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Loan Sale & Servicing Agreement
Updated: May 13, 2008
This Loan Sale and Servicing Agreement (the
“Agreement”) is made and entered into
between you (the “Lender”) and Fynanz,
Inc. (“Fynanz”).
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER INFORMATION
ON FYNANZ.COM RELEVANT TO YOUR PARTICIPATION CAREFULLY AND
PRINT AND RETAIN A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR YOUR
RECORDS.
Your role as a
Fynanz “Lender” is that of a loan purchaser,
and your rights and obligations as a prospective purchaser
of Fynanz loans are set forth below. Although you are
referred to in this Agreement and on the Fynanz website as
a “Lender,” you are not actually lending your
money directly to Fynanz borrowers, but are, instead,
making loan purchase commitments and purchasing promissory
notes representing loans made to borrowers by Fynanz.
Fynanz uses its own capital for the initial funding of
loans made through Fynanz.com instead of relying on
relationships with third parties. Fynanz then sells that
portion of each loan not retained by Fynanz to one or more
auction winners in respect of each winning auction
bid.
1. Registration as a Fynanz Lender. You are
registering as a Lender with Fynanz, so that you may be
eligible to post bids on the Fynanz website and purchase
promissory notes evidencing loans made by Fynanz following
the matching of your bids with requested loans
(collectively “Notes”). You agree to
comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the
Terms of Use of the Fynanz website, and any other
policies posted on the Fynanz website (the “Fynanz
Policies”), as may be amended from time to time
by Fynanz in its sole discretion (collectively, the
“Fynanz Terms and Conditions”).
2. Posting of Bids. Upon registration, you may
post bids on borrower listings on the Fynanz website.
“Listings” are Fynanz borrowers' loan requests
that are displayed on the Fynanz website along with desired
loan amount, desired interest rate, school attending or
attended, program of study, and if available, non-housing
debt-to-income ratio and other credit information about the
borrower’s and, if applicable, the cosigner. A credit
grade based on the Fynanz proprietary scoring model (the
“Fynanz Academic Credit Score” or
“FACS”) is also displayed. Listings also
display the borrower's and/or co-signer’s
self-reported annual income and occupation if any.
Borrowers and co-signers are identified by a Fynanz user
name but are not allowed to disclose their identity or
contact information to Lenders. You may contact Fynanz to
request any such additional information concerning the
borrower or cosigner as you reasonably believe would assist
you in making your decision to lend. Fynanz will evaluate
such requests on a case-by-case basis and will provide any
additional requested information in its sole discretion
after it has received the borrower’s approval to
release information.
A bid by a Lender is the Lender's commitment to purchase
a Note in the principal amount of the Lender's bid,
representing a loan to be made to the Borrower, should the
listing receive a bid or bids amounting to at least the
minimum loan amount for the Borrower's state of residence,
as shown in the State Licenses section of the Fynanz
website ("Minimum Listing Amount"). A Lender
“bids” the amount it is willing to commit to
the purchase of a loan to the Borrower and the minimum
interest rate it is willing to receive. Each Lender must
have funds in the amount of the bid on deposit in its
Fynanz Funding Account (described below), and the
funds must remain on deposit for as long as the bid is a
“winning” bid on the listing. Lenders, at
Fynanz’s discretion, may be allowed to place a
Pledge Bid (as described below) on the requested
loan. A Lender bid becomes a “winning” bid if
such bid is in the group of bids that has the lowest
interest rates among all bids placed against the listing.
Once a bid or a portion of a bid becomes a winning bid, it
is irrevocable to the extent that Fynanz allocates it to a
loan.
Availability of Funds. At the time you place a
bid you must have funds on deposit with Fynanz (the
“Funds”) in at least the amount of your
bid, and you are not permitted to withdraw those Funds for
so long as your bid is “winning” as described
in Section 3 below. Your Funds will be placed in an
FDIC-insured non-interest bearing account at Signature Bank
(the “Fynanz Funding Account”) separate
from Fynanz's own funds. At the time you register as a
Lender, you must provide your deposit account information
to facilitate electronic transfers of Funds to and from the
Fynanz Funding Account and your deposit account. You
will not earn interest on Funds in the Fynanz Funding
Account. All of your Funds in the Fynanz Funding
Account that are not committed to winning bids are
available for further bidding. You may at any time request
that your uncommitted Funds in the Fynanz Funding Account
be returned to you, in which case Fynanz will promptly
return the remaining Funds to you.
Fynanz, in its sole discretion, may allow you to place a
bid even if you do not have sufficient funds to meet the
bid in the Fynanz Funding Account (a “Pledge
Bid”). You must transfer funds from your deposit
account to the Fynanz Funding Account to cover the amount
of the Pledge Bid within five days of placing the bid but
no later than the close of the auction in which your bid is
a winning bid. Fynanz reserves the right to cancel Pledge
Bids at any time.
Loan Purchase Commitment. Each bid you place on
the Fynanz website is a commitment and promise to purchase
each Note that results from all or a portion of your bid
being matched with the listing you selected. Once you
place a bid, you may not cancel or withdraw the bid or
reduce the amount of the bid, to the extent your bid has
been matched with your target listing.
AT THE TIME YOU SUBMIT A BID ON A LISTING, YOU ARE
COMMITTING TO PURCHASE THE NOTE THAT RESULTS FROM ALL OR A
PORTION OF YOUR BID BEING MATCHED WITH THAT
LISTING.
3. Matching of Bids and Listings.
a. Dollar Bid Limits. Lenders may bid the
entire amount of the loan being requested, or may bid a
lesser amount, subject to a minimum bid amount of $50.
Bids must be made in $25 increments. The aggregate amount
of all of your bids, when added to the amount outstanding
on all of your Fynanz Notes, must not exceed $2,000,000 for
individual Lenders, or $50,000,000 for corporate or
institutional Lenders. Subject to these dollar limits,
there is no limit on the amount of Funds you may commit to
bids on listings.
b. Rate Bid Limits and Bid Priorities. Bids are
determined to be winning bids based on the following
priorities: (1) the interest rate offered, from lowest to
highest; (2) if two or more bids are offered at the same
interest rate, the type of Lender; and (3) the order in
time in which bids were placed among Lenders of the same
type, if the Lenders offered the same interest rate.
Fynanz recognizes four types of Lenders when determining
the priority of a bid. From highest to lowest priority, the
types of Lenders are: (1) friends and family of the
borrower; (2) alumni of the borrower’s school; (3)
unaffiliated lenders; and (4) Fynanz itself. Note that in
certain cases Fynanz may establish a minimum margin over
LIBOR which all Lenders and Fynanz will be required to
meet.
The interest rate you bid will be a variable rate made
up of a “base” and a margin. The base interest
rate will be the average of one month LIBOR rates over the
three months preceding the date on which the loan is made.
See the Help section on the Fynanz website for a
description of how this LIBOR base rate is determined. The
margin over LIBOR that you may bid for a loan depends on
the bidding status of the loan. If the loan has received
no bids or bids that do not total the dollar amount of the
requested loan, you may bid any margin over LIBOR less than
or equal to the borrower’s requested rate. If the
loan has received enough bids to fully fund the loan, you
may bid any margin over LIBOR that is less than the highest
margin that is included in the group of bids currently
funding the loan; provided however, that a lender of a
higher priority than another lender whose bid is currently
funding the loan may become winning bidders by submitting a
bid less than or equal to the highest margin that is
included in the group of bids currently funding the loan.
Note that in certain cases Fynanz may establish a minimum
margin over LIBOR which all Lenders and Fynanz will be
required to meet. You should also be aware that the
interest rate established for a loan will be increased by
1% to fund a Default Prevention & Guarantee Fund
(“Guarantee Fund”) managed by Fynanz.
You will not receive any interest paid by
a borrower on account of this 1% component of the loan
interest rate. However, you will be the beneficiary of the
Guarantee Fund to the extent described herein.
c. Your bid remains outstanding on a listing until you
are outbid, or until the listing is withdrawn by the
borrower or removed by Fynanz in accordance with Section
10 below. If you are outbid, or if the listing is
withdrawn or removed, your bid will be cancelled, and your
Funds that were committed to your bid will be available for
further bidding.
d. If a listing gets a bid or bids in an amount
totaling at least the Minimum Listing Amount,
the bids that are winning bids at the time
the listing expires are matched with the listing, and
Fynanz will arrange for a loan to be made in the amount
totaling the winning bids to the borrower who posted the
listing, subject to Fynanz's right to verify information as
described in Section 10 below. Each loan to the
borrower will be evidenced by a Note or Notes, in the form of Exhibit
A to this Agreement, naming Fynanz as the payee, in
the amount of each winning bid on the listing. After a
holding period of no more than forty-five days following
the closing of the loan, at Fynanz’s discretion, a
Note or Notes totaling the amount of each winning bidder's
bid will be sold and assigned to the winning bidder in
accordance with Section 6 below, and Funds of each
winning bidder in the amount of the bid will be transferred
from the bidder's Fynanz Funding Account to Fynanz. By
making a bid, you agree that if you are the winning bidder
or are among the winning bidders on a listing that results
in a loan, you will purchase a Note or Notes totaling the
amount of your winning bid. Should Fynanz for any reason
cancel the winning bids your Funds that were committed to
your bid will be available for further bidding.
e. Fynanz does not warrant or guaranty that your bids
will be matched with any listings. In the event some, but
not all, of the Funds you bid are matched with a listing,
you are committed to purchasing the Note that results from
the portion of your Funds being matched with the listing,
and the remainder of your Funds (i.e., the unmatched Funds)
will remain in your Fynanz Funding Account, available for
further bidding.
f. To safeguard your privacy rights and those of your
borrowers, on all copies of Notes accessible to the
borrower or Lender, the identity and address of the
counterparty will redacted. Only the borrower's Fynanz
user name will appear on listings and Notes for you to see,
and only your Fynanz user name will appear with your bids.
