WASHINGTON TRUST
What You Need to Know about Overdrafts and Overdraft Fees
An overdraft occurs
when you do not have enough money in your account to cover a transaction, but
we pay it anyway.
We may cover your overdraft
in two different ways:
1.
We have standard overdraft practices that comes with all checking accounts except for the Simply
Free Account and Student Checking.
2.
We also offer overdraft protection plans, such
as a link to another deposit account (excluding CDs) or a Credit Reserve, which
may be less costly than our standard overdraft practices. To learn more, please
call us at 401-348-1200 or 800-475-2265.
This notice explains our standard
overdraft practices.
What are the standard
overdraft practices that come with my account?
We do authorize and pay overdrafts
for the following types of transactions:
We do not authorize
and pay overdrafts for the following types of transactions unless you
ask us to (see below):
We pay overdrafts at our discretion,
which means we do not guarantee that we will always authorize and pay
any type of transaction. If we do not authorize and pay an overdraft, your
transaction will be declined.
What fees will I be
charged if Washington Trust pays my overdraft?
Under our standard overdraft
practices:
What if I want Washington
Trust to authorize and pay overdrafts on my everyday Debit Card transactions?
If you also would like us to authorize and pay
overdrafts for everyday Debit Card transactions, please call us at
800-475-2265, visit your local branch, or complete our secure online form at
washtrust.com/overdrafts. You can revoke
your authorization for Washington Trust to pay these transactions at any time
by any of the above methods. Your revocation must include both your name and
your full account number so that we can properly identify your account.
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