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Account Opening and Selection Notice
05/05/2019
For account opening, my bank requires a separate application, signature card, and Uniform Single-Party or Multi-Party Account Selection Notice. Is there a regulation/law/code that requires all of these to match? While auditing, I noticed POD selection and information missing from an application; however, the beneficiary has been named [properly] on the selection notice. Do I need to have the customer complete a new application?
Corporate Banking Resolutions-Banking Relationship
05/05/2019
Is a Corporate Banking Resolutions on a bank's letterhead which is completed and certified by the Board Secretary with the corporate seal affixed, sufficient to memorialize a resolution taken by a company's board of directors regarding actions related to a banking relationship such as appointing a new board secretary or adding and deleting signers?
Adding to Time Acct. After Initial Funding
04/28/2019
Can we put a cap on how much may be added to a time account after the initial funding? For example, if a customer opens a time deposit with $5,000 and then wants to add $100,000, we would not allow that. Can we put a restriction in place that you could not add more to the account during the term than the original amount, so if the account was opened with $5,000 that they could not add more than an additional $5,000? Also can we allow an HSA CD to be a time account, or are there restrictions on this?
Business Trust List Beneficiaries?
04/28/2019
Can a business trust list beneficiaries on the trust account? For example, another bank would like to set up a trust account with our bank and list their customers as the beneficiaries.
Counseling Reports for Excessive Overdrawn Accts.
04/28/2019
What are the requirements in relation to counseling reports for excessive overdrawn accounts and what regulation can I find that in? We already send notification out each time an account is overdrawn more than 6 times in a 12 month period. We also contact customers via phone and letters at 15, 30, and 45 days of being overdrawn. Are we required to mention "counseling?"