| |
1.
Definitions and Parties.

By accepting the MaestroŽ Card from ShopNCards or one of
ShopNCards's authorized merchants, and by your use of
the ShopNCards, you hereby agree to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. The delivery to you of an
ShopNCards constitutes ShopNCards's and the Issuing
Bank's acceptance of this Agreement. No alterations to
this Agreement may be made without ShopNCards's prior
written approval and no party has authority to agree to
any such alterations on ShopNCards's behalf. In this
Agreement, the words "you" or "your" refer to you and
any other person who gains access to the ShopNCards and
to the PIN (as hereinafter defined) and authorizes an
advance or funds transfer transaction using the
ShopNCards, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9,
with respect to PIN confidentiality, and Section 10,
with respect to authorized, unauthorized or fraudulent
use.

2. Consent to Collection and
Use of Personal Data.

To receive an ShopNCards, you must complete the
registration process by providing current, complete and
accurate information, including without limitation such
information as your name, address and telephone number
(the "Personal Data"), as requested by the registration
form. You agree that any registration information that
you provide us shall be updated whenever the same is
changed so that ShopNCards's records are always current.
You acknowledge that ShopNCards has adopted a policy on
cardholder privacy that complies with (i) the Guidelines
for the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of
Personal Data developed by the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development, (ii) the Code for the
Protection of Personal Information developed by the
Canadian Standards Association, (iii) the Act Respecting
the Protection of Personal Information in the Private
Sector (Ontario), and (iv) the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada). Under
that policy, you have the right to know what information
ShopNCards maintains on file concerning you; the right
to review this information for accuracy and recommend
correction; and the right to know for what purposes
ShopNCards maintains your Personal Data. By your
acceptance and use of the ShopNCards, and your provision
to ShopNCards and/or the Merchant of your Personal Data,
you hereby consent to and approve of the collection of
your Personal Data and its storage by ShopNCards, its
transmission to and from Merchants, and its use for
identity verification. You acknowledge the need for
ShopNCards or and its affiliates to monitor the use of
services in order to offer you needed services, and you
hereby consent to and approve of the use of your
Personal Data for this purpose.

3. Maestro Card Services.

Once you have successfully completed the registration
process, you may use your ShopNCards and the
confidential personal identification number ("PIN") that
corresponds to the Card (all in a manner that complies
with the Interac PIN security rules). The ShopNCards
provides you with access to (i) an automated teller
machine which displays the Interac and/or Cirrus logos
(the "ATM") to obtain cash advances, and (ii) an Interac
and/or Maestro direct payment terminal (the "Debit Card
Terminal") to direct transfers of funds to merchants to
facilitate the purchase of goods/services of a total
dollar amount up to the advance limit authorized for
that ShopNCards from time to time (the "Advance Limit"),
less applicable service fees. The minimum cash advance
is determined by the dispensing capability of each ATM.
The daily ATM cash Advance Limit applicable to the
ShopNCards Maestro Card is set globally by ShopNCards
from time to time and any change in the limit shall be
posted on ShopNCards's Internet site located at web site
prior to being changed. ATM cash advances and transfers
of Debit Card Terminal funds to merchants/service
providers are only currently permitted in United States
Dollars. If non-US$ currency advances or funds transfers
are added as a service in the future, ATM cash advances
and Debit Card Terminal funds transfers to
merchants/service providers in non-US$ currency will be
subject to currency conversion rates set by ShopNCards
and the Financial Institution (as hereinafter defined)
from time to time and the rules of the electronic
network through which the transaction is conducted.

4. Web Site Access.

At the time that you receive your ShopNCards, you may
also be given the opportunity to set a password (the
"Internet Password"), which will entitle you to access
certain information concerning the ShopNCards and
activities related to the ShopNCards using an Internet
connection to access ShopNCards's Internet site. The
Internet Password may not be the same as the PIN. You
shall be responsible for any changes made to the
information maintained by ShopNCards in reliance upon
Internet communications received by ShopNCards that are
sent by a user using your Internet Password. You will
follow the same security precautions for the Internet
Password as are required for the PIN, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 9.
 
