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OverviewWhen you enroll with Virtual Branch® Services as an IHECU member, you can perform home banking tasks, pay your bills, and communicate with the credit union quickly and easily from the comfort of your own home or wherever you might happen to be. These services provide secure access at any hour of the day. If you have questions, help is at your fingertips. Virtual Branch® provides several resources including on-line interactive help, electronic messages to customer service, or you can simply pick up the phone. Enrolling with Virtual Branch®To subscribe to the service, contact IHECU to obtain an enrollment application or use the convenient On-Line Enrollment Form. Once filled out, this application should be returned to the credit union for immediate processing. Your application will be validated and you will be enrolled in the service. Once enrollment is complete, you will receive a unique UserID and a temporary Security Code. The first time you access Virtual Branch®, you must change this temporary Security Code to another code you select. A Security Code may be any 4- to 8-digit number you choose, but we strongly encourage using the full eight digits for maximum security. Protect this code just as you do for your ATM PIN number and change it often. If you forget your Security Code, contact the credit union and the Service administrator will reset your UserID after confirming your identity.
BankIT Home BankingVirtual Branch Home Banking allows you to review account balances and history, transfer funds, review and change scheduled transfers, and look at transfer history. The Account Summary feature provides a list of your accounts including account number and type of account. When you select an account from the list of accounts, you are presented with the Account Detail screen including current balances, rate information, next payment date and amount on loans, and other useful information about the account. This screen also includes up-to-the minute transaction history for each account. Each transaction is displayed with posted date, amount, type of transaction, and balance afterward. Some types of accounts have additional history information as well. You may view transaction history as far back as 45 days for share draft accounts and 105 days for all other accounts. The Account Transfer feature offers three types of transfers:
Transfers that are set up for future dates are called "scheduled" transfers. These transfers may be either one-time or automatic. The first transfer date may be no more than 18 months in the future. Scheduled transfers are processed on the scheduled date. Transfers scheduled for non-business dates (such as January 1 or weekends) are processed on the next business day for one-time transfers and on the previous business day for automatic transfers. The Scheduled Transfers feature allows you to review pending one-time or automatic transfers or cancel a transfer before it occurs. You may also change information, depending on the type of scheduled transfer:
If you want to change the FROM or TO account, you must cancel the transfer and set it up correctly. An immediate transfer takes place the instant it has been confirmed, so it cannot be modified or canceled afterward. The Transfer History feature provides the details and status of transfers that you have made. You may select which transfer(s) you want to review. If you do not specify any criteria, all available transfer history will be presented. If you specify:
If you want to direct the search to a more restricted list of past transfers, you may specify any combination of transfer details. PayIT Bill PaymentIf you select PayIT Bill Payment Services, Virtual Branch allows you to schedule payments to merchants, review and change scheduled payments, and review payment history. PayIT offers an alternative to the traditional method of paying bills. Instead of writing a check and mailing the payment to the merchant, you can handle all payments through Virtual Branch. You can schedule payments to be made on certain dates. PayIT provides a confirmation number for every payment and keeps track of your payment history. These features make PayIT an excellent record keeper. You no longer have to keep track of the payments you've made because PayIT does it for you. Paying Bills involves three steps:
PayIT uses one of the following methods to pay bills:
The processing times provided above are recommendations only. Virtual Branch and IHECU cannot control or guarantee the merchant's timely processing of payments once they are received by the merchant. You should consider allowing more lead-time to ensure that the merchant has ample time to actually post the payment. It is then the merchant's responsibility to post the payment in a timely manner. You must exercise special care when scheduling payments for government obligations such as taxes and court-directed payments. Ample time for the delivery, processing and posting of a payment should be allowed since you may incur significant penalties as a result of late payments. If you fail to provide the correct merchant and account information, your payments may not be successfully completed. Your regular Checking Statement will reflect if payments were completed via electronic or paper means and will include the merchants name. Virtual Branch supports the following types of payments:
Payments that are set up for future dates are called scheduled payments. These payments include one-time payments and automatic payments. The first payment date may be no more than 18 months in the future. Payments are processed on the scheduled date. Payments scheduled for non-business dates (such as January 1 or weekends) are processed on the next business day for one-time payments and on the previous business day for automatic payments. The Scheduled Payments feature allows you to review scheduled payments (one-time and automatic) and change or delete a selected payment before the payment occurs. You may change payment information depending on the type of scheduled payment:
The Payment History feature allows you to find and review past payments by specifying the payment details. You may select which payments(s) you want to review. If you do not specify any criteria, all available payment history will be presented. If you specify:
If you want to direct the search to a more restricted list of past payments, you may specify any combination of the payment details listed above. MailIT Electronic MessagingYou can use MailIT to communicate with IHECU's customer service. MailIT allows you to review, save, and delete received messages and to send new messages to Customer Service. You can use MailIT at any time to communicate questions, problems or requests. Communicating has never been so simple. From time to time, you may be notified by automated messages of problems resulting from your use of the Service. For example, if a payment is failed due to insufficient funds or incorrect merchant information, you may receive a message via MailIT. You are notified immediately after you Login to the Service of any new messages in your Inbox. Personal OptionsYou can use Personal Options to change your Security Code and to add or delete an account. You may also use Personal Options to change personal information on the Service; however, you must also notify IHECU directly of any relevant changes to this information as these changes do not transfer from Virtual Branch to IHECU's on-line files. At the time of enrollment, the accounts you specified were set up for you on Virtual Branch. After enrollment, you may change account information as follows:
You may only delete an account from the service after all scheduled transfers or payments attached to it have been canceled. |