Fynanz will hold the original, un-redacted Notes as
custodian.
4. Multiple Lenders. A borrower's listing may
be matched with more than one bid, and therefore you may be
one of several Lenders who purchase loans resulting from
multiple bids being matched with a listing. In these
instances, your Note will be separate and distinct from the
Notes of the other Lenders, and will be enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
5. Fynanz’s right to cancel bids. Fynanz
reserves the right to cancel or remove your bid on a
listing in its sole discretion for any reason, including
but not limited to failed identity verification, suspicious
transfer(s) to and from the Fynanz Funding Account, or not
funding Pledge Bids within five days of listing expiration.
YOU AGREE THAT WHEN MAKING BIDS YOU WILL NOT
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY BORROWER ON THE BASIS OF RACE,
COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, AGE,
SEXUAL ORIENTATION, MILITARY STATUS, THE BORROWER'S SOURCE
OF INCOME, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY AN APPLICABLE
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
THE EQUAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITY ACT.
6. Sale and Servicing of Notes.
Purchase and Sale of Notes. Fynanz agrees to
sell to you and you agree to purchase, from time to time,
without recourse, all Notes resulting from the matching of
your bids with listings on the Fynanz marketplace. Fynanz
agrees to sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey to
you free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of
any kind, and you will purchase, all of Fynanz's right,
title and interest in and to the Notes sold to you;
provided, however, the borrower does not exercise his or
her right to cancel the loan within 30 days of
Fynanz’s approval of the loan by returning or causing
the loan amount to be returned to Fynanz (a “Loan
Cancellation”); further provided that Fynanz will
retain the Servicing Rights (as defined below) with respect
to the loans. Although Fynanz will retain the Servicing
Rights to all loans, you will hold title to, and ownership
of, the Notes until the Notes are paid in full or are
otherwise sold. In the event of a Loan Cancellation, your
loan and the
applicable note are void. The winning amount of your
bid will be returned to your Fynanz Funding Account within
3 business days and no interest will be due or payable to
you on account of any loan subject to a Loan
Cancellation.
You may not sell, transfer, assign, set over and
convey your right, title and interest in and to the Notes
except with Fynanz's prior written consent and in
accordance with the Fynanz Terms and Conditions, or
as otherwise provided for in this Agreement. During the
time you own the Notes you are entitled to all payments of
principal and interest received from borrowers on the
Notes, subject to deductions for that portion of interest
paid as Guarantee Fees, servicing compensation and
collection expenses as provided in this Agreement.
Servicing Rights. The Servicing Rights retained
by Fynanz include: (a) any and all rights to service the
Notes; (b) any payments to or monies received by Fynanz for
servicing the Notes; (c) any returned check fees, fees
incurred as a result of failed automated loan payments or
returned checks or bank drafts due to insufficient funds in
a borrower's account or for other reasons (“NSF
fees”), penalties or similar servicing costs
incurred with respect to the Notes; (d) all agreements or
documents creating, defining or evidencing any such
servicing rights and all rights of Fynanz under those
agreements or documents; (e) all accounts and other rights
to payment related to the Notes other than in respect of
principal, interest and late fees thereon; and (f) any and
all documents, files, records, servicing files, servicing
documents, servicing records, data tapes, computer records,
or other information pertaining to the Notes or pertaining
to the past, present or prospective servicing of the Notes
(collectively, “Servicing Rights”).
Fynanz acknowledges that you are relying upon Fynanz's
servicing facilities, personnel, records, processes,
procedures and infrastructure to administer the sale and
servicing of the Notes, and consequently, except as
described in this Agreement, Fynanz shall not assign the
Servicing Rights to any third party nor resign from the
obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except upon the
merger, conversion, consolidation, or sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of Fynanz's
business or assets. Fynanz may utilize subcontractors or
other third parties to perform some or all of the servicing
duties and functions, provided that servicing is performed
in accordance with the servicing standard set forth in the
following paragraph. If for any reason Fynanz is unable to
service your Notes, Fynanz will assign and transfer the
Servicing Rights to an unaffiliated third party loan
servicer with at least three years of experience servicing
receivables similar to the Notes.
Servicing Standard. Fynanz, as independent
contractor servicer, through the use of in-house or third
party facilities, shall service and administer the Notes in
accordance with their terms and provisions, applicable law,
agreements with third parties and the terms and provisions
of this Agreement. In servicing the Notes, Fynanz shall
use the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which
prudent lending institutions service similar assets, and
Fynanz shall seek to maximize the timely recovery of
principal and interest on the Notes. Fynanz shall have
full power and authority to do or cause to be done any and
all things that it may reasonably deem necessary or
desirable in connection with such servicing and
administration of the Notes on your behalf, and you agree
to cooperate with Fynanz in the performance of its
servicing and other obligations under this Agreement.
However, Fynanz shall permit modification with respect to
any Note that would change the interest rate, deferment or
forgiveness of the payment of principal or interest, or
reduce or increase the outstanding principal balance, or
change the final maturity date on the Note, only if Fynanz
believes that such changes will lead to maximum
recovery.
Servicing Compensation. As compensation for
servicing the Notes, Fynanz shall be entitled to retain
from payments received on the Notes a servicing fee (the
“Servicing Fee”) calculated by the
application of an annual Servicing Fee rate applied to the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes inclusive of any
capitalized interest due on the Note. Servicing fees accrue
regardless of loan status, including, without limitation,
if the loan is delinquent or in forbearance. The Servicing
Fee on each of your Notes will be the amount of the
Servicing Fee in effect at the time the listing for the
loan evidenced by your Note was posted, and will remain
unchanged for the term of the Note. The current Servicing
Fee rates are posted in the Fynanz Fees section of
the Fynanz website, and are subject to change by Fynanz at
any time without notice. The Servicing Fee is payable
monthly by deduction from each Lender's share of a loan
payment by the Borrower. The Servicing Fee is payable on
all payments received on the Notes, including without
limitation partial payments made toward a Borrower's loan.
Fynanz shall retain as additional servicing compensation
NSF fees and similar fees, except for late charges which
will be paid to the Default Prevention and Guarantee Fund
(described below).
Default Prevention
and Guarantee Fund (the “Guarantee Fund”).
Borrowers are charged an additional one percent in interest
until such time they enter repayment status and have paid
10% of the original loan principal (the “Lender
Guarantee Fee” or “Guarantee Fee”).
This one percent fee is added to the borrower’s
interest rate and is reflected in your note, but you are
not entitled to this fee which Fynanz will retain and
deposit in the Guarantee Fund. Fynanz pays certain
collection costs out of the guarantee fund, depending on
the Loan’s stage of collection. Before a Borrower has
missed the fifth consecutive loan payment (the “Cure
Period”), Fynanz pays collection costs out of the
guarantee fund and returns 100% of any proceeds from debt
collection to the Lender. Following the Cure Period,
Fynanz returns proceeds of collection efforts to Lenders
net of (1) collection costs, (2) accrued servicing fees,
(3) accrued guaranty fees, and (4) amounts previously paid
from the Guarantee Fund in respect of the defaulted loan.
Collection efforts may include settlement offers to
borrowers to repay delinquent loans for less than the
outstanding balance.
Forbearance, Modification or Discharge of Notes upon
death, disability, hardship or school closure.
If the Borrower is unable to repay his or her loan in accordance
with the terms of the Note due to death, total and permanent disability,
hardship or school closure (each a "Modification Event"), he or
she (or their legal representative) may request that you
forbear interest on, discharge or modify the terms of the Note.
Fynanz in its capacity as servicer of the Note will evaluate
requests for Note forbearance, discharge or modification by
examining customary evidence of the Modification Event
satisfactory to it to determine the appropriate course of
action on your behalf in accordance with customary industry
practices. You hereby permit Fynanz to act on your behalf
and grant appropriate relief in response to a Borrower's
request upon the occurrence of a Modification Event. Fynanz
will endeavor to treat similarly situated Borrowers in a like
manner while understanding that each Modification Event may
be unique. Fynanz will notify you of the determination it made
on your behalf, and you agree that such determination shall be
final. In the case of a partial or total discharge of the
remaining Note balance, you will be entitled to a payout from
the Guarantee Fund within 30 days of our notice to you of such
discharge in the amount of the remaining guaranteed amount
available to you under this agreement less the remaining Note
balance. Any payment made to you under this paragraph reduces
your right to collect future payments from the Guarantee Fund
by the amount of such payout.
Interest Accrual and Application of Payments.
Interest on Notes, Fynanz Servicing Fees and Lender
Guarantee Fees will accrue on all loans whether or not they
are in repayment status. Accrued interest and fees are
capitalized when the loan enters repayment status after
a deferment or forbearance period.
Once the borrower starts making loan payments, they will be
applied in the manner described below. For payment
categories that have the same priority, payments will be
allocated proportionally.
