Unionbank of the Philippines Savings Accounts Terms
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UNIONBANK OF THE PHILIPPINES Withdrawals SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TERMS AND CONDITIONS Withdrawals shall be made only by the depositor personally or upon his A. OPENING OF ACCOUNT written authority duly authenticated and in such form acceptable to the Bank. Only signatures appearing on the signature cards on file will be A Savings Account may be opened by an individual, singly or by two (2) honored by the Bank. or more persons jointly, who is/are free from any legal disability subject to the Bank's account requirements. No withdrawal of any amount in excess of the cleared outstanding balances of an account as shown in the bank records shall be allowed. The account may also be opened by a juridical entity, in the name of a corporation, partnership, associations, and other juridical entities For Passbook-Based Accounts provided all documents / requirements are submitted and complied with. No withdrawal is permitted without the presentation of the passbook. The initial deposit, minimum balance requirement (MBR) to operate the No entries other than those effected by the Bank shall be recorded in the account and to earn interest shall be set by the Bank. savings passbook. In the event of any discrepancy between the entries in the passbook and the Bank's records, the latter shall prevail. For Social Security System (SSS) Pensioner's Savings Accounts For Statement-Based (ATM) Accounts The account may be opened by an SSS pensioner in accordance with the Bank's account opening requirements together with a “Letter of Withdrawals from this type of account are done using the ATM card and Introduction” (LOI) from the SSS. Only individual accounts may be the machine. The ATM facility allows up to PhP 20,000.00 total opened by pensioners. withdrawal per day unless otherwise indicated or requested by the client. B. DEPOSITS The cardholder shall be liable for all withdrawals arising from the use or misuse of the card. Deposits may be made in the form of cash, check, or fund transfers. Bills Payment may be done via UnionBank ATMs and www. unionbankph.com website. Check deposits received after the clearing cut-off time are considered transactions of the following day. Fund transfers may be done by moving funds between UnionBank accounts and to non-UnionBank accounts. Electronic messages Second endorsed checks, post-dated and stale checks are not pertaining to fund transfer transactions received by the Bank shall be acceptable for deposit. As the owner of the account, the client shall conclusive; otherwise, error reports should be immediately ensure the validity, correctness, and genuineness of all endorsements communicated to the Bank. appearing on all checks or items to be deposited to his account. Any alterations made on any check deposited must be authenticated by the In accepting payment/fund transfer instructions, the Bank acts merely as drawer's full signature. conduit between the client and the payee of the bill/s, undertaking to transfer funds, and therefore, the Bank does not assume responsibility to In receiving checks and other items for deposit, the Bank obligates itself the payee or to the client for any discrepancies in the payment caused only as the depositor's collecting agent, assuming no responsibility by depositor's error or delay in effecting the payment instructions beyond beyond carefulness in selecting correspondents, and is liable only when the control of the Bank. actual payment shall have come into its possession. The depositor shall not use the Bank facility to transfer funds for illegal The Bank reserves the right to refuse acceptance of deposits if it purposes or for any form of money laundering. The depositor agrees to resolves that acceptance of deposits would expose itself to any risks. hold the Bank free and harmless from any legal problems that the fund transfer may result to. Deposit and/or payment for bills authorized to be paid through the Bank The Bank reserves the right not to perform any fund transfer transaction via UnionBank ATM shall be credited to the corresponding accounts only if it has sufficient grounds to believe that such transfer shall place the after and in accordance with the results of the verification by two (2) Bank in bad situation or expose the Bank to violation of Anti-Money bank personnel. The amount counted by these two (2) bank personnel Laundering Law and existing laws and BSP regulations. from the client's envelope coursed thru the machine, shall be deemed to be the correct amount deposited. Discrepancies noted will be For Dollar Savings Account communicated to the cardholder within three (3) banking days from the date deposit/payment was made. The Bank records shall be conclusive Withdrawals can be in the form of US dollar notes (subject to on the amount of the deposit for