5. ShopNCards Status.

The ShopNCards (pursuant to applicable Interac
regulations) remains the property of the financial
institution that issued it (the name of which is
indicated on the front of the ShopNCards) (the
"Financial Institution"). The ShopNCards is held by
ShopNCards pursuant to an agreement with the Financial
Institution. You are permitted to use ShopNCards only in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to
facilitate the distribution of ATM cash advances to you
and transfers of Debit Card Terminal funds to
merchants/service providers authorized by you. If for
any reason the contractual relationship between
ShopNCards and the Financial Institution is discontinued
and the ShopNCards is deactivated while you still have a
positive Advance Limit on the ShopNCards, then
ShopNCards will either (i) arrange for a new ShopNCards
issued by a different Financial Institution to be issued
to you (subject to identity verification, return of the
old ShopNCards and acceptance of the terms of a new
ShopNCards agreement), or (ii) advance a cash (or check)
payment to you for the remaining amount of the Advance
Limit, subject to your identity verification and return
of the old ShopNCards.

6. Advance Limit
Replenishment.

Subject to the requirements or limitations of the
Merchant and the Advance Limit, you may add additional
amounts to your ShopNCards through approved services and
providers (the "Advance Limit Replenishment").

7. ShopNCards Status.

ShopNCards is not a financial institution and is not in
the business of accepting deposits or of conducting
banking operations. The source from whom you obtained
your ShopNCards or arrange for an Advance Limit
Replenishment (pursuant to separate agreement between
ShopNCards and service providers) has allowed you to
arrange for cash to be dispensed to you through ATMs and
to transfer funds to merchants/service providers through
Debit Card Terminals when you authorize such advances or
transfers of funds through the use of your ShopNCards.

8. Maestro Card Care &
Control.

You are solely responsible for the care and control of
your ShopNCards and the PIN.

9. PIN Confidentiality.

You must never keep a record of your ShopNCards PIN near
or with the ShopNCards. You will maintain the
confidentiality of the PIN, and will under no
circumstances disclose it to any other person. You must
ensure that no one discovers the PIN, including during
its use at an ATM or a Debit Card Terminal. You are
liable for all transactions incurred using the PIN.
 
10. Authorized, Unauthorized
or Fraudulent Use.

You are responsible for the use of your ShopNCards and
PIN and are responsible for the full amount of all
activity resulting from the use of your ShopNCards by
any person (including any use of the ShopNCards by
persons to whom you have made the ShopNCards or PIN
available). You are also responsible for the full amount
of unauthorized activity resulting from the use of the
ShopNCards, including due to fraudulent activity or
theft of the ShopNCards that occurs before you provide
ShopNCards with actual notification that your ShopNCards
has been lost or stolen and ShopNCards has been able to
"deactivate" your ShopNCards on the Interac system. In
ShopNCards's sole discretion, ShopNCards will have the
option to relieve you from liability for unauthorized
use in a case where you have inadvertently contributed
to the unauthorized use, and you cooperate in an
investigation or proceeding leading to a finding of
liability on the part of a third person.

11. Deactivation or Advance
Limit Reductions.

ShopNCards may reduce the Advance Limit of your
ShopNCards in the event that ShopNCards is notified that
you have violated the agreement pursuant to which (i)
the ShopNCards was provided to you, or (ii) an Advance
Limit Replenishment was authorized for the ShopNCards
without limitation. You acknowledge and agree that the
ShopNCards Maestro Card shall remain the property of the
Issuing Financial Institution. If ShopNCards requests
that you return the ShopNCards Maestro Card, you shall
do so immediately at your expense.

12. Record Correction.

If supplier discovers funds have added to your Advance
Limit in error or made any other errors or omissions in
connection with the activity related to your ATM card,
supplier may reduce or increase the Advance Limit to
correct such error when it is discovered. If you have
used your ShopNCards for advances or transfers of funds
using the Advance Limit added to your ShopNCards in
error, then you shall repay the amount of the Advance
Limit used to ShopNCards on demand.

