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FirstMerit Online Bill Pay Terms and Condition
Note: All references to the "Service" reflect the Online Bill Payment Service offered by FirstMerit Bank, N.A through CheckFree Services Corporation. Checkfree is an independent third party not affiliated with FirstMerit.
Service Definitions
Payments Scheduling and Service Agreement
Payment Authorization and Remittance
Payment Methods, Cancellations, and Stops
Prohibited Payments and Exceptions
Bill Delivery and Presentment
Exclusions of Warranties | Password and Security
Your Liability for Unauthorized Transfers | Errors and Questions
Disclosure of Account Information | Service Fees and Charges
Failed or Returned Transactions | Alterations and Amendments
Address or Banking Changes | Service Termination or Cancellation
Returned Payments and Disputes
No Waiver, Captions, and Governing Law
YOUR LIABILITY FOR UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFERS

If you tell us within two (2) Business Days after you discover your password or other means to access your account has been lost or stolen, your liability is no more than $50.00 should someone access your account without your permission. If you do not tell us within two (2) Business Days after you learn of such loss or theft, and we can prove that we could have prevented the unauthorized use of your password or other means to access your account if you had told us, you could be liable for as much as $500.00. If your monthly financial institution statement contains transfers that you did not authorize, you must tell us at once. If you do not tell us within sixty (60) days after the statement was sent to you, you may lose any amount transferred without your authorization after the sixty (60) days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money had you told us in time. If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay) prevented you from telling us, we may extend the period.

ERRORS AND QUESTIONS

In case of errors or questions about your transactions, you should, as soon as possible, notify us via one of the following:

  1. Telephone us at 888-554-4362 during customer service hours, Monday thru Friday from 7am to 9pm and Saturday from 8am to 5pm or email customerservice@firstmerit.com;
  2. Contact us by using the application's e-messaging feature; and/or,
  3. Write us at:
    FirstMerit Bank, N.A.
    Customer Contact Center OPC 849
    295 FirstMerit Circle
    Akron, Ohio 44307-2359

If you think your statement is incorrect or you need more information about a Service transaction listed on the statement, we must hear from you no later than sixty (60) days after the FIRST statement was sent to you on which the problem or error appears. You must:

  1. Tell us your name and Service account number;
  2. Describe the error or the transaction in question, and explain as clearly as possible why you believe it is an error or why you need more information; and,
  3. Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.

If you tell us verbally, we may require that you send your complaint in writing within ten (10) Business Days after your verbal notification. We will tell you the results of our investigation within ten (10) Business Days after we hear from you, and will correct any error promptly. However, if we require more time to confirm the nature of your complaint or question, we reserve the right to take up to forty-five (45) days to complete our investigation. If we decide to do this, we will provisionally credit your Payment Account within ten (10) Business Days for the amount you think is in error. If we ask you to submit your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within ten (10) Business Days, we may not provisionally credit your Payment Account. If it is determined there was no error we will mail you a written explanation within three (3) Business Days after completion of our investigation. You may ask for copies of documents used in our investigation. The Service may revoke any provisional credit provided to you if we find an error did not occur.