Entity: Means a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust, association, or any other legally recognized entity or organization.
Factoring: The submission of authorization requests and/or Sales Drafts by
a merchant for Card sales or cash advances transacted by another business. Factoring is prohibited.
Fixed Acquirer Network Fee (FANF): Fee that applies to the acceptance of all Visa branded products and is based on both the size and the number of merchant locations. The fee will be assessed per merchant Taxpayer ID, based on the number of merchant locations, Merchant Category Code (MCC), and monthly Total Gross merchant Sales Volume associated with each Taxpayer ID.
Fraud Full Recourse: One of American Express’s Chargeback programs
<br/>General Terms: Section of the Program Guide, including any amendments or
modifications.
Gross: When referred to in connection with transaction amounts or fees, refers to
the total amount of Card sales, without set-off for any refunds or Credits. Imprinter: A manual or electric machine used to physically imprint the merchant’s name and ID number as well as the Cardholder’s name and Card number on Sales Drafts.
Issuer: The financial institution or Card Organization (or other Entity authorized
by a Card Organization) which has issued a Card to a Person.
Limited Amount Terminal: A Customer Activated Terminal that has data capture only capability, and accepts payment for items such as parking garage fees, road tolls, motion picture theater entrance, or magnetic-stripe telephones.
Magnetic Stripe: A stripe of magnetic information affixed to the back of a plastic Credit or Debit Card. The Magnetic Stripe contains essential Cardholder and account information.
Marks: Names, logos, emblems, brands, service marks, trademarks, trade names, tag lines or other proprietary designations.
MasterCard Account Status Inquiry Service Fee: Zero dollar Account Status Inquiry Service requests (including AVS, CVC2 or both).
MasterCard CVC2 Fee: A fee assessed for transactions acquired in the U.S. Region with the CVC2 (Three digit code on the back of the MasterCard issued card) included in the transaction for authorization and where the CVC2 response value equals ‘M’ (Match) or ‘N’ (Invalid/did not match). The fee will not be applied to Account Status Inquiry (ASI) requests.
MasterCard Digital Enablement Fee: A fee assessed by MasterCard on select Card Not Present transactions.
MasterCard Processing Integrity Fee: The MasterCard Processing Integrity Fee is assessed in the event MasterCard cannot match an approved authorization to a settled transaction (within 120 days from the date the authorization was granted) or a reversal request (within a specific time frame). The Processing Integrity Fee can be avoided by settling transactions only with an approved authorization. If an authorization approval is no longer needed, it must be electronically reversed within 24 hours for a card-present transaction or within 72 hours for card not present transaction.
Media: The documentation of monetary transactions (i.e., Sales Drafts, Credit Drafts, computer printouts, etc.)
Merchant Identification Card: A plastic embossed card supplied to each merchant to be used for imprinting information to be submitted with each Batch of paper Sales Drafts. Embossed data includes Merchant Identification Number, name and sometimes merchant ID code and terminal number.
Merchant Identification Number: A number that numerically identifies each merchant location, outlet, or line of business to the Processor for accounting and billing purposes.
Merchant Processing Application: The Merchant Processing Application and Agreement executed by Client, which is one of the documents comprising the Agreement.
Merchant Provider: Any Person engaged by you to provide services to
you involving or relating to (i) access to Cardholder data, transaction data or information related to either Cardholder data or transaction data or (ii) PIN encryption, including without limitation, Encryption Service Organizations (ESOs). Mitigation Service: a service provided to a cardholder whose information is the subject of a Data Incident, where the primary purpose of the service is to mitigate the effects of the Data Incident, including identity theft education and assistance and credit monitoring.
Non-Bank Services: Products and/or Services for which Bank is not responsible or a party to including American Express, PIN Debit Card, and Electronic Benefits Transfer Transactions, TeleCheck Check Services, and Transactions Involving Cards from other Non- Bank Card Organizations, such as Voyager Fleet Systems, Inc., Wright Express Corporation and Wright Express Financial Services Corporation, Discover, PayPal, Leasing, TransArmor, Wireless, Payeezy Gateway Services, Global ePricing Services and other items as may be indicated in this Program Guide.
Non-PIN Debit Card: A device with a Visa, MasterCard or Discover Network Mark that is tied to a Cardholder’s bank account or a prepaid account and which is processed without the use of a PIN.
Non-Qualified Interchange Fee: The difference between the interchange fee associated with the Anticipated Interchange Level and the interchange fee associated with the more costly interchange level at which the transaction actually processed.
Non-Qualified Surcharge: A surcharge applied to any transaction that fails to qualify for the Anticipated Interchange Level and is therefore downgraded to
a more costly interchange level. The Non-Qualified Surcharge (the amount of which is set forth on the Service Fee Schedule) is in addition to the Non-Qualified Interchange Fee, which is also your responsibility (see above, Section 19.1)
PAN Truncation: A procedure by which a Cardholder’s copy of a Sales Draft or Credit Draft, or as required by applicable law, the Sales Draft or Credit Draft you retain, will only reflect the last four digits of the Card account number.
Payments Organization: any payments association or payments network we support whose cards or other payment forms you accept under your merchant processing agreement.
Person: A third party individual or Entity, other than the Client, Processor or Bank.
PIN: the personal identification number associated with a Debit Card.
PIN Debit: a type of transaction using a Debit Card that requires a Cardholder to enter a PIN for authentication.