Priority 1 (highest)
- Late Fees, paid to Guarantee Fund
- NSF Fees, paid as a Servicing Fee to Fynanz
Priority 2
- Accrued and Current Lender Guarantee Fee, paid to the Guarantee Fund
- Accrued and Current Interest, paid to you
- Accrued and Current Servicing Fee, paid to Fynanz
Priority 3
- Capitalized Lender Guarantee Fee, paid to the Guarantee Fund
- Capitalized Interest, paid to you
- Capitalized Servicing Fee, paid to Fynanz
Priority 4
- Note Principal, paid to you
Servicing Account. Borrowers are encouraged to
make loan payments by automated withdrawals directly from
the borrower's designated account, or by bank drafts drawn
on the account, into a collection account maintained by
Fynanz for your benefit (the “Servicing
Account”). Loan payments made in another manner
will be deposited into the Servicing Account upon receipt.
No interest will accrue on funds in the Servicing Account.
Fynanz will make automated transfers of funds directly
from the Servicing Account to your Fynanz Funding Account.
All immediately available collections of principal,
interest and late fees, less NSF Fees, our Servicing Fee
and other charges described in this Agreement deducted from
each loan payment, will be delivered via automated transfer
from the Servicing Account into your Fynanz Funding Account
at the end of each business day. Fynanz will maintain
electronic records of loan disbursements and borrowers'
payments.
Reporting.
Fynanz will administer your Lender account and provide you
with monthly statements in electronic format reflecting
payments received on your Notes, itemizing any fees or
charges incurred, and our Servicing Fees. Fynanz will
report loan payments and delinquencies to the credit
reporting agencies without displaying your identity as the
owner of the Note.
Servicing Indemnification. Fynanz will indemnify
and hold you harmless from any claims, losses, damages or
penalties that you may sustain in any way related to
Fynanz's failure to perform its duties and service the
Notes in compliance with the terms of this Agreement and
applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither
Fynanz nor any of Fynanz's officers, employees or agents
shall be liable to you for any reasonable action taken or
for reasonably refraining from the taking any action in
good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in
judgment made in good faith. If a claim is made by a third
party with respect to Fynanz's servicing obligations under
this Agreement, Fynanz will assume the defense of any such
claim and pay all reasonable expenses in connection with
any such claim.
7. Collection of Delinquent Loans.
In the event a monthly payment on a Note is not received
on or before the due date for the payment, Fynanz may take
one or more of the following actions consistent with the
servicing guidelines stated in Section 6:
a. During the first 10 days after the due date, Fynanz
will do the following:
(1) Contact and remind the borrower of his or her
obligation to make the payment;
(2) Make a second attempt to complete an
automated withdrawal from the borrower's account to
make the delinquent payment; if payments are to be made by
bank draft, we will attempt to redeposit the draft; and
(3) Contact any cosigner and make a request for
payment.
b. When a payment becomes 30 days past due, Fynanz will
assign the loan account to the collection agency of its
choice. The borrower’s and any cosigner’s
identity, contact information and other personally
identifiable information will be provided to the collection
agency to which the delinquent Note is assigned for
collection, but you will not be provided with any such
personal information unless you request it.
c. Upon receipt of the account, the collection agency
will attempt to collect the delinquent amount and have the
borrower or any cosigner bring the account current as soon
as possible. The collection agency may recommend to Fynanz
that it modify the interest rate, defer or forgive the
payment of principal or interest, or change the final
maturity date on any Note and such actions may be taken
without your consent only in accordance with this
agreement.
d. The collection agency will deposit the gross amounts
collected into the Servicing Account for the benefit of the
applicable Lenders. The collection agency will be
compensated with a percentage of any amounts collected by
the agency, a fee for each account assigned to the agency,
a flat monthly fee or any combination of these
alternatives. All such fees will be paid by Fynanz from
the Guarantee Fund. If the Guarantee Fund is insufficient
to pay collection expenses, excess costs will be subtracted
from the gross proceeds of collection.
e. Except in the case of borrower bankruptcy, Notes
that become over 120 days past due are charged off and
offered for sale to an unaffiliated debt buyer authorized
and willing to purchase student loans. You authorize
Fynanz to offer for sale and sell your Notes that become
over 120 days past due to a debt buyer in accordance with
this Section. Because debt purchasers buy many past-due
Notes in bulk or portfolio purchases, Notes that are in
default might not be offered for sale at the point at which
they are exactly 120 days past due, but may remain unsold
for some period after they are 120 days past due.
Collection efforts will continue until the Note is actually
sold to a debt purchaser. Proceeds, if any, from the sale
of your Notes, less (i) expenses of the sale, (ii) unpaid
fees and amounts described in Section 7.f, will be
paid to you (the “Debt Sale Proceeds”).
FYNANZ DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT A NOTE WILL BE SOLD AT A
DEBT SALE, OR THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ANY PROCEEDS FROM A
DEBT SALE OF YOUR NOTE.
f. Late fees and NSF fees will be charged after any
required grace period, to the extent such fees are
authorized or permitted by the promissory note and
applicable law. Lender Guarantee Fees and Servicing Fee
shall continue to accrue to the earlier of 180 days past
due or the date the Note is sold.
g. If Fynanz receives notice that a borrower has filed
for protection under the federal bankruptcy laws, or has
become the subject of an involuntary bankruptcy petition,
no further automated debit transfers or bank drafts for
payment of monthly loan payments will be initiated, and any
collection activity on the account will cease, as required by law. If
requested by the bankruptcy court, Fynanz will file a proof
of claim with the bankruptcy court in the amount of the
total outstanding balance owed on the borrower's loan as of
the date the bankruptcy petition is filed. Fynanz will
forward any amounts received on a loan in bankruptcy to the
Lenders who own the Notes, on a pro rata basis. Notes of
Borrowers that are discharged in bankruptcy will not be
offered for sale to a debt buyer and will be charged off,
as required by law. Most student loans, including the
privately-funded loans offered by Fynanz, fall under a
protected class of debt under the United States Bankruptcy
Code which requires student loan borrowers to demonstrate
an “undue hardship” before their student loans
can be considered for discharge. While this protection
increases the likelihood that you may recover some portion
of the amount owned on Notes by a borrower in bankruptcy,
it does not guaranty any minimum level of recovery or any
recovery at all. You should be aware that legislative
efforts currently underway in Congress may remove this
bankruptcy protection for privately-funded student
loans.
You agree that the foregoing collection process,
together with such changes as Fynanz management in its sole
discretion deems to be in the mutual best interest of
Fynanz and the Lenders from time to time, shall be the
exclusive method of servicing and collecting delinquent
Notes.
8. Representations and Warranties as to Notes
Sold. Fynanz makes the following representations and
warranties to you that, with respect to each Note sold to
you under this Agreement, as of the date the Note is sold,
assigned and transferred to you:
a. Fynanz complied in all material respects with
applicable federal, state and local laws, including usury,
truth-in-lending, equal credit opportunity, fair credit
reporting, licensing or other similar laws, in originating
the loan evidenced by the Notes.
b. The proceeds of the loan evidenced by the Notes sold
have been fully disbursed to the borrower or the borrower's
designated payee by Fynanz, and Fynanz has fully paid for
such Notes from its own funds prior to your purchase of the
Note.
c. Fynanz has made commercially reasonable efforts to
authenticate and verify the identity of the borrower on the
loan evidenced by the Notes. Based on such authentication
and verification, to the best of Fynanz's knowledge: (i)
the borrower had full legal capacity to execute and deliver
the Note, and (ii) each Note sold to you by Fynanz is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the borrower, and is
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
d. In the event of a material default under a Note you
purchase from Fynanz under this Agreement that is the
result of verifiable identity theft of the named borrower's
identity, Fynanz will repurchase the Note for the remaining
unpaid principal balance. The determination of whether
verifiable identity theft has occurred shall be in Fynanz's
sole discretion. Fynanz shall not be required to
repurchase a Note under this subsection until such Note is
at least 120 days past-due, provided, however, that Fynanz
may in its sole discretion elect to repurchase a Note at an
earlier time.
9. Remedies; Cure and Repurchase of Loans. In
the event of a breach by Fynanz of any of the foregoing
representations and warranties that materially and
adversely affects your interest in a Note sold to you under
this Agreement, Fynanz shall either (i) cure the defect in
the Note, if the defect is susceptible to cure, (ii)
repurchase the Note from you, or (iii) indemnify and hold
you harmless against all losses (including losses resulting
from the delinquency or nonpayment of the loan), damages,
expenses, legal fees, costs and judgments resulting from
any claim, demand or defense that arise as a result of the
defect in the Note. The decision whether a defective Note
is susceptible to cure, or whether Fynanz shall cure or
repurchase a Note or indemnify you with respect to the
Note, shall be in Fynanz's sole discretion. Upon discovery
by Fynanz of any such breach of the foregoing
representations and warranties, Fynanz shall give you
notice of the breach or its decision to repurchase the
Note, and of Fynanz's election to cure or repurchase the
Note, no later than 90 days after our discovery of the
breach. In the event Fynanz repurchases a Note, Fynanz
will pay you a repurchase price equal to the outstanding
principal balance of the Note as of the date of repurchase,
plus any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal
balance as of the date of repurchase at the interest rate
set forth in the Promissory Note; provided, however, that
(i) in the event Fynanz repurchases a Note within three
days of the sale of the Note to you, no interest will be
deemed to have accrued, and therefore no interest will be
paid to you, and (ii) in the event Fynanz repurchases a
Note at any time due to identity theft as provided in
Section 8.d above, no interest will be paid to you.
