Privacy Policy/Security Issues

At International Bank of Amherst , we have always recognized and respected our customers' expectations that we protect personal and financial information. We know that this is the cornerstone of trust and a good relationship. We have no intention of sharing your information with any third party. We have developed a Privacy Policy which is available below. There are several good websites with information about Identity Theft and electronic fraud. Click here to go to our FYI Page for suggestions concerning your personal security, articles about the issues, and links to governmental and law enforcement sites.

Terms of Use

THESE TERMS GOVERN THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY BEFORE ACCESSING THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS DO NOT ACCESS THE WEBSITE. BY ACCESSING THE WEBSITE OR ANY OF ITS PAGES YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.

This website has been established by the Bank for the sole purpose of conveying information about the Bank’s products and services and to allow communication between the Bank and its customers. Information that appears on this website should be considered an advertisement. Nothing contained in any page on this site takes the place of the bank’s agreements and disclosures that govern its products and services. If any information on the site conflicts with that in the bank’s agreements and disclosures, the agreements and disclosures will control.

From time to time the Bank may place links to other websites on this page. The Bank has no control over any other website and is not responsible for the content on any site other than this one. Users assume all responsibility when they go to other sites via the links on this page.

The information and materials contained in this website are owned by the Bank or by others, as applicable. No material may be copied, displayed, transmitted, distributed, framed, sold, stored for use, downloaded, or otherwise reproduced except as permitted by law.

The Bank makes no warranties of any kind regarding the products and services advertised on this site. The Bank will use reasonable efforts to ensure that all information displayed is accurate; however, the Bank expressly disclaims any representation and warranty, express and implied, including, without limitation, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, suitability, and the ability to use the site without contracting a computer virus. The Bank is not responsible for any loss, damage, expense, or penalty (either in tort, contract, or otherwise), including direct, indirect, consequential and incidental damages, that result from the access of or use of this site. This limitation includes, but is not limited to the omission of information, the failure of equipment, the delay or inability to receive or transmit information, the delay or inability to print information, the transmission of any computer virus, or the transmission of any other malicious or disabling code or procedure. This limitation applies even if the Bank has been informed of the possibility of such loss or damage.

This agreement may be changed from time to time by posting the new Terms of Use on the website. All users agree to be subject to this agreement as it changes from time to time.

This agreement and the use of this website are governed by the laws of the state of Wisconsin.

Funds Availability Policy

PURPOSE OF THIS DISCLOSURE

The information here describes our policy of holding deposited items in an account before funds are made available to you for withdrawal. This is our Funds Availability Policy. In summary our policy is to make your funds available on the first Business Day after the day of deposit. Please refer to the section DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUR DEPOSIT for the complete policy. For purposes of this disclosure, the terms "you"/"your" refer to the customer and the terms "our"/"we"/"us" refer to THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST. The term "account" includes any demand deposit, negotiable order of withdrawal account, savings deposit, money market account or other non-time deposit account.

DETERMINING THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUR DEPOSIT

The length of the delay varies depending on the type of deposit and is explained below. When we delay your ability to withdraw funds from a deposit, you may not withdraw the funds in cash, and we will not pay checks you have written on your account by using these funds. Even after we have made funds available to you and you have withdrawn the funds, you are still responsible for checks you deposit that are returned to us unpaid and for any other problems involving your deposit. When we delay your ability to withdraw funds, the length of the delay is counted in Business Days from the day of your deposit. The term "Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federally declared legal holiday, and the term "Banking Day" means that part of any Business Day on which we are open to the public for carrying on substantially all of our banking functions. If you make a deposit before 3:00 pm on a Business Day that we are open, we will consider that day to be the day of your deposit. However, if you make a deposit after 3:00 pm or on a day that we are not open, we will consider the deposit made on the next Business Day we are open.

AVAILABILITY SCHEDULE

Our policy is to make funds from your cash and check deposits available to you on the first Business Day after the day we receive your deposit. Electronic direct deposits will be available on the day we receive the deposit. Once the funds are available, you can withdraw them in cash and we will use them to pay checks that you have written.
Cash Withdrawal Limitations. We place certain limitations on withdrawals in cash. In general, $200.00 of a deposit of checks is available for withdrawal in cash on the same day that we receive your deposit. In addition, a total of $400 of other funds becoming available on a given day is available for withdrawal in cash at or after 5:00 pm on that day. Any remaining funds will be available for withdrawal in cash on the following Business Day. For example, if you deposit a check of $700 on a Monday, $200.00 of the deposit is available to withdraw in cash on Monday. You may withdraw another $400 of the deposit in cash at or after 5:00 pm on Tuesday. You may withdraw the rest in cash on Wednesday.

HOLDS ON OTHER FUNDS FOR CHECK CASHING

If we cash a check for you that is drawn on another financial institution, we may withhold the availability of a corresponding amount of funds that are already in your account. Those funds will be available at the time funds from the check we cashed would have been available if you had deposited it and we decided to delay availability on the deposit

HOLDS ON OTHER FUNDS IN ANOTHER ACCOUNT

If we accept for deposit a check that is drawn on another financial institution, we may make funds from the deposit available for withdrawal immediately but delay your availability to withdraw a corresponding amount of funds that you have on deposit in another account with us. The funds in the other account would then not be available for withdrawal until the time periods that are described elsewhere in this disclosure for the type of check that you deposited and we decided to delay availability on the deposit.