PINless Debit: a type of PIN Debit transaction that, under applicable Rules and for qualifying transactions, does not require the Cardholder to enter a PIN for authentication.
Point of Sale (POS) Terminal: A device placed in a merchant location which
is connected to the Processor’s system via telephone lines and is designed to authorize, record and transmit settlement data by electronic means for all sales transactions with Processor.
Processor: The entity identified on the Application (other than the Bank) which
provides certain services under the Agreement.
Program Guide (also known as the Merchant Services Program Terms and Conditions): The booklet which contains Your Payments Acceptance Guide, the General Terms, Third Party Agreements and the Confirmation Page, which together with the Application and the Schedules thereto and documents incorporated therein, constitute your Agreement with Processor and Bank.
Recurring Payment Indicator: A value used to identify transactions for which a Cardholder provides permission to a merchant to bill the Cardholder’s Card
account at either a predetermined interval or as agreed by the Cardholder for recurring goods or services.
Referral: A message received from an Issuer when an attempt for Authorization requires a call to the Voice Authorization Center or Voice Response Unit (VRU). Reserve: money we owe to you (net of any obligations you owe to us) that we hold back in order to secure or fund your obligations with us.
Reserve Account: An account established and funded at our request or on your behalf, pursuant to Section 25 of the Agreement.
Retrieval Request/Transaction Documentation Request: A request for docu- mentation related to a Card transaction such as a copy of a Sales Draft or other transaction source documents.
Rules: the rules, regulations, standards, releases, interpretations and other requirements (whether contractual or otherwise) imposed or adopted by any Card Organization and related authorities, including those of the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC, the National Automated Clearing House Association and (with respect to EBT transactions) the Quest Operating Rules.
Sales/Credit Summary: The identifying form used by a paper Submission merchant to indicate a Batch of Sales Drafts and Credit Drafts (usually one day’s work). Not a Batch header, which is used by electronic merchants.
Sales Draft: Evidence of a purchase, rental or lease of goods or services by a Cardholder from, and other payments to, Client using a Card, including
preauthorized orders and recurring transactions (unless the context requires otherwise); regardless of whether the form of such evidence is in paper or electronic form or otherwise, all of which must conform to Card Organization Rules and applicable law.
Schedules: The attachments, addenda and other documents, including revisions thereto, which may be incorporated into and made part of this Agreement concurrently with or after the date of this Agreement.
Self-Service Terminal: A Customer Activated Terminal that accepts payment of goods or services such as prepaid cards or video rental, has electronic capability, and does not accept PINs.
Servicers: Bank and Processor collectively. The words “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Servicers, unless otherwise indicated.
Services: the activities undertaken by us to authorize, process and settle Card transactions undertaken by Cardholders at your location(s), and all other services provided by us under this Agreement.
Settlement Account: An account or account(s) at a financial institution designated by you as the account to be debited and credited by us for Card transactions, fees, Chargebacks and other amounts due under the Agreement or in connection with the Agreement.
Signature Debit: a type of transaction using a Debit Card that requires the Cardholder to provide a signature for authentication rather than a PIN.
Store and Forward: A transaction that has been authorized by a merchant when the merchant cannot obtain an Authorization while the customer is present, typically due to a communications failure. The merchant will store the
transaction electronically in their host system and retransmit the transaction when communications have been restored.
Summary Adjustment: An adjustment to your Submission and/or Settlement Accounts in order to correct errors. (See Sections 10.3 and 10.4).
Telecommunication Card Sale: Individual local or long-distance telephone calls, for which the telephone service provider is paid directly by use of a Card. These do not include, however, calls paid for with pre-paid telephone service cards. Telecommunication Card Sales are considered Card Not Present Sales. Transaction Fees: Service costs charged to a merchant on a per transaction basis.
<br/>Transaction Integrity Fee: Fee assessed on Visa Debit Card and prepaid Card
purchase transactions that either fail or do not request CPS qualification.
Us,We and Our: See Servicers.
Wireless Networks: certain cellular telephone and data networks to which we have access though Wireless Vendors.
Wireless Services: wireless data communication services that use radio base stations and switching offered by Wireless Networks in order to allow you to capture and transmit to us certain wireless Card Authorization transactions or to transmit other communications to our system.
Wireless Software: wireless software (including any documentation relating to or describing the wireless software) downloaded by you or your designee from our systems onto the Wireless Equipment.
Wireless Vendors: one or more third party vendors selected by us in our sole discretion through whom we have acquired the right to resell Wireless Services.
Your Payments Acceptance Guide: a quick reference to the guidelines for processing transactions. You’ll also find recommendations and tips to help you prevent fraud, reduce chargebacks, and properly handle payments, refunds, exchanges, and most other situations you’ll encounter in your day-to day- business.
The following Agreements are Third Party Agreements entered into between
Client and the Third Parties identified in the Third Party Agreements.
The following terms and conditions are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement, as it applies to the Third Party Agreements, and Bank is not liable to you in any with respect to such services. For purposes of this Part III, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer only to the Processor or Third Party and not the Bank
If Client desires to receive the products and/or services offered under a Third Party Agreement, Client must check the appropriate box or otherwise indicate such desire in the Merchant Processing Application, in which case the terms and conditions of the Third Party Agreement shall be binding upon Client. The Signature page in the Merchant Processing Application or any Schedule thereto shall also serve as a signature page to the Third Party Agreements.
