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#2060037 - 01/22/16 06:41 PM Reg E Opt-in
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Just a refresher question. Must we offer the Opt-In option to all customers with a debit card? Or can we require an account is good standing for say 6 months before we offer this service?

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#2060186 - 01/22/16 10:54 PM Re: Reg E Opt-in Banker57
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You never "must" offer an opt-in.
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#2060214 - 01/25/16 01:08 PM Re: Reg E Opt-in Banker57
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And you can only offer an Opt-in if you provide an overdraft protection service. Without that you have a UDAAP issue.
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#2060455 - 01/26/16 01:30 PM Re: Reg E Opt-in Banker57
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Just to be clear, we do provide overdraft protection. We are NOT required to make the Opt-In offer to every debit card holder.

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#2060456 - 01/26/16 01:42 PM Re: Reg E Opt-in Banker57
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No, you are not and you can only provide it to those who have the overdraft protection product.
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#2060840 - 01/27/16 08:32 PM Re: Reg E Opt-in Banker57
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Just to emphasize the point that you can't offer an opt-in if you don't offer overdraft protection (or courtesy overdraft, if you prefer). To make the opt-in valid and avoid potential UDAAP problems, your overdraft protection, if a cardholder opts in, must allow him or her to use the card to overdraw the account. You could limit that ability to ATM withdrawals (and not provide it for one-time debit card transactions) or vice versa, if you have the system capabilities, as long as you accurately describe what the service allows. But you can't solicit an opt-in if you won't approve any transaction pre-authorization request that would overdraw the account, just so you can impose an overdraft fee if a transaction sneaks through to create an overdraft.
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