1. Application for SMS Banking
1.1 Eligible customers of the Bank desirous of availing the services should
submit an application in the form prescribed herewith duly completed, at the
branch of the Bank, where the customer has his primary account.
1.2 Customers of the Bank shall be allowed to use the facilities only after his
/ her / their application has been processed and the information furnished is
registered with the Bank. The processing of the application form shall require a
minimum of 3 days from the date of submission of the application.
1.3. Customer will be able to avail the services after the activation is done be
the Bank.
1.4. The Customer undertakes that he / she shall provide accurate information
wherever required and shall be responsible for the correctness of information
provided by him to Bank at all times including for the purposes of availing of
the Facility. Bank shall not be liable for consequences arising out of erroneous
information supplied by the Customer.
1.5. The Bank shall have the right to reject the application of any person
without assigning any reasons.
2 Eligibility
2.1. Customers having a Savings / Current / Cash Credit /
Term Deposit account with any branch of the Bank having prescribed balance with
satisfactory operations in the account are eligible to avail the SMS Banking.
2.2. Facility will be given to Individual Accounts having self operating
instructions or in case of joint accounts, the facility shall be provided to the
account holder/s only if he is authorized to act independently.
2.3. In case of Joint Accounts as above all the joint account holders would have
to sign in the Declaration form authorizing the Bank to provide the facility to
the applicant. For SMS Banking each applicant can register individually. 2.4.
All or any transactions arising from the use of the Facility in the joint
account shall be binding on all the joint account holders, jointly and
severally.
2.5. The Bank shall extend the facility to the guardians of “Guardian Operated
Minor Accounts”.
2.6. Bank reserves the right to offer this SMS Banking facility to a customers,
add or change the existing services and may withdraw such a facility at any time
without notice and without giving any reasons thereof. Banks sole discretion and
without prior notice, to temporarily suspend the operation of the facility for
updating, maintenance and upgrading purpose, or any other purpose whatsoever
Bank being fit and in such event Bank shall not be liable for any loss,
liability or damage which may be incurred as a result.
2.7. User of SMS Banking acknowledge and agree that Bank may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, without notice and from time to time add to, vary, alter,
suspend or remove any part of or all the facility or any functions at the
discretion of the Bank.
3. Authorization & Disclosure
3.1 The Customer expressly authorizes the Bank to disclose
to the mobile service provider all user information in its possession, as may be
required by them to provide the services to the Customer.
3.2 All records of Bank generated by the transactions arising out of use of the
Facility, including the time of the transaction recorded shall be conclusive
proof of the genuineness and accuracy of the transactions.
3.3 Customer authorizes Bank to send any message such as promotional, greeting
or any other message that the Bank may consider appropriate to the Customer.
3.4 The Bank shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the Customer
information is kept confidential. The Bank however shall not be responsible for
any divulgence or leakage of confidential customer information.
4. Usage / Process for SMS Banking
4.1 The Customer shall use only his mobile phone, the number
of which has been informed to the Bank to access the facilities.
4.2 The Customer shall use the keyword/s stipulated by the Bank from time to
time to access the various services.
4.3 The Customer must keep the SIM card and his mobile phone in his possession
at all times. The Customer shall be solely responsible for the consequences in
case, the customer do not adhere to the above.
4.4 Once activated, the customer would receive Push Alert messages, when the
preferred events occur in the accounts mentioned in the registration form.
4.5 The Bank also reserves the right to make any additions or deletions or
revisions in the services offered through SMS Banking at any time.
5. SMS banking facility
Pull Request Facility Under Pull request facility following
facilities will be provided by the Bank
1. Balance Request
2. Last 3 transactions request SMS Banking Alert – Push facility The last
updated mobile number in the records
of the Bank would be used to send the Alerts. At present following alerts are
available.
1. Term Deposit Maturity Alerts
2. Cheque Return Alerts
3. Transaction Alerts The Alerts will be available to the Customer only if the
Customer is within the cellular service range of the particular cellular service
provider or within such area, which forms part of the roaming network of such
cellular service provider providing services to the Customer. Alert shall be
available only when the system of the Bank is available. The Customer
acknowledges that to receive alerts, his mobile phone number must be active and
accessible. The Customer acknowledges that if the customer’s mobile phone number
is inaccessible or inactive continuously the Customer may not receive the Alert
message sent by the Bank. The Customer acknowledges that the SMS Banking Alert
Facility is dependent on the infrastructure, connectivity and services provided
by service providers engaged by the Bank. The Customer accepts that the
timeliness, accuracy and readability of Alerts sent by the Bank will depend on
factors affecting other service providers engaged by the Bank.
6. Customer Responsibility / Liability
6.1 The Customer is responsible for the accuracy of any
information provided by the Customer in his / her application for availing the
facilities or through SMS Banking.
6.2 In case the Customer observes any error in the information provided by the
Bank through these facilities, the Customer shall immediately inform the Bank.
The Bank will make the best possible efforts to rectify the error as soon as
possible.
6.3 The Customer agrees that the account / details provided by the Bank through
these facilities shall be prepared by electronic means and the Bank shall not be
responsible for any incorrect information.
6.4 The Customer is responsible for intimating to the Bank any change in his
phone number / SIM Card / e-mail address or account details and the Bank will
not be liable for any error in sending Alerts / Statement or other information
over the Customers mobile phone number / email address recorded with the Bank.
6.5 The Customer assumes responsibility for all transaction in his / her account
emanating from his mobile phone.
6.6 The Customer shall immediately inform the Bank, in writing, to suspend his
service, if his mobile is lost or has been allotted to another person or e-mail
address is no longer valid.
6.7 The Customer must not leave mobile phone unattended or permit any person
access to his mobile phone in such a manner that he may access unauthorized
security code for facility, whether with or without customer consent.
6.8 The Customer irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Abhyudaya Co-op.
Bank Ltd. to access all his accounts for affecting banking or other transactions
of the customer through the SMS Banking facility. The Customer further
authorizes Abhyudaya Co-op. Bank to share the account information with third
party for the purpose of accepting / executing request of the customer for
providing SMS Banking facility.
7. Indemnity
7.1 Bank shall not be responsible for any failure on part
of the Customer to utilize the Facility due to the Customer not being within the
geographical range within which the Facility is offered.
7.2 The Bank does not warrant the confidentiality or security of the messages /
mails whether personal or otherwise transmitted through the Facility. Bank makes
no warranty or representation of any kind in relation to the system and the
network or their function or performance or for any loss or damage whenever and
howsoever suffered or incurred by the Customer or by any person resulting from
or in connection with the Facility.
7.3 The Customer agrees to indemnify the Bank for any loss occurring due to the
customer permitting any other third party to use these facilities or to have the
access to his mobile phone / email or leaving the mobile phone unattended or due
to loss of mobile phone.
7.4 The Bank does not guarantee the performance of the system and network and
shall not be held liable for any loss or damage whatsoever suffered or incurred
by the Customer resulting from the services.
7.5 Bank shall not be responsible for any loss or damages arising directly or
indirectly as a result of malfunctioning / failure of the machine or services.
8. Fees
8.1 At present the SMS banking facility will be given free
of cost to the Customers.
8.2 Bank shall have the discretion to charge such fees as it may deem fit from
time to time and may at its sole discretion, revise the fees for use of any or
all of the Facility, with or without notice to the Customer.
8.3 Bank shall have the discretion to charge such fees as it may be decided
time to time and debit from the account of customer on a monthly basis or
periodicity decided by the Bank.
9. Termination
9.1 The Customer can terminate the SMS Banking / Alert
facility at any time by giving a written notice of at least fifteen days to the
Bank.
9.2 The Bank may withdraw the SMS Banking / Alert facility at any time with or
without giving any notice to the Customer.
9.3 The closure of any account of the customer in the Bank or surrendering of
mobile phone connection by customer or disconnection of mobile phone by the
service provider may result in stoppage of services for the closed accounts or
automatically terminate the service completely.
These terms and conditions together with the application
made by the Customer and as accepted by the Abhyudaya Co-op. Bank Ltd. shall
form the contract between the Customer and Bank, and shall be further subject to
such terms as Bank may agree with any other third party providing such services
to Bank which shall facilitate providing of the Facility by Bank to the
Customer. These terms and conditions shall be in addition to and not in
derogation of the terms and conditions governing any Account of the customer and
/ or any other product / services provided by the Bank to him. Any dispute or
differences arising out of or in connection with the facility shall be subject
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai.
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