Client acknowledges that the Third Parties are relying upon the information contained on the Merchant Processing Application and the Schedules thereto, all of which are incorporated by reference into the Third Party Agreements.
This Equipment Lease Agreement (“Lease Agreement”) is being entered into by and between First Data Merchant Services LLC (through its business unit First Data Global Leasing), and the Lessee identified on the signature panel of this Merchant Processing Application (“MPA”). In this Lease Agreement, the words “we,” “our” and “us” refer to First Data Merchant Services LLC and its successors and assigns and the words “you” and “your” refer to Lessee and its permitted successors and assigns.
Lessee hereby authorizes us or our designees, successors or assigns (hereinafter “Lessor”) to withdraw any amounts including any and all sales taxes now due or hereinafter imposed, owed by Lessee in conjunction with this Lease Agreement by initiating debit entries to the bank account designated by Lessee on the MPA (the “Settlement Account”). In the event of default of Lessee’s obligation hereunder, Lessee authorizes debit of its account for the full amount due under this Lease Agreement. Further, Lessee authorizes its financial institution to accept and to charge any debit entries initiated by Lessor to Lessee’s account. In the event that Lessor withdraws funds erroneously from Lessee’s account, Lessee authorizes Lessor to credit Lessee’s account for an amount not to exceed the original amount of the debit. This authorization is to remain in full force and effect until Lessor has received written notice from Lessee of its termination in such time and in such manner as to afford Lessor a reasonable opportunity to act. Lessee also authorizes Lessor from time to time to obtain investigative credit reports from a credit bureau or a credit agency concerning Lessee.
the equipment identified on the MPA or such other comparable equipment we provide you (the “Equipment”), according to the terms and conditions of this Lease Agreement. We are providing the Equipment to you “as is” and make no representations or warranties of any kind as to the suitability of the Equipment for any particular purpose. The term Equipment includes the Equipment initially deployed under the Lease Agreement and/or any additions, replacements, substitutions, or additions thereto.
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$5.00 for each month during which it remains unpaid (prorated for any partial month), but in no event more than the maximum amount permitted by law. You shall also pay to us an administrative charge of $10.00 for any debit we attempt to make against your bank account that is rejected, but in no event more than the maximum amount permitted by law.
or change the installation site of the Equipment, without our prior written consent.
all other hazards.
You agree to execute and deliver to us any statement or instrument that we may request to confirm or evidence our ownership of the Equipment, and you irrevocably appoint us as your attorney-in-fact to execute and file the same in your name and on your behalf. If a court determines that the leasing transaction
contemplated by this Lease Agreement does not constitute a financing and is not a lease of the Equipment, then we shall be deemed to have a first lien security interest on the Equipment as of the date of this Lease Agreement, and you will execute such documentation as we may request to evidence such security interest. If this Lease Agreement is deemed a loan despite the intention of the parties, then in no contingency or event whatsoever shall interest deemed charged hereunder, however such interest may be characterized or computed, exceed the highest rate permissible under any law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto.
Upon the completion of your Lease Term the Agreement shall continue on a month-to- month basis. There is no obligation to continue the lease after the Lease Term ends. At the end of your Lease Term, you will have the option to:
a month-to-month basis at the existing monthly lease payment. After the end of the Lease Term, if you do not want to continue to rent the Equipment on a
month-to-month basis, then you will be obligated to provide Lessor with notice of that choice prior to the end of the Lease Term and advise whether you will return the Equipment to Lessor or purchase the Equipment, which price Lessor shall provide to you upon receipt of the notification. If you fail to provide such notice at least 30 days prior to the end of the Lease Term, you acknowledge that Lessor may not have time to suspend billing due for the next month’s lease charge. If
we terminate this Agreement pursuant to paragraph 3 due to a default by you, then you shall immediately return the Equipment to us at the address set forth in paragraph 11 no later than the tenth Business Day after termination, or remit to us the fair market value of the Equipment which amount we shall provide after good faith determination. We may collect any amounts due to us under this paragraph 4 by debiting your Settlement Account, and to the extent we are unable to obtain
full satisfaction in this manner, you agree to pay the amounts owed to us promptly upon our request
to all computer software, related documentation, technology, know-how and processes embodied in or provided in connection with the Equipment other than those owned or licensed by the manufacturer of the Equipment (collectively “Software”), and you shall have only a nonexclusive license to use the Software in your operation of the Equipment.
of any kind or nature caused directly or indirectly by the Equipment, including any damage or injury to persons or property caused by the Equipment. We are not liable for the use or maintenance of the Equipment, its failure to operate, any repairs or service to it, or by any interruption of service or loss of use of the Equipment or resulting loss of business. Our liability arising out of or in any way connected with this Lease Agreement shall not exceed the aggregate lease
amount paid to us for the particular Equipment involved. In no event shall we be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages. The remedies available to you under this Lease Agreement are your sole and exclusive remedies.