LONGER DELAYS MAY APPLY

In some cases, we will not make all of the funds that you deposit by check available to you according to the previously stated availability schedule. Depending on the type of check that you deposit, funds may not be available until the first Business Day after the day of your deposit. The first $200.00 of your deposits, however, may be available on the day of deposit. If we are not going to make all of the funds from your deposit available to you according to the previously stated availability schedule, we will notify you at the time you make your deposit. We will also tell you when the funds will be available. If your deposit is not made directly to one of our employees, or if we decide to take this action after you have left the premises, we will mail you the notice by the day after we receive your deposit. If you will need the funds from a deposit right away, you should ask us when the funds will be available. Funds you deposit by check may be delayed for a longer period under the following circumstances: (a) if we believe a check you deposit will not be paid; (b) if you deposit checks totaling more than $5,000 on any one day; (c) if you redeposit a check that has been returned unpaid; (d) if you have overdrawn your account repeatedly in the last six months; or (e) if an emergency condition arises that would not enable us to make the funds available to you, such as the failure of computer or communications equipment. We will notify you if we delay your availability to withdraw funds for any of these reasons, and we will tell you when the funds will be available. They will generally be available no later than the seventh Business Day after the day of your deposit. If you will need the funds from a deposit right away, you should ask us when the funds will be available.

SPECIAL RULES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS

If you are a new customer, the following special rules may apply during the first 30 days your account is open.
Same Day Availability. Funds from electronic direct deposits, cash (if made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*) and wire transfers made to your account will be available on the day we receive the deposit.
Next Day Availability. Funds from the first $5,000 of a day's total deposits of U.S. Treasury checks (if payable to you and deposited into your account), U.S. Postal Service Money Orders (if payable to you and deposited into your account, and the deposit is made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*), Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Home Loan Bank checks (if payable to you and deposited into your account, and the deposit is made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*), State or Local Government checks (if payable to you and deposited into your account, and the deposit is made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*), Cashier's, Certified, or Teller's checks (if payable to you and deposited into your account, and the deposit is made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*), Traveler's checks (if payable to you and deposited into your account, and the deposit is made in person to an employee of THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AMHERST*), and checks drawn on us are available on the first Business Day after the day of your deposit. *If you do not make your deposit in person to one of our employees (for example, if you mail the deposit), funds from these deposits will be available no later than the second Business Day after the day of your deposit. The excess over $5,000 will be available on the First Business Day after the day of deposit. Funds from all other check deposits will be available on the seventh Business Day after the day of your deposit.

FOREIGN CHECKS

Checks drawn on financial institutions outside of the U.S. (foreign checks) cannot be processed the same as checks drawn on U.S. financial institutions. Foreign checks are exempt from the policies outlined in this disclosure. Generally, the availability of funds from deposits of foreign checks will be delayed for the time it takes us to collect the funds from the financial institutions upon which they are drawn.

Annual Disclosure Statement

Notice of Availability

Financial information about the International Bank of Amherst is available to our customers, shareholders, and the general public on request.

In accordance with federal regulation to facilitate more informed decision making by depositors, and the general public, we will provide an Annual Disclosure Statement containing financial information for the last three years. This information will be updated annually and available by February 15 th .

To obtain a copy of the Annual Disclosure Statement – please contact:

H B Pomeroy, President 715-824-3325
International Bank of Amherst
PO Box 39
Amherst WI 54406

Community Reinvestment Act Notice

Under the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) evaluates our record of helping to meet the credit needs of our community consistent with safe and sound operations. The FDIC also takes this record into account when deciding on certain applications submitted by us.
Your involvement is encouraged.

You should know that:

• You are entitled to certain information about our operations and our performance under the CRA including, for example, information about our branches, such as their location and services provided at them; the public section of our most CRA Performance Evaluation, prepared by the FDIC; and comments received from the public relating to our performance in helping to meet community credit needs, as well as our response to those comments. You may review this information at 103 South Main Street , Amherst , WI 54406 .
• At least 30 days before the beginning of each quarter, the FDIC publishes a nationwide list of all banks that are scheduled for CRA examination in that quarter. This list is available from the Regional Manager, Division of Compliance and Consumer Affairs, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 500 West Monroe Street, Suite 3300 Chicago, IL 60661. You may send written comments about our performance in helping to meet the community credit needs to H B Pomeroy, President, International Bank of Amherst PO Box 39, Amherst, WI 54406 and to the FDIC Regional Manager,. Your letter, together with any response by us will be considered by the FDIC in evaluating our CRA performance and may be made public.
• You may ask to look at any comments received by the FDIC Regional Manager, You may also request from the FEIC Regional Manager an announcement of our applications covered by the CRA filed with the FDIC.

This statement was revised and adopted by the Bank's Board of Directors on November 4, 1997

Our community is defined on a map displayed in the main lobby at 103 South Main Street , Amherst , WI 54406