Membership Agreement, Disclosures, and Fee Disclosure

Membership Booklet

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Truth-In-Savings Disclosure (Checking and Savings)

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Truth-In-Savings Disclosure (Savings)

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USA Patriot Act Notice

Important Information About Procedures for Opening a New Account

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account.

What this means for you: When you open an account, we will ask you for your name, physical address, date of birth, taxpayer identification number, and other information that will allow us to identify you. We may also request to see your driver’s license or other identifying documents. For businesses and legal entities, we may request documentation to verify the entity’s existence and the authority of individuals acting on its behalf.

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we comply with federal laws designed to protect the financial system and our members.

Federal Reserve Bank’s Regulation E

Important Information About Procedures for Opening a New Account

Under the Federal Reserve Bank’s Regulation E, members of Education Credit Union are required to personally notify Education CU (or opt in) if you want the Credit Union to automatically pay overdrafts on your ATM or debit card transactions, through our Courtesy Pay program. Education CU will not automatically allow overdrafts to occur on ATM or debit card transactions on existing accounts unless you give us permission to do so. As a result, you may experience more frequent denials when using your card. To avoid any interruption in your card use, please visit any Education CU branch to enroll in our Courtesy Pay program. Please note that this regulation only applies to those transfers done by ATM/debit cards. Overdrafts occurring with Share Drafts and ACH transactions may still be automatically allowed by Education CU for a fee. The Federal Reserve Bank’s Regulation E is a directive of the federal government and applies to all financial institutions.

Consumer Alert

Education Credit Union always has your financial interest in mind, and part of that is financial security and privacy. Education CU will NEVER send you any communications with a link to a web page or login screen, or any request for personal information such as account numbers, PINs, or other passwords. If you receive a questionable email requesting personal Education CU information, or an email that appears to be from Education CU that includes a link to any website, please contact Education CU at 800-687-8144 or 806-358-7777.

Reg GG Notification – Prohibition on Unlawful Funding of Internet Gambling

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA / Reg GG) prohibits any person engaged in the business of betting or wagering (as defined in the Act) from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful internet gambling.

As defined in Regulation GG, unlawful internet gambling means to “place, receive or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by any means which involves the use, at least in part, of the internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or state law in the State in which the bet or wager is initiated, received or otherwise made”.

As a member of Education Credit Union, , these restricted transactions are prohibited from being processed through your account or banking relationship with us. If you do engage in an internet gambling business and open a new account with us, we will ask that you provide evidence of your legal capacity to do so.

Membership Likeness Appropriation

Education Credit Union promotes the credit union by publicizing certain credit union events in various media, including in newsletters and on the Internet. This publicity may involve the use of pictures or other media showing members attending credit union events. By attending credit union events, members consent to the use of their likeness or image for general credit union promotional purposes.

Balance v. Available Balance

Balance: The total amount of money recorded in your account, including funds not yet available for you to use. For regular share savings accounts, the total will include your $5.00 membership share that is placed on hold to secure your membership. For checking accounts, the balance is the total amount you have in your account before any pending transactions post.

Available Balance: The amount of money in your account that you can use right now. For regular share savings accounts, this is the amount available for withdrawal (not including the $5.00 membership share). For checking accounts, this is the available amount including pending and posted transactions for the current day. Pending and posted transactions will contribute to determining if a courtesy pay or non-sufficient funds (NSF) fee will be imposed.

Here is how we calculate your available balance:

  1. Start with previous end of day balance.
  2. Add any pending credit transactions.
  3. Subtract any pending debit transactions, deposits that are not available yet for withdrawal, and any holds on your account.

In some cases, the balance can match the available balance. In other cases, the available balance may be less, and you cannot use all of the shown “balance” funds you have in the account at that time.

Privacy Policy

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Mobile Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 10/27/2026

Education Credit Union (the “App”)– powered by Fiserv – helps you control your credit and/or debit cards through your mobile device, making it easy to manage your finances on the go.

The App allows you to:

  • get real-time balances for your accounts
  • manage your money
  • view your transactions and statements
  • make transfers
  • pay your bills and manage billers
  • deposit a check
  • receive alerts
  • manage cards

This Privacy Policy, in combination with other relevant privacy notices that we provide to you (e.g., pursuant to financial privacy laws), inform you of the policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any personal information that we and our service providers collect from or about users in connection with the App’s website and mobile application (the “Services”).

THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT IN THE APP
Through your use of the Services, we may collect personal information from you in the following ways:

(a) Personal Information You Provide to Us.

  • We may collect personal information from you, such as your first and last name, address, e-mail, telephone number, and social security number when you create an account.
  • We will collect the financial and transaction information necessary to provide you with the Services, including account numbers, payment card expiration date, payment card identification, verification numbers, and transaction and payment history.
  • If you provide feedback or contact us via email, we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content included in the email, in order to send you a reply.
  • We also collect other types of personal information that you provide voluntarily, such as any information requested by us if you contact us via email regarding support for the Services.