I.10 Indemnification. You shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any and all losses, liabilities, damages and expenses resulting from (a) the operation, use, condition, liens against, or return of the Equipment or (b) any breach by you of any of your obligations hereunder, except to the extent any losses, liabilities, damages or expenses result from our gross negligence or willful misconduct.
default in any material respect in the performance or observance of any obligation or provision of this Lease Agreement or any agreement with any of our affiliates or joint ventures, any such event shall be a default hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, any default by you under a processing agreement with us or with an affiliate or joint venture to which we are a party will be treated as a default under this Lease Agreement. Such a default would include a default resulting from early termination of the MPA.
payable all monthly lease charges for the remainder of the applicable lease period together with the fair market value of the Equipment (as determined by us), not as a penalty but as liquidated damages for our loss of the bargain. Upon any
such termination for default, we may proceed in any lawful manner to obtain satisfaction of the amounts owed to us and, if applicable, our recovery of the Equipment, including entering onto your premises to recover the Equipment. In any case, you shall also be responsible for our costs of collection, court costs, as well as applicable shipping, repair and refurbishing costs of recovered Equipment. You agree that we shall be entitled to recover any amounts due to us under this Lease Agreement by charging your Settlement Account or any other funds of yours that come into our possession or control, or within the possession or control of our affiliates or joint ventures, or by setting off amounts that you owe to us against any amounts we may owe to you, in any case without notifying you prior to doing so. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that we are entitled to recover amounts owed to us under this Lease Agreement by obtaining directly from an affiliate or joint venture to which we are a party and with which you have entered into an MPA any funds held or available as security for payment under the terms of the MPA, including funds available under the “Reserve Account; Security Interest” section of the MPA, if applicable.
of our rights in the Equipment or this Lease Agreement or against you, and any such right of subrogation is hereby waived and released. All indebtedness that exists now or arises after the execution of this Lease Agreement between you and any guarantor is hereby subordinated to all of your present and future obligations, and those of your guarantor, to us, and no payment shall be made or accepted on such indebtedness due to you from a guarantor until the obligations due to us are paid and satisfied in full.
New York (without applying its conflicts of laws principles). The exclusive venue for any actions or claims arising under or related to this Lease Agreement shall be in the appropriate state of federal court located in Suffolk County, New York. If any part of this Lease Agreement is not enforceable, the remaining provisions will remain valid and enforceable.
<br/>when received, and (b) if sent by courier, when delivered; if to you at the address appearing on the MPA, and if to us at 4000 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, Florida 33065. Attn: Lease Department. Customer Service toll free number 1-877- 257-2094.
Agreement between the parties with respect to the Equipment, supersedes any previous agreements and understandings and can be changed only by a written agreement signed by all parties. This Lease Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Lease Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Lease Agreement.
If you elect to use our platform to assist a third party (the “Company”) to collect a percentage as specified in the application form (the Specified Percentage”) of each future credit card, debit card, bank card and/or other charge card (“Future Receivables”) receivable due to you under this Agreement until Company has received the amount specified in the application form (the “Specified Amount”) of the Future Receivables (the “Split Funding Services”) for the price specified in the application form (the “Purchase Price”), the following additional terms and conditions of this Section shall apply.
The Split Funding Services are provided to you by Processor and not Bank. Bank is not a party to this Agreement insofar as it applies to the Split Funding
Services, and Bank is not liable to you in any way with respect to such services. For purposes of this Section, the words “you’ or “your” means Client and the words “we”, “our” and “us” refer only to Processor and not the Bank.
The Split Funding Services provided, and other matters contemplated under this Section are subject to the rest of this Agreement as applicable, except to the extent the terms of this Section directly conflict with another provision of this Agreement, in which case the terms of this Section will control. Capitalized terms used in this Section shall have the meaning given as defined in this Section or as defined in the Glossary or elsewhere in this Agreement.
on instructions from the Company unless such damages were due to Processor’s failure to follow the Company’s instructions. Client understands that (a) Processor will be acting on behalf of the Company with respect to the Specified Percentage of Future Receivables until the cash attributable to the Specified Amount of Future Receivables has been remitted by Processor to the Company, (b) the Company is not affiliated with the Processor and has no relationship with the Processor other than through the Processing Agreement, (c) the Company does not have any power or authority to control Processor’s actions with respect to the merchant processing Services and (d) the Company is not responsible for Processor’s actions and agrees to hold the Company harmless for the actions of Processor.
exemplary, punitive, special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages, each of which is hereby expressly waived by the Client.
or modification or deletion of, any of the aforementioned Sections shall be made
without the prior written consent of Processor.
Client and all its principal owners represent, warrant and covenant that as of this date and during the term of this Agreement:
respects. Client shall furnish the Company and Processor such information as the Company may request from time to time.
be withheld in the Company’s sole discretion. The Company and the Processor reserves the right to assign this Agreement with or without prior notice to Client.
sitting in Bergen County. Client hereby waives any claim that the action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the action is improper, or that this Agreement or the transactions of which this Agreement is a part may not be enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
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<br/>the Agreement or other obligations or any of the representations and warranties of the Client and the enforcement thereof, including but not limited to court costs and attorney’s fees.
law to be against public policy. The parties hereto acknowledge that each makes this waiver knowingly, willingly and voluntarily and without duress, and only after extensive consideration of the ramifications of this waiver with their attorneys. TELECHECK SOLUTIONS AGREEMENT
TeleCheck will provide Company with the services indicated in the TeleCheck Services Application and Agreement (TeleCheck Application) which may include:
(i) coded information that it may use when deciding whether to accept a check or electronic funds transfer item (each an Item, and together, Items) when provided by its consumers as payment, (ii) settlement processing services and
(iii) warranty or verification services; all as described in this Agreement (together, Services). TeleCheck will be Company’s exclusive provider of the Services during the Term (defined below) of this Agreement. Company agrees to the terms of this Agreement by signing the TeleCheck Application; clicking “Accept” or “Install” when presented via an App (as applicable and described below); or using any of the Services. Company acknowledges that the Specialty Items (Settlement Only) service does include receiving coded information, warranty or verification services.
