Account Overview:
NexTier Interest Plus: A free variable rate checking account with no minimum balance that rewards accountholders with interest and nationwide ATM withdrawal fee refunds when they meet minimum qualifications during the account's Monthly Qualification Cycle.
Purpose and Expected Use of Account:
This account is intended to be the accountholder's primary checking account in which payroll transactions and day-to-day spending activities including but not limited to grocery, gasoline, apparel, shopping, dining, sporting and entertainment transactions are posted and settled.
Commensurate with the spending activities identified above, we expect the account's debit card to be used frequently throughout each month and for transaction amounts to reflect a wide dollar range. Small debit card transactions conducted on the same day at a single merchant and/or multiple transactions made during a condensed time period particularly near the end of a Monthly Qualification Cycle are not considered normal, day-to-day spending behavior. These types of transactions appear to be conducted with the sole purpose of qualifying for the account's rewards and thus will be deemed inappropriate transactions and will not count toward earning the account's rewards.
NexTier Bank, N.A. reserves the right to determine if the account is being maintained for a purpose other than day-to-day, primary use. Accountholders who persist in making debit card transactions in a calculated and limited fashion in order to meet their monthly qualifications may have their accounts converted to a different checking account or closed altogether. We also reserve the right to convert the account to a different checking account if the account does not have consistent active use over two consecutive Statement Cycles.
We have the right to close this account at any time, with proper notice. Our decision to close the account will not affect your existing obligations to us including any obligation to pay fees or charges incurred prior to termination. No deposits will be accepted and no checks will be paid after the account is closed. If the account is closed, you will forfeit any rewards that have not been credited to your account. A NexTier Bank, N.A. cashier's check for the remaining balance, if applicable, will be mailed to accountholder at the address indicated on our current records. Upon termination of your NexTier Interest Plus account, any optional add-on products / services associated with this account will also be terminated at the same time.
Compounding & Crediting:
Interest will be compounded on a monthly basis. Interest will be credited to your NexTier Interest Plus account on the last day of the current statement cycle. If you close your account before the interest is credited, you will receive the accrued interest. Interest begins to accrue on the business day you deposit cash or noncash items (for example, checks).
"Business Day" means a calendar day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, January 1, the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, the second Monday in October, November 11, the fourth Thursday in November, or December 25. If January 1, July 4, November 11, or December 25 falls on a Sunday, the next Monday is not a Business Day.
"Statement Cycle" means the period of time for which NexTier Bank, N.A. provides a summary of the financial activities and transactions that post and settle to the accountholder's account.
Call 1-800-262-1088, visit one of our branch locations, or visit www.nextierbank.com for specific Monthly Qualification Cycle and Statement Cycle Dates.
Balance Computation Method:
We use the daily balance method to calculate the interest in your NexTier Interest Plus account. This method applies a periodic rate to the principal in the account each day for the period. The period we use is the Statement Cycle.
Interest Rate - Annual Percentage Yield – Reward Information:
When your NexTier Interest Plus account qualifications are met during a Monthly Qualification Cycle daily balances up to and including $35,000 in your NexTier Interest Plus account earn an interest rate of 0.50% resulting in an APY of 0.50%; and daily balances over $35,000 earn an interest rate of 0.25% on the portion of the daily balance over $35,000, resulting in a range from 0.50% to 0.25% APY depending on the account's daily balance.
When NexTier Interest Plus qualifications are not met, ATM withdrawal fees are not refunded and the interest rate earned on the entire daily balance in the account will be 0.05% resulting in an Annual Percentage Yield of 0.05%.
Interest will be credited to your NexTier Interest Plus account on the last day of the current statement cycle.
You will receive reimbursements up to an aggregate total of $15.00 for nationwide ATM withdrawal fees incurred within your NexTier Interest Plus account during that Monthly Qualification Cycle. If you have not received an appropriate reimbursement, we will adjust the reimbursement amount if we receive the transaction receipt within sixty (60) calendar days of the withdrawal transaction.
Nationwide ATM withdrawal fee reimbursements will be credited to your account on the last day of the current statement cycle.
APY = Annual Percentage Yield. APY calculations are based on an assumed balance of up to and including $35,000.00 and on the portion of the daily balance over $35,000.00 in your NexTier Interest Plus account and an assumed statement cycle of thirty-one (31) days. Rates and rewards, if any, are variable and may change after account is opened without notice to you. No minimum balance is required to earn or receive the account's rewards. Rewards less than a penny cannot be distributed. Fees may reduce earnings. You will automatically qualify for the account's rewards during your account's first statement cycle. If you close your account before the interest is credited, you will receive the accrued interest at closing. If you close your account before rewards are credited, you may forfeit rewards.
Qualification Information:
To earn your rewards, the following enrollments must be in place and all transactions and activities must post and settle to your NexTier Interest Plus account during each Monthly Qualification Cycle:
- At least 1 direct deposit, ACH credit or ACH debit
- At least 12 debit card purchases, each $0.01 or more
- Be enrolled in and have agreed to receive e-statements rather than paper statements
For clarity, in order to count as a qualifying transaction for the purpose of earning the account's rewards debit card purchases must be at least $0.01.
Account transactions and activities may take one or more days to post and settle to the account and all must do so during the Monthly Qualification Cycle in order to qualify for the account's rewards.
The following activities do not count toward earning account rewards: ATM-processed transactions, transfers between accounts, debit card purchases processed by merchants and received by our bank as ATM/ACH transactions, non-retail payment transactions and purchases made with debit or credit cards not issued by our bank. Transactions bundled together by merchants and received by our institution as a single transaction count as a single transaction for the purpose of earning account rewards.
"Monthly Qualification Cycle" means a period beginning one (1) banking day prior to the first day of the current statement cycle through one (1) banking day prior to the last business day of the current statement cycle.
"Banking Day" means any business day on which an office of the bank is open to the public for the purpose of carrying out substantially all of its banking functions.
Additional Information:
Account approval, conditions, qualifications, limits, timeframes, enrollments, log-ons and other requirements apply.
$50.00 minimum deposit is required to open the account. See accompanying Rate and Fee Schedule for fees that may apply to this account. Enrollment in electronic services (e.g. online banking, e-statements) and log-ons may be required to meet some of the account's qualifications. Limit of one (1) NexTier Interest Plus account per Social Security Number. There are no recurring monthly maintenance charges or fees to open or close this account. This account is not to be used for commercial purposes. If the account is closed, you may forfeit any rewards that have not been credited to your account. Contact one of our bank service representatives for additional information, details, restrictions, reward calculations, processing limitations, cycle dates and enrollment instructions. Member FDIC
Cycle Date Information:
Please visit www.nextierbank.com for applicable Monthly Qualification Cycle dates and Statement Cycle Dates. Our Monthly Qualification Cycle dates are not the same as our Statement Cycle dates. To qualify for your account's rewards, all of the transactions and activities identified within the above Qualification Information section must post and settle to your NexTier Cash Back account with these Monthly Qualification Cycle dates.