Online Banking Terms Conditions
Online Banking Terms Conditions
Online Banking Terms Conditions
These Terms and Conditions, together with the Guides, the documents specifically referenced herein, the
application for services and any other documents, instructions, software and manuals relating to the Service,
including those online, as may be amended or replaced, comprise the agreement ("Agreement") that governs
your use of Commerce Bank's Online Banking Service ("Service" or “OLB”). "Guides" means any user guides,
Help files, software or other instructions, including those online, relating to the Service. The Terms and
Conditions also contain important disclosure information relating to electronic fund transfers made through the
Service. The Service may be one of three online banking products accessed through your personal computer.
"Internet Banking" is online banking conducted via the Commerce Bank website. "PC Banking" is online
banking via Personal Accounts conducted using Quicken or Microsoft Money. “Online Banking for Business” is
online banking via Business Accounts conducted using Quicken, Microsoft Money or QuickBooks. By
subscribing to the Service or using the Service to access Account information, or to make any transfer between
Accounts or payment to a third party Biller(s), you agree to the terms of this Agreement. By using any new
services that are made available, you agree to be bound by any new Terms and Conditions as well as any
accompanying changes as posted from time to time within the Service.
Definitions. "Biller" is the person or entity to which you wish a bill payment to be directed or is the person or
entity from which you receive electronic bills, as the case may be. “Transactions” refer to the ability to change
your security information, to access account information, to request a new account, to transfer between
accounts and to make payments to Billers drawn on or debited against your Payment Accounts. "Personal
Deposit Account(s)" means the checking, regular savings or savings with limited check writing privileges
(money market type) accounts you have with us. “Prepaid Card” is a Commerce-branded, limited-purpose debit
card that can be pre-loaded with funds, but is not associated with or tied to a Personal Deposit Account that
You own. “Personal Credit Account(s)” means Commerce BankCard Accounts as well as any Personal Lines of
Credit or personal loan you have with us. “Personal Line of Credit” means a line of credit you have with us
primarily for personal or household purposes and includes, but is not limited to, a home equity line of credit and
a ReadyLine of credit. “Bankcard Accounts” mean credit card accounts that you hold with Us. “Personal
Accounts” refer collectively to any Personal Deposit Accounts and/or Personal Credit Accounts you hold with us
and to qualify as a Personal Account, the account must be established primarily for personal, family or
household purposes and designated by you for access through the Service, including your designated Payment
Account(s) and Billing Account(s). “Business” means the sole proprietorship or legally formed business entity
that has granted you authority to conduct electronic banking on its behalf via this Service and that has been
enrolled in this Service. “Business Deposit Account(s)” means the checking, regular savings or savings with
limited check writing privileges (money market type, if eligible) accounts the Business has with us. “Business
Credit Accounts” mean Commerce Bankcard Accounts (when available for access) as well as Branch Lines of
Credit and business loans the Business has with us. “Business Accounts” refer collectively to both Business
Deposit Accounts and Business Credit Accounts and to qualify as a Business Account, the account must be
established primarily for business purposes and designated by you for access through the Service, including
your designated Payment Account(s). "Payment Account(s)" means the checking account(s) from which you
have asked us to make Online Bill Payments. "Deposit Account(s)" refers collectively to Personal Deposit
Accounts and Business Deposit Accounts. “Credit Accounts” refers collectively to Personal Credit Accounts and
Business Credit Accounts. "Billing Account" is the Checking Account that you designate for the deduction of
service charges and other fees related to the Service. ”Accounts” when used alone refers generally to the
various account types defined herein that you have with us. “Payments to Biller(s)” drawn on or debited
against the Accounts are referred to as “Payments.” “Trust Account(s)” means the account(s) for which you are
a fiduciary, that are maintained with the Commerce Trust Company, and that are enrolled in Wealth Manager.
“Wealth Manager” means the Commerce Bank system that allows select Commerce Trust Company customers
and their designated Interested Parties to access Trust Accounts electronically through the Commerce Trust
Company’s website and also allows those customers to enter Online Banking to use the Service. “Wealth
Manager Customer” means a customer who has enrolled in Wealth Manager through the Commerce Trust
Company. In our sole discretion, we may refuse to include, or may exclude from continued use, an Account in
the Service. The words "we", "us" and "our" refer to Commerce Bank, the bank which holds the Deposit
Accounts accessed by the Service, and any agent, independent contractor or assignee Commerce Bank may,
in its sole discretion, involve in the provision of the Service. “Commerce Trust Company” is a division of
Commerce Bank. CheckFree Services Corporation ("CheckFree") is an independent contractor with whom
Commerce Bank has contracted to implement portions of the Service. “Metevante” is an independent contractor
with whom Commerce Bank has contracted to implement Wealth Manager. The words “Customer,” "you" and
"your" refer to each person subscribing to the Service and each person who uses the Service with the
permission of the subscriber. “Business Account Administrator” refers to the person who subscribes to the
Service on behalf of the Business and who uses the Services with the express knowledge and permission of the
Business.
If you are a Business Account Administrator, you warrant and represent that you have been granted
unrestricted and express authority by the Business to enroll the Business in the Service, to access any and all
information available via the Service relating to that Business, and to perform all permissible acts and
Transactions available through the Service from time to time in relation to the Business Accounts. You further
warrant and represent that (i) you are now, and will at all times while using the Service be, an authorized signer
on all Business Deposit Accounts of the Business and (ii) you hereby enter into and agree to be bound by these
Terms and Conditions, including the Small Business Online Banking Statement of Understanding attached
hereto as Appendix 1, on behalf of and with the authority of the Business. If at any time the prior statements
are not accurate, you agree to cease using the Service immediately. Commerce may terminate or restrict use
of the Service at any time if it has reasonable belief that you are no longer authorized as the Business Account
Administrator.
"Business Days" are Monday through Friday. Federal Reserve holidays are not included. You can use the
Service on the days and during the hours specified in the Guides, except during maintenance periods.
However, we can process Transactions only on Business Days. "Banking Day" means that part of any Business
Day on which we are open to the public for carrying on substantially all of our banking functions.
Much of our relationship with you is regulated by state and federal law, including the Uniform Commercial Code,
and regulations of the Federal Reserve System, other regulatory agencies and clearinghouse associations.
These laws and regulations, as well as the terms of the Agreement, may change from time to time without
notice to you unless required by law. Your continued use of the Service following acceptance of these Terms
and Conditions or notice of a change to the Service is considered acceptance of the updated Service as well as
acceptance of the Agreement including any accompanying changes thereto. The agreements that apply to your
Accounts with us, including, but not limited to (as applicable), the Deposit Agreement, a Prepaid Card
Agreement, a Credit Card Agreement, line of credit agreement, Funds Availability Policy, Substitute Check
Policy and fee schedules, apply to all Transactions made on the Accounts through the Service.
Information Authorization. Your enrollment in the Service may not be fulfilled if the Service cannot verify your
identity or other necessary information. You authorize us to obtain credit bureau and account information
reports, verification of employment and other information we may need in connection with you Accounts at any
time. We may obtain information regarding your accounts with Billers in order to facilitate proper handling and
crediting of your payments. You authorize us to provide updated customer information, including, but not limited
to, name, address, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses to your Billers. In addition, if a Business Account
customer, you agree to provide Commerce with financial information from time to time as requested.
In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete
information about yourself as prompted by the Service's Enrollment form and all other information provided by
Customer to Commerce (such information being the “Registration Data”) and (b) maintain and promptly update
the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is
untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Commerce has reasonable grounds to suspect that such
information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Commerce has the right to suspend or terminate
your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
We encourage you to keep this Agreement for your records. If you have any questions, ask your
Commerce banker.