TeleCheck will analyze each Item that Company submits for processing and, in its discretion, provide Company with an approval or decline code with respect to
each Item. TeleCheck will give Company operating guidelines and specifications, as applicable, to assist Company with properly accepting and submitting its Items for processing (operating guidelines and specifications may be provided to Company electronically or made available via the Internet).
Items. TeleCheck will purchase Eligible Items that are subsequently dishonored, returned, reversed, or otherwise not paid by a consumer’s financial institution (these Items are Return Items). Company’s sole remedy for a breach of TeleCheck’s Information Warranty is the right to require TeleCheck to purchase an Eligible
Item that became a Return Item. TeleCheck’s liability to Company for breach of its Information Warranty will not exceed the lesser of: (a) the amount of the Eligible Item, or (b) the Warranty Maximum set forth in the TeleCheck Service Application and Agreement. Company may accept Items that do not receive an approval code or that do not meet the warranty requirements (these Items are Ineligible Items); however, Ineligible Items are not covered under TeleCheck’s Information Warranty and TeleCheck will not purchase them.
specified:
(b) matches the amount submitted to TeleCheck for processing, and (c) does not exceed the Warranty Maximum;
dispute or setoff right;
copy of the authorization must be provided to the consumer and (c) the Item must be voided and returned to the consumer after submission to TeleCheck for processing. If such in-person payment is approved as a paper check that cannot be settled as an electronic funds transfer, the additional requirements in Section
1.4 F below apply.
over the phone, the following requirements apply in addition to those in Section
1.4 A. above: (a) the consumer provided a telephonic authorization in accordance with TeleCheck operating guidelines and specifications; (b) the payment is not the result of Company initiating an unsolicited telephone call to consumer with which Company had no prior relationship; and (c) Company directly tape recorded the verbal telephonic authorization from consumer or, alternatively, Company sent the required written confirmation notice of the oral authorization to the consumer.
the requirements in Section 1.4A above apply except (a) the check must be for payment that is not more than 60 days past due; (b) the check must not be post-dated or dated earlier than 20 days from the date of inquiry to TeleCheck; and (d) Company must securely store the check for at least 60 days following the corresponding payment transaction at which time it must be destroyed.
Additionally, the consumer must not have notified Company that the check was not to be converted into an electronic funds transfer. If such mail/drop box check is approved as a paper check that cannot be settled as an electronic funds transfer,
<br/>the additional requirements in Section 1.4 F below apply.
Requirements for Mobile Checks or any Checks Approved as Paper Only. If TeleCheck approves an Item as a paper check that could not be settled as an electronic funds transfer (i.e. check is to be deposited by Company) or the check is submitted to TeleCheck as an image through a mobile device (either, a Paper Settlement Item), the following requirements apply in addition to those in Section
1.4 A above: (a) the check must include the consumer’s name (imprinted by the manufacturer), physical address (imprinted by the manufacturer or written on the check according to TeleCheck’s operating guidelines – P.O. Boxes will not be accepted), phone number (with area code), identification type and number (imprinted or written on check), Company’s TeleCheck Subscriber Number and TeleCheck’s approval code; (b) the consumer’s signature must reasonably match the name imprinted on the check and (c) Company must send Paper
Settlement Items that were presented in-person at Company’s point of purchase and that become Return Items directly from its financial institution to TeleCheck within 30 days of the date on the check. If the Paper Settlement Item was mailed in or submitted in a drop box by the consumer to Company, or if the Item
was presented by the consumer to Company and submitted through a mobile device by Company to TeleCheck, and subsequent to the transaction TeleCheck instructs Company to deposit the check (due to image quality issues a Redeposit Check Item), Company must deposit the Redeposit Check Item within 2 days
of TeleCheck’s instruction to do so and TeleCheck must receive it for purchase within 45 days of the date on the check. Paper Settlement Items and Redeposit Check Items may only be presented once for payment (TeleCheck will not accept Paper Settlement Items or Redeposit Check Items that Company, or its financial institution presented for payment more than once). In addition, Company must securely store the physical check for at least 60 days following the corresponding payment transaction.
as an image using a mobile device or other image reader, the ability to settle imaged Eligible Items to the banking system depends on (a) the quality of the image and (b) the banking system’s ability to accept the image for settlement processing. Company will use a third party provider to capture images of Items using a mobile device (this third party, an Image Vendor) and submit those images to TeleCheck. Company acknowledges that its Image Vendor will require some of Company’s account information (including, without limitation, merchant account number, contact name, email address and device identifier) to submit Item images to TeleCheck; and authorizes TeleCheck to provide the Image Vendor with the information necessary to allow it to submit Item images to TeleCheck on behalf of Company. TeleCheck is not responsible for the image quality of Items submitted through Company’s Image Vendor, or submission of the images by Company’s Image Vendor to TeleCheck. Company will destroy the physical checks that were submitted as electronic images after storing them securely for at least 60 days.