13. Lost or Stolen
ShopNCards.

If your Card is lost or stolen, call customer service on
the back of card and on the card supplier web site. On
receiving such notice from you, we will promptly
deactivate your Cards's ability to be utilized at an ATM
or Debit Card Terminal. You will be required to verify
your identity before supplier can act on your
instructions. Part of the process of your identity
verification may require you to correctly answer
questions based on the Personal Data and failure to
answer such questions correctly may result in ShopNCards
refusing your deactivation instructions. Any ATM cash
advances and Debit Card Terminal funds transfers to
merchants/service providers authorized using your card
before supplier receives the necessary notice, verifies
your identity, and enters the necessary deactivation
codes into the Interac system will reduce the remaining
available Advance Limit of your ShopNCards and will be
solely your responsibility. You acknowledge that such
losses are not insured by ShopNCards

14. No Responsibility for
Purchased Goods/Services.

You acknowledge and agree that ShopNCards and the
Issuing Financial Institution are not responsible for
any failure to supply, or lack of suitability or quality
of any goods or services purchased from any merchants or
service providers using funds transfers authorized
through your ShopNCards. You will settle directly with
the merchant or service provider any dispute with
respect to any such purchase and any such claim or
dispute shall have no effect on the reduction to the
Advance Limit carried out when the Debit Card Terminal
funds transfer was authorized.

15. Dispute Resolution.

ShopNCards's transaction records shall be conclusive
proof of the transactions carried out using your
ShopNCards. Subject to Section 12, you will be deemed to
have approved all transactions authorized using your
ShopNCards.

16. Service Charges.

Suppliers current service charges are listed in its
website. Suppliers service fees are subject to change
from time to time, having immediate effect, with notice
to you by posting the changes on Suppliers web site. The
unused Advance Limit left on your Card will be reduced
by the amount of Suppliers new service charges for the
services that Supplier arranges through the use of your
Card from the date the new charges come into effect. In
any event, you agree to pay to Supplier all relevant
service charges, including without limitation all
transactions imposed by others in connection with the
use of your Card. A distribution of ATM cash advances to
you or Debit Card Terminal funds transfers to
merchants/service providers authorized by you will not
be authorized by if the remaining Advance Limit left on
your Card is not sufficient to cover the ATM cash
advances or Debit Card Terminal funds transfers and all
applicable service fees. If a Debit Card Terminal
transaction is reversed by a merchant for any reason
(including, for example, a refund for returned goods),
the amount of the reversal shall be added back to the
Advance Limit, but any service fees previously charged
are not reversed.

17. Conduct.

You will not use your Card for illegal, fraudulent or
defamatory purposes or take any steps which could
undermine the security or integrity of any Interac,
Cirrus or Maestro services.
 
18. Dormant.

You acknowledge and agree that your Card will be deemed
dormant if it is not used for one hundred and twenty
(120) days and a service fee will be applied. You
acknowledge and agree that Supplier may deactivate your
Card if no advances or transfers of funds have been made
for a twelve (12) month period. Upon deactivation of
your Card pursuant to this provision, your ability to
cause the distribution of ATM cash advances to you and
Debit Card Terminal funds transfers to merchants/service
providers authorized by you will be suspended. Upon
verification of your identity and your payment of
applicable service fees, Supplier will issue a
replacement Card to you (or may reactivate the old Card
with an Advance Limit equal to the limit of the old
Maestro Card at the time of its deactivation less any
applicable service charges incurred in the interim. The
current monthly service charge to be set off against
Card's Advance Limits is set out in the Fee Schedule.

