If you have The Peoples Bank’s THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD and a checking, savings or cash investment account to which direct deposits or other transfers are made or from which preauthorized withdrawals or other transfers are made, the following is an important statement of your and The Peoples Bank’s rights, liabilities, and responsibilities.

TYPES OF ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS

• You may use THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD at THE MINT® locations to:
  • Withdraw cash from the checking, savings, or cash investment account designated by you hereafter referred to as “Designated Account”.
  • Make deposits to your Designated Account(s) at most locations.
  • Transfer funds between your Designated Accounts.
  • Check the balance in your Designated Account(s).
  • Make a payment to The Peoples Bank Installment Loan or The Peoples Bank Christmas Club Account.
• You may use THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD at Pulse and Plus locations other than THE MINT® locations to:
  • Withdraw cash from your Designated Account(s).
  •  Transfer funds between your Designated Account(s).
  • Check the balance in your Designated Account(s).

• You may also use THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD to pay for goods and services from your Primary Designated Checking Account at participating merchants as set forth in the DEBITCARD AGREEMENT FOR THE MINTCARD/ THE MINT CHECK CARD provided below. You may pay bills directly by telephone from your Designated Account(s) in the amounts and on the days you request.

• Pay for purchases at places that have agreed to accept THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD.

• Pay bills directly by telephone from your checking savings account in the amounts and on the days you request. Note: Some of these services may not be available at all terminals.

• By appropriate authorization, you may also have the following electronic funds transfers made to or from your Designated Account(s):
  • Direct deposit of certain benefits including but not limited to social security, retirement benefits, military allotments, annuity and pension benefits and payroll deposits.
  • Preauthorized transfers from your Designated Account(s).

• Limitation on the amount of transfers and the amount of payments at an Automated Teller Machine (“ATM”). You may use THE MINT CARD\THE MINT CHECKCARD to withdraw funds from your Designated Account or to make payments from your Designated Checking Account up to the balance in your account with a $600.00 maximum during a twenty-four (24) hour period commencing at midnight of each day. For security reasons, this maximum may be less than $600.00 at some locations. We will notify you if the maximum amount allowed to be withdrawn during a specified period has been decreased.

• Electronic Check Conversion. You may authorize a merchant or other payee to make one time electronic payment from your checking account using information from your check to pay for purchases or pay bills.

CHARGES FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS

Generally, there are no specific charges for electronic funds transfers or for the right to make such transfers.  However, we will charge you a fee for each withdrawal, transfer or balance inquiry you make using an Automated Teller Machine (“ATM”) other than THE MINT®. Our usual and normal service charges will apply with respect to all checking and savings accounts. Charges for services and transactions are disclosed in the Bank’s Banking Made Easy package which forms a part of this disclosure and has been provided to you at the time you opened your account. When you use an ATM not owned by us, you may be charged a fee by the ATM operator or any network used and you may be charged a fee for a balance inquiry even if you do not complete a fund transfer.

DOCUMENTATION OF TRANSFERS

• THE MINT® transactions. At your option, you can get a printed receipt at the time you make any transfers to or from your account using THE MINT®, Pulse or Plus locations or point-of-sale terminals.

• Direct Deposits. If you have arranged to have direct deposits made to your Designated Account(s) at least once every sixty (60) days from the same person or company, the deposit will appear as a  description item on your monthly bank statement. You can call us at (228) 435-5511 to find out whether or not the deposit has been made.

• Periodic Statements. If you have a checking account, you will receive a monthly account statement. If you have a savings account, you will receive a statement for each month during which there is an electronic funds transfer. In any case you will get the statement at least semi-annually.

CUSTOMERS LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

Tell us AT ONCE if you believe THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD or Personal Identification Number (PIN) has been lost or stolen, or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission using information from your check. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down. You could lose all the money in your account. If you believe THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD or PIN has been lost or stolen, and you tell us within two (2) business days, you can lose no more than fifty dollars ($50.00) if THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD was used without your permission. If you do NOT notify us within two (2) business days after you learn of the loss or theft of THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD, and we can prove that we could have stopped someone from using THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD without your permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).

Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, including those made by card, code or other means, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any money you lost after the sixty (60) days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time.

If a valid reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay) kept you from telling us, we may extend the time period.

TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS TO BE NOTIFIED IN THE
EVENT OF AN UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER

If you believe THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD or PIN has been lost or stolen or that someone has transferred or may transfer money from your account without your permission, call:

(228) 435-5511           or                    

Write: The Peoples Bank
ATM Department
P. O. Drawer 529
Biloxi, MS 39533-0529

or Email us at customersupport@thepeoples.com

You should also call the number or write to the address listed above if you believe a transfer has been made using the information from your check withour your permission.

BUSINESS DAYS OF THE BANK

For purposes of these disclosures, our business days are Monday through Friday of every week. Holidays are not included.

CUSTOMERS’ RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO
PREAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

• Right to Stop Payment and Procedures for Doing so: If you have told us in advance to make regular payments out of your account, you can stop any of these payments. You must call us at (228) 435-5511, or write us at The Peoples Bank, ATM Department. P. O. Drawer 529, Biloxi, MS 39533-0529, in time for us to receive your request at least three (3) business days before payment is scheduled to be made. If you call, we may also require you to put your request in writing and get it to us within fourteen (14) days after you call. We will charge you our regular stop payment fee then in effect for each stop payment order you give us.

• Notice of Varying Amounts: If these regular payments vary in amount, the person you are going to pay will notify you ten (10) days before each payment, when it will be processed and what dollar amount will be charged to your Designated Account. You may choose instead to get this notice only when the payment would differ by more than a certain amount from the previous payment, or when the amount would fall outside certain limits that you set.

• Liability for Failure to Stop Payment of a Preauthorized Transfer: If you order us to stop one of these payments three (3) business days or more before the transfer is scheduled, and we do not do so, we will be liable for your losses or damages. However, if such failure is not intentional, and results from a bona fide error, notwithstanding procedures to avoid such error, our liability shall be limited to actual proven damages.

OUR LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO MAKE TRANSFERS

If we do not complete a transfer to or from your account on time or in the correct amount according to our agreement with you, we will be liable for your losses or damages. However, there are some exceptions. We will not be liable for instance:

• if, through no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.

• if the transfer would go over the credit limit on your personal line of credit.

• if the automated teller machine where you are making the transfer does not have enough cash.

• if the automated teller machine was not working properly and you knew about the breakdown when you started the transfer.

• if circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer despite reasonable precautions that we have taken.

There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you, or as provided by applicable law. In addition, if such failure is not intentional and results from a bona fide error, notwithstanding procedures to avoid such error, our liability shall be limited to actual damages proved.

IN CASE OF ERRORS OR QUESTIONS
ABOUT YOUR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS

If you think your statement or receipt is wrong, or if you need more information about a transaction listed on the statement or receipt, telephone us at (228) 435-5511, or write us at The Peoples Bank, ATM Department, P. O. Drawer 529, Biloxi, MS 39533-0529 immediately. We must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared. When contacting us please:

• Tell us your name, card number and the account number of the Designated Account(s).
• Describe the error or transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.
• Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.

If you tell us orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or question in writing within 10 business days.

We will determine whether an error occurred with ten (10) days business days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time however, we may take up to 45 days to investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within ten (10) business days for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have the use of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation.

For errors involving new accounts, point-of-sale, or foreign-inititated transactions, we may take up to 90 days to investigate your complaint or question. For new accounts, we may take up to twenty (20) business days to credit account for the amount think is in error. 

We will tell you the results within 3 business days after completing our investigation. If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation. You may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation. You may be charged for this research which is set out in the Bank’s Banking Made Easy package.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

We will disclose information to third parties about your account or the transfers you make:

• Where it is necessary for completing transfers or resolving errors involving transfers, or
• In order to verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant, or
• In order to comply with government agencies or court orders, or
• If you give us your written permission.