in each Eligible Item that it submits to TeleCheck for warranty coverage when the Item becomes a Return Item. Company will reasonably aid TeleCheck in its enforcement of the rights associated with an assigned Eligible Item.
the highest fee amount allowed by applicable Laws on all Return Items, which TeleCheck may collect and retain from consumers.
submitted to TeleCheck for processing within 7 calendar days of the transaction date);
Company will immediately notify TeleCheck if it has Knowledge that any of the above circumstances occur. Company will continue to be responsible for its chargebacks after termination of this Agreement. TeleCheck may chargeback any amounts that exceed the Warranty Maximum for an Eligible Item.
or, alternatively, TeleCheck may initiate debits to Company’s Settlement Account
(defined in Section 3.1 below) for all such Return Items.
the amount of the Item in accordance with in accordance with the TeleCheck’s operating guidelines and specifications and N Rules including, without limitation, providing any necessary notices to consumer (not applicable to the Specialty Items (Settlement Only) services) and (c) the requirements in Sections
1.4. B., C. and D (as applicable to the type of Item presented) have been complied with.
the Settlement Account for any amounts that may be owed or are required to be paid under this Agreement; (c) initiate the transaction to a consumer’s deposit account on Company’s behalf for Items that are owed to it; and (d) initiate adjustments related to the foregoing (including, without limitation, adjustments for chargebacks or partial adjustments). TeleCheck may initiate any transfer by Automated Clearing House (ACH) entry.
<br/>inaccurate information about, or fails to notify TeleCheck of changes to, the Settlement Account.
Company will promptly provide any financial or other information reasonably requested by TeleCheck to perform credit risk, security, qualification, and other reviews related to providing the Services, transactions submitted, fulfillment
of obligations to TeleCheck, or the financial condition of Company. Company authorizes TeleCheck to obtain information from third parties when performing credit risk, security, qualification, and other reviews.
Company will provide TeleCheck with reasonable advance notice of any material change in the nature of Company’s business (including, without limitation, any change to Company’s operations that would materially affect its products sold, services provided, or the procedures it follows for payments acceptance). The failure to provide TeleCheck with this notice constitutes a material breach of this Agreement.
Fees. Company will pay TeleCheck for: (a) all fees and charges for the Services that are set forth in the TeleCheck Service Application and Agreement; (b) all Items that are charged back; (c) all adjustments required in connection with Company’s transactions; and (d) all costs, liabilities, or other obligations imposed
on TeleCheck by third parties as a result of transactions submitted by Company, its actions, or inactions.
Fee, which is a $5.00 fee applied when the following occur: (1) a chargeback of an Eligible Item, (2) an Item processed for payment must be corrected due to Subscriber’s error or at Subscriber’s request, or (3) TeleCheck elects (in
its discretion) to process an Item that fails to meet the applicable warranty requirements, or that is a Return Item, as a “Goodwill” Item; (h) Transaction Fee, which is the additional per transaction charge for each Item that Company submits to TeleCheck for authorization or processing (whether or not TeleCheck issues an approval code for the Item); and (i) Unauthorized Return Fee is a fee applicable
to any Item that is dishonored, returned, reversed, or otherwise not paid by the Consumer’s financial institution for the reason that such Item is unauthorized by the Consumer.
own. TeleCheck is obligated to pay to Company any amounts remaining from the Reserve after all other then-current and contingent liabilities or obligations related to Company’s payment transactions have expired.
amount) or if the amount of the Reserve is modified.
the Reserve.
All funds that TeleCheck owes to Company under this Agreement are subject to Company’s payment obligations under this Agreement. TeleCheck may setoff or recoup amounts Company owes to TeleCheck against any funds that TeleCheck owes to Company.
TeleCheck will provide Company with statements or electronic reporting (together, Statements) reflecting the fees, settlement amounts, and other information related to the Services. Company must review the Statements and inform TeleCheck of any errors within 60 days following the date that the error was, or should have been, reported; provided, Company must report settlement or funding errors
to TeleCheck within 30 days (reporting errors will enable TeleCheck to recover amounts or prevent them from continuing). TeleCheck will have no obligation to provide refunds for errors that Company reports more than 60 days or 30 days (as applicable) after the errors were, or should have been, reported Company and TeleCheck will work together to resolve issues or disputes that arise in connection with the Statements, or the funds credited or debited to the Settlement Account.
This Agreement begins on the earlier of the dates when Company signs its TeleCheck Services Application and Agreement, submits its first Item for processing under this Agreement, or when Company downloads the App (this date, the Effective Date). The length of this Agreement’s initial term is
designated in the TeleCheck Services Application and Agreement (Initial Term). This Agreement will automatically renew for successive one-year periods (each, a Renewal Term), unless TeleCheck or Company provides the other with at least 30 days’ written notice of non-renewal at the end of the Initial Term. The Initial Term together with any Renewal Term(s) is the Term of this Agreement.
through TeleCheck’s App, Company may terminate this Agreement for any reason (with or without cause) during its Term by uninstalling the App.
