HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-7427IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.
4851 COX ROAD
GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060
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23 E WINDING HILL RD
MECHANICSBURG PA 17055-5617
Defendant
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NOTICE TO DEFEND
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Defend are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by an attorney and filing in
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.
4851 COX ROAD
GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060
Plaintiff
CIVIL ACTION
vs. NO:
SERGIO ONEGLIA
23 E WINDING HILL RD
MECHANICSBURG PA 17055-5617
Defendant
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COMPLAINT
Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. , by and through its attorneys, Edwin A.
Abrahamsen & Associates, P.C., complains of the Defendant as follows:
1. Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. , (hereinafter "Plaintiff') is a
corporation with a principal place of business located at 4851 COX ROAD GLEN ALLEN, VA
23060.
2. The Defendant SERGIO ONEGLIA (hereinafter "Defendant") is an adult
individual residing at 23 E WINDING HILL RD MECHANICSBURG PA 17055-5617.
3. At all relevant times herein, Plaintiff was engaged in the business of debt purchase
and collection.
4. Defendant applied for and received a credit card issued by CAPITAL ONE BANK
(USA), N.A. with the account number ending in 4251.
5. Use of the CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. credit card was subject to the
terms and considerations of the Cardmember Agreement (hereinafter "Agreement"), a copy of
which was sent to the Defendant along with the credit card. (A copy of this document has been
requested from Capital One Bank (USA), N.A. and will be provided upon receipt).
6. Defendant used the CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. credit card account
number ending in 4251, for purchases, cash advances and/or balance transfers.
7. The Defendant was mailed account statements relative to the Defendant's use of the
subject credit card.
8. The Defendant defaulted under the terms of the Agreement by failing and refusing
to make monthly payments on the account as they became due. (See, Cardmember Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit "A.")
9. The Defendant last made payment on Apri16, 2012.
10. The total amount due and owing the Plaintiff including interest, is $19,445.32.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests judgment in its favor and against Defendant in the
amount of $19,445.32 plus costs of suit and any other relief as the Court deems just and
appropriate.
$dwin A: Abrahams & Assoc.
Michael F. Ratchfor ,Esquire
Attorney I.D. Nos.: 6285
120 North Keyser Ave.
Scranton, PA 18504
mratchford@eaa-law.com
Phone: 570-558-5510
Fax: 570-558-5511
VERIFICATION
I, Michael F. Ratchford, attorney for Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. , am
fully familiar with the facts set forth in the within Complaint and am authorized to make this
Verification on behalf of Plaintiff. I Verify that the facts set forth in the within allegations are
true and correct to the best of my knowledge, knowing that any false statements are punishable
by law pursuant to 18 C.S.A. 4904.
Capital One® Customer Agreement
Welcome to Capital One
Thank you for opening a credit Card Account with us. This
Customer Agreement {"Agreement") contains the terms for
your Capital One credit Card.
Some Definitions.
The meanings of the terms you see in italics appear in
the Glossary Section. To make the Agreement easy
to understand, we will also use the following persona[
pronouns:
"You," "your" and "yoursel#" mean each applicant and co-
appiicant for the Account; any person responsible for paying
the Account; and anyone You authorize to use, access or
service the Account. It also includes an Authorized User as
defined in the Glossary Section.
"VVe," "us," "our' and "Capital One" mean Capital One
Bank {USA), National Association; and its agents, authorized
representatives, successors, and assignees.
Account Documents.
Your Account with us is governed by the following
documents:
{1) this document;
(2) all Statements;
(3} all rewards information and documentation if your
Account has rewards;
(4) any Privacy Notices describing our limitations on sharing
information about you with others;
(5} your Card benefits brochure which describes benefits
provided by the Payment Card Network for your Card and
Account. The most current version of your Card benefits
brochure wi[I replace all prior versions;
(6) the "Security" Agreement if you have a secured Card;
{7) all disclosures and materials provided to you before
or when you opened your Account, including Truth in
Lending Disclosures;
(8) all other documents and disclosures relating to your
Account including those provided online; and
(9) any future changes we make to any of the above things.
Please read #hese carefully and keep them for future
reference. An image of any of these can be used instead of
the original.
New Offers.