DEBIT CARD AGREEMENT FOR
THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD

This is your THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement from The Peoples Bank. In this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement, we, our and us refer to The Peoples Bank. You and your means each person who signed the signature card for the Designated Account(s) and each person who is authorized to use THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD. Designated Account(s) means the checking, savings, or cash investment account designated by you to be accounts which may be accessed by THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD with a Personal Identification Number (PIN). This Agreement is subject to the general rules governing deposit accounts set forth in the Deposit Account Agreement. You may use your card(s) to withdraw cash, make deposits and certain payments, transfer funds and check your balance in your checking, savings, or cash investment accounts at THE MINT® locations and withdraw cash, transfer funds and check your account balance at Pulse and Plus locations through an automated teller machine network. In addition to the above, THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD may be used at point of sale terminals operated by participating merchants to pay for goods and services.

THE MINT CHECK CARD. The Visa Debit feature of THE MINT CHECK CARD provides you with access to your account at merchants honoring Visa cards throughout the world. A Visa card may not be used for any illegal transactions. THE MINT CHECK CARD IS NOTACREDIT CARD. THE MINT CHECK CARD IS A DEBIT CARD AND SHOULD ONLY BE USED WHEN ACTUAL PAYMENT FOR GOODS AND SERVICES ARE AUTHORIZED BY YOU. You may present THE MINT CHECK CARD anywhere the Visa “logo” is displayed and payment for goods or services will be drawn against your designated account at the Bank. You may use THE MINT CHECK CARD up to the balance in your account with a $2,500.00 maximum to buy goods or services each 24 hour period or weekend/holiday period in our point of sale transfer service. When you present THE MINT CHECK CARD at a Visa merchant, the merchant will process the transaction in accordance with Visa and sponsoring financial institution rules and regulations. Upon presentation, you authorize the Bank to draw the funds from your designated account. Use of THE MINT CHECK CARD by you authorizes the Bank to pay the draft even if your designated account does not have adequate funds in it. You agree to repay the Bank when you have used THE MINT CHECK CARD together with any charge and expenses arising out of such payment. If you have a Personal Line of Credit (hereafter referred to as Line), then through use of THE MINT CHECK CARD you authorize the Bank to make advances from your Line under the terms of your Personal Line of Credit Agreement which has been provided to you and becomes part of this Agreement by reference. Merchants may obtain preauthorization for some transactions which will require the Bank to hold funds in your account for payment of the draft upon presentation. You authorize the Bank to honor such authorization requests.

AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE - ATM. Your THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD is coded for use in the Bank’s ATM Network. The Bank is a member of several ATM Networks. Other financial institutions are part of these Networks and their ATMs are also available to you. When you use an ATM not owned by us, you may be charge a fee by the ATM operator or any network used and you may be charged a fee for a balance inquiry evenif you do not complete a fund transfer. Before you can use an ATM, you must have a Personal Identification Number (PIN). This number will be sent to you by the Bank and must be kept secret to prevent unauthorized use. (If you want a special number, you can come into our office and have it set up.)  When THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD and PIN are inserted in an ATM, or pay for purchases at places that have agreed to accept THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD, you authorize the Bank to carry out the transaction requested and agree to be responsible for the transaction.

OWNERSHIP. All debit cards covered by this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement will remain the property of The Peoples Bank. The Bank has the right to cancel or suspend your card at any time without prior notice or reissue a different one at any time. The Bank is not required to issue a card that has expired. You agree to promptly return THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD to the Bank upon request and to stop using THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD immediately upon being notified by the Bank that it has been canceled. No stop payment orders will be allowed under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement, except as provided in the attached Statement regarding the Electronic Funds Transfer Act and Regulation E.

LIMITATIONS. The availability of any or all THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD features cannot be guaranteed. The Bank is not liable for any inconvenience or damages you may suffer as a result of equipment
malfunction or the refusal by any merchant to honor THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD.