The repurchase price will be paid to you by remittance into
the Fynanz Funding Account, and those funds will be
available to you for further bidding. Upon any such
repurchase, the Note shall be transferred and assigned by
you to Fynanz, in each case without recourse, and Fynanz in
its capacity as servicer of the Note on your behalf shall
execute any endorsements or assignments necessary to
effectuate the transfer and assignment of the Note to
Fynanz. Upon repurchase of a Note, Fynanz may exercise any
remedies authorized or permitted under the Note and
applicable law. Fynanz's obligation to cure or repurchase
a Note or indemnify you for a defective Note pursuant to
this Section is your sole remedy with respect to a breach
of Fynanz's representations and warranties set forth in
Section 8 above.
10. Fynanz's Right to Verify Information and Cancel
Funding.
a. Fynanz reserves the right to verify the accuracy of
all information provided by borrowers and Lenders in
connection with listings, bids and loans. Fynanz also
reserves the right to determine in its reasonable
discretion whether a registered user is using, or has used,
the Fynanz website illegally or in violation of any order,
writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental
instrumentality, for purposes of fraud or deception, or
otherwise in a manner inconsistent with the Fynanz Terms
and Conditions or any registration agreement between
Fynanz and such user. Fynanz may conduct its review at any
time before, during or after the posting of a listing, or
before or after the funding of a loan. You agree to
respond promptly to Fynanz's requests for information in
connection with your bid, accounts, or your registration
with Fynanz.
b. In the event Fynanz, prior to funding a loan to a
borrower, reasonably determines that a listing, or a bid
for the listing, contains materially inaccurate information
(including but not limited to unintended inaccuracies,
inaccuracies resulting from errors by Fynanz, or
inaccuracies resulting from changes in the borrower's
academic or credit profile between the date a listing is
posted and the date the listing is to be funded) or was
posted illegally or in violation of any order, writ,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental
instrumentality, for purposes of fraud or deception, or
otherwise in a manner inconsistent with the Fynanz Terms
and Conditions or any registration agreement, Fynanz
may refuse to post the listing or, if the listing has
already been posted, remove the listing from the Fynanz
marketplace and cancel all bids against the listing.
c. If, after a loan is funded, Fynanz makes such a
determination of irregularity with regard to the listing
that resulted in the loan, a bid for the listing, or a loan
resulting from the listing, Fynanz may, in its discretion,
exercise its remedies of indemnification or cure or
repurchase of the Note evidencing the loan as provided
under Section 9 above.
d. When a listing ends or expires with a bid or bids
totaling the amount of a borrower's requested loan, Fynanz
may conduct a “pre-funding” review prior to
funding of the loan. Loan funding occurs when Fynanz
disburses loan proceeds into the borrower's designated
deposit account. Fynanz may, at any time and in its sole
discretion, delay funding of a loan in order to enable
Fynanz to verify the accuracy of information provided by
borrowers and Lenders in connection with the listing or
bids against the listing, and to determine whether there
are any irregularities with respect to the listing or the
bids against the listing. Fynanz may cancel or proceed
with funding the loan, depending on the results of Fynanz's
pre-funding review. If funding is cancelled, the listing
will be removed from the Fynanz marketplace and all bids
against the listing will be cancelled, and each bidder's
funds will be returned to the Fynanz Funding Account,
available for further bidding. In the event Fynanz cancels
funding of a loan, Fynanz will notify the borrower and all
bidders for the listing of Fynanz's determination to cancel
funding of the loan.
e. In most instances, Fynanz does not verify the
income, employment and occupation or other information
provided by borrowers in listings. The borrower's or
cosigner’s income, employment and occupation are
self-reported. Fynanz does not verify any statements by
borrowers as to how loan proceeds are to be used and does
not confirm after loan funding how loan proceeds were
used. Fynanz will either a) send a check to the borrower
co-payable to both the borrower and the school of attendance,
or b) in certain circumstances, where the borrower requests
a loan for qualified education expenses not directly payable
to the school, in an amount considered to be reasonable and
acceptable based on the program and school of attendance,
we will send a check (or Electronic Funds Transfer) payable
to the borrower. In
connection with Fynanz's identity and anti-fraud
verification of borrowers, Fynanz verifies the borrower's
deposit account to determine that the borrower is the
holder of record of the account.
f. Any investigation conducted in accordance with this
Section 10, other than the determination that the
borrower is the holder of record of his or her deposit
account, is optional and shall be in Fynanz’s sole
discretion. Your reliance on any information provided by
third parties available through Fynanz shall be at your own
risk.
11. Voluntary and Mandatory Note
Repurchases.
Voluntary Repurchases. From time to time Fynanz
may, in its sole discretion, invite you to offer your Notes
evidencing non-delinquent loans to Fynanz for repurchase
from you at a slight discount from face value. Any
discount rate will be based on the holding period, the
interest rate or margin, borrower payment history, the
current status of the loan and the proprietary credit grade
assigned by Fynanz to the loan. Your offer to Fynanz is
entirely voluntary. If you make such an offer, Fynanz may
accept by buying back the Notes within a 90 day evaluation
in its sole discretion. When deciding to accept your offer,
Fynanz will consider whether the borrower has defaulted on
the loan, made any late payment under the Note, and whether
the loan status or expected status has changed, including
entering any deferment or forbearance within the 90 day
period.
Mandatory Repurchases.
a. Fynanz reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
to repurchase any or all of your outstanding Notes at any
time and for any reason, upon seven days written notice to
you. In the event that Fynanz exercises this right,
Fynanz will pay you a repurchase price equal to the
outstanding principal balance of the Note, including
capitalized interest and fees, as of the date of
repurchase, plus any accrued but unpaid interest on the
principal balance as of the date of repurchase at the
interest rate set forth in
the Promissory Note plus a repurchase premium equal to
one percent of the outstanding principal balance of the
loan; provided, however, that in the event Fynanz
repurchases a Note within seven days of the sale of the
Note to you, no interest will be deemed to have accrued,
and no interest or repurchase premium will be paid to
you.
b. In the event of a material default under a Note you
purchase from Fynanz under this Agreement that is the
result of verifiable identity theft of the named borrower's
identity, Fynanz will repurchase the Note for the remaining
unpaid principal balance. The determination of whether
verifiable identity theft has occurred shall be in
Fynanz’s sole discretion. Fynanz shall not be
required to repurchase a Note under this subsection until
such Note is at least 120 days past-due; provided, however,
that Fynanz may in it's sole discretion elect to repurchase
a Note at an earlier time.
Repurchases generally. Any repurchase price paid
to you under a voluntary or mandatory repurchase will be by
remittance into the Fynanz Funding Account, and those funds
will be available to you for further bidding. You may also
withdraw such funds from the Fynanz Funding Account by
requesting an electronic funds transfer or draft from
Fynanz. Fynanz will promptly comply with all withdrawal
requests, subject to customary processing lead times. Upon
any such repurchase, the Note shall be transferred and
assigned by you to Fynanz, in each case without recourse,
and Fynanz in its capacity as servicer of the Note on your
behalf shall execute any endorsements or assignments
necessary to effectuate the transfer and assignment of the
Note to Fynanz.
12. Limited Guarantee of Returns or
Payments.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN, FYNANZ DOES NOT
WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ANY RATE OF
RETURN, OR ANY MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST ON
ANY NOTE, OR ANY PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST AT ALL. THE AMOUNT
YOU RECEIVE ON YOUR NOTES IS DEPENDENT UPON THE BORROWERS'
PAYMENT PERFORMANCE UNDER THE PROMISSORY NOTES EVIDENCING
THE LOANS, SUBJECT TO ANY GUARANTEES MADE
HEREUNDER.
Fynanz provides a partial or complete guarantee of the
payment of original principal on every Note you hold, less
any amount you have received as principal, interest or Debt
Sale Proceeds on the Note, adjusted for the FACS Grade
assigned to the listing that resulted in your Note,
according to the table set forth below (the
“Guarantee Payment”):
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Guarantee percentage:
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100%
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90%
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80%
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70%
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60%
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50%
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The guarantee amount will be paid to you on or before
the Note is 181 days past due.
YOU FURTHER
UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BORROWERS MAY DEFAULT ON
YOUR NOTES, AND THAT SUCH DEFAULTS MAY NEGATIVELY AFFECT
THE AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST YOU RECEIVE ON YOUR
NOTES. IN ADDITION, THE FUNDS WILL BE PAID TO LENDERS FIRST
COME, FIRST SERVED. FYNANZ DISBURSES GUARANTEE FUNDS
MONTHLY TO LENDERS WITH GUARANTEE FUND CLAIMS. IF AVAILABLE
GUARANTEE FUNDS ARE INSUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE YOUR ENTIRE
GUARANTEE PAYMENT AT THE TIME OF ITS INITIAL DISBURSEMENT,
YOU WILL RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MONTHLY DISBURSEMENTS FROM
AVAILABLE GUARANTEE FUNDS, DISTRIBUTED PRO RATA AMONG ALL
LENDERS HOLDING UNREIMBURSED GUARANTEE CLAIMS, REGARDLESS
OF THE DATE SUCH OTHER LENDERS' GUARANTEE CLAIMS MATURED,
UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ENTIRE GUARANTEE PAYMENT. YOU
WILL NOT HAVE ANY CLAIMS AGAINST FYNANZ DIRECTLY.
13. Restrictions on Use and Transfer. Except as
provided in Section 14 below, you are not authorized
or permitted to use the Fynanz website to bid or purchase
Notes for someone other than yourself. You must be the
owner of the deposit account you designate for electronic
transfers of funds, with sole authority to direct that
funds be transferred to or from the account. Although you
are registering as a Lender, you may also register and
participate in the Fynanz marketplace as a borrower. You
may bid on listings of any registered Fynanz borrowers.