(b) Personal Information Collected from Third Parties. We may collect certain information from identity verification services and consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus, in order to provide some of our Services.

(c) Personal Information Collected Via Technology. We and our service providers may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with our Services, our communications, and other online services, such as:

  • Device data, such as your computer’s or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g., phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers, language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g., Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state or geographic area.
  • Online activity data, such as pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, the website you visited before browsing to the Service, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.
  • Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor’s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, and helping us understand user activity and patterns.
  • Local storage technologies, like HTML5 and Flash, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
  • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.
  • Location Information. If you have enabled location services on your phone and agree to the collection of your location when prompted by the Services, we will collect location data when you use the Services even when the app is closed or not in use; for example, to provide our fraud detection services. If you do not want us to collect this information, you may decline the collection of your location when prompted or adjust the location services settings on your device.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION COLLECTED IN THE APP
(a) General Use. In general, we use your personal information collected through your use of the Services to respond to your requests as submitted through the Services, to provide you the Services you request, and to help serve you better. We use your personal information, in connection with the App, in the following ways:

  • facilitate the creation of, and secure and maintain your account;
  • identify you as a legitimate user in our system;
  • provide improved administration of the Services;
  • provide the Services you request;
  • improve the quality of experience when you interact with the Services;
  • send you administrative e-mail notifications, such as security or support and maintenance advisories; and
  • send surveys, offers, and other promotional materials related to the Services.

(b) Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

  • comply with applicable laws, lawful requests and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
  • protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
  • audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies;
  • enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Service; and
  • prevent, identify, investigate, and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

(c) Creation of Non-Identifiable Data. The App may create de-identified information records from personal information by excluding certain information (such as your name) that makes the information personally identifiable to you. We may use this information in a form that does not personally identify you to analyze request patterns and usage patterns to enhance our products and services. We reserve the right to use and disclose non-identifiable information to third parties in our discretion.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We disclose your personal information collected through your use of the Services as described below.

(a) In Accordance with Our Other Privacy Notices. Other than as described in this Privacy Policy in connection with the App, this Privacy Policy does not apply to the processing of your information by us or third parties with whom we share information.

(b) Third Party Service Providers. We may share your personal information with third party or affiliated service providers that perform services for or on behalf of us in providing the App, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including: to provide you with the Services; to conduct quality assurance testing; to facilitate the creation of accounts; to optimize the performance of the Services; to provide technical support; and/or to provide other services to the App.

(c) Authorities and Others. Regardless of any choices you make regarding your personal information, The App may disclose your personal information to law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, for the compliance and protection services described above.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The App may contain links to third party websites. When you click on a link to any other website or location, you will leave the App and go to another site and another entity may collect personal and/or anonymous information from you. The App’s provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for, these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
You have several choices regarding use of information on the Services.

(a) How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals. Some web browsers transmit “do not track” signals to the websites and other online services with which your web browser communicates. There is currently no standard that governs what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. We currently do not take action in response to these signals. If and when a standard is established, we may revise its policy on responding to these signals.

(b) Access, Update, or Correct Your Information.  You can access, update, or correct your information by changing preferences in your account. For additional requests, please contact us.

(c) Opting Out of Email or SMS Communications. If you have signed-up to receive our email marketing communications, you can unsubscribe any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of the email or other electronic communication. Alternatively, you can opt out of receiving marketing communications by contacting us at the contact information under “Contact Us” below. If you provide your phone number through the Services, we may send you notifications by SMS, such as provide a fraud alert. You may opt out of SMS communications by unlinking your mobile phone number through the Services.

(d) Opting Out of Location Tracking. If you initially consented to the collection of geo-location information through the Services, you can subsequently stop the collection of this information at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device. Please note, however, that if you withdraw consent to our collection of location information, you may no longer be able to use some features of the App.

SAFEGUARDS AND RETENTION
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures in an effort to safeguard the information in our custody and control against theft, loss and unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure. Nevertheless, transmission via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

A NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN
The Services are not directed towards individuals under the age of 18, and we do not, through the App, intentionally gather personal information about visitors who are under the age of 18. If a child under 18 submits personal information to us through the App and we learn that the personal information is the information of a child under 18, we will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision. We will notify you of any material changes in its collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information by posting a notice on the Services. Any material changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective thirty (30) calendar days following notice of the changes on the Services. These changes will be effective immediately for new users of the Services. If you object to any such changes, you must notify us prior to the effective date of such changes that you wish to deactivate your account. Continued use of the Services following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes.

CONTACT US
If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy or The App’s data collection or processing practices, or if you want to report any security violations to The App, please contact The App by email at: MSC.Info@educationcu.com; or by mail at:

Education Credit Union
6203 Hillside Rd
Amarillo, Tx 79109

Fee Schedule

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ECU Standards & Expectations for Use of Social Media

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