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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John S. Burnett
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