Fynanz may in its sole discretion, with or without cause
and with or without notice, restrict your access to the
Fynanz website or marketplace.
Transfer Notice. If at any time you propose to
transfer (including any sale, assignment, encumbrance,
hypothecation, pledge, conveyance in trust, gift, or other
transfer or disposition of any kind, collectively,
“Transfer”), any Notes, then you shall promptly
give Fynanz written notice of your intention to make the
Transfer (the “Transfer Notice”). The Transfer
Notice shall include (i) a description of the Notes to be
transferred (the “Offered Notes”), (ii)
the name(s) and address(es) of the prospective
transferee(s) and (iii) the consideration and (iv) the
material terms and conditions upon which the proposed
Transfer is to be made. The Transfer Notice shall certify
that you have received a firm offer from the prospective
transferee(s) and in good faith believe a binding agreement
for the Transfer is obtainable on the terms set forth in
the Transfer Notice. The Transfer Notice shall also
include a copy of any written proposal, term sheet or
letter of intent or other agreement relating to the
proposed Transfer. The transferee(s) must have an active
Fynanz account(s) and accept the provisions of this
Agreement.
Fynanz’s Right of First Refusal. Fynanz
shall have an option for a period of 10 days from receipt
of the Transfer Notice to elect to purchase the Offered
Notes at the lesser of (x) the same price and subject to
the same material terms and conditions as described in the
Transfer Notice or (y) the outstanding principal balance of
the Notes as of the date of repurchase, plus any accrued
but unpaid interest on the principal balance as of the date
of repurchase at the interest rate set forth in the Notes.
Fynanz may exercise such purchase option and purchase all
or any portion of the Offered Notes by notifying you in
writing before expiration of the 10 day period as to which
Notes it wishes to purchase. If Fynanz notifies you that
it desires to purchase any such Notes, then payment for the
Offered Notes shall be by remittance into the Fynanz
Funding Account.
Upon the Transfer of any Notes in accordance with this
Section 13 by you to Fynanz or another transferee,
Fynanz in its capacity as servicer of the Notes on your
behalf shall execute any endorsements or assignments
necessary to effectuate the Transfer and assignment of the
Notes to the appropriate party. Any Transfer to a party
other than Fynanz must be expressly conditioned upon such
party’s acceptance of this Agreement, including the
Fynanz Terms and Conditions of use, in the form then
in effect as available on the Fynanz website. Such
transferee will be subject to all of the terms and
conditions therein, including without limitation privacy
safeguards, servicing provisions and transfer
restrictions.
14. Authority. You warrant and represent that
you have the legal competence and capacity to execute and
perform this Agreement. If you are entering into this
Agreement on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity (an
“Institution”), you warrant and
represent that (i) you have all necessary power and
authority to execute and perform this Agreement on such
Institution's behalf; (ii) the execution and performance of
this Agreement will not violate any provision in the
Institution's charter documents, by-laws, indenture of
trust or partnership agreement, or other constituent
agreement or instrument governing the formation or
administration of your Institution; and (iii) the execution
and performance of this Agreement will not constitute or
result in a breach or default under, or conflict with, any
order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal
or of any governmental commission or agency, or any
agreement or other undertaking to which the institution is
a party or by which it is bound.
15. Prohibited Activities. You agree that you
will not do the following, in connection with any listings,
bids, loans or other transactions involving or potentially
involving Fynanz:
a. Represent yourself to any person, as a
representative, employee, or agent of Fynanz, or purport to
communicate with any person on behalf of Fynanz;
b. Charge, or attempt to charge, any Fynanz borrower
any fee in exchange for your agreement to bid on a
borrower's listing, or propose or agree to accept any fee,
bonus, additional interest, kickback or thing of value of
any kind, in exchange for your agreement to bid on a
borrower's listing;
c. Engage in any activities that require a license as a
loan broker, credit services organization, credit
counselor, credit repair organization, lender or other
regulated entity, including but not limited to soliciting
loans or loan applications, quoting loan terms and rates,
counseling borrowers on credit issues or loan options, in
connection with any Fynanz loan;
d. Take any action on your own to collect, or attempt
to collect, any amount from any borrower on any of your
Notes, or engage in any activities that require a license
as a loan servicer, debt collector, or credit counselor,
including but not limited to collection calls or
correspondence, and receipt of payments, with regard to any
of your Notes;
e. Bring a lawsuit or other legal proceeding against
any borrower on any or your Notes;
f. Contact borrowers or cosigners on any of your Notes
without the consent of Fynanz;
g. Contact any collection agency or law firm to which
your Note has been referred for collection, without the
consent of Fynanz;
h. Include or display any personally identifying
information, including, without limitation, name, address,
phone number, email address, Social Security number or
driver's license number, or bank account or credit card
numbers of any Fynanz member on your Fynanz member web
page, or elsewhere on the Fynanz website;
i. Violate any applicable federal, state or local laws,
including but not limited to, the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act and other fair lending laws, Truth in Lending Act, Fair
Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,
Federal Trade Commission Act, federal or state consumer
privacy laws, state usury or loan fee statutes, state
licensing laws, or state unfair and deceptive trade
practices statutes.
16. Termination of Registration. Fynanz may in
its sole discretion, with or without cause, terminate this
Agreement by giving you notice as provided below. In
addition, upon our reasonable determination that you
committed fraud or made a material misrepresentation in
connection with a listing, bid or loan, performed any
prohibited activity, or otherwise failed to abide by the
terms of this Agreement or the Fynanz Terms and
Conditions, Fynanz may, in its sole discretion,
immediately and without notice, take one or more of the
following actions: (i) suspend your right to bid or
otherwise participate in the Fynanz marketplace; or (ii)
terminate this Agreement and your registration with
Fynanz. Upon termination of this Agreement and your
registration with Fynanz, any bids you have placed on the
Fynanz website shall terminate, and will be removed from
the Fynanz website. Any Notes you purchase from Fynanz
prior to the effective date of termination resulting from
bids you have placed on the Fynanz website shall remain in
full force and effect in accordance with their terms,
subject to repurchase, indemnification or cure as provided
in Sections 8 and 9 above.
17. Indemnification. In addition to your
indemnification obligations set forth in the Fynanz
Terms and Conditions, you agree to indemnify, defend,
protect and hold harmless Fynanz and its officers,
directors, shareholders, employees and agents against all
claims, liabilities, actions, costs, damages, losses,
demands and expenses of every kind, known or unknown,
contingent or otherwise, (i) resulting from any material
breach of any obligation you undertake in this Agreement,
including but not limited to your obligation to comply with
any applicable laws; (ii) relating to the contents of your
Fynanz member web page, your own website or your business;
(iii) resulting from your acts, omissions and
representations (and those of your employees, agents or
representatives) relating to Fynanz; or (iv) asserted by
third parties against Fynanz alleging that the trademarks,
trade names, logos or branding or other intellectual
property you use, display or advertise infringes upon the
intellectual property rights of any such third party. Your
obligation to indemnify Fynanz shall survive termination of
this Agreement, regardless of the reason for
termination.
18. Fynanz's Right to Modify Terms. Fynanz has
the right to change any term or provision of this Agreement
or the Fynanz Terms and Conditions; provided,
however, that Fynanz does not have the right to change any
term or provision of a Note you purchase from Fynanz under
this Agreement except as authorized in the Promissory
Note. Fynanz will give you notice of material changes to
this Agreement, or the Fynanz Terms and Conditions,
in the manner set forth in Section 20. You
authorize Fynanz to correct obvious clerical errors
appearing in information you provide to Fynanz, without
notice to you, although Fynanz expressly undertakes no
obligation to identify or correct such errors. This
Agreement, along with the Fynanz Terms and
Conditions, represent the entire agreement between you
and Fynanz regarding your participation as a Lender in the
Fynanz credit marketplace, and supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous communications, promises and proposals,
whether oral or written, between you and Fynanz with
respect to your involvement as a Lender with Fynanz.
19. Member Web Page Display and Content. You
may, but are not required to, maintain a “Fynanz
member web page” on the Fynanz website, where you can
post photos, content, logos or links to websites. If you
elect to do so, you authorize Fynanz to display on the
Fynanz website all such material you provide to Fynanz.
Any material you display on your member page must conform
to the Fynanz Terms and Conditions, as amended from
time to time, and must not (i) infringe on any third
party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other
proprietary rights or right of publicity or privacy; (ii)
violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or
regulation; (iii) be defamatory or libelous; (iv) be lewd,
hateful, violent, pornographic or obscene; (v) violate any
laws regarding unfair competition, anti-discrimination or
false advertising; (vi) promote violence or contain hate
speech; (vii) contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time
bombs, cancelbots or other similar harmful or deleterious
programming routines.
20. Regulations
may reduce returns. The federal and state governments
directly or indirectly regulate many aspects of student
loan lending. These regulations include bankruptcy, tax,
usury, disclosure, credit reporting, identity theft,
licensing, privacy, fraud and abuse and other laws to
protect borrowers. Such regulations have the potential to
reduce or eliminate borrower’s obligations to repay
student loans.
For example, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003
provides payment relief to borrowers who enter into active
military service. Under this Act, loans entered into by
persons on active duty prior to their period of active duty
may bear interest at no more than 6% per year during the
period of active duty and for a grace period after
separation.
21. Notices. All notices and other
communications hereunder shall be given by email to your
registered email address, and shall be deemed to have been
duly given and effective upon transmission. If your
registered email address changes, you must notify Fynanz by
updating your email address on the Fynanz website. You
also agree to update your registered residence address on
the Fynanz website if you change your residence.