YOUR PASSWORD(S)
Your customer ID/username and your password (collectively “the Password”) are for your use and protection.
You agree to: (a) not disclose the Password, or other means to access the Service or your Accounts, or
otherwise make it available to anyone else; (b) use the Password as instructed in the Guides; (c) immediately
notify us of any loss or theft of the Password; and (d) be liable for the Password and for its authorized use and
for its unauthorized use as described in this Agreement. Unless you notify us as provided in this Agreement,
you acknowledge that we are entitled to rely on the use of your Password as your authorization for any
Transaction through the Service. You are responsible for all Transactions you initiate or authorize using the
Service. If you permit any other person to use the Service or your Password or other means to access
your account, you will have authorized that person to access your Accounts and you are solely
responsible for any Transactions that person initiates or authorizes from your Accounts.
Business Account Administrators may establish authorized “Sub-Users.” Wealth Manager Customers may
establish “Interested Parties.” Once established, the authorized Sub-User(s) and Interested Party(ies) will have
access to the Service and the ability to make Transactions and perform any other act permissible by the Service
on your behalf as an Agent in accordance with the Deposit Agreement. You are solely responsible for all
Transactions initiated or authorized from your Accounts by a Sub-User or Interested Party as well as any
breaches of this Agreement that are attributable to your Sub-User or Interested Party’s use of the Services.
You acknowledge that the security procedures described in this Agreement are commercially reasonable. Any
Transactions completed by us in accordance with these security procedures, whether or not authorized by you,
shall be treated as your authorized Transaction.
We reserve the right to implement additional security procedures, such as but not limited to limiting the
frequency and dollar amount of Transactions from your Accounts for security reasons. Customer agrees that its
continued use of any such changed security procedures evidences its agreement to, and acceptance of, the
commercial reasonableness of such changed procedures.
Telephone Number and Address. Tell us AT ONCE if you believe that your password or other means to
access your account has been lost or stolen or that someone may attempt to use the Service without your
consent or has transferred money without your permission by calling or writing us at the telephone number and
address listed below (Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down):
Commerce Bank
Online Banking Customer Service
1-800-986-2265
Personal Accounts. You could lose all the money in your Account plus your maximum overdraft line of credit.
If you tell us within 2 Business Days after you discover your password or other means to access to your account
has been lost or stolen, you can lose no more than $50 if someone deposited, withdrew or transferred funds
without your permission. If you do NOT tell us within 2 Business Days after you learn of such loss or theft and
we can prove we could have stopped someone from transferring funds without your permission if you had told
us, you could lose as much as $500. Also, if your Account statement shows Transactions that you did not
authorize, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the
problem or error appeared, or if you’ve chosen to receive electronic statements in lieu of paper statement then
no later than 60 days after we send the e-mail notification that the FIRST statement on which the problem or
error appeared was available in OLB, then you may not get back any money you lost after the 60 days if we can
prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time. If good reason
(such as a long trip or a hospital stay) kept you from telling us, we will extend the time periods.,
Business Accounts. All Transactions through the Service will be reflected on Customer's periodic bank
statement. Customer should review each statement for any discrepancies in connection with Transactions. If
Customer thinks a Transaction is wrong or needs more information about the Transaction, Customer must
contact Commerce upon discovery of the error or within fourteen (14) calendar days after receipt of the first
notice or periodic statement with a discrepancy, whichever is earlier. Failure to notify Commerce within the
timeframe allotted above will relieve Commerce of any obligation to pay interest on or otherwise compensate
Customer for the amount of an unauthorized or erroneous Transaction. In accordance with UCC § 4A-501(a),
except to the extent otherwise provided by applicable law, Commerce will incur no liability for an unauthorized
Transaction if Customer does not notify Commerce of any unauthorized Transaction within thirty (30) calendar
days after receiving its FIRST notice or periodic statement on which the problem or error appeared, or if you’ve
chosen to receive electronic statements in lieu of paper statement then within thirty (30) calendar days after We
send You notice via electronic mail that the FIRST applicable statement on which the problem or error appeared
was available in OLB.
You will be deemed to have received your physically-mailed statements five (5) business days after its date,
absent proof of an earlier or later actual delivery date. See Statement Delivery Options section herein for
more details regarding your statement options and electronic statements.
Certain Transactions are not available to certain customers based on account relationships. For example,
certain Transactions require an established Personal Deposit Account. You will be alerted to these restrictions
within the Service.
Wealth Manager Customers. Wealth Manager Customers and their Interested Parties may perform any act or
Transaction available within the Service. However, the applicable Commerce Trust Company documentation
provided to you either at the time of your enrollment in, or at any other time during your use of, Wealth
Manager, shall describe permissible acts within Wealth Manager and include the terms and conditions that
govern your use thereof.
Account Access. Upon request, and subject to account availability, you may use the Service to:
• Obtain account balances and transaction information, including access to your account
If you have Adobe® Reader® software, you can view and download imaged copies of your periodic
statements, checks, deposit slips (not deposited items) and any internal debits or credits.
• Change your statement delivery options (available for Business Accounts when applicable).
Select from several paper and electronic periodic statement delivery formats for your Accounts or
chose to no longer receive your bank statements delivered in a paper format. This choice will apply to
all Accounts.
You may use the Service to change your Customer ID or Password or the security questions and
answers you use to access the Service.
In order to send you certain electronic communications (e.g. electronic statement reminders, Alerts,
Bill Pay reminders, etc.), the Service may require you to provide us with an email address(es). You
may designate any email address(es) you wish for purposes of these electronic communications.
However, you acknowledge that we have no obligation to confirm the ultimate recipient of any
electronic communication sent to your designated email address(es). It is your sole obligation to input
accurately your desired email address(es) and you hereby grant permission anyone with access to
You may use the Service to sign-up to receive alerts related to particular customer identifiers that you
maintain with Us (Security Alerts) and/or alerts related to your Account activity (Account Alerts) in the
form of emails sent to your selected email addresses and/or SMS text messages sent to your
designated phone number(s) (collectively “Alerts”). Once enrolled for Alerts, Security Alerts are
enabled by default (although you may disable these alerts) and will help you manage the security of
your accounts with Us. Examples of Security Alerts are when your OLB password has changed, your
OLB User ID has changed, your address has changed, your telephone number has changed, etc. In
addition to Security Alerts, you may choose to receive various Account Alerts which will help you
manage activity in your Accounts. By signing up to receive Alerts, you consent to delivery of such
Alerts to the email addresses (for email Alerts) and/or phone number(s) (for text Alerts) that you
identify. You are responsible for notifying us of any changes to your email address(es) or phone
number(s) to which Alerts are sent. If you enroll in text Alerts, then, in addition to these Terms
and Conditions, you will separately agree as part of the text Alert enrollment process to the
Security Alerts are sent automatically after the triggering event occurs and Account Alerts are sent
daily, Tuesday through Saturday, based on account activity occurring on the prior Business Day. You
understand and agree that Alerts will not be sent on a “real time” basis, and that all Alerts are sent
AFTER the triggering event has taken place and been completed. Alerts are simply after-the-fact
reminders and will not, nor are intended to, prevent any event or Transaction from taking place.
We reserve the right to change the frequency or timing of Alerts, as well as discontinue Alerts, at any
time and from time to time. Any modifications shall be effective when they are posted on the Service.
You will be notified in a timely manner when any changes are made that materially affect you.
You acknowledge that Alerts will not be encrypted, and you agree to receive Alerts that may include
confidential information pertaining to you, this Service, particular Transactions or activities, and your
Account(s). Depending upon the Alert, information pertaining to checking account balances, checks
written, transaction amounts, or insufficient funds may be included. You agree to notify us of any
change to your email addresse(s) or phone number(s) in order to ensure continued delivery of your
Alerts. It is your responsibility to secure these accounts, protect your user name(s) and password(s),
and provide timely information about email and phone number contact changes in order to protect the
confidentiality of this information. You consent to any disclosures by Commerce which may occur if
you do not take appropriate steps to prevent access to your information by unauthorized persons.
We endeavor to provide Alerts in a timely manner with accurate information. However, we do not
guarantee the delivery or accuracy of the contents of any Alert. Alert balances will not reflect pending
transactions and deposits may not be available for immediate withdrawal. You understand and agree
that receipt of each Alert may be delayed, or prevented by factors affecting your Internet service
provider(s), phone operator(s), and such other relevant entities ("Third Party Service Providers"). All
matters concerning Third Party Service Providers are solely between you and the Third Party Service
Provider. We make no representations or warranties whatsoever with regard to Third Party Service
Alerts and its contents are intended for informative purposes only. Unless required by law or
by contract, you acknowledge that Commerce is under no obligation to respond in any way to
the event which prompted the Alert. Commerce and its affiliates will not be liable for losses or
damages arising from any delivery delays, failure to deliver, or misdirected delivery of any
Alert; for any errors or inaccuracies in the content of an Alert; or for any actions taken or not
taken by you or any third party in reliance on an Alert or the lack thereof. If you believe further
attention to this matter is required, you must contact the proper Commerce Bank
representative as stated in the Alert. Alerts are not intended to nor shall replace your account
statements or any other communications we may provide to you regarding your account(s).
You may access a scaled-down version of the Service in a mobile-devise-friendly format (Mobile
Banking) by visiting our Mobile Banking website www.commercebank.mobi. There you can find the
most up-to-date list of services and Transactions available via Mobile Banking. This feature is not
available for Business Accounts otherwise available via the Service or to Wealth Manager Customers.
We reserve the right to modify the scope of the Services at any time. We reserve the right to refuse to
make any Transaction you request through Mobile Banking. You agree and understand that Mobile
Banking may not be accessible or may have limited utility over some wireless networks, such as while
roaming. We do not charge you a fee for Mobile Banking, however, you may be charged for web
access by your mobile carrier. Check with your carrier for details on specific fees and charges.
We will not be liable to you for any losses caused by your failure to properly use the Services or your
Wireless Device. You agree that, when you use Mobile Banking, you remain subject to the terms and
conditions of your existing agreements with any unaffiliated service providers, including, but not limited
to, your mobile service provider (i.e., AT&T, Verizon, etc.), and that these terms do not amend or
supersede any of those agreements. You understand that those agreements may provide for fees,
limitations and restrictions which might impact your use of Mobile Banking, and you agree to be solely
responsible for all such fees, limitations and restrictions. You agree that only your mobile service
provider is responsible for its products and services. Accordingly, you agree to resolve any problems
The availability, timeliness and proper functioning of Mobile Banking depends on many factors,
including your wireless device location, wireless network availability and signal strength, and the
proper functioning and configuration of hardware, software and your wireless device. Neither we nor
any of our service providers warrants that the Services will meet your requirements, operate without
interruption or be error-free, and neither we nor our service providers shall be liable for any loss or
damage caused by any unavailability or improper functioning of Mobile Banking, or for any actions
taken in reliance thereon, for any reason, including service interruptions, inaccuracies, delays, loss of
We may not immediately receive e-mail that you send. We will have a reasonable opportunity to act
before taking action on your e-mail requests. You cannot use e-mail to make a bill payment or funds
transfer. You may NOT use e-mail to stop payment, report unauthorized use of your Password,
or to report an unauthorized Transaction. Likewise, You may NOT use e-mail to notify
Commerce of a cancellation of your HELOC or in the case of errors or questions about your
HELOC. Such notifications must be done in accordance with your signed credit agreement and
in no event will Commerce be responsible if such notices are attempted through the Service.
For all non-HELOC-related inquiries, You must notify us by calling or writing us at the phone
number or address for Online Banking Customer Service provided in this Agreement.
Restrictions apply. Consult a tax professional for advice. As required by U.S. Treasury Regulations,
you are hereby advised that any written tax advice contained on this website was not written or
intended to be used (and cannot be used) by any taxpayer for the purposes of avoiding penalties that
Transfer funds between designated Accounts. You can use OLB to perform permissible fund transfers
to/from your Accounts or to your Prepaid Cards as listed below. Unless the fund transfer request is a future-
dated request (discussed below), you cannot cancel your transfer after it has been entered into our system and
the information has been transmitted to Commerce Bank, but you can use OLB to reverse a transaction after it
has been entered. A request to transfer funds between designated Accounts may not result in an immediate
transfer or immediate funds availability because of the time required to process the files (see below for more
detail). Certain transfers may be scheduled for future dates depending on the type of transfer being scheduled.
• Important terms for purposes of fund transfers utilizing OLB: A future-dated fund transfer request is
any transfer that is requested to be made on any day other than the same calendar day that the request is
submitted through OLB. A same-day fund transfer request is any transfer that is requested to be made
on the same calendar day that the request is submitted through OLB. A memo-posted item is an item that
immediately reduces or increases, as applicable, your Available Balance but has yet to post to your
account. A posted item an item that reduces or increases, as applicable, your Current Balance during
overnight processing. Overnight processing occurs overnight after the conclusion of each Business Day
and includes all items that are considered part of that Business Day’s activity. Your Available Balance is
used to determine (i) the funds in the account that are available to be withdrawn (e.g. withdrawals via ATM
or teller window) as well as (ii) the funds in the account that are available for Visa Check Card or Prepaid
Card purchases. Your Current Balance is used to determine whether you have sufficient funds in your
• General posting information for transfers involving a Deposit Account (or transfers “To” a Prepaid
Card): (For demonstration purposes, the following discussions will assume a Deposit Account is on both
sides of a fund transfer request. The same concepts will apply, as applicable, even if there is only one
Deposit Account involved in the transfer.) Upon memo-posting to your Account(s), any transfer
involving a Deposit Account will immediately reduce the Available Balance in your “From” Deposit Account
and/or will immediately increase the Available Balance in your “To” Deposit Account (or to your “To”
Prepaid Card Account). However, until the transfer posts, there will be no impact to your Current
Balance(s). So, until the transfer posts, the transfer will neither reduce the funds in your Current
Balance that are available to cover other debits posting to your “From” Deposit Account nor will it increase
the funds in your Current Balance that are available to cover other debits posting to your “To” Deposit
In addition, to the extent funds are being transferred “From” a Deposit Account, certain other debits may
post to your “From” account as part of that same Business Day’s activity, but will post prior to when your
transfer posts to the “From” Account. These other posted debits will reduce the funds in your “From”
Deposit Account that are available during overnight processing to cover your transfer when it posts. Your
fund transfer request will be accepted if there are sufficient funds in the “From” Deposit Account’s
Available Balance to cover the transfer amount at the time your transfer attempts to memo-post to the
Deposit Account (when a transfer attempts to memo-post varies depending in whether the transfer is a
future-dated or same-day transfer, see below for further information). However, you may incur an overdraft
if it turns out that there aren’t sufficient funds in the “From” Deposit Account to cover the fund transfer when
it posts. If at the time your fund transfer posts there are no longer sufficient funds available in your
“From” Deposit Account to cover your fund transfer (or to cover other debits that post
subsequently), you will incur an overdraft(s) and an overdraft fee(s). It is your sole responsibility
to monitor your spending, to know what transactions you have scheduled, conducted and
authorized, and to maintain sufficient funds in your account in order to cover any fund transfer
Future-dated fund transfer requests: All future-dated fund transfers will memo-post to your Deposit
Account(s) (or Prepaid Card Account) the morning of the Business Day you requested the fund transfer to
take place (or, it will memo-post the morning of the following Business Day if the day you request the
transfer to take place is a non-Business Day). If a Deposit Account is selected as the “From” account and if
there are insufficient funds available in that “From” account to cover the requested fund transfer at the time
the transfer attempts to memo-post, the fund transfer will reject and you will be notified as such via a
communication within OLB. All future-dated fund transfers will post to your Deposit Account(s) (or Prepaid
Card Account) during overnight processing on the day you request the fund transfer to take place
(assuming the transfer successfully memo-posted to your account), along with all other credits and debits
that are considered part of that same Business Day’s activity(or, it will post on the following Business Day if
the day you request the transfer to take place is a non-Business Day).