In the future, we might make new offers to you or forward
offers from others that we think you might be interested
in. These offers may have new or different terms and
documentation for these offers will be provided when we
make you the offer. If you accept the offer, your previously
disclosed terms will still apply except as modified by the offer.
Account Information.
We need information about you to manage your Account.
The information we need includes:
(t) your legal name;
(2) a valid U.S. mailing address and residential address (if
different);
(3) your date of birth;
(4) your social security number or other government
identification number;
(5) your telephone number{s); and
(6) your employment and income information.
You must tell us when this information changes. Please upda#e
your address in the manner provided on your Statement.
You may also update some of this information by logging
onto yourAccount on our website or by calling one of our
representatives at the telephone number provided on your
Statement or on the back of your Card. We may require you
to provide additional documents that are acceptable to us to
verify this information or any changes. We maintain the right
to restrict or close your Account if your information cannot
be verified or if you do not provide additional information as
requested.
Credit Limits.
When you open your Account, you will receive your credit
limits. These will also appear on your Statements. We might
also refer to your credit limits as your credit lines. We may give
you different credit limits for the different Segments of your
Account. For example, you might have a different credit limit
for purchases than for Cash Advances.
You are responsible for keeping track of yourAccount
balances and your available credit limits. Do not allow
your Account to go over any credit limit even if you have
authorized us to charge you an overlimit Fee for doing so,
as described in the Interest Charges and Fees section. We
may still honor transactions above your credit limits, but our
honoring of these transactions will not increase your credit
limit.
We may also increase, decrease, restrict or cancel your credit
limit on any Segment at any time. This will not affect your
obligation to pay us.
Using Your Account.
You promise to follow the terms of this Agreement as Long
as yourAccount remains open or has a balance. Please sign
the Card immediately when you receive it. The Card is valid
during the dates provided on the front. The Card is our
property, and you will return it to us or destroy it if we ask.
You will take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized
use of your Card and Account.
We are not responsible if anyone refuses to accept your
Card for any reason. Also, we may reject any transaction for
any reason. Unless we tell you otherwise, we will bill each
transaction to the applicable Segment of your Account and
apply it against your available credit limit for the Account and
Card for that Segment in each Billing Cycle.
You may also obtain Cash Advances and Transfers if they are
permitted for your Account. Unless we agree, you may not
use a Transfer to transfer amounts from other Accounts with
us or any other company within the Capital One organization.
You must not use, or try to use, the Card for any Internet
gambling transactions or transactions that are illegal or not
permitted by us. You will still be responsible if you do. In
addition, these transactions will be subject to this Agreement,
and you might have to reimburse the Payment Card Network
and us for all damages and expenses.
From time to time, due to circumstances beyond our control
(such as system failures, fires, floods, natural disasters or other
unpredictable events) our services might be unavailable. When
this happens, you might be unable to use your Card or obtain
information about yourAccount. We will not be responsible or
liable if this happens.
Rewards.
Your Account might provide you with the opportunity to earn
rewards. If it does, we will separately provide you with all
information and terms about our rewards. We will include
on your Statements aII rewards you have earned. It might
take up to two Billing Cycles for your earned rewards to
appear on your Statement.
Using Your Access Checks.
When we provide you with Access Checks, we will tell you
whether we will treat them as purchases, Balance Transfers,
Cash Advances or Special Transfers.
Only the person we designate may use Access Checks. Access
Checks may not be used to pay any amount you owe us or
any other company within the Capital One organization. We
may reject and not pay anyAccess Check for any reason.
Some examples of reasons why we may reject and not pay
include: yourAccount is delinquent, charged-off, bankrupt,
lost/stolen or closed; our fraud syystem prevents the offer
fulfillment; yourAccount is overlimit; or the checks have
expired. Any liability for our wrongful dishonor of an Access
Check will be limited to your actual damages and will not
exceed the amount of the Access Check.
When you use an Access Check, you will have fewer ri hts to
dispute merchant transactions than with other uses of your
Card. Please see the "Billing Rights Summary" part of your
Statement and your other Truth in Lending Disclosures for
more information.
Stopping Payment of Access Checks.
You may request a stop payment on any Access Check by
contacting us as provided on your Statement. We may charge
you a Fee to stop payment as described in the Interest
Charges and Fees section. If you call us to stop payment, you
must also send to us a written request within 14 calendar days.