22. No Warranties. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES TO THE OTHER PARTY,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
23. Limitation on Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL
EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR ANY LOST
PROFITS OR SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE
DAMAGES, EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES. FURTHERMORE, NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY TO THE OTHER REGARDING THE
EFFECT THAT THE AGREEMENT MAY HAVE UPON THE FOREIGN,
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL TAX LIABILITY OF THE OTHER.
24. No Securities. NEITHER THE BORROWER NOTES
REPRESENTING LOANS MADE BY YOU FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES NOR
ANYTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT CONSITUTES AN OFFER TO SELL OR
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SECURITIES. IF YOU BECOME
A FYNANZ LENDER AS DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT YOU WILL
ASSUME THE ROLE OF A LENDER TO THE BORROWERS WHOSE LOANS
YOU DETERMINE TO FUND AS EVIDENCED BY THE NOTES SOLD TO YOU
WHICH ARE DEBT OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE
BORROWERS.
25. Patriot Act Notice. To help the United
States Government fight terrorism and money laundering,
Federal law requires financial institutions to obtain,
verify, and record information that identifies each
individual, business or entity that opens an account or
establishes a relationship. If we have difficulty
verifying an accountholder's identity, we may not be able
to open an account or establish a relationship, or we may
have to block or close the account. Additionally, this
means:
For individuals, when you open an account or establish a
relationship, we will ask for your: name, date of birth,
residential street address, and identification number, such
as a social security number, taxpayer identification
number, national identification number or passport number.
We may also ask to see (and retain a copy of) your driver's
license, passport or other identifying documents that will
help us identify you.
For businesses and other entities, such as corporations,
trusts, etc, when you open an account or establish a
relationship, we will ask for your: official name,
principal place of business or local business street
address, and taxpayer identification number or other
registration number. We may also ask for a copy of your
formation documents or other related documentation.
26. Miscellaneous. You may not assign,
transfer, sublicense or otherwise delegate your rights
under this Agreement to another person without Fynanz's
prior written consent. Any such assignment, transfer,
sublicense or delegation in violation of this Section shall
be null and void. This Agreement shall be governed by the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to any
conflicts of law principles other than New York General
Obligations Law § 5-1401. Any waiver of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement will not be a waiver of any
other subsequent breach. Failure or delay by either party
to enforce any term or condition of this Agreement will not
constitute a waiver of such term or condition. If any part
of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law, then the invalid or
unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a
valid enforceable provision that most closely matches the
intent of the original provision, and the remainder of the
Agreement shall continue in effect.
EXHIBIT A
Fynanz
OpenLoan / Student Loan
Promissory Note (the “Note”)
THIS IS A
CONSUMER CREDIT TRANSACTION
Borrower Information (the
“Borrower”):
(The loan purchaser is only shown the Fynanz screen
name)
Optional Credit Worthy Cosigner Information (the
“Cosigner”):
The Cosigner must be a U.S. citizen or
Permanent Resident 21 years or over.
(The loan purchaser is only shown the Fynanz screen
name)
A. DEFINITIONS
1. In this Note, the words “I”,
“me”, “my”, and “mine”
mean the person(s) who signed the Note as Borrower or
Cosigner as applicable. The words “you”,
“your”, “yours”, and
“lender” mean Fynanz Inc., New York, NY, its
successors and assigns, and any other holder of this
Note.
2. “Application” means the written request
that I make to you for a Loan.
3. “Capitalized Interest” means accrued and
unpaid interest that you add to the principal balance of a
Loan.
4. “Disbursement Date” means the date on
which you lend money to me in consideration for this Note
and will be the date of my loan check or electronic funds
transfer.
5. “Disclosure Statement” means a
closed-end disclosure statement as required by the federal
Truth-in-Lending Act.
6. “In-School Period” means, if I have
chosen to defer repayment while in school, the period
beginning on the Disbursement Date and ending on the date
which is the earliest of (i) six months after I graduate or
six months after I cease to be enrolled at least half time
at an eligible school (“Grace Period”); or (ii)
60 months after the Disbursement Date for an Undergraduate
program or 27 months after the Disbursement Date for a Graduate program.
7. “Loan” means $______ of principal (the
“Principal Balance”), plus interest, interest
on any Capitalized Interest, and any other charges and fees
(including any prepaid finance charge or loan fee) that may
become due as provided in this Note.
8. “NSF Fees” means charges you will assess
against me if a payment I tender is rejected or incomplete
due to my having insufficient funds available to make such
a payment.
9. “Repayment Period” means the period
beginning on the day that the In-School Period, if any,
ends and continuing for a maximum of 120 months. If there
is no In-School Period, the Repayment Period begins on the
initial Disbursement Date.
10.“Deferred Repayment” means that
during the In-School period I chose not to make regular principal
and interest payments. However, I may be required to make a monthly
minumum payment between $25 and $50 until I enter Repayment Period.
Any unpaid interest will accrue on the loan and capitalize once I
enter Repayment Period.
11. “Interest Paid Repayment” means that
during the In-School period I am obligated to make monthly
interest payments on the loan.
12. “Initial Interest Only” means payment
of interest due on my loan balance for the first 24 months
of the Repayment Period.
B. PROMISE TO PAY
I promise to pay to you the amount of the Loan under the
terms of this Note.
C. PAYMENTS
1. In-School Period. During the In-School Period, if
any, you will send me monthly statements (showing the total
of my loan disbursements and the interest that accrues on
my loan). Statements will be posted to my Fynanz account. I
may, but am not required to, make payments during the
In-School Period unless I select Interest Paid Repayment.
You will add any interest that I do not pay during the
In-School Period to the Principal Balance, as described in
Paragraph D.3.
2. Repayment Period. During the Repayment Period I will
make consecutive monthly payments, by the payment due dates
shown on the statements you will send to me, in the amounts
indicated, until I have paid all amounts outstanding under
my Loan and this Note.
3. Repayment Terms. My monthly payment will be
established when my Repayment Period begins based on the
terms of this Note. The amounts shown on my monthly
statements will be consecutive monthly installments of
principal and interest calculated each Change Date to equal
the amount necessary to amortize my Loan (as of the date of
calculation) in equal monthly installments of principal and
interest at the Variable Rate (as defined in Paragraph D)
then in effect over the number of months remaining in the
Repayment Period. If I have chosen the Initial Interest
Only Option, my monthly payments for the first 24 months of
the Repayment Period will equal only the interest due on my
loan balance, as recalculated each Change Date. After the
first 24 months of the Repayment Period, my monthly
payments will include principal and interest and will be
calculated as described above. For loan balances of $6,500
or less, the Term of the Note, or loan duration will be 84
months. For loan balances above $6,500, the loan duration
will be 120 months. I may select a shorter loan duration while
applying for the loan and you will compute my monthly payments
using the loan duration specified by me.
4. Minimum Repayment. Notwithstanding Paragraph C.3.,
during the repayment period I agree to pay at least $25
each month (principal and interest) or the unpaid balance,
whichever is less. I understand that this may result in my
loan being paid off in less than the applicable Term of the
Note. If the minimum balance due is less than $25, at your
option you may choose to carry forward the balance to the
next month until the accumulated amount reaches the $25
threshold.
5. Amounts Owing at the End of the Repayment Period.
Since interest accrues daily upon the unpaid Principal
Balance of my loan, if I make payments after my payment due
dates, I may owe additional interest. If I have not paid my
late charges, I will also owe additional amounts for those
late charges. In such cases you will increase the amount of
my last subsequent monthly payments to the amount necessary
to repay my Loan.
6. Payments. Payments will be applied first to late
charges, other fees and charges, accrued interest, capitalized interest
and the remainder to principal.
7. Other Charges. If any part of a monthly payment
remains unpaid for a period of more than 15 days after the
payment due date, I will pay a late charge of __________. I
will also pay an NSF Fee of ____________ for each payment
on this Note returned for any reason, including but not
limited to insufficient funds or a stop payment order.
D. INTEREST
1. Accrual. Beginning on the Disbursement Date, interest
on this Note will be calculated at the Variable Rate (as
defined below) on the Principal Balance advanced, and on
any unpaid interest added to the Principal Balance
according to paragraph D.3., below, until the Loan is paid
in full. Interest will be calculated on a daily simple
interest basis, according to the outstanding Principal
Balance each day of the term of the Note. The daily
interest rate will be equal to the annual interest rate in
effect on that day, divided 360.
2. “Variable Rate” means the Variable Rate
equal to the sum of the Base Rate, a 1% Lender Guarantee
Fee and a “Margin” that will be set by the
online bidding in the Fynanz marketplace. The Variable
Rate will change quarterly on the first day of each
January, April, July and October (the “Change
Date(s)”) if the Base Rate changes.
The “Base Rate” for any calendar quarter
beginning on a Change Date (or for any shorter period
beginning on the Disbursement Date and ending on the first
Change Date) is the average of the one-month London
Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) published in
the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street
Journal on the 1st day of each month for the three months
preceding the applicable Change Date as applied according
to the following rules. If the 1st day of the month is not
a business day, you will use the next business day to
determine the Base Rate. For purposes of this Paragraph
D.2, “business day” means any day the banks in
New York and London are open for the transaction of
business. You may round the Base Rate higher to two decimal
places. For example, 4.18751% will be rounded to 4.19%.
(This is an example and may not reflect the actual LIBOR.)
LIBOR is only a pricing index and is not necessarily the
lowest interest rate index used by you or any other lender.
If LIBOR is no longer available, you will choose a
comparable index.