Same-day fund transfer requests: All same-day fund transfer requests will immediately memo-post to
your Account(s).
o Same-day fund transfers requested before 7 pm on a Business Day will post to your account
that same Business day during overnight processing, along with all other credits and debits that
Business Day will post to your Deposit Account (or Prepaid Card Account) the following Business
Day during overnight processing, along with all other credits and debits that are considered part of
that following Business Day’s activity. For example, a same-day fund transfer requested 7 pm or
later on a Friday will not post to your account until Monday night’s overnight processing (assuming
Monday is a Business Day), along with all other credits and debits that are considered part of
Monday’s activity (which includes activity occurring over the weekend). To the extent funds are
being transferred “From” a Deposit Account, any other debits that post to your “From” account on
Friday night will reduce the funds available in your “From” account that are available to cover the
fund transfer debit when it posts on Monday. Likewise, any other debits that post to your “From”
account on Monday night and post prior to the posting of your fund transfer will further reduce the
funds available in your “From” account that are available to cover the fund transfer debit. If at the
time your fund transfer posts on Monday there are no longer sufficient funds available in
your “From” account to cover your fund transfer (or to cover other debits that post
subsequently), you will incur an overdraft(s) and overdraft fee(s). To the extent funds are
being transferred “To” a Deposit Account (or “To” a Prepaid Card Account), any corresponding
credit posting to your “To” account as a result of the fund transfer will also not post to your “To”
account until Monday night’s overnight processing and, therefore, will not be available to cover
• PC Banking and Online Banking for Business Customers. The only permitted transfers available
through OLB are transfers between your Deposit Accounts and the cut-off time for same-day posting of
transfers initiated via PC Banking or Online Banking for Business is 6 pm, instead of 7 pm.
• Additional information for fund transfers from Deposit Accounts to Prepaid Cards. Transfers to your
Prepaid Card are subject to (i) daily limits on the number of times you can load funds onto your Prepaid
Card through all load-request channels available (each fund transfer through OLB is considered one load
request); (ii) daily limits on the total dollar amount you can load onto your Prepaid Card; and (iii) maximum
amount that can be loaded onto your Prepaid Card at any given time. Refer to your Prepaid Card
cardholder agreement for details on such limitations.
• Fund transfers from your Deposit Accounts to your Personal Credit Accounts. You will receive credit
for making a payment to Your Personal Credit Account as of the same calendar day that your transfer is
received by Commerce, although any corresponding increase in your available credit (if applicable) will not
be reflected in your Personal Credit Account balance until the following Business Day at the earliest or
• Fund transfers from a Personal Line of Credit to Personal Deposit Accounts. Requests to transfer
funds from a Personal Line of Credit to a Deposit Account submitted on a Business Day before 7 pm will
debit your Personal Line of Credit as of the same Business Day, although the debit may not be reflected in
your Personal Line of Credit balance until the following Business Day.
Place/Remove a stop payment order on certain types of transactions. With certain limitations and for the
then-current applicable stop payment fee (if any), You may place (or remove) a stop payment order using the
Service on (i) a single check or (ii) certain ACH debits that You scheduled or originated through a third party
(“ACH debit(s)”) (this does not apply to Visa Check Card transactions among others). (To stop a payment
scheduled through the Service (i.e. Scheduled Payments), see the section herein entitled RIGHT TO STOP
PAYMENT FOR PAYMENTS SCHEDULED THROUGH THE SERVICE’S BILL PAYMENT FEATURE,
PROCEDURE FOR DOING SO, AND BANK'S LIABILITY FOR FAILURE TO STOP PAYMENT.) Stop payment
orders are not accepted through Online Banking between 10:30 p.m. CT on a Banking Day and 1:00 a.m. the
following morning. A stop payment removal order submitted through Online Banking at 4:30 p.m. CT or later
on a Business Day, or one submitted on a non-Business Day, will not be effective until the next Business Day.
Because stop payment orders are handled by computers, to be effective, your stop payment order must (i) for
checks, precisely identify the check number and the amount of the check (including cents) and (ii) for ACH
debits, precisely identify the amount of the payment (including cents). Any inaccuracies in any of these
required fields will cause your stop payment to be ineffective. If you do not know the exact information as
required above, you must call 800-453-2265 to submit your stop payment request. Other requested information
will assist us in differentiating between similar presented items. A stop payment on an ACH debit will stop all
future debits from the chosen payee for the precise amount of payment indicated. If the first ACH debit in a
series of recurring ACH debits has already posted to your account, you may not be able to place a stop
payment order through the Service. If you wish to stop only a single payment in a series, if you aren’t certain of
the recurring debit amount, or if the amount of the recurring debits coming from the payee may vary, you must
call 800-453-2265. (Please note: Your ACH debit stop payment order with Commerce does not cancel your
prior authorization allowing the originator to deduct funds from your account. To prevent the originator from
debiting your account in the future for a different amount and bypassing your stop payment instructions, you
must contact the originator directly and revoke your prior authorization.) A written stop payment order will
remain in effect for a minimum of 180 days from the effective date or longer at our sole discretion or as
otherwise stated in the Service. However, during the process of placing a stop payment, You will be informed
of how long Your stop payment order will remain in effect. A stop payment order initiated through the Service
may be terminated through the Service only by the account holder who placed it. We may honor a stop
payment order on an Account initiated through the Service by any account holder or authorized signer,
regardless of who initiated or authorized the payment.
Online Bill Payment. For an additional fee, and so long as you have an established checking account, you can
perform the following tasks as a part of our Bill Payment service:
• Make payments from your Payment Account(s) in the amounts you request to persons or
o Payment Methods. We reserve the right to select the method in which to remit funds on your
behalf to your Biller. These payment methods may include, but may not be limited to, an
Payment") or a laser draft payment drawn on your Payment Account and signed "signature
on file" ("Draft Payment") (funds remitted to the Biller are deducted from your Payment
Account when the laser draft is presented to your financial institution for payment.).
o EFT To Check Payments. In some instances, CheckFree may issue a check payable to your
Biller, drawn on an account managed by CheckFree, which contains only user funds.
