Vested Money E-Sign Consent and Electronic Communications Agreement

Effective: 16th November, 2022

It is our goal to provide you with as many digital banking options as possible, including providing information to you electronically. We are required by law to give you certain information in writing. This means you have the right to receive that information on paper. With your consent, we can provide it to you electronically instead.

In this Agreement:

“We,” “us,” “our,” and “Fintech” mean Vested Money
“You” and “your” mean the person giving this consent, and also each additional account owner, authorized signer, authorized representative, delegate, product owner and/or service user identified on any Fintech product that you apply for, use or access.
“Communications” means each disclosure, notice, agreement, fee schedule, privacy policy, statement, record, document, and other information we provide to you or that you sign or submit or agree to at our request.
“tax document” means any tax forms or reports.

You agree to receive electronic communications from us

As part of your relationship with us, we will provide you with communications. By accepting this Agreement, you consent to receive communications in electronic form for any products, services and accounts that you have or apply for, either now or in the future. You also consent to the use of electronic signatures in your relationship with us.

We may still choose to provide you with information on paper even though you have consented to receive it electronically. In some cases, we are not permitted by law to deliver certain communications to you electronically. However, if the law changes in the future and permits additional communications to be delivered electronically, this Agreement will also automatically cover those communications.

Electronic Records and Signatures Agreement

You agree that, notwithstanding any other provision in any agreement between you and us, whether now existing or entered into in the future, that:

An electronic or other copy of a signed communication shall be considered as effective as an original.
At our option, any communication may be in the form of an electronic record and executed using electronic signatures.
Communications may be sent electronically by us (i) by sending the communication to the recipient’s authorized Email Address or (ii) by posting the communication on a website and sending a notice to the recipient’s postal address or authorized Email Address.
In the absence of actual notice of non-delivery received by us, communications sent electronically pursuant to this paragraph shall be effective when sent and shall constitute notice of the communication.
We may, at our option, use or accept manually signed paper communications which have been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format, or an electronically signed communication converted into another format for transmission, delivery and/or retention. If any promissory note issued to us, as lender, is electronically executed by you or your authorized representative (“Electronic Note”), you agree that we (and any person to whom we later transfer the Electronic Note, shall have the right to convert the electronic note at any time into a paper-based note (“Paper-Based Note”), which will be an effective, enforceable and valid original written instrument. You also agree that (1) the execution of the electronic note will be deemed issuance and delivery of the paper-based note, and (2) the printing of the representation of the electronic signature(s) upon the paper-based note will be deemed the original signature(s) on the paper-based note and will serve to indicate the signer’s present intention to authenticate the paper-based note.
It is intended that this E-Consent (together with the definition of “communication” as used in this E-Consent) is and will be deemed integrated into, and form a part of, all agreements between you and us, whether now existing or entered into in the future.

Tax Documents

You consent to the electronic delivery of any tax document. Each of the following applies to the electronic delivery of tax documents:

You are not required to receive tax documents electronically.
Your election to receive tax documents electronically allows us to electronically deliver any tax document we are legally permitted to provide to you now or in the future until you withdraw your consent.
You may withdraw your consent to this E-Consent at any time through the procedures provided herein. You may also change your preferences regarding the electronic delivery of tax documents from time to time without withdrawing your consent to this E-Consent. Withdrawal of consent to receive tax documents electronically will not include tax documents previously provided electronically; such tax documents may continue to be provided online for the applicable posting period. We will confirm your withdrawal request and the date it takes effect in writing (either electronically). The delivery of tax documents may be terminated at any time by us.
Further, we may make certain tax documents available electronically only for a limited time. Currently, a such period for most tax documents is from January 31st or February 15th, as applicable, of the relevant year until October 15 of such year. Certain tax documents may be available electronically for a longer time. Certain tax documents that are provided electronically may have to be printed out and attached to a federal, state or local income tax return.
If you need to update any information relevant to the electronic delivery of tax documents, you may do so, as provided herein.
We will notify you when each tax document is available electronically. We will notify you if any tax document cannot be delivered electronically.
A description of the hardware, software and operating system required to access, print, and retain tax documents is set forth herein.

We may deliver electronic communications to you in several ways.

When we deliver electronic communications to you, we will either: (1) email them to you; (2) present them on-screen or for download through our Vested mobile application (3) include them in other electronic communications that we are delivering to you, such as electronic account statements; or If we are not emailing or presenting the information to you directly, we will tell you where you can go to view that information.

If you seek to obtain a new product, service or account with us, we may remind you that you have already consented to receiving electronic communications and using electronic signatures in your relationship with us. If you choose not to receive electronic communications or use electronic signatures in connection with the new product, service or account, that choice does not mean you have withdrawn your consent with respect to any other product, service or account.

You will need some technology to receive electronic communications.

To receive and retain electronic communications from us, you will need the following:

A computer or mobile device with an operating system that supports everything below;
A connection to the internet;
A current version of a web browser that we support. You should check the system requirements periodically for updates to supported software;
A hard drive or other data storage unit;
A valid, active email address; and
A current version of a program that displays PDF files (such as Adobe® Reader®).

If our hardware and software requirements change, which is a material risk that you would not be able to access or retain electronic communications, we will give you notice of the change. Continuing to use our electronic services after receiving notice of updates to our system requirements signifies your acceptance of the change and reaffirmation of your consent.

Please keep your contact information up to date.

Your responsibility is to keep all your contact information current so that we can send you electronic communications. You can update your email address and other contact information by editing your profile in the Vested mobile application. You may also contact us at helpbanking@vestedfinance.co.

You can withdraw your consent to receiving electronic communications.

We only offer electronic statements and communication. Any request to stop electronic communications will result in your account being frozen and requested to be transferred out. To withdraw your consent to receiving electronic communications, you may contact us via email at helpbanking@vestedfinance.co. Your withdrawal of consent will become effective only after we have had a reasonable opportunity to act upon it.