The 1% Lender Guarantee fee will not be included in the
calculation of the Variable Rate on my loan after the loan
has entered the Repayment Period and I have repaid 10% of
the requested Principal Balance of the loan at the time the
loan was made to me, not including the upfront fee
(specified in Paragraph A.7. of this Note).
3. Capitalization. You may, at your option, add all
accrued and unpaid interest to the Principal Balance of my
loan on the last day of the In-School Period and at the end
of any Forbearance Period (as defined below). The sum is
thereafter considered the principal, and interest will
accrue on the new principal balance.
E. UPFRONT
FEE
I will pay a upfront
fee to you at the time the loan proceeds are
disbursed. The amount of the
upfront fee is calculated as a percentage of
the total loan (including the upfront fee)
and will range from 2.9% to 6.9%, as determined by you
in accordance with the rules of the Fynanz OpenLoan
Program. The upfront fee
applicable to any of my Loans will be as
disclosed to me on my Disclosure Statement. The
amount of the upfront fee will
be added to the Principal Balance and deducted from my loan
proceeds when they are disbursed. You may increase the
Principal Balance I requested on my application and/or the
amount certified by my school by the amount necessary to
pay the upfront fee. In the event the Principal
Balance is not a multiple of $25, you may increase the
Principal Balance to the next $25 multiple, however, the
amount you increase the Principal Balance by will be
disbursed to me. If I prepay this loan in full or in part,
I will not be entitled to any refund of any part of the
upfront fee, unless otherwise required by
applicable law or stated otherwise in Paragraph F.
F. RIGHT TO PREPAY
I have the right to prepay all or any part of my loan at
any time without penalty. Any partial prepayment will be
credited to the principal of my Loan. If I prepay the
amount that was disbursed or return the check you sent me
within 30 days from the date you approved my application, I
will not be charged any interest or fees on the loan.
G. FORBEARANCE
If I am unable to repay my loan in accordance with the
terms established under this Note, I may request that you
modify these terms. I understand that such modification
would be at your option. I understand that I will remain
responsible for all interest accruing during any period of
forbearance (a “Forbearance Period”) and that
you will add any interest that I do not pay during any
forbearance period to the principal balance as described in
paragraph D.3. I may, at your discretion, receive up to 18
months of forbearance, consisting of two forbearance
periods of nine months duration, of which only one period
may be taken per calendar year.
H. WHOLE LOAN DUE
To the extent permitted by applicable law, I will be in
default and you have the right to give me notice that the
whole outstanding principal balance, accrued interest, and
all other amounts payable to you under the terms of this
Note, are due and payable at once (subject to any
applicable law which may give me a right to cure my
default) if: (1) I fail to make any monthly payment to you
when due, (2) I die, (3) I break any of my other promises
in this Note, (4) Any bankruptcy proceeding is begun by or
against me, or I assign any of my assets for the benefits
of my creditors, (5) I make any false written statement in
applying for this loan or at any time during the In School
or Repayment Periods. If I default, I will be required to
pay interest on this loan accruing after default. The
interest rate after default will be subject to adjustment
in the same manner as before default.
I. NOTICES
1. I will send written notice to you, or any subsequent
holder of this Note, within ten calendar days after any
change in any information provided to you in my
Application.
2. Any notice required to be given to me by you will be
effective when such information is emailed to the email
address I have given you or, at your discretion, mailed by
first class mail to the latest address you have for me.
Unless required by applicable law, you need not give a
separate notice to the cosigner, if any.
J. PRIVACY
1. You may report information about my account to credit
bureaus. Late payments, missed payments or other defaults
on my account may be reflected in my credit report.
2. I authorize you from time to time to request and
receive from others credit related information about me
(and about my spouse if I live in a community property
state).
K. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
1. I understand that you are located in New York and
that this Note will be entered into in the same state.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED
BY FEDERAL LAW AND NEW YORK LAW, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT
OF LAW RULES. I agree that any action brought pursuant to
this agreement may be brought in the Federal or State Courts
of the State of New York and expressly consent to personal
jurisdiction within New York.
2. The proceeds of this loan will be used only for my
educational expenses at the school listed on the
Application. The Cosigner, if any, will not receive any of
the loan proceeds.
3. I understand that I must repay this Note though I may
be less than 18 years of age when the Application is
signed.
4. My responsibility for paying this Note is unaffected
by the liability of any other person to me or by your
failure to notify me that a required payment has not been
made. You may delay, fail to exercise, or waive any of your
rights on any occasion without losing your entitlement to
exercise the right at any future time, or on any future
occasion. You will not be obligated to make any demand upon
me, send me any notice, present this Note to me for payment
or make protest of non-payment to me before suing to
collect on this Note if I am in default, and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, I hereby waive any right I
might otherwise have to require such actions. Without
losing any of your rights under this Note, you may accept
late payments or partial payments. I WILL NOT SEND YOU
PARTIAL PAYMENTS MARKED “PAID IN FULL”,
“WITHOUT RECOURSE” OR WITH OTHER SIMILAR
LANGUAGE UNLESS THOSE PAYMENTS ARE MARKED FOR SPECIAL
HANDLING AND SENT TO THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED ON THE FYNANZ
WEBSITE OR TO SUCH OTHER ADDRESS AS I MAY BE GIVEN IN THE
FUTURE.
5. I may not assign this Note or any of its benefits or
obligations. You may assign this Note at any time and will
inform me 30 days prior to any changes in my terms
6. The terms and conditions set forth in this Note
constitute the entire agreement between you and me.
7. If any provision of this Note is held invalid or
unenforceable, that provision shall be considered omitted
from this Note without affecting the validity or
enforceability of the remainder of this Note.
8. A provision of this Note may only be modified if
jointly agreed upon in writing by you and me. Any
modification will not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remainder of this Note.
9. I authorize any school that I may attend to release
to other persons designated by you, any requested
information pertinent to this loan (e.g. enrollment status,
prior loan history, and current address).
10. I authorize my lender, subsequent holder, or their
agents to: (1) advise my school of the status of my
Application, (2) respond to inquiries from prior or
subsequent lenders or holders with respect to my Note and
related documents, (3) release information and make
inquiries to the persons I have listed in my loan
Application as references, for the purposes of learning my
current address and telephone number, (4) check my credit
and employment history and to answer questions about their
credit experience with me.
11. Waiver by Lender: You waive (give up) any right to
claim a security interest in any property to secure this
Note. This does not affect any right to offset as a matter
of law.
12. Dischargeability: I acknowledge that my loan is made
pursuant to an education loan program. I understand that my
loan may be subject to the limitations on dischargeability
in bankruptcy established by Section 523(a)(8) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code as amended.
L. BORROWER/COSIGNER CERTIFICATION
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the
United States of America that the following is true and
correct. I certify that the information contained in the
Application and Note is true, complete and correct to the
best of my knowledge and belief and is made in good faith.
I certify that the proceeds of this loan will be used for
educational purposes for the academic period stated in the
loan Application at the school named on such Application. I
understand that I am responsible for repaying immediately
any funds that I receive which are not to be used or are
not used for educational expenses related to attendance at
the school for the academic period stated.
M. DISCHARGES
Under this Paragraph M, "I", "me" and "my" refers to the
borrower only and not the cosigner. "You" and "your" refers to "Fynanz".
My obligation to repay this loan may be partially or
totally discharged for the reasons specified in paragraphs A, B, and C below.
In the event of discharge, the cosigner will not be responsible for the discharged amount.
A. Death - In the event of my death, you will discharge the total
remaining amount owed on this loan upon receipt of evidence of death
satisfactory to you.
B. Total and Permanent Disability - If I become totally and permanently disabled
after I receive this loan, I or my caretaker may request you to discharge a
portion or the total amount of the loan. You may or may not approve my request
in whole or in part at your sole discretion. I will continue to make regular
payments under the terms of this agreement until such time as you may advise me that
my obligations have been reduced or discharged.
C. School Closure - If I was unable to complete the program in which I was enrolled
because my school closed prior to my completing the term for which I took the loan,
I may request you to discharge a portion or the total amount of the loan. You may or
may not approve my request and will determine at your sole discretion whether I am
eligible for a partial or total discharge. I will continue to make regular payments
under the terms of this agreement until such time as you may advise me that my
obligations have been reduced or discharged.
N. STATE DISCLOSURE NOTICES
ARIZONA RESIDENTS: Notice: I understand that I may
request that the initial disclosures prescribed in the
Truth in Lending Act (15 United States Code sections 1601
through 1666j) be provided in Spanish before signing any
loan documents.
AVISO PARA PRESTATARIOS EN ARIZONA: Puedo solicitar que
las divulgaciones iniciales prescritas en la Ley Truth in
Lending Act (15 Código de los Estados Unidos
secciones 1601 hasta 1666j) sean proporcionadas en
español antes de firmar cualesquiera documentos de
préstamos.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: I have the right to prohibit the
use of information contained in my credit file in
connection with transactions not initiated by me. I may
exercise this right by notifying the consumer credit
reporting agency. A married applicant may apply for a
separate account. If you take any adverse action as defined
by Section 1785.3 of the California Civil Code and the
adverse action is based, in whole or in part, on any
information contained in a consumer credit report, I have
the right to obtain within 60 days a free copy of my
consumer credit report from the consumer reporting agency
who furnished you my consumer credit report and from any
other consumer credit reporting agency which compiles and
maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis. I have
the right as described by Section 1785.16 of the California
Civil Code to dispute the accuracy or completeness of any
information in a consumer credit report furnished by the
consumer credit reporting agency.