19. Liability.

ShopNCards will not be liable for any damages, including
without limitation indirect or consequential damages,
resulting from any failure, error, malfunction or
inaccessibility of any ATM or Debit Card Terminals or
any failure, error or delay in providing any ATM cash
advances or Debit Card Terminal funds transfers, even if
ShopNCards knew that damage was likely or the damage was
a result of ShopNCards's negligence or the negligence of
ShopNCards's affiliates, employees, agents or
representatives. ShopNCards will not be liable to you
for any action or failure to act of a merchant/service
provider or refusal by a merchant/service provider to
honor the ShopNCards, whether or not such failure or
refusal is the result of any error or malfunction of a
device used to effect or authorize the use of your
ShopNCards for a Debit Card Terminal transaction.
ShopNCards shall not in any way be liable for any
accident, act of aggression, theft, loss or damage you
may suffer while using your ShopNCards. You are
responsible for any errors that result from your
incorrect selection of dollar amount or other
information required for operation of the services
related to the ShopNCards. You agree to pay ShopNCards
for any cost to recover amounts that you owe to
ShopNCards. These costs include legal fees on a
solicitor and his own client basis as well as those
reasonable counsel fees charged by ShopNCards's legal
and collections department. If you fail to pay
ShopNCards's costs, ShopNCards may direct funds
available under any Advance Limit to the payment of such
costs.

20. Communication.

Any electronic communication between you and ShopNCards
will take place according to the provisions of this
section. The term "electronic communication" means any
communication of instructions by telephone, wire or
other method of telecommunication or electronic
transmission, including a facsimile transmission or
personal computer. ShopNCards will consider any
electronic communication apparently received from you or
in your name to be duly authorized by you. You authorize
ShopNCards to rely and act on any such communication. If
the communication is by facsimile transmission,
ShopNCards will be entitled to act upon any signature
purporting to be your signature. If ShopNCards tries to
verify your signature on a facsimile transmission or the
validity of any instructions electronically communicated
(though ShopNCards is not obligated to do so) and is
unable to do so to ShopNCards's satisfaction, ShopNCards
may delay in acting on or refuse to act on such
instructions. ShopNCards may, at your request, forward
to you copies of any statements, instruments or other
documents by facsimile or other electronic transmission
to the number or address provided by you from time to
time. You hereby consent to and approve of the recording
by ShopNCards of any telephone calls between you and
ShopNCards for security purposes and verification of
transaction details. You agree that ShopNCards's records
regarding any electronic communication will be
admissible in any legal, administrative or other
proceedings as if such records were original written
documents. ShopNCards's records will be conclusive proof
of the information contained in such electronic
communications. A paper transaction record dispensed
mechanically as a result of the use of the ShopNCards
Maestro Card constitutes a record of your instructions.
Whether such a transaction record is issued or not, you
acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to
verify that the transaction has been properly executed.

21. Amendment to Agreement.

Supplier may change the provisions of this Agreement and
the service charges from time to time. Supplier will
notify you of any changes by (i) sending you notice at
the last address notified by you to Supplier for the
purposes of this Agreement; or (ii) posting a notice on
Suppliers Internet site located online; (iii) posting a
message in your Cardholder Interface, Messages section
If Supplier mails a notice, it will be considered to
have been received by you five (5) days after Supplier
deposits it in the mail. If you use your Card after
Supplier sends or posts a notice, you are deemed to have
accepted the change as of the effective date set out in
the notice.
 
22. No Assignment.

This Agreement is not assignable by you. You may not
sell or transfer your Card to any other party.

23. Discontinuance of
Service.

If for any reason Supplier ceases to provide services
and as a result your Card is deactivated while you still
have a positive Advance Limit, then Supplier will at its
option either (i) arrange for a new Card issued by a
different supplier to be issued to you (subject to
compliance with the supplier's card issuance
requirements), or (ii) advance a cash or check payment
to you in repayment of the remaining amount of the
Advance Limit, subject to your identity verification and
return of your old Card.

24. Termination of This
Agreement.

The Issuing Financial Institution and/or Supplier may
restrict the use of your Card, or may terminate this
Agreement and your right to use your Card at any time
without notice. Upon any such termination, you will
return your Card to Supplier.
25. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
you, the Issuing Financial Institution and
Supplier and there are no
other written or verbal agreements or representations.

26. Receipt.

You acknowledge the receipt of this Agreement, and
acknowledge that this Agreement does not need to be
signed by either party to be effective and binding on
both parties.
|