We will have a reasonable amount of time after your stop
payment request to research the situation and complete it.
We will not be responsible if we cannot complete the stop
payment because the Access Check was already paid, you do
not give us the information we asked for or the information
you gave us was incorrect. If we cannot stop payment for
these reasons, we may still keep the stop payment Fee.
Once we complete a stop payment, we do not have to release
the stop payment order unless the same person asks us to.
If we re-credit your Account after paying an Access Check
following a valid stop payment order, you give us all of your
rights against the payee or other holder of the paid Access
Check. You also agree to help us in any actions we might
later take against that person.
Using a P1N.
We may give you a personal identification number (PIN). For
security reasons, you might have to provide the PIN before
you are able to complete some transactions using the Card.
With a PIN, you may use your Card to: (1 }obtain cash
from certain automated teller machines (ATM) or (2) make
purchases at certain merchant or retailer point-of-sale devices
{POS). You may do these things if the ATM or POS requires
entry of a PIN and displays the logo of the Payment Card
Network on your Card. We will treat all ATM transactions as
Cash Advances and all POS transactions as purchases.
You should keep your PIN secure and not write it down, give it
to anyone, or keep it with your Card. !f u lose your Card or
believe that someone has gained unauthorized access to your
PIN, you must contact us immediately.
Authorized Users.
You may ask us to add one or more Authorized Users
with additional Cards on your Account. I# we agree to
your request, we will need certain information about the
Authorized User to manage your Account. This will be the
same information you provided about yourself as described
in the Account Information Section. We may limit an
Authorized User's ability to initiate certain transactions. If we
do, we will tell you about these limitations before adding any
new Authorized User on yourAccount.
Once we add an Authorized User to yourAccount, we
may discuss your Account with them and provide them
with Account information. You will be responsible for the
Authorized User's use of the Card and yourAccount as well
as anyone else they allow to use your Card or Account. This
will be true even if you did not want, or agree to, the use.
Removing an Authorized User.
If you want to remove an Authorized User from the Account,
you must contact us as provided on your Statement and
request their removal. We will have a reasonable amount of
time after your request to research the situation and remove
them. You also must immediately destroy all Cards in their
possession and cancel all of their billing arrangements to
the Account. We will not do this for you. During this time,
you still will be responsible for alt amounts they charge to the
Account. You will be responsible even if these amounts do not
appear on the Account until later An Authorized User may
remove themselves from the Account upon request.
We may close your existing Account and/or issue a new Card
with a newAccount number.
Your Promise to Pay.
You promise individually and jointly to pay us all amounts due
on yourAccount. This includes amounts where you did not
sign a purchase slip or other documents for the #ransaction.
If you use your Card number without presenting your actual
Card {such as for mail, telephone or Internet purchases),
this will be treated the same way as if you used the Card
in person. If yyou let someone else use your Card, you are
responsible #or all transactions that person makes. Your
promise to pay us will apply to your estate if you die.
Statements.
We will send you one Statement for all Cards on your
Account unless the law does not require or permit us to
send a Statement. Statements will be sent at the end of
each Billing Cycle when yourAccount has a debit or credit
balance of more than $1.00, or if we have charged any
lnteresf Charges to yourAccount. Your Statement will show
all transactions billed to yourAccount during the Billing Cycle
along with other important Account information.
Disputed Transactions.
You must inspect each Statement you receive and tell us
about any errors or questions you have as described in
the "Billing Rights Summary' part of your Statement and
other Truth in Lending Disclosures. If you do not notify us
as provided in those disclosures, we may assume that all
information in the Statement is correct.
If you dispute a transaction made by you or someone else on
your Account, and we later credit your Account for a!I or part
of the disputed amount, you give us all of your rights against
that other person. You also will:
{1) give us any merchandise or other purchases you received
in connection with the disputed amount if we ask;
(2} not pursue any claim or reimbursement from the
merchant and that other person; and
{3) help us pursue and get reimbursement from the merchant
and that other person; your help includes giving us
documents that we ask for and that are acceptable to us.
Interest Charges and Fees.
We will charge nterest Charges and Fees to your Account as
disclosed to you in your Statements and other Truth in Lending
Disclosures. In general, Interest Charges begin to accrue from
the day a transaction occurs. However, we will not charge you
interest on any new balances posted to the purchase Segment
of yourAccount provided you have paid your previous balance
in full by the due date.
We will treat the following fees as purchase transactions unless
otherwise specified below. These Fees apply to your Account
only it they are provided in your Truth in Lending Disclosures.
We may increase your Interest Charges and Fees as described in
the Changes to Your Agreement section or in your Truth in
Lending Disclosures.
• Membershio Fee We may charge you this Fee as early as
your first Billing Cyde or the first Billing Cycle after this Fee
becomes effective. If it is an annual Fee, we may then charge
it approximately once per year. If it is a monthly Fee, we may
charge it once in each Billing Cycle. This Fee is payable in
advance even if you do not use your Account.
• Late Payment Fee We may charge you this Fee if we do not
receive your payment in time for us to credit it by the due date
shown on your Statement.
• Overlimit Fee. It you agree, we may charge you this Fee when
a transaction causes you to go over or remain over any of your
credit limits during any Billing Cycle. We may also charge you
two additional fees if your balance remains over your credit
limits as of the payment due date in future Billing Cycles, You
will only pay one Fee per Billing Cyde, even if you go over your
limit multiple times in the same cycle.
• Returned Payment Fee. We may charge you this Fee each time
any payment you make to us is not paid by your financial
institution for any reason, even if that institution later pays it.
• Returned Access Check F e We may charge you this Fee if we
do not pay an Access Check for any reason, including when
your Account is in default, overlimit, suspended or closed.
• Stop Payment Fee We may charge you this Fee each time you
request us to stop payment on an Access Check or you renew
an existing stop payment order as provided in the Stopping
Payment of Access Checks section.
• Copying~e. We may charge you aper--page Fee for copies of
transaction documents or Statements unless they are required
in resolving a billing dispute.
• Cash Advance Fee We may charge you this Fee each time
you obtain a Cash Advance. This Fee will be treated as a Cash
Advance transaction.
• Transfer Fee. We may charge you this Fee each time you
obtain a Transfer. This Fee will be treated either as a Special
Transferor purchase transaction depending on the Segment in
which the Transfer posts.
Transactions Made in Foreign Currencies.
If you make a transaction in a foreign currency, the Payment
Card Network will convert it into a U.S. dollar amount.
The Payment Card Network will use its currency conversion
procedures in effect when it processes the transaction. The
conversion rate in effect on the processing date might differ
from the rate in effect on the transaction or posting date. We
do not currently adjust the currency exchange rate or charge any
additional currency conversion Fees.
No Warranties.
Except as otherwise provided in the "Billing Rights Summary"
part of your Statements, we are not responsible for any claim
you might have regarding the purchases of goods or services
made with your Card.
Merchant Re#unds.
If you are entitled to a refund for goods or services purchased
with your Card, you will accept these refunds as credits to the
purchase Segment of your Account. We do not control when a
merchant sends us your refund. We will also have a reasonable
amount of time after we receive your refund to process it.
Minimum Payment.
Your Statement will provide instructions for making payments,
including the amounts due and the due date for receiving
your payment. If applicable, your Statement will also include a
minimum payment amount. To avoid a late payment Fee, you
must pay us at least this minimum payment amount by the due
date provided in the Statement. If you have agreed to incur fees
for doing over your credit limit, be aware that paying only the
mirnmum payment amount might not be enough to avoid an
overlimit Fee.
In addition to the minimum payment, you may pay all or part
of the total balances on your Account. However, you must still
pay at least the minimum payment amount each month, even if
you paid greater than the minimum on the previous Statement.
We will continue to charge Interest Charges during Billing Cycles
when you carry a balance regardless of whether your Statement
includes a minimum payment that is due. If your Account is 180
days past due, part of a bankruptcy praceedmg or otherwise
charges off, the entire balance is immediately due and payable.
Making Payments.
Your payments must be in U.S. dollars from a U.S deposit
account and otherwise be acceptable to us, We do not accept
cash payments through the mail. You may not make payments
with funds from yourAccount or any other credit account with
us or any other company within the Capi#al One organization.
Mailed Payments.
You must mail payments to us at the address provided on your
Statement or as otherwise instructed by us or our agents. We
will credit it to your Account on the day we receive it, if:
{1) you send the payment coupon included with your Statement
in the same envelope with your payment;
{2} you include yourAccount number on your payment; and
{3} your payment arrives at the address indicated on the
pa ment coupon in our processing center by the time
indicated on your Statement.
If your due date occurs on a day on which we do not receive
payments, any payment received the next day which conforms
to the above requirements will not be treated as late.
Please allow at least 7 days for postal delivery. Unless we or our
agents specifically instruct you to remit payment in a different
manner, payments received at any other location or in any other
form might not be credited for up to 5 days. This might cause
you to be charged late payment fees and additional Interest
Charges.
Faster Payment Services.
We may make services available that allow you to make faster
payments through a customer service representative using
a telephone, the Internet or other payment system. We will
describe the terms for using these services before you use them.
You do not have to use these other payment services, and we
may charge you a Fee for using them. If we do, we will tell
you the amount of the Fee at the time you request the service.
We are not responsible if a payment made using our pa ment
services is rejected or not paid. Even if it is, we may still keep the
Fee.
If you give your Account number or other Account information
to someone else to make a payment for you, we may provide
Account information to them and process their payment as if
you made it. We may refuse to accept any payment made by
someone else for our Account. If we accept a payment made
by someone else fyor your Account, you will be responsible
for the payment made even if that payment is rejected or not
paid.
Payment Processing.
We may accept and process payments without losing
any of our rights. Even if we credit your payment to your
Account, we may delay the availability of credit until we
confirm that your pa ment has cleared. We may resubmit
and electronically collect returned payments. We may also
adjust your Account as necessary to correct errors, #o process
returned and reversed payments, and to handle similar issues.
When you provide an Item as payment, you authorize us
either to use information from your Item to make a one time
electronic fund transfer from your deposit account or to
Process the payment as an Item. We will provide additional
information about this process on your Statement or other
documents we send you before your payment. You may
contact us and ask that we not process your future Items in
this way.
When you provide an Item as payment, it might also be
converted into an electronic image and collected and returned
electronically These electronic images may also be converted
to substitute checks: We will not be responsible if an Item you
provide has physical features that when imaged result in it not
being processed as you intended,
How We Apply Your Payments.
We apply your minimum payments to lower Annual
Percentage Rate balances before higher ones, We apply
any portion of your payment, in excess of your minimum
payment, to higher Annual Percentage Rate balances before
lower ones.
Items with Restrictive Words, Conditions
or Instructions.
All Items that have restrictive words, conditions, limitations
or special instructions added (including Jtems marked
with the words "Paid in Full" or similar language) and all
accompanying communications must be mailed to and
received at: Capital One, P.O. Box 30285, Salt Lake City,
UT 84130-0285. If you make your payment or send any
accompanying cormunications to any other address, we may
accept and process the payment without losing any of our
rights.
Credit Balances.
We may reject and return to you any payment that creates a
credit balance on your Account. Any credit balance we allow
will not be available until we confirm that your payment has
cleared. We may reduce the amount of any credit balance by
any new amounts billed to yourAccount. You may contact us
as provided on your Statement and request a refund of any
available credit balance. If you contact us in writing, we will
refund your credit balance within 7 Business Days from our
receipt of your written request.
Account Default.
We may consider you in default of your Agreement with us if:
(1) you do not make any payment when it is due;
(2) any payment you make is rejected, not paid or cannot be
processed;
(3) you exceed a credit limit;
(4) a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding is filed by or
against you;
(5) you die or are legally declared incompetent or
incapacitated;
(5) we determine that you made a false, incomplete
or misleading statement on any of your Account
documentation, or you otherwise teed to defraud us;
(7) you do not comply with any term of this Agreement or
any other agreement with us; or
(8) you permanently reside outside the United States.
For certain actions, including changing the rates and Fees
on your Account, our options appear in our original offer
materials when you opened yourAccount. Remember, paying
the Fees charged .in connection with a default will not by itself
cure the default. In addition, if you are in default, we may take
the following actions without notifying you, unless the law says
that we must notify you:
(1) close or suspend your Account;
(2) lower yout~credit limits;
(3) increase your minimum payment;
(4) demand that you immediately pay the entire balances
owing on yourAccount (for example, as described in the
Minimum Payment section);
(5) continue to charge you Interest Charges and Fees as long
as your balances remain outstanding; and/or
(6) pursue any other action against you that the law allows,
which includes the filing of a lawsuit against you.