IOWA AND KANSAS RESIDENTS (For purposes of the following
notice, the word “you” refers to the Borrower
and the Cosigner, not the lender): NOTICE TO CONSUMER. This
is a consumer credit transaction.
1. DO NOT SIGN THIS NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS NOTE.
2. YOU ARE ENTITLED TO A COPY OF THIS PAPER APPLICATION
AND PROMISSORY NOTE.
3. YOU MAY PREPAY THE UNPAID BALANCE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT
PENALTY AND MAY BE ENTITLED TO A REFUND OF UNEARNED CHARGES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW.
MISSOURI RESIDENTS: Oral agreements or commitments to
loan money, extend credit or to forbear from enforcing
repayment of a debt including promises to extend or renew
such debt are not enforceable. To protect me (borrower(s))
and you (creditor(s)) from misunderstanding or
disappointment, any agreements we reach covering such
matters are contained in this writing, which is the
complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between
us, except as we may later agree in writing to modify
it.
NEVADA RESIDENTS: This is a loan for study.
NEW JERSEY RESIDENTS: The section headings of this Note
are a table of contents and not contract terms. Portions of
this Note with references to actions taken to the extent of
applicable law apply to acts or practices that New Jersey
law permits or requires. In this Note, acts or practices
(i) by you which are or may be permitted by
“applicable law” are permitted by New Jersey
law, and (ii) that may or will be taken by you unless
prohibited by “applicable law” are permitted by
New Jersey law.
NEW YORK, RHODE ISLAND AND VERMONT RESIDENTS: A consumer
report (credit report) may be obtained from a
consumer-reporting agency (credit bureau) in connection
with this loan. If I request (i) I will be informed whether
or not consumer reports were obtained, and (ii) if reports
were obtained, I will be informed of the names and
addresses of the credit bureaus that furnished the reports.
If you agree to make this loan to me, a consumer credit
report may be requested or used in connection with renewals
or extensions of any credit for which I have applied,
reviewing my loan, taking collection action on my loan, or
legitimate purposes associated with my loan.
OHIO RESIDENTS: The Ohio laws against discrimination
require that all creditors make credit equally available to
all credit worthy customers, and that credit reporting
agencies maintain separate credit histories on each
individual upon request. The Ohio civil rights commission
administers compliance with this law.
WISCONSIN RESIDENTS: For married Wisconsin residents, my
signature on this Note confirms that this loan obligation
is being incurred in the interest of my marriage or family.
No provision of any martial property agreement (pre-martial
agreement), unilateral statement under Section 766.59 or
court decree under Section 766.70 adversely affects the
interest of the lender unless the lender, prior to the time
that the loan is approved, is furnished with a copy of the
agreement, statement, or decree or has actual knowledge of
the adverse provision when the obligation to the lender is
incurred. If the loan for which I am applying is granted,
my spouse will also receive notification that credit has
been extended to me.
O. STATE-SPECIFIC COSIGNER NOTICES:
For the purposes of the following notices only, the
words “you” and “your” refer to the
Cosigner, where applicable, not to the lender.
FOR OBLIGORS COSIGNING IN CALIFORNIA: NOTICE TO
COSIGNER (Traduccion en Ingles Se Requiere Por La
Ley):
You are being asked to guarantee this debt. Think
carefully before you do. If the borrower doesn't pay the
debt, you will have to. Be sure you can afford to pay if
you have to, and that you want to accept this
responsibility. You may have to pay up to the full amount
of the debt if the borrower does not pay. You may also have
to pay late fees or collection costs, which increase this
amount. The holder of the loan can collect this debt from
you without first trying to collect from the borrower. The
holder of the loan can use the same collection methods
against you that can be used against the borrower, such as
suing you, garnishing your wages, etc. If this debt is ever
in default, that fact may become part of your credit
record. This notice is not the contract that makes you
liable for the debt.
AVISO PARA EL FIADOR (Spanish Translation Required by
Law):
Se le está pidiendo que garantice esta deuda.
Piénselo con cuidado antes de ponerse de acuerdo. Si
la persona que ha pedido este préstamo no paga la
deuda, usted tendrá que pagarla. Esté seguro
de que usted podrá pagar si sea obligado a pagarla y
de que usted desea aceptar la responsabilidad. Si la
persona que ha pedido el préstamo no paga la deuda,
es posible que usted tenga que pagar la suma total de la
deuda, mas los cargos por tardarse en el pago o el costo de
cobranza, lo cual aumenta el total de esta suma.
El acreedor (financiero) puede cobrarle a usted sin,
primeramente, tratar de cobrarle al deudor. Los mismos
metodos de cobranza que pueden usarse contra el deudor,
podran usarse contra usted, tales como presentar una
demanda en corte, quitar parte de su sueldo, etc. Si alguna
vez no se cumpla con la obligación de pagar esta
deuda, se puede incluir esa información en la
historia de credito de usted. Este aviso no es el contrato
mismo en que se le echa a usted la responsibilidad de la
deuda.
FOR OBLIGORS COSIGNING IN IOWA, NEW YORK AND SOUTH
CAROLINA: NOTICE TO COSIGNER:
You agree to pay the debt identified below although you
may not personally receive any property, goods, services or
money. You may be sued for payment although the person who
receives the property, goods, services, or money is able to
pay. You should know that the Total of Payments listed
below does not include finance charges resulting from
delinquency, late charges, repossession or foreclosure
costs, court costs or attorney's fees, or other charges
that may be stated in the Note or contract. You will also
have to pay some or all of these costs and charges if the
Note or contract, the payment of which you are guaranteeing
requires the borrower to pay such costs and charges. This
notice is not the Note or contract that obligates you to
pay the debt. Read the Note or contract for the exact terms
of your obligation.
IDENTIFICATION OF DEBT(S) YOU MAY HAVE TO PAY
Name of Debtor: The Borrower and Cosigner identified on
the first page of this Note.
Name of Creditor: Fynanz Inc, and its successors and
assigns.
Date: If the loan is disbursed by check, the date of the
check. If the loan is disbursed electronically, the date
the creditor transmits the funds to the School.
Kind of Debt: Education loan.
Total of Payments: The principal set forth on the first
page of this Note (to the extent advanced), plus interest
and the upfront fee set forth in this Note.
FOR OBLIGORS COSIGNING
IN VERMONT: NOTICE TO COSIGNER:
YOUR SIGNATURE ON THIS PROMISSORY NOTE MEANS THAT YOU
ARE EQUALLY LIABLE FOR REPAYMENT OF THIS LOAN. IF THE
BORROWER DOES NOT PAY, THE LENDER HAS A LEGAL RIGHT TO
COLLECT FROM YOU.
FOR OBLIGORS COSIGNING IN WEST VIRGINIA: NOTICE TO
COSIGNER:
You are being asked to guarantee this debt. Think
carefully before you do. If the Borrower doesn't pay the
debt, you will have to. Be sure you can afford to pay it if
you have to, and that you want to accept this
responsibility. You may have to pay up to the full amount
of the debt if the Borrower does not pay. You may also have
to pay late fees or collection costs, which increase this
amount. The creditor can collect this debt from you without
first trying to collect from the borrower. The creditor can
use the same collection methods against you that can be
used against the borrower, such as suing you, garnishing
your wages, etc. If this debt is ever in default, that fact
may become a part of your credit record. This notice is not
the contract that makes you liable for the debt.
By my signature, I acknowledge that I have read and
understand the information contained in this Note and
certify that the information supplied by me is true and
accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I
authorize the lender, any assignee of the lender and any
guarantor of this loan to investigate my creditworthiness,
to obtain consumer reports from consumer reporting
agencies, and to furnish information concerning my loan to
consumer reporting agencies and other persons who may
legally receive such information. I authorize the lender
and/or its agents to obtain consumer reports from consumer
reporting agencies, for any purpose permitted by law when
any amounts are owed under this Note. I authorize the
lender to report on the status and performance of this loan
to any guarantor of this loan. I have read, understand and
agree to the terms of and undertake the obligations set
forth in this Note, including without limitation Paragraph
L, “Borrower's Certification,” and if
applicable, any “Notice to Cosigner” printed or
referenced in the Application or this Note. I agree that
this Note provides for the compounding of interest. The
originating lender for this Note is Fynanz Inc, New York,
NY, or its successors and assigns. I authorize the lender
to consider the Application and this Note as an application
for the lowest cost loan for which I am qualified.
FOR ALABAMA RESIDENTS: CAUTION - IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
YOU THOROUGHLY READ THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU SIGN
IT.
FOR WISCONSIN RESIDENTS - NOTICE TO CUSTOMER:
(a) DO NOT SIGN THE APPLICATION OR THIS PROMISSORY
NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THE WRITING ON THE APPLICATION AND
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE, EVEN IF OTHERWISE ADVISED.
(b) DO NOT SIGN THE APPLICATION OR THIS PROMISSORY
NOTE IF IT CONTAINS ANY BLANK SPACES.
(c) YOU ARE ENTITLED TO AN EXACT COPY OF ANY
AGREEMENT YOU SIGN.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW
ACCOUNT: To help the government fight the funding of
terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law
requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and
record information that identifies each person who opens an
account. What this means for you: When you open an account,
we will ask you for your name, address, date of birth, and
other information that will allow us to identify you. We
may also ask to see your driver's license or other
identifying documents.
Warning: Any person who knowingly makes a false
statement or misrepresentation on this form is subject to
penalties, which may include fines or imprisonment.
Signature of Borrower:
Date:
Signature of Cosigner:
Date:
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