("Check"). CheckFree will debit your Payment Account on the Due Date. You agree to be
liable to CheckFree if there are insufficient available funds to pay the electronic debit. The
Check will not be paid by CheckFree if it is not presented within 90 days of the date of issue,
through the Service but has not begun processing. You may specify the date by which you
want the Biller to receive your bill payment ("Scheduled Payment Date"). That day can be any
Business Day up to 360 days in the future. The Scheduled Payment Date is also the day your
Payment Account will be debited, unless the Scheduled Payment Date falls on a non-
Business Day in which case it will be considered to be the previous Business Day. "Payment
Instruction" is the information provided by you to the Service for a bill payment to be made to
the Biller, such as, but not limited to, Biller name, Biller account number and Scheduled
Payment Date. "Due Date" is the date reflected on your Biller statement for which the
payment is due. It is not the late date or grace period. The earliest possible Scheduled
Payment Date for each Biller (typically four (4) or fewer Business Days from the current date)
will be designated within the application when you are scheduling the payment. Therefore, the
application will not permit you to select a Scheduled Payment Date less than the earliest
possible Scheduled Payment Date designated for each Biller. Depending on the U.S. Postal
Service, or other commercial delivery service, and the manner in which the Biller processes
the draft, a Draft Payment may post to your Payment Account before the Scheduled Payment
Date. When scheduling payments you must select a Scheduled Payment Date that is no later
than the actual Due Date unless the Due Date falls on a non-Business Day. If the actual Due
Date falls on a non-Business Day, you must select a Scheduled Payment Date that is at least
one (1) Business Day before the actual Due Date. Scheduled Payment Dates should be prior
to any late date or grace period. If more than one payment has the same Scheduled Payment
Date, we will, in our sole discretion, determine the order in which these payments are
processed.
o Payment Authorization and Payment Remittance. By providing the Service with names
and account information of Billers to whom you wish to direct payments, you authorize us to
follow the Payment Instructions that the Service receives through the payment system. In
order to process payments more efficiently and effectively, the Service may edit or alter
o When the Service receives a Payment Instruction, you authorize us to debit your Payment
Account and remit funds on your behalf so that the funds arrive as close as reasonably
possible to the Scheduled Payment Date designated by you. You also authorize us to credit
your Payment Account for payments returned to the Service by the United States Postal
Service, other mail or delivery service, or Biller; or payments remitted to you on behalf of
o Prohibited Payments. Payments to Billers outside the United States are prohibited. In
addition, you may not make a payment of alimony, maintenance, child support, taxes, or other
liable for any claims or damages resulting from your scheduling Prohibited Payments. The
Service Guarantee as it applies to any late payment related charges is void when Prohibited
Payments are scheduled and/or processed by the Service. We have no obligation to research
or resolve any claim resulting from the scheduling and/or processing of Prohibited Payments
by the Service. All research and resolution for any misapplied, improperly posted or
misdirected payments will be your sole responsibility.
o Biller Limitation. We shall have a reasonable opportunity to act before changes to your Biller
list are effective. While most Billers can be reached through the Service, we reserve the right
to refuse to allow you to designate any particular Biller or classes of Billers. We will notify you
if we decide to refuse to pay a Biller designated by you. This notification is not required if you
your Payment Instructions in such a manner that your bills are paid on time. You are
responsible for any late payment charge, finance charge, penalty or default that may
o Service Guarantee. Due to circumstances beyond our control, particularly delays in handling
and posting payments by Billers or financial institutions, some Transactions may take longer
to be credited to your account. We will bear responsibility for any late payment related
charges up to $50.00 should a payment post after its Due Date as long as the payment was
scheduled in accordance with the section entitled Payment Scheduling in this Agreement.
o You agree to notify us promptly if you receive notice from a Biller that a payment you made
using the Service has not been completed or remains unpaid. We will not be liable to you for
any damages to the extent that your failure or delay in notifying us that a bill payment was not
o Returned Payments. We will not be liable to you if a Biller cannot or will not accept a
payment made through the Service. You understand that Billers, the United States Postal
Service and/or other mail or delivery services may return payments to the Service for various
reasons such as, but not limited to, Biller's forwarding address expired; your account number
with Biller not valid; Biller is unable to locate your account; or your account with Biller is paid
in full. We will attempt to resolve the problem and return the payment to the Biller or we will
Address Or Banking Changes. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that the current contact information in
your user profile is current and accurate. This includes, but is not limited to, name, address, phone numbers
and e-mail addresses. Changes can be made either through the Service or by contacting Online Banking
Customer Service. Any changes in your Payment Account(s) must also be made in accordance with the
procedures contained in the Help files. All changes are effective immediately for Scheduled Payments and
future payments from the updated Payment Account information. The Service is not responsible for any
payment processing errors or fees incurred if you do not provide accurate Payment Account or contact
information.
Cancellation. The Service may be automatically cancelled by us if not used for two consecutive months.
Funds Availability. Funds are available for transfers and payments in accordance with our Funds Availability
Policy contained in the Deposit Agreement. If there are not sufficient available funds in the Deposit Account to
make transfers or Payment Account to make Scheduled Payments, we may either refuse to honor transfer or
payment requests or may make the transfer or payment and thereby overdraw the Deposit Account or Payment
Account. In either event, you will pay on demand by us the negative balance and are responsible for any
insufficient funds and return item charges. If you have overdraft checking privileges with us, you are bound by
the rules and regulations that apply to that credit privilege. If we refuse to honor a transfer or payment request
due to insufficient available funds, the request will be canceled and we will not make the transfer or payment at
a later date.
• EFT To Check Payments. In some cases CheckFree will issue a Check drawn on an account it
manages, which contains only user funds, to make a Scheduled Payment. If there are insufficient
available funds in your Payment Account on the Due Date for that payment, you will reimburse
Limitation on Dollar Amount And Frequency of Transactions. Subject to available Deposit Account
balances, funds transfers and bill payments can be made for any amount from $1.00 to $999,999.00. However,
transfers to your Prepaid Card are subject to (i) daily limits on the number of times you can load funds onto your
Prepaid Card through all load-request channels available (each fund transfer through the Service is considered
one load request); (ii) daily limits on the total dollar amount you can load onto your Prepaid Card; and (iii)
maximum amount that can be loaded onto your Prepaid Card at any given time. Refer to your Prepaid Card
Cardholder Agreement for details on such limitations. Also, transfers from a Personal Line of Credit will require
a $50.00 minimum and will be limited by the available credit on the Personal Line of Credit. With the exception
of transfers to a Prepaid Card, there are no limitations on the number of Transactions that can be made during
any time period to or from any Account, except as provided by federal regulations limiting preauthorized
transfers. By federal regulation, you are limited during any statement cycle to six preauthorized or automatic
transfers (three of which may be by check, draft or similar order) if the Account is a savings or a savings with
limited check writing privileges (money market type) account. Online bill payments and transfers between your
Deposit Accounts are considered preauthorized transfers.
CHARGES FOR TRANSACTIONS OR RIGHT TO MAKE TRANSACTIONS
Wealth Manager –
No additional charge. However, talk to your Commerce Trust Company representative for any charges related
to the Wealth Manager service.
No Charge
Small Business Online Banking is FREE for myBusiness, myBusiness Select, and Small Business Options
checking accounts and applicable Personal Accounts. A monthly fee may apply when enrolling other types of
business accounts.
Online Account Access - PC Banking and Online Banking For Business Accounts with Quicken, QuickBooks or
Microsoft Money:
"Online Account Access Session" is a telecommunications connection between your computer and Commerce
Bank or CheckFree, in which you make one or more balance inquiries, fund transfers, e-mail communications or
any combination thereof.
Online Bill Payment - Internet Banking for Personal Accounts, PC Banking for Personal Accounts with Quicken,
QuickBooks or Microsoft Money, or Small Business Bill Pay:
Small Business Online Bill Payment is FREE for myBusiness, myBusiness Select, and Small Business Options
checking accounts. A monthly fee of $6.95 for 20 payments, plus $0.60 for each additional payment may apply
when enrolling personal or other types of business accounts.
Online Bill Payment - PC Banking for Business Accounts with Quicken, QuickBooks, or Microsoft Money:
$10.00 (Includes 20 payments; $7.00 for each additional group of up to 10 payments)
There may be a charge for additional transactions and other optional services. You agree to pay such charges
and authorize the Service to deduct the calculated amount from your designated Billing Account for these
amounts and any additional charges that may be incurred by you. However, if there are insufficient funds in the
Billing Account, we may debit any Deposit Account as a source of payment of Transactions and for any related
fee or service charge. Any financial fees associated with your standard deposit accounts will continue to apply.
Because of differences between the service charge billing cycle and your Billing Account statement cycle, the
monthly service charge may not appear on consecutive periodic statements. The service charge for two months
may appear on the same periodic statement. The monthly service charge will apply whether or not you use the
Service during the billing cycle. You are responsible for any and all telephone access fees and/or internet
service fees that may be assessed by your telephone and/or internet service provider. We may change or add
fees, without notice unless required by law. The fees in our Fee Schedules or the Deposit Agreement also
apply. If a fee is waived because of your participation in a package account product, the fee may be assessed
without notice upon termination of that condition.
It is our general policy to treat your account information as confidential. However, we will disclose information to
third parties about your Account or the Transactions you make:
• In order to verify the existence and condition of your Account for a third party, such as a credit bureau,
We may also share information with affiliates for purposes of offering or providing you other products or
services, or may share our account experience information.
Periodic Statement. You will get a monthly statement if you have an Account upon which checks or drafts may
be drawn. You will get a monthly statement on your regular savings account if there are Transactions during the
month. In any case you will get a regular savings statement quarterly.
Statement Delivery Options. You have two (2) options for the delivery of your periodic statement, by paper via
U.S. Mail and/or by electronic delivery (a PDF version of your periodic statement that is available to view and
print inside the Service). Unless you elect to receive electronic statements, you will continue to receive paper
statements via U.S. mail. If you slect to receive your periodic statement by electronic delivery, you
understand and agree that you will no longer receive paper statements or the documents enclosed with
the paper statements, such as checks or images of checks, or payment coupons and business reply
envelopes. If you have more than one Account with us you will need to select a statement delivery method for
each Account. If you select the electronic delivery option, we will send an e-mail reminder (to the e-mail
address(es) you provide when you select the option) notifying you when your statement becomes available to
access through Online Banking at commercebank.com. You agree that you are responsible for maintaining a
valid e-mail address and agree to notify us of any change in your e-mail address. You can change the e-mail
address for the statement reminder at any time through Online Banking's Customer Service menu. Should
delivery of the email reminder be unsuccessful for whatever reason, it nevertheless remains your responsibility
to retrieve your periodic statements in a timely manner from commercebank.com. Your statement will be posted
to and available for viewing on or about the same day each month. The terms and conditions of your account
agreement, including your duty to promptly review such statements and report any irregularities, shall apply to
electronic statements (see section herein titled “YOUR LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS” for
additional details) . Electronic statements, including any legal notices about your Account which are provided
electronically as part of your statement (such as change in terms), will remain available online for five (5) years
for eligible Credit Accounts and seven (7) years for eligible Deposit Accounts. You may also print the
statements or download to your own system. You may request a paper copy of any statement by sending us a
message through Online Banking's Customer Service menu. Charges may apply for paper copies. Please
refer to your applicable Account agreement. You may cancel your electronic delivery selection at any time and
receive paper statements via U.S. Mail by changing your statement option through Online Banking's Customer
Service menu. Fees may apply for some types of paper statements.
Your electronic statements will be made available as an Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) file. To
access and retain a PDF file, you need the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® (version 5.0 or higher). You may
download the reader software application from Adobe's web site. You agree that you have the necessary
RIGHT TO STOP PAYMENT, PROCEDURE FOR DOING SO, AND BANK'S LIABILITY FOR
FAILURE TO STOP PAYMENT
Payment Cancellation Requests Through the Service. You may cancel or edit any Scheduled Payment
(including recurring payments) by following the procedures in the Guides. You may cancel or edit a Scheduled
Payment through the Service until midnight Central Time of the sixth (6) Business Day before the Scheduled
Due Date. There is no charge for canceling or editing a Scheduled Payment. Once the Service has begun
processing a payment it cannot be cancelled or edited, therefore a stop payment request must be submitted
(see below).
Stopping Payment Through Us. If it is too late to cancel a Scheduled Payment online through the Service as
described above, or if there is a failure in the connection to CheckFree prior to the date the payment is
processed, you may be able to stop payment through us. Although we will make every effort to accommodate
your request, we will have no liability for failing to do so.
To stop payment, you must call or write us at the phone number or address listed in this Agreement.
Your stop payment request must include your Payment Account number, the Biller, the exact amount of the
payment and the Scheduled Payment Date. We will charge you our then current stop payment fee.
Your ability to stop payment depends upon the payment method and whether or not the payment has cleared
your Payment Account. Online Banking Customer Service will identify whether the payment was made by
We shall have a reasonable opportunity to act before the stop payment order, renewal or termination is
effective. We may honor a stop payment order on an Account by any account holder or authorized signer,
regardless of who initiated the payment. We may terminate oral stop payment orders without notice in 14 days
from the date requested, unless confirmed in writing. A written stop payment order will remain in effect for a
minimum of 180 days from the effective date. If you wish to renew or terminate a stop payment order, you must
do so in writing to us. A stop payment order may be terminated only by the account holder who placed it.
Failed or Returned Transaction. In using the Service, you are requesting the Service to make payments for
you from your Payment Account. If we are unable to complete the transaction for any reason associated with
your Payment Account (for example, there are insufficient funds in your Payment Account to cover the
transaction), the transaction will not be completed. In some instances, you will receive a return notice from the
Service. In such case, you agree that:
• You will reimburse the Service immediately upon demand the transaction amount that has been
charge equal to 1.5% monthly interest or the legal maximum, whichever rate is lower, for any unpaid
• You will reimburse the Service for any fees imposed by your financial institution as a result of the
return;
• You will reimburse the Service for any fees it incurs in attempting to collect the amount of the return
If we do not complete a Transaction to or from your Payment Account on time or in the correct amount
according to this Agreement, we will be liable for your actual losses, if any, as provided by applicable laws and
regulations. However, there are some exceptions. We shall not be liable and any Service Guarantee shall be
void if we are unable to complete a Scheduled Payment or other Transaction if for example, but without
limitation,
• Through no fault of ours, you do not have enough available funds in your Account to complete a
• The Transaction would be over the limit of your available credit limit if you have overdraft protection.
• You have not properly followed the Guides or the Agreement for using the Service, or if your computer,
• The Biller information necessary to complete the payment stored on your PC's hard drive and/or the
• You do not authorize a payment soon enough for your payment to be received by the Biller by the Due
Date.
• Withdrawals from any of your Accounts have been prohibited by a court order such as a garnishment
or other legal process, or the Account is in dispute or restricted for any other reason.
• The Service, payment processing center or your equipment was not working properly and either the
breakdown was apparent, you knew about the breakdown, or we had advised you about the
• You have not provided the correct and complete Payment Account information, Biller name, address,
• Circumstances beyond our control, including, without limitation, fire, casualty, breakdown in equipment
or failure of telecommunications or data processing services, sabotage, labor shortage, lockout, strike,
unavoidable accident, acts of God, riot, war or the enactment, issuance or operation of any adverse
governmental law, ruling, regulation, order or decree, or an emergency or catastrophe that prevents or
materially interferes with the Bank's normal operations, prevents us from the processing of any
Provided none of the foregoing exceptions are applicable, if the Service causes an incorrect amount of funds to
be removed from your Payment Account or causes funds from your Payment Account to be directed to a Biller
which does not comply with your Payment Instructions, the Service shall be responsible for returning the
improperly transferred funds to your Payment Account, and for directing to the proper Biller any previously
misdirected transactions, and, if applicable, for any late payment related charges.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
If the Service is not available due to malfunction of the system or circumstances beyond our control, you agree
to access accounts and pay bills by other means such as a bank branch, ATM, telephone, check, credit or debit
card. Online Banking Customer Service and your Commerce Banker will assist you with these alternate means.
We shall not be liable for any expenses you incur as a result of using alternate means of access or payments.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by law, we are not responsible for any loss, injury,
or damage, whether direct, indirect, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including lost
profits, attorney fees, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if advised of the possibility
thereof) resulting from (i) the use or inability to use the Service; (ii) the cost of procurement of
substitute goods and services or messages received or Transactions entered into through or from the
Service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or
conduct of any third party on the Service; or, (v) any other matter relating to the Service including the
installation, operation, or maintenance of your computer or related equipment
In cases of errors or questions about electronic Transactions involving your Personal Deposit Accounts (refer to
your Cardholder Agreement for procedures relating to errors or questions regarding your Commerce Bankcard
Accounts and refer to your Credit Agreement for procedures relating to errors or questions regarding your
Credit Accounts):
Call us or write us at the phone number or address listed in this Agreement as soon as you can, if you think
your statement is wrong or if you need more information about a Transaction listed on the statement. We must
hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared,
or, if you elected to receive electronic statements, then no later than 60 days after we send the e-mail
notification that the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared was available in OLB.
• Describe the error or the Transaction you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you
If you tell us orally, we may require that you send your complaint or question in writing within 10 Business Days.
Generally, we will tell you the results of our investigation within 10 Business Days after we hear from you and
will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45 calendar days to
investigate your complaint or question. If we decide to do this, we will provisionally re-credit your Account within
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. If we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do not
receive it within 10 Business Days, we may not re-credit your Account. If notice of an error involves a new
account, the applicable time period for acting shall be 90 calendar days in place of 45 days. For new accounts
we may take up to 20 business days to credit your account for the amount you think is in error.
If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation within 3 Business Days after we
finish our investigation and will revoke any provisional credit to your Account. You may ask for copies of
documents that we used in our investigation.
You will be deemed to have received your physically-mailed statements five (5) business days after its date,
absent proof of an earlier or later actual delivery date. See Statement Delivery Options section herein for
more details regarding your statement options and electronic statements.
This feature is only for the delivery of electronic bills. It is your sole responsibility to contact your Billers directly if
you do not receive your statements. If you elect to activate one of the Service's electronic bill options, you agree
to the additional terms of this section.
Information Provided To The Biller. The Service is unable to update or change your personal information
such as, but not limited to, name, address, phone numbers and e-mail addresses, with the electronic Biller. You
must make any changes by contacting the Biller directly. It is your responsibility to maintain all usernames and
passwords for all electronic Biller sites. You agree not to use someone else's information to gain unauthorized
access to another person's bill. The Service may, at the request of the Biller, provide to the Biller your e-mail
address, service address, or other data specifically requested by the Biller at the time of activating the electronic
bill for that Biller, for purposes of the Biller informing you about Service and/or bill information.
Activation. Upon activation of the electronic bill feature the Service may notify the Biller of your request to
receive electronic billing information. The time for delivery of your first electronic bill may vary from Biller to Biller
and may take up to sixty (60) days, depending on the billing cycle of each Biller. The ability to receive a paper
copy of your statement(s) is at the sole discretion of the Biller. While your electronic bill feature is being
activated it is your responsibility to keep your accounts current. Each electronic Biller reserves the right to
accept or deny your request to receive electronic bills.
Authorization to obtain bill data. Your activation of the electronic bill feature for a Biller shall be deemed by us
to be your authorization for us to obtain bill data from the Biller on your behalf. For some Billers, you will be
asked to provide us with your user name and password for that Biller. By providing us with such information,
you authorize us to use the information to obtain your bill data.
Notification. The Service will use its best efforts to present all of your electronic bills promptly. In addition to
delivery of electronic bills through the Service, we may send an e-mail notification to the e-mail address listed
for your account. It is your sole responsibility to ensure that your e-mail address is accurate. In the event you do
not receive notification, it is your responsibility to periodically logon to the Service and check on the delivery of
new electronic bills. The time for notification may vary from Biller to Biller. You are responsible for ensuring
timely payment of all bills.
Cancellation Of Electronic Bill Delivery. The electronic Biller reserves the right to cancel the delivery of
electronic bills at any time. You may cancel electronic bill delivery at any time. The timeframe for cancellation of
your electronic bill delivery may vary from Biller to Biller. It may take up to 60 days, depending on the billing
cycle of each Biller. The Service will notify your electronic Biller(s) when you cancel the electronic bill feature. It
is your sole responsibility to make arrangements for an alternative form of bill delivery. The Service will not be
responsible for the delivery of any electronic bills that are already in process at the time of cancellation.
Non-Delivery Of Electronic Bill(s). You agree to hold us harmless should the Biller fail to deliver your
electronic bills. You are responsible for ensuring timely payment of all bills. You must request copies of
previously delivered bills directly from the Biller.
Accuracy And Dispute Of Electronic Bills. We are not responsible for the accuracy of your electronic bill(s).
The Service is only responsible for presenting the information we receive from the Biller. You must address
directly with the Biller any discrepancies or disputes regarding the accuracy of your electronic bill summary or
detail. This Agreement does not alter your liability or obligations that currently exist between you and your
Billers.
INTERNET CONNECTION
You understand and agree that use of or connection to the Internet is inherently insecure and that connection to
the Internet provides opportunity for unauthorized access by a third party to your computer systems, networks,
and any and all information stored therein. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of
the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to
conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices. All information transmitted
and received through the Internet is subject to unauthorized interception, diversion, corruption, loss,
access, and disclosure. We shall not be responsible for any adverse consequences whatsoever of your
connection to or use of the Internet, and shall not be responsible for any use by you of an Internet
connection in violation of any law, rule, or regulation or any violation of the intellectual property rights
of another.
EXCLUSION OF WARRANTIES
a. YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS"
AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. COMMERCE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND,
WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
b. COMMERCE MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii)
THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS
THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv)
OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS
c. ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS
DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE
COMMERCE OR THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT
You agree that Commerce shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your access to the
Service.
You may terminate your use of the Service at any time by calling or writing Online Banking Customer
Service at the address provided in this Agreement. If you terminate the Service, you authorize us to
continue making transfers you have previously authorized and Scheduled Payments until such time as we have
had a reasonable opportunity to act upon your termination notice, not to be less than ten (10) Business Days
after oral or written notice is received by Customer Service. You may terminate this Agreement through the
Service, which will be effective immediately. Once we have acted upon your termination notice, we will make no
further transfer or payment from your Account through the Service, including any transfer you have previously
authorized or Scheduled Payment. If you would like to transfer the Service to a different Payment Account with
us, you must provide 30 Business Days advance written notice. Termination will not affect your liability or
obligations under the Agreement.
We may terminate your use of the Service, in whole or in part, at any time without prior notice, and, in
our sole discretion, remove an Account at any time from access through the Service. If we terminate your
use of the Service, we reserve the right to make no further transfers or payments from your Accounts, including
any Transactions you have previously authorized. Your access to the Service will be terminated
automatically if the Payment Account is closed, or access to the Payment Account is restricted for any
reason.
NOTICES
Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, all notices required to be sent to you will be effective when we
mail or deliver them to your last known mail or e-mail address that we have for you in our records. You agree
that we may send or provide by electronic communication any notice, communication, amendment or
replacement to the Agreement, or disclosure required to be provided orally or in writing to you. You agree to
receive any electronic messages sent to you and will not attempt to avoid receiving any messages. You are
deemed to have received any electronic messages sent to you when they are made available to you. Except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement, any notice that you send to us must be mailed to the address listed on
the first page of this Agreement. Such notice is effective when it is actually received by us and we have had a
reasonable opportunity to act, not to be less than 5 Business Days. We may, in our sole discretion, act upon
verbal notice from you except with respect to oral stop payment notices.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Commerce, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or
other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit, post to or transmit through the Service,
your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of this Agreement, or your violation of any
rights of another.
