Terms and Conditions for DCBKNP mPassbook Services
1.0 Definitions:
The following words and expressions shall have the corresponding meanings
wherever appropriate.
Bank refers to District Co-Operative Bank Ltd. Kanpur, a body corporate
constituted
under
Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act.1965 and carrying on Banking business under the Banking
Regulation Act – 1949 and having its Head office at Kanpur including
any branch / office thereof.
DCBKNP mPassbook is the facility to the customer for viewing the transaction
information and other facilities as the Bank may decide upon from time to time and is downloaded
in the
mobile phone.
mPassbook Application shall mean the Bank’s mPassbook software downloaded
in the
mobile phone
Customer is a person who holds an account in
Co-Operative Bank. Account refers to the customer Savings and / or Current
Account,
or any other type of account as available in the Bank which may covered under the
mPassbook
facility in future.
mPIN shall mean the Personal Identification Number (password) for accessing
transactions using mPassbook facility.
Mobile Phone number shall mean the mobile number that has been given by the
customer
to register with the Bank.
2.0 Applicability of Terms and Conditions:
By using DCBKNP mPassbook, the Customer thereby agrees to these Terms and
Conditions, which form the contract between the Customer and Bank. mPassbook of
the Bank shall be governed by such terms and conditions as amended by the Bank from time to
time. These
terms and conditions shall be in addition to and not in derogation of other terms and conditions
relating to any account of the Customer and/or the respective product or the service provided by
the
Bank unless otherwise specifically stated.
3.0 General Business Rules governing DCBKNP MPassbook
The following Business rules will apply to the facility being offered by the Bank:
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TheFacility will be available to customers having a satisfactory running Savings/
Current account with the Bank.
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TheFacility is made available to the Customer at his request, at the sole
discretion of the Bank and may be discontinued by the Bank at any time, without notice
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Thecustomer is solely responsible to select the period of transactional data storage
provided in the settings of DCBKNP mPassbook application.
- Bankreserves the right to reject a Customer’s
online request for mPassbook without assigning any reasons.
- Customer can request for termination of the facility by uninstalling the application from
his mobile
phone. The Customer shall remain accountable for all the transactional information stored in
the
mPassbook Application in his mobile phone.
- It shall be the Bank’s endeavor to give a reasonable notice for withdrawal or
termination of
the facility, but the Bank may at its discretion withdraw temporarily or terminate the
facility,
either wholly or partially, anytime without giving prior notice to the Customer.
- The facility may be suspended for any maintenance or repair work for any breakdown in the
Hardware/
Software for DCBKNPmPassbook or any emergency or security reasons without prior notice and
bank shall
not be responsible if such an action has to be taken for reasons of security or emergency.
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Theservices offered under the facility will be automatically terminated if the
accounts linked for the mPassbook Services are closed.
- TheBank may also terminate or
suspend the services under the facility without prior notice if the
Customer has violated the terms and conditions laid down by the Bank or on the death of the
Customer
when brought to the notice of the Bank or when prohibited by law or an order by a court or
Authority.
4.0 Usage of Facility:
By accepting the terms and conditions on the mobile phone while registering for the
facility, the customer:
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Agreesto use the DCBKNP mPassbook for non-financial enquiry services offered by
the Bank from time to time.
- Authorizes the Bank to map the account number, mobile phone number for the smooth operation
of
DCBKNPmPassbook offered by the Bank and to preserve the
mapping record in its own server or server of any third party and to use such data at
its discretion for providing/enhancing further banking/ technology products that it may
offer.
- Agrees that he / she is aware and accepts that facility offered by the Bank will
enablehim / her to operate using mPIN within the limit prescribed by the Bank and
the enquiry service being bonafide will not be disputed.
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Agreesto use the facility on a mobile phone properly and validly registered in his /
her name only with the Mobile Service Provider and undertakes to use the facility only
through mobile
number which has been given to register for the facility.
- Agrees that the Bank is authenticating the Customer at the time of installation by OTP and
at the
time of subsequent usage by mPIN and that such authentication would be sufficient for
protection of
the customer transactions. The customer is solely responsible for maintenance of the secrecy
and
confidentiality of the mPIN without any liability to the Bank. The Bank at its discretion
may adopt
other
authenticationof electronic records and the same will be acceptable
and binding on the customer.
- Remarks entered by the customer in mPassbook will not be stored at the Bank server/s and are
stored
in mobile application residing in the mobile phone only.
DeletingApp/Resetting/Formatting etc of the mobile will result in loss of data in the
mPassbook app including remarks.
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Onlyregistered mobile number is required for registration of mPassbook and that no
other information is sought by the bank.
5.0 Miscellaneous
- Customer shall be required to acquaint himself/herself with the process for using the
facility and
that he/she shall be responsible for any error made while using the
- Bank reserves the right to decide what services may be offered. Additions/ deletions to the
services
offered under the facility are at its sole discretion.
- Customer hereby authorizes the Bank or its agents to send promotional messages including the
products of the Bank, greetings or any other messages the Bank may consider from time to
time.
- Customer understands that the Bank may send rejection or cannot process the request messages
for the
service request(s) sent by the Customer which could not be executed for any reason.
- Bank shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the customer information is kept
confidential
but shall not be responsible for any inadvertent divulgence or leakage of Customer
information for
reasons beyond its control or by action of any third party.