You must pay us all of our collection expenses, attorneys' fees
and court costs unless the law does not allow us to collect
these amounts.
Communications.
We may contact you from time to time regarding your
Account. We may contact you in any manner we choose unless
the law says that we cannot. For example, we may:
(1 }contact you by mail, telephone, email, fax, recorded
message, text message or personal visit;
(2) contact you using an automated dialing or similar device
(3} contact you at your home and at your place of
employment;
{4} contact you on your mobile telephone;
(S) contact you at any time, including weekends and holidays;
(6} contact you with any frequency;
(7} leave prerecorded and other messages on your answering
machine/serviceond wi#h others; and
(8) identify ourselves, your relationship with us and our
purpose for contacting you even if others might hear or
read it.
Our contacts with you about yourAccount are not unsolicited
and might result from information we obtain from you or
others. We may monitor or record any conversation or other
communication with you. Unless the law says we cannot,
we may modify or suppress caller ID and similar services
and identify ourselves on these services in any manner
we choose. When you give us or we obtain your mobile
telephone number, we may contact you at this number using
an Autodiaier and can also leave prerecorded and other
messages. We may do these things whether we con#act you
or you contact us,
If you ask us to discuss your Account with someone else, you
must provide us with documents that we ask for and that are
acceptable to us.
Credit Reports.
We may provide information about you and the Account to
consumer (credit) reporting agencies and others as provided
in our Privacy Notices. Information we provide might appear
on your and the Authorize Users' credit reports. This could
include negative information if you do not comply with the
terms of this Agreement. We may obtain and use credit
and income information about you from consumer (credit)
reporting agencies and others as the law allows.
Closing or Suspending Your Account.
You may ask us to close your Account by calling or writing us
as described on your Statement. Your Statement will provide
additional information about #his process, and we may also
separately provide you with additional details after your
request. This might include payment information. If you use
your Card or charges post to your Account after you ask us to
close it, we may keep it open or reopen it.
We may close or suspend your Account and your right to
ob#ain credit from us. We may do this at any time and for
any reason, permitted by law, even if you are not in default.
A suspension of your Account might be permanent or
temporary.
If your Account is closed or suspended for any reason, you
must stop using your Card. You must also cancel all billing
arrangements to the Account. We will not do this for you.
If we close or permanently suspend your Account, you must
also destroy all Cards. You must still pa us all amounts you
owe on the Account, even if they are charged after your
Account is closed or suspended.
Lost or Stolen Card.
You will take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized
use of your Card and Account. If your Card is lost or
stolen or if someone else might be using it vii#hout your
permission, you must tell us at once. You may tell us by
calling the telephone number on the back of your Card or
on your Statement or by writing us at the address on your
Statement. You will not be responsible for charges made to
your Account that are found by us to be unauthorized. If
we reimburse your Account for unauthorized charges made
using your Card, you will help us investigate, pursue and
get reimbursement from the wrongdoer. Your help includes
giving us documents that we ask for and that are acceptable
to us.
Changes to Your Agreement.
At any time, we may add, delete or change any term of this
Agreement unless the law prohibits us from doing so. We will
give you notice of any changes as required by law. If we do
notify you of changes, we will send you a separate notice or
inform you on your Statement. We may send this notice to
you electronically as permitted by law. Our notice will tell you
when and how the changes will take effect and describe any
rights you have in connection with the changes.
Your variable Annual Percentage Rates (if applicable) can go
up or down as the index for the rate goes up or down. If we
increase your Interest Charges for any other reason we will
notify you in writing. If we increase your Fees or other terms
of your Account we will notify you in writing and inform you
of your options in advance, including the right to opt out of
some of these changes.
We may increase your Interest Charges for new transactions
and your Fees after the first year of the Account. Also, if your
payment is not received within 60 days after the payment
due date, we may increase your Interest Charges and Fees for
existing balances and new transactions at any time. We may
change any other terms of your Account at any time.
