Online Banking Service Agreement

Bank of America Online Banking Service Agreement: Business Services Addendum

  1. Show Topics for General Description of this Addendum
    1. What this Addendum Covers
    2. Relationship to Other Agreements
    3. Accepting the Agreements
    1. Description of Account Management
    2. Creating and Managing Users
    1. Linking Accounts of Additional Businesses and Consumer Account
    2. Profile Linking (Self Service)
    1. Relationship to Other Agreements
    2. Description of Cash Flow Monitor
    3. Eligibility for Cash Flow Monitor
    4. Information from Third Parties/Service Limitations
    5. Rights You Grant to Us
    6. Alerts
    7. Suspension or Termination
    8. Support Services
    9. Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Information and Third-Party Account Information
    10. Fees
    11. Licenses
    1. Description of the Direct Payments Service
    2. Fees
    3. Dollar Limits
    1. Description of Payments and Invoicing Service
    2. Bill Payments
    3. Auto-Connect
    4. Accounts Receivable
    1. User Conduct
    2. License to Use the Business Services
    3. Rights We Reserve
    4. Not a Legal, Financial Planner or Tax Advisor
    5. Third Party Service Providers/Third Party Beneficiary

    1. General Description of this Addendum

    A. What this Addendum Covers

    This Addendum to the Bank of America Online Banking Service Agreement (“Agreement”) sets forth the terms for your use of the services available exclusively to small business customers (“Business Services”), described herein.

    You understand that the Business Services are intended to be used for business purposes only, and not for personal, family or household purposes.

    B. Relationship to Other Agreements

    Except where modified by this Addendum, all the existing terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in effect. If there is a conflict, the terms in this Addendum will control your use of the Business Services.

    C. Accepting the Agreements


    When you apply for, enroll in, activate, download or use any of the Business Services described in this Addendum, as may be amended from time to time, or authorize others to do so on your behalf, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement and this Addendum (together, referred to in this Addendum as the “Agreements”), as each may be amended from time to time, as well as any terms and instructions that appear on a screen when enrolling in, activating or accessing the Business Services.

    2. Account Management

    A. Description of Account Management

    The Account Management service allows you to establish individual account access levels (including customized access to Bill Pay and Payments and Invoicing) in online banking.

    B. Creating and Managing Users

    You may authorize other users and control their scope of activities by designating user levels, access levels, and account settings. You may add additional users to your online banking profile and provide each with a separate Online ID and passcode.

    You may designate the user level either as “user” (also sometimes referred to as “sub-user”) or “Administrator.”

    An Administrator in Account Management is a user who is able to create additional users, edit and monitor other users. An Administrator in Account Management is not eligible to enroll in other Business Services or grant levels of access to other users that have not been granted to the Administrator.

    For each user, you can designate which account(s) the user will have access to. You may also place limits on the types of transactions for each account to which the user is granted access.

    For each account linked to your Online ID, except for personal investment accounts, you can designate each user's access level and account settings.

    Access Level (also sometimes referred to as “Activity Level”) means either Transactional Access, View Access or No Access.

    You agree that users have Transactional Access, unless otherwise specified by you or an Administrator. You agree that by granting Transactional Access (also sometimes referred to as “financial access” or “full access”) to an account you will be allowing a user to transfer funds, make payments, perform account maintenance, and view account balances and activity on the account, subject to the selected account or general service settings.

    View Access (also sometimes referred to as “inquiry access” or “basic access”) allows a user to only view account balances and activity, subject to the selected account or general service settings.

    1. Account Settings

    Account settings are levels of access and transactional limits that you and/or an Administrator may select for each user.

    In addition to specifying Transactional, View, or No Access for a user of an account, you can also specify certain other account settings, including transaction limitations as provided on our web site. You may also designate certain "general service settings," which are global settings that may affect more than one account. These include Full Access Bill Pay, Payroll Services and Direct Payments.

    There are additional controls available for the Bill Pay option. If you select to enable Full Access for a user of Bill Pay, that user will automatically have Transactional Access to all the accounts that you have set up for Bill Pay, and the user will be able to pay bills using the Bill Pay feature and set up new payees. You may, however, designate Limited Access for a user of Bill Pay, which will permit the user to have Transactional Access for specific accounts and existing payees only. For the Bill Pay functionality, you may limit a user to use only certain specified accounts. For users of the Payroll Services and Direct Payments, only Transactional Access is available.

    In addition to designating general service settings, you can also provide additional account settings on certain eligible accounts, such as allowing a user to view statements, view check images or make transfers for the selected accounts. Any user to whom you have given transfer ability will be able to see the last name and last 4 digits of the account number for all transfer recipients created by you, an Administrator or any other user, even those that the user did not initiate.

    1. Notice Requirements

    You are obligated to inform Bank of America of any changes to the person(s) authorized on the signature card for each linked account to designate signers and/or users for each such account. Such notice must be given separately from any other notices given to other Bank departments or financial centers by calling us at 1.888.business (287.4637).

    You may also write us at:

    Bank of America
    FL1-300-03-15
    P.O. Box 25118
    Tampa, FL 33622-5118

    You are responsible for (and we will have no liability to you for) any unauthorized payments, transfers, or other transactions performed on any account linked to this service that are made by a designated user or Administrator using the passcodes you or an Administrator assign and that occur before you have notified us of possible unauthorized use and we have had a reasonable opportunity to act on that notice.