- Customer expressly authorizes the Bank to carry out all requests purporting to have been
authenticated with his/ her mPIN.
- It is the responsibility of the Customer to advise the Bank of any change in hismobile
number or
loss/ theft of mobile phone by adopting the procedure laid down by the Bank for the purpose.
- Telecom Service provider of the customer may levy charges for each SMS / GPRS and the Bank
is not
liable for any dispute that may arise between telecom service provider and the Customer.
6.0 Fee structure for the Facility:
At present, Bank does not charge any fee for offering this mPassbook Facility. Bank reserves the
right
to charge the Customer fee for the use of the services provided under the facility and change
the fee
structure at its discretion.
Display of such charges on Bank’s website would serve as sufficient notice and the same is
binding on the customer.
7.0 Accuracy of Information:
It is the responsibility of the Customer to provide correct information to the Bank through the
use of
the facility or any other method. In case of any discrepancy in information, the Customer
understands
that the Bank will not be in any way responsible for action taken based on the information. Bank
will
endeavor to correct the error promptly wherever possible on a best effort basis, if the customer
reports
such error in information.
Customer understands that the Bank will try, to the best of its ability and effort, to provide
accurate
information and shall not hold the Bank responsible for any errors or omissions that may occur
due to
reasons beyond the control of the Bank.
Customer accepts that the Bank shall not be responsible for any errors which may occur in spite
of the
steps taken by the Bank to ensure the accuracy of the information and shall not have any claim
against
the Bank in the event of any loss/ damage suffered as a consequence of an inaccurate information
provided by the Bank.
8.0 Responsibilities and obligations of the customer
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TheCustomer shall take all steps possible to ensure that his/her mobile phone is
not shared with anyone.
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TheCustomer will use the services offered under facility using the mPIN in
accordance with the procedure as laid down by the Bank from time to time.
- The Customer shall keep the mPIN confidential and will not disclose these to any other
personor will not record them in a way that would compromise the security of
the services.
- It willbe the responsibility of the Customer to notify the Bank immediately if he/
she suspect the misuse of the mPIN. He will also immediately initiate the necessary steps to
change
his mPIN.
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Ifthe mobile phone or SIM is lost, the customer must immediately take
- actionto de-register/ uninstall DCBKNP mPassbook
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TheCustomer shall keep himself/herself updated with regard to any
information/ modification relating to the services offered under the facility which would be
publicized on the websites and at the
branches and would be responsible for the
- The Customer shall be liable for all loss on breach of the Terms and Conditions contained
herein or
contributed or caused the loss by negligent actions or a failure to advise the Bank
immediately about
any unauthorized access in the Account.
- The Customer shall be liable and responsible for all legal compliance and adherence of all
commercial terms and conditions in respect of the mobile connection/SIM card/mobile phone
through
which the facility is availed and the Bank does not accept/ acknowledge any responsibility
in this
regard.
The Customer is advised to be prudent in downloading content through blue-tooth and ensure that
proper anti-virus software is used from time to time to remove malware residing in the hand-set.
9.0 Disclaimer
The Bank, when acting in good faith, shall be absolved of any liability in case:
- The Bank is unable to receive or execute anyof the requests from the Customer or there is
loss of
information during processing or transmission or any unauthorized access by any other person
or breach
of confidentiality due to reasons beyond the control of the Bank.
- There is any kind of loss, direct or indirect, incurred by the Customer or any other person
due to
any failure or lapse in the facility which are beyond the control of the
- There is any failure or delay in transmitting of information or there is any error or
inaccuracyof information or any other consequence arising from any cause
beyond the control of the Bank which may include technology failure, mechanical breakdown, power
disruption, etc.
- There is any lapse or failure on the part of the service providers or any third party
affecting the
said facility and that the Bank makes no warranty as to the quality of the service provided
by any
such service provider. The Bank, its employees, agent or contractors, shall not be liable
for and in
respect of any loss or damage whether direct, indirect or consequential, including but not
limited to
loss of revenue, profit, business, contracts, anticipated savings or goodwill, loss of use
or value of
any equipment including software, whether foreseeable or not, suffered by the Customer or
any person
howsoever arising from or relating to any delay,
interruption,suspension, resolution or error of the Bank in receiving and processing
the request and in formulating and returning responses or any failure, delay, interruption,
suspension, restriction, or error in transmission of any information or message to and from
the
telecommunication equipment of the Customer and the network of any service provider and the
Bank's
system or any breakdown, interruption, suspension or failure of the telecommunication
equipment of the
Customer, the Bank's system or the network of any service provider and/or any third party
who provides
such services as is necessary to provide the facility.
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TheBank will not be responsible if Bank’s mPassbook application is not compatible
with/ does not work on the mobile handset of the Customer.
10.0 Indemnity:
In consideration of the Bank providing the facility, the Customer agrees to indemnify and hold
the Bank
harmless against all actions, claims, demands proceedings, loss, damages, costs, charges and
expenses
which the Bank may at any time incur, sustain, suffer or be put to as a consequence of or
arising out of
or in connection with any services provided to the Customer pursuant hereto. The Customer shall
indemnify the Bank for unauthorized access by any third party to any
information/instructions/triggers
given by the Customer or breach of confidentiality
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