AMENDMENTS
This Agreement, applicable fees and service charges may be amended from time to time. Unless otherwise
required by law, we may amend the Agreement or update the Terms and Conditions by positing a notice on our
website, sending you a copy or a message on your periodic statement, or sending an electronic communication.
As part of the Service, you agree to receive all legally required notifications via electronic means. Your
continued use of the Service after the effective date of any amendment, or after a reasonable time not to
exceed 10 calendar days, if no such date is stated, will constitute your acceptance of the terms of the
amendment. We may, from time to time, revise or update the Service or Guides, which may render all prior
versions obsolete. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement as to all such prior version and limit access
to only the most recent revisions and updates.
MODIFICATION TO SERVICE
Commerce reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or
permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Commerce shall not be
liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
ASSIGNMENT
You may not assign the Agreement to any other party. We may assign the Agreement or delegate any or all of
our rights and responsibilities under the Agreement to independent contractors or other third parties.
NO WAIVER
No delay or omission by us in exercising any rights or remedies under the Agreement shall impair such right or
remedy or be construed as a waiver of any such right or remedy. Any single or partial exercise of a right or
remedy shall not preclude further exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver shall be valid unless signed
in writing by us.
CONTENT OF SITE
You understand that all information, data, text, software, messages or other information on the Site ("Content"),
remain the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. Commerce originates Content
regarding account information, balances, transactions and advertising directly related to Commerce
("Commerce Content"). Please be advised that the Commerce Content relating to account information is based
on transactions that have been posted on the previous Business Day.
Persons, businesses, organizations, news agencies, and other entities ("Third Parties") unrelated to and outside
the control of Commerce originate all other Content ("Third Party Content"). Commerce does not control the
Third Party Content posted via the Service and, as such, is not responsible for the accuracy, integrity, legality or
quality of it. This means that you, and the Third Party, but not Commerce, are entirely responsible for all Third
Party Content that is uploaded, posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted or received via the Service. Under no
circumstances will Commerce be liable in any way for any Third Party Content, including, but not limited to, any
errors or omissions in any Third Party Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the
use of the Third Party Content. Please be advised Third Parties may be charged to place Third Party Content
on the Service.
You acknowledge that Commerce does not pre-screen Third Party Content, but that Commerce shall have the
right (but not the obligation) in its sole discretion to refuse, move or delete any Third Party Content that is
You acknowledge and agree that Commerce may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required
to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a)
comply with legal process; (b) enforce this Agreement; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights
of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Commerce, its users and the public.
You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service
contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other
laws. The information and materials may not otherwise be copied, displayed, distributed, downloaded, licensed,
modified, published, re-posted, reproduced, reused, sold, transmitted, used to create a derivative work or
otherwise used for public or commercial purposes, except as provided in these terms and conditions without our
Copyright in the images, text, screens, and web pages appearing at the Site is owned by Commerce or others
as indicated. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or
information presented to you through the Service or Third Parties is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.
Commerce grants you the rights it has in the software associated with the Service to allow you to use the object
code of the software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy,
modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any
source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Service or
software associated with it. You agree not to modify the software in any manner or form, or to use modified
versions of the software associated with the Service, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining
unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the
interface that is provided by Commerce for use in accessing the Service.
CAPTIONS
The captions of sections of the Agreement are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning
or construction of any of the provisions.
GOVERNING LAW
Personal Customers. The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable
federal laws and regulations and, to the extent not preempted by federal laws and regulations, by the laws and
regulations of the state that govern the Payment Account, without regard to its conflicts of laws provisions, as
provided in the Deposit Agreement ; provided, however, that any dispute solely between you and CheckFree
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to its
conflicts of laws provisions.
Business Customer. This Agreement shall be subject to UCC Article 4A as in effect in the state in which
Commerce's home office is located. All terms used in this Agreement have the meanings given to them under
UCC Article 4A. To the extent UCC Article 4A does not apply to a particular issue or circumstance, this
Agreement shall be subject to federal laws and the laws in effect in the state in which Commerce's home office
is located. Any dispute solely between Customer and CheckFree shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to conflicts of laws provisions.
SEVERABILITY
If any provision of this Agreement, the Application for Service, or any other documents issued in connection with
this Agreement shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable as written,
the affected provision shall be interpreted so as to achieve, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the
purposes intended under the original provision, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and
effect, as modified.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
In the event of a dispute regarding the Service, you and the Service agree to resolve the dispute by looking to
this Agreement. You agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us
relating to the Service, which supersedes any prior agreement, oral or written, and any other communications
between you and us related to the Service. If there is a conflict between what our employee says, or what an
employee of a third party to whom we have delegated any of our rights and responsibilities under this
Agreement says, and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. In the event of a
conflict between the Agreement and the Guides, or any other agreements or disclosures relating to your
Accounts, the Agreement shall control.
MISCELLANEOUS
You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or
related to use of the Service or this Agreement must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of
action arose or be forever barred.
COMMERCE AND CUSTOMER HEREBY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY MATTERS
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS.
Appendix 1
Small Business Online Banking (“SB OLB”) provides a convenient way to access and manage your
business accounts. To protect your account information and ensure the appropriate access is
provided for your business, please read this Statement of Understanding before you enroll.
1. Administrator designation and enrollment. The following criteria must be met to enroll in SB
OLB (whether the initial enrollment or a re-enrollment): On each Signature Card for each deposit
account in the name of business, the desired administrator must (i) be an authorized signer; (ii) be
granted Box D “Treasury Services/Electronic Banking” privileges; and (iii) be identified as the
business’ designated Administrator (the “Administrator”). Each individual business entity (as
represented by either a TIN or SSN) may have only one designated Administrator at any given time
and only the designated Administrator can enroll in SB OLB. It is recommended that an owner or
senior manager of the business be designated as the Administrator. The Administrator will be
required to agree to Commerce’s Online Banking Terms and Conditions, which includes this
Statement of Understanding, on the business’ behalf.
2. Administrator’s access. Once enrolled, the Administrator will be granted online access to all of
the business’ banking relationships with Commerce that are or may become accessible through SB
OLB from time to time (“Account(s)”). This includes the ability to access non-depository credit-
related relationships (e.g., credit cards, loans, lines of credit, etc.) for which the Administrator
may or may not have previously established, legal authority to conduct business upon.
3. Administrator’s capabilities. For all such Accounts, the Administrator will have (i) access to all
Account information (both current and historical) and (ii) the ability to utilize any feature or
functionality that is available from time to time in SB OLB. This includes, but is not limited to,
the ability to send money through various payments channels from your Accounts to any third party
(e.g. pay a biller), transfer funds between permitted Accounts (e.g., pay down loan balance from
funds in a deposit account and/or transfer funds between deposit accounts), elect to have future
bank communications (e.g. Account statements) delivered electronically to your business within SB
OLB or to an Administrator-provided email address in place of the delivery of paper communications,
etc.
5. Sub-users. The Administrator may grant online access to Sub-users (e.g., CPA or office
manager). Such access can have either (i) Full Access (any and every capability that Administrator
has from time to time in SB OLB) or (ii) Customized Access (limited capabilities as determined by
the Administrator). It is recommended that Administrators periodically review Sub-user access as
well as their access rights, as failure to do so may increase your business’ exposure to risk of loss.
So long as the Administrator for a Sole Proprietorship or Sole Member LLC is also the sole
proprietor or sole member of the business entity, the Administrator may request his/her personal
Accounts be linked to his/her business Accounts in SB OLB.