USE OF YOUR CARD: By accepting, signing, retaining, using, or authorizing another person to use your THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD issued by us, you will be agreeing to the terms of this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement and all the terms printed on THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD itself and requesting that we advance funds from your Designated Account(s) at any THE MINT®, Pulse or Plus locations, and to advance funds against your Designated Checking Account from time to time to you or to the presenter of a sales draft or cash advance draft under THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement. Each of you is jointly and severally liable for any overdrafts created in your Designated Account through any use of THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD which is not unauthorized use.

THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD LIMIT: Your card will be limited to the authorization limits as set out in THE PEOPLES BANK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER ACT AND REGULATION E. In the event your authorization limit is modified, you will receive written notification. You agree not to make any automated teller machine withdrawals, obtain any cash advances or make any purchases with THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD if, as a result, you would exceed your authorization limit. If your debit card transactions overdraw your account(s) and the amount of the overdraft exceeds the limit of your personal line of credit, you will be liable for the amount of the overdraft and the overdraft charges as provided in the rules governing deposit accounts and our service charge schedule, even if we authorized a transaction at a time you did not have the available funds. We may also limit or refuse to complete your transactions for security reasons.

SERVICE CHARGES: There are no specific charges, other than normal service charges for account maintenance for the use of THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD. Charges for services and transactions are disclosed on the Bank’s Banking Made Easy package which forms a part of this disclosure and was provided to you at the time you opened your account.

DEFAULT: You may be in default under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement if any of the following happen:

1. You do not meet any of your obligations under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement or any other agreement with us.
2. You exceed your authorization limit.
3. The funds available in your checking account are insufficient to pay cash advance drafts, sales drafts or other debits presented for payment under this THE MINTCARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement.
4. You provide us with any inaccurate information in connection with your debit card account, including any inaccurate information you provide on your debit card application.
5. You die, a receiver is appointed for any of your property, any of your property is attached, you make an assignment for the benefit of your creditors, you become insolvent or involved in bankruptcy proceedings. 
6. We determine, in good faith, that a material adverse change in your financial condition has occurred and we believe you may not be able to perform under this THE MINTCARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement.

If you are in default, we can terminate this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement. We do not have to notify you in advance. We can delay  enforcing our rights under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement at any time without losing them.

OUR RIGHTS CONCERNING YOUR ACCOUNT: We, in our sole discretion, can refuse to allow you to make one or more purchases or cash advances (regardless of amount) on your account (whether or not such purchase or cash advance exceeds any authorization limit which we set for your account), and we do not have to notify you in advance. We, in our sole discretion, can also set an authorization limit on your account and/or change the terms of this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement at any time by mailing a written notice to you. If the change restricts, limits or reduces your rights under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement, we will give you 21 days advance notice of the amendment by mail. However, if we make a change in the terms of this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement for security reasons, we will notify you no later than 30 days after we make the change.  Tell us promptly if your address changed, because we will mail your monthly statement and all notices to the address we have for you in our files. Any notices or communications with us must be addressed to The Peoples Bank, ATM Department, P.O. Drawer 529, Biloxi, MS 39533-0529.

TRANSFERRING THIS THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD AGREEMENT: We may assign (transfer) our rights under this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement to another party. However, you may not assign (transfer) your debit card account to another party.  GOVERNING LAW: This THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Mississippi. The terms of this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement will govern over any inconsistent terms in the Deposit Account Agreement and any sales draft, retail charge agreement or cash advance draft.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY: Except for our responsibility explained in the statement accompanying this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement regarding your right to dispute errors, we are not responsible for the acts or omissions of any merchant or other establishment, including any refusal to honor THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD.

TERMINATING THIS AGREEMENT: You may terminate this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement either by closing your Designated Account(s) or by notifying us in writing and by discontinuing the use of your debit card or PIN at any terminal. You remain liable for any transactions initiated by you or any person authorized by you to make transfers even after you have provided us with notice of your intent to terminate this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement. We may terminate this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement immediately, without notice upon your default of the terms of this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement as provided above. We may also terminate this THE MINT CARD/THE MINT CHECK CARD Agreement at our discretion, with or without notice, unless prior notice is required by law.

Revised 03/09 (regedis)