Information). Confidential Information does not include information that: (1) is or subsequently becomes publicly available (through no fault of the recipient); (2) the recipient lawfully possesses before its disclosure; (3) is independently developed without reliance on the discloser’s Confidential Information; or (4) is received from a third party that is not obligated to keep it confidential. Each party will implement and maintain reasonable safeguard to protect the other party’s Confidential Information.
designed to: (a) maintain the security and confidentiality of Consumer Information,
(b) protect against reasonably anticipated threats to the security or integrity of Consumer Information, and (c) protect against unauthorized access to or use of Consumer Information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to
<br/>the consumer. Consumer Information is customer information Company receives in connection with any transaction contemplated by this Agreement.
TeleCheck grants Company a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferrable, non- sublicensable, royalty-free license to use the trademarks, service marks and logos (together, Marks) that TeleCheck provides to Company during the Term of this Agreement. Company (a) may use the Marks only in the United States; (b) may use the Marks only in connection with its use of the Services; (c) will follow the branding guidelines that TeleCheck provides or makes available from time-to- time; and (d) will not use materials containing the Marks without TeleCheck’s prior written permission. Company will not otherwise distribute, lease, sublicense, sell, modify, copy or create derivative works from the Marks. TeleCheck reserves to itself all right, title, interest or license (express or implied) to the Marks that are not specifically granted to Company under this Agreement; and may suspend or terminate this license upon written notice to Company.
Company will indemnify, defend, and hold TeleCheck harmless for all losses, damages, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) claimed against it by third parties, which arise from Company’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or breach under this Agreement.
Neither party will be liable to the other for lost profits, revenues or business opportunities, nor any exemplary, punitive, special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages (whether any are direct or indirect); regardless of whether these damages were foreseeable or either party was advised they were possible.
TeleCheck’ aggregate liability to Company for losses
Written notices (other than normal operations) required under this Agreement will be sent by certified mail or national courier (with tracking and delivery confirmation). TeleCheck may also provide written notices required under this Agreement by regular mail. Notices will be effective upon receipt. Notices
to Company will be sent to the address it provides on the TeleCheck Service Application and Agreement. Notices to TeleCheck will be sent to: TeleCheck Services, Inc., Attn: TeleCheck Merchant Services, Mail Stop A-12, 7301 Pacific Street, Omaha, NE 68114; with copies to TeleCheck Services, Inc., Attn: General Counsel’s Office, 3975 N.W. 120th Avenue, Coral Springs, FL 33065 and legalpapers@firstdata.com
There are no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement other than TeleCheck’ subsidiaries and affiliates involved in providing the Services to Company. Each party is responsible for the performance of any third parties it uses in connection with the Services, and their compliance with the terms of this Agreement.
TeleCheck is not responsible or liable to Company for any errors or breaches of this Agreement that occur because of Company’s third party providers (e.g., without limitation, issues that arise from ACH network participants, or if
Company uses third party providers or applications to capture electronic images of Items to submit to TeleCheck). TeleCheck may audit Company’s compliance with this Agreement upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours, and at TeleCheck’s expense; and as required by the NACHA Rules. TeleCheck’s
Originating Depository Financial Institution may also audit Company’s compliance with this Agreement and the N Rules.
A party’s delay or failure to exercise any of its rights under this Agreement will not be a waiver of those rights.
the information in connection with submitting payment transactions to TeleCheck for processing and for no other purpose, and will use the information only for permissible purposes under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Company will not use TeleCheck’s information for employment related purposes).
by New York law (without regard to its choice of law provisions). The courts of New York, New York will be the proper venue for legal proceedings brought in connection with this Agreement. TeleCheck and Company each waive their right to a jury trial for claims arising in connection with this Agreement.
The defined term Agreement includes its schedules, addenda, and any amendments (capitalized terms used in the schedules, addenda, or amendments without definition will have the meanings given to them in this Agreement). This Agreement is the entire agreement between the parties and replaces any prior agreements or understandings (written or oral) with respect to its subject matter.
Except as set forth in Section 11.2, modifications to this Agreement must be in writing, executed by the parties. This Agreement and any amendments may be executed electronically and in counterparts, each of which constitutes one agreement when taken together. Electronic and other copies of the executed Agreement are valid.
Company may not assign this Agreement without TeleCheck’s written consent. TeleCheck may assign this Agreement upon notice to Company. This Agreement will be enforceable against a party’s permitted successors or assigns. This Agreement may not be continued, assumed, or assigned in the event of a bankruptcy or other insolvency event without consent from the non-bankrupt or insolvent parties.
All payments to Client shall be through the Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) and shall normally be electronically transmitted directly to the Settlement Account you have designated, or any successor account designated to receive provisional funding of Client’s Card sales pursuant to the Agreement. Client agrees that any Settlement Account designated pursuant to the preceding sentence will be an account primarily used for business purposes. Neither Westamerica Bank, N.A. nor TekCard can guarantee the time frame in which payment may be credited by Client’s financial institution where the Settlement Account is maintained.
Client hereby authorizes Westamerica Bank, N.A. and its authorized representative, including TekCard to access information from the Settlement Account and to initiate credit and/or debit entries by bankwire or ACH transfer and to authorize your financial institution to block or to initiate, if necessary, reversing entries
and adjustments for any original entries made to the Settlement Account and to authorize your financial institution to provide such access and to credit and/ or debit or to block the same to such account. This authorization is without respect to the source of any funds in the Settlement Account, is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. This authority extends to any equipment rental or purchase agreements which may exist with Client as well as to any fees, fines and assessments and Chargeback amounts of whatever kind or nature due to
TekCard or Westamerica Bank, N.A. under terms of this Agreement whether arising during or after termination of the Agreement. This authority is to remain in full force and effect at all times unless and untilTekCard and Westamerica Bank, N.A. have consented to its termination at such time and in such a manner as to afford them a reasonable opportunity to act on it. In addition, Client
shall be charged twenty- five dollars ($25.00) for each ACH which cannot be processed, and all subsequent funding may be suspended until Client either (i) notifiesTekCard that ACH’s can be processed or (ii) a new electronic funding agreement is signed by Client. Client’s Settlement Account must be able to process or accept electronic transfers via ACH.