The Law that Applies to Your Agreement.
We make decisions to grant credit and issue you a Card from
our offices in Virginia. This Agreement will be interpreted using
Virginia law. Federal law will be used when it applies.
You waive any applicable statute of limitations as the law
allows. Otherwise, the applicable statute of limitations
period for all provisions and purposes under this Agreement
(including the right to collect debt) will be the longer period
provided by Virginia or the jurisdiction where you live. If any
part of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, the
remaining parts will remain in effect.
Waiver.
We will not lose any of our rights if we delay taking any
action for any reason or if we do not notify you. For example,
we may waive your Interest Charges or Fees without notifying
you and without losing our right to charge them in the
future. We may always enforce our rights later and may take
other actions not listed rn this Agreement if the law allows
them. You do not have to receive notice from us of any
waiver, delay, demand or dishonor. We may proceed against
you before proceeding against someone else.
A551gnment.
This Agreement will be binding on, and benefit, any of your
and our successors and assigns.
You may not transfer your Account or your Agreement to
someone else without our written permission.
We may transfer your Account and this Agreement to
another company or person without your permission and
without prior notice to you. They will take our place under
this Agreement. You must pay them and perform all of your
obligations to them and not us. If you pay us after you are
informed or learn that we have transferred your Account or
this Agreement, we can handle your payment in any way
we think is reasonable. This includes returning the payment
to you or forwarding the payment to the other company or
person.
Glossary.
•';4ccess Check" means any check we send to you to access
your Account. We may also refer to an Access Check as a
"convenience check" or a "purchase check."
•"Account" means your Card Account with us.
•'Authorized User" means one or mare persons who may
use the Card but is not responsible for the repayment of the
Account.
•"Balance Transfer" means a Transfer posted to the
purchase Segment of your Account unless otherwise
described in your Truth in Lending Disclosures.
•"Billing Cycle" means a period of time that might vary
in length but is approximately 30 days. The specific period
of time is described on each Statement. However, you will
have a Billing Cycle even if a Statement is not required.
We will often specify a Billing Cycle by the month in which
its closing date occurs as provided on the Statement. For
example, a "March Billing Cycle" will have a closing date
in March. We may also refer to a Billing Cycle as a "Billing
Period." If your Account balance has charged off, we may
switch to quarterly Billing Cycles to your Account.
•"Business Day" means any day in which Capital One's
offices are open for the processing of payments and credits.
•"Card" means any Capftal One credit Card associated with your
Account, which includes all renewals and substitutions. It also
means any other access device for your Acmunt we give you
that allows you to obtain credit, including anyAccount number
and any Access Check.
•"Cash Advance" means using the Card to obtain loans
in cash or things we consider cash equivalents. Cash
equivalents include wire transfers, travelers' checks, money
orders, foreign currency, lottery tickets, gaming chips and
wagers. Cash Advances are posted to the Cash Advance
Segment of your Account and not to your purchase
Segment.
• "Fees" means charges imposed on your Account that are
not based on the Annual Percentage Rates.
• "Interest Charges" means any charges to your Account
based on the application of Annual Percentage Rates.
• "item" means a. check, draft, money order or other
negotiable instrument you use to pay your Account. This
includes any image of these instruments. This does not
include an Access Check.
• "Payment Card Network" means Visa Inc., MasterCard
International Incorporated, or any other network provider
displayed on the Card.
• "Segments" means the different parts of your Account
we may establish that are subject to unique pricing, grace
periods or other terms. We create these parts of your
Account for such things as your purchases, Cash Advances
and Special Transfers.
• "Specia[ Transfer" means a Transfer posted to the Special
Transfer Segment of your Account and not to your purchase
Segment.
• "Statement" means a document or information we
provide to you showing Account information including,
among other things, transactions made to your Account
during a Billing Cycle. We might also refer to your Statement
as a "Periodic Statement" or a "Billing Stafement."
-"Transfers" means balances transferred from other
Accounts to this Account and includes Balance Transfers and
Special Transfers.
•"Truth in Lending Disclosures" means any Account
information we provide to you that is required by the
federal Truth in lending Act and Regulation Z. These include
your application and solicitation disclosures, Account
opening disclosures, subsequent disclosures, Statements
and change in terms notices.
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