credit to client's accounts despite availability), demand drafts, and telegraphic transfers. In case discrepancies. withdrawals are made in US dollar demand drafts, it is agreed that any dispute arising from said payment instruments between the depositor The Bank shall not be responsible for resulting entries based on and the bank shall be governed by laws of the State of New York, USA erroneous or illegible account number on the deposit slip/envelope. pursuant to the Bank's depository contractual arrangement with its depository bank in the USA. The Bank reserves the right to debit the depositor's account for any amount previously credited if uncollected. D. INTEREST, FEES, CHARGES, AND PENALTIES For Dollar Savings Account The Bank may impose and deduct any necessary fees or other amounts pertaining to the account the depositor has. Unless otherwise agreed, Deposits may be in the form of notes, checks, drafts, and telegraphic the Bank may modify at any time the rate of interest fees, charges, transfers via the Philippine Domestic Dollar Transfer System (PDDTS) penalties, or other amounts applicable to any account or service and and/or SWIFT acceptable to the Bank. communicate such changes to the depositor through announcements in the branch premises. It is expressly agreed and understood that the provision of Article 1250 of the New Civil Code pertaining to cases of extraordinary inflation or Minimum Account Balance deflation of foreign currency and stipulates that unless agreement exists A minimum account balance must be maintained at the agreed /required to the contrary, the basis of payment shall be the value of the currency at monthly average daily balance computed as follows: the time of establishment of the obligation, shall not be applicable to this deposit account. Sum of end-of-day Cleared Account Balance of the month divided by the actual number of Days of the Month. Checks drawn against banks located outside the US continent are Products* Min. Required ADB usually sent for collection. The fees/charges collected by the clearing Regular Savings 25,000 banks abroad shall be debited from the depositor's account. The checks Dollar Savings $500 sent for collection will be credited only upon receipt of the advice of Dollar Access $1,000 payment. EON 0 *Required balance of an account may vary depending on the specific All deposits are further subject to applicable existing and future laws, type of account or its product/service availment with the Bank. rules and regulations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). A Maintenance Fee shall be charged to an active or a dormant account when the Average Daily Balance (ADB) of the said account falls below C. WITHDRAWALS the required balance for two (2) consecutive months. Withdrawals / encashment / payments / fund transfers are allowed only Refer to the updated Fees and Charges List/Table posted in the branch against cleared funds. premises. For Interest Earning Accounts H. JOINT ACCOUNT Interest rates are decided by the Bank and may vary depending on the This Agreement shall be binding upon Joint Account depositors and their approved interest rates schedule. It is understood that the rate of interest heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns and terms thereof shall not shall be variable based on he Bank's formula, which shall consider the be waived, amended or modified, except with the written conformity of accounts clear balance for the day. the Bank. Interest computation is based on Daily Cleared Balance and is subject to • Joint “And” Account - The depositors agree and declare that the withholding tax. Interest is based on 365 days for Savings Accounts and account is their joint account belonging to and payable to both the is accrued daily except for Dollar Access Accounts. For regular Savings depositors. The Bank requires the signature of all the depositors in Accounts, interest is posted at the last calendar day of the quarter while withdrawal transactions or payment of funds. Upon the death of one for Dollar Access Accounts at the last calendar day of the month. of the co-depositors, the legal representative of the deceased co- depositor shall co-sign the withdrawal form with the surviving co- If account is closed before interest posting, the interest accrued is depositor, in accordance with the rules for settlement of estate of a forfeited in favor of the Bank. However, interest earned as of closing deceased person, and other related laws, rules and regulations, date may be given upon client's request. when applicable. Withholding Tax • Joint “Or” Account - The depositors agree and declare that the account is their joint account belonging to both of the depositors The tax on interest earned is governed by the rates prescribed by law. and payable to either one of them. In case one of the co-depositors predeceases the other, the entire balance of the account shall be E.