Automated Clearing House (ACH). Your funds for MasterCard, Visa, Discover Network, PayPal and American Express transactions will ordinarily be processed and transferred to your financial institution within two (2) Business Days from the time a batch is received by Processor if your financial institution is the Bank. If your financial institution is not the Bank, your MasterCard, Visa, Discover Network, PayPal and American Express transactions will ordinarily be processed via the Federal Reserve within two (2) Business Days from the time a batch is received
by Processor. The Federal Reserve will transfer such amounts to your financial
institution.
<br/>by any state, federal or local authority related to the delivery of the services provided by TekCardwhen such costs are included in the Service or other fixed fees.
The discount fees shown on the Service Fee Schedule shall be calculated based on the gross sales volume of all Visa, MasterCard/ Discover/PayPal and American Express volume.
A Monthly Minimum Processing Fee will be assessed immediately after the date Client’s Application is approved. (Refer to Service Fee Schedule, if applicable.) Client shall also pay an annual subscription fee of $89.00 each year and this fee will be charged to Client each August, unless 30 days’ notice is provided for a change in billing date. If we terminate this Agreement after a breach by you, or if you terminate this Agreement before the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, you agree to pay an early termination fee of an amount equal to the greater of: (i) $350 per location, and (ii) $35 multiplied by the number of months remaining in the then-current Initial Term or Renewal Term, as applicable. You agree that the early termination fee is not a penalty, but rather is reasonable in light of the financial harm caused by your early termination. Additionally, you
agree to pay us (i) any unpaid invoice; and (ii) any damages, losses, expenses, fees, fines, penalties, chargeback amounts, and adjustments we incur in connection with the Agreement. You authorize us to debit your Settlement Account or to deduct amounts you owe us under this Section from the settlement funds we owe you.
You are responsible for any collection fees, legal fees, and other expenses we incur in recovering your delinquent amounts.
In addition to the PIN Debit Card transaction fees set forth on the Application, Client shall be responsible for the amount of any fees imposed upon a transaction by the applicable debit network.
The parties further agree and acknowledge that, in addition to any remedies contained herein or otherwise available under applicable law and, if (a) Client breaches this Agreement by improperly terminating it prior to the expiration of the initial term of the Agreement, or (b) this Agreement is terminated prior to the expiration of the initial term of the Agreement due to an Event of Default, then Servicers will suffer a substantial injury that is difficult or impossible to accurately estimate. Accordingly, the parties have agreed that the amount described below is a reasonable pre-estimate of Servicers’ probable loss.
In the event that Client terminates this Agreement within three (3) years from the date of approval by TekCardand Westamerica Bank, N.A. or this Agreement is terminated by Servicers within 3 years from the date of approval due to an Event of Default, Client will be charged a fee for such early termination, if so indicated on the Application on the Service Fee Schedule.
Client’s obligation with respect to the Monthly Minimum Processing Fee will end simultaneously with TekCard’s receipt of Termination Fee.
Pursuant to Section 6050W of the Internal Revenue Code, merchant acquiring entities and third party settlement organizations are required to file an information return for each calendar year reporting all payment card transactions and third party network transactions with payees occurring in that calendar year. Accordingly, you will receive a Form 1099-K reporting your gross transaction amounts for each calendar year. Your gross transaction amount refers to the gross dollar amount of the card transactions processed through your merchant account with us. In addition, amounts reportable under Section 6050W are subject to backup withholding requirements. Payors will be required to perform backup withholding by deducting and withholding income tax from reportable transactions if (a) the payee fails to provide the payee’s taxpayer identification number (TIN) to the payor, or (b) if the IRS notifies the payor that the TIN (when matched with the name) provided by the payee is incorrect. Accordingly, to avoid
backup withholding, it is very important that you provide us with the correct name and TIN that you use when filing your tax return that includes the transactions for your business.
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If Client’s MasterCard, Visa, Discover Network, PayPal and American Express transaction(s) fail to qualify for the discount level contemplated in the rates set forth in the Application, Client will be billed the fee indicated in the Mid-Qualified Discount field or Non-Qualified Discount field. If you are utilizing the Enhanced Billback Discount option, the Client will be charged the Enhanced Billback Rate on the volume of said transaction that failed to qualify, in addition to the difference between the MasterCard/Visa/ Discover Network/PayPal and American Express Qualified Rate agreed to on the Service Fee Schedule and the actual interchange rate assessed to the downgraded transaction.
TekCard
160 Chubb Avenue, Ste. 203
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
Attn: Director of Operations
Westamerica Bank, NA
3750 Westwind Blvd, Suite 210, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403 acquirer@westamerica.com 800-939-9942
<br/>(See also Sections 9 and 16)
Customer Service 1-844-TEK-PYMT