    3. Account and Profile Linking

    A. Linking Accounts of Additional Businesses and Consumer Account

    If you are authorized to enter into an agreement for a Business Service for another business, and if you want to link the accounts of the other business to the accounts covered by the agreement in online banking, you will need to agree separately to the Agreements for each other business. Upon doing so, you may link the accounts of the businesses so that you may elect, at your risk and that of the businesses, but not of the Bank, to use a common Online ID and passcode to access all linked accounts in online banking. You should do this only if you are authorized to link the accounts of the different business and to use all the functions of online banking for each business.

    You may also link an eligible Bank of America consumer account to the accounts covered by the Agreements in online banking. You may link eligible accounts only if you are the owner of the business account and the consumer account. If you link your business accounts to your consumer accounts, you agree and understand that the owner Online ID provides the ability to view and/or perform transactions with linked consumer accounts.

    You are obligated to inform Bank of America if your authority over any linked account decreases. The Bank is not liable if your authority over any account decreases until it is informed of the change in authority using the Notice Requirements in Section 2 of the Addendum above.

    B. Profile Linking (Self Service)

    Profile linking makes your eligible profiles viewable in Bank of America’s Online and Mobile Banking. The original terms and conditions for the accounts in your linked profile(s) and their related services will apply. When you log in to Online or Mobile Banking with your credentials, you will be able to view the profiles that you have linked.

    4. Cash Flow Monitor and Connected Apps ("Cash Flow Monitor")

    A. Relationship to Other Agreements

    You may use Cash Flow Monitor and Connected Apps (“Cash Flow Monitor”) to access services offered by Bank of America, its affiliates or third parties not affiliated with Bank of America. You agree that when you use Cash Flow Monitor to access services operated by third parties, in addition to the terms and conditions in the Agreements and other applicable agreements described in this Addendum, you will be subject to any terms and conditions established by those third parties, and that this Section does not amend any of those terms and conditions. You agree that only the third parties are responsible for services they provide, and if you have any problems with the third parties, you should contact them directly.

    B. Description of Cash Flow Monitor

    Cash Flow Monitor is a cash flow dashboard that allows you to consolidate and view your financial information. Cash Flow Monitor also uses proprietary technology to allow you to retrieve and view information maintained by third parties with which you have customer relationships, maintain accounts or engage in financial transactions (“Third-Party Account Information”). In the future, we may remove or add new functionalities.

    C. Eligibility for Cash Flow Monitor

    To access Cash Flow Monitor, you must be an owner of an open Bank of America business deposit account and have access to your account through online banking.

    D. Information from Third Parties/Service Limitations

    You may use Cash Flow Monitor to direct Bank of America to retrieve Third-Party Account Information maintained by third parties. Bank of America works with one or more third party service providers to provide you with access to this Third-Party Account Information using third-party software applications (“Apps”). Bank of America does not review the Third-Party Account Information for accuracy, legality, or non-infringement. Bank of America is not responsible for the Third-Party Account Information or services offered by third parties.

    We cannot always foresee or anticipate technical or other difficulties. These difficulties may result in loss of data, loss of customized settings or other service interruptions. We do not assume responsibility for the timeliness, accuracy, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user data, communications or customized settings. For example, information displayed through Cash Flow Monitor may be more up-to-date when obtained directly from relevant third-party web sites. You agree that we are not liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.

    Cash Flow Monitor provides links to selected third party web sites for your convenience only. The third party you select is solely responsible for its services to you. We are not liable for any damages or costs of any type arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the services of a third party. We retain the right (not the obligation) at our sole discretion to prevent access to any web site from Cash Flow Monitor.

    E. Rights You Grant to Us

    When you use Cash Flow Monitor to access Third-Party Account Information maintained by a third party, you agree to the following:

    1. You authorize Bank of America and its service providers to use and store information submitted by you that is needed to access those third-party web sites you have designated to retrieve Third-Party Account Information on your behalf, and you appoint us as your agent for this limited purpose. In addition, you hereby grant Bank of America and its providers as your true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for you and in your name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to access third party web sites, retrieve Third-Party Account Information, and use your information, for the purpose of operating Cash Flow Monitor, with full power and authority to do and perform each thing necessary in connection with such activities as you could do in person.
    2. YOU AGREE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN WE ACCESS AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM THE THIRD-PARTY WEB SITE, WE ACT AS YOUR AGENTS, AND NOT AS AGENTS FOR OR ON BEHALF OF THE THIRD PARTY.
    3. You acknowledge that Cash Flow Monitor does not have the capability to initiate transactions affecting your Third-Party Account Information or provide notices or instructions affecting such Third-Party Account Information. When you access a third-party web site through Cash Flow Monitor, you open a new browser window to directly connect you to the third-party web site and submit information you have designated to allow further access to that web site. Transactions and inquiries you initiate at such a web site are not made through Cash Flow Monitor, and we have no responsibility for such transactions. You are responsible for all fees charged by the third party in connection with the third party’s services, and you agree to comply with the terms and conditions of those third-party services. If you have a dispute or question about any Third-Party Account Information, you agree to direct these to the third party.
    4. Third parties shall be entitled to rely on the above authorizations, agency and power of attorney granted by you.
    5. You acknowledge that Bank of America and/or its affiliates or service providers may receive compensation from third parties in connection with third party services accessible through Cash Flow Monitor. Cash Flow Monitor is not sponsored or endorsed by any providers of the third-party services you access through Cash Flow Monitor.

    F. Alerts

    Automatic alerts are provided within the Cash Flow Monitor dashboard in Online and Mobile Banking, and are viewable by selecting the alert bell at the top of the dashboard.

    We provide alerts if: