32-6-301. Records of electronic funds transfers. (1) A satellite terminal must be operated to produce a humanly readable record of any transaction and to provide a copy of this record to the person initiating the transaction as soon as the transaction is complete.

Terms Used In Montana Code 32-6-301

  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Electronic funds transfer: means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephone, computer, or magnetic tape for the purpose of ordering, instructing, or authorizing a financial institution to debit or credit an account. See Montana Code 32-6-103
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Financial institution: means a bank chartered under chapter 1 of this title, a bank chartered under the National Banking Acts in Title 12 of the United States Code, a building and loan association chartered under chapter 2 of this title, a savings and loan association chartered under the Home Owners' Loan Act in Title 12 of the United States Code, a credit union chartered under chapter 3 of this title, or a credit union chartered under the Federal Credit Union Act in Title 12 of the United States Code. See Montana Code 32-6-103
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or any other business organization. See Montana Code 32-6-103
  • Satellite terminal: means any machine or device that is located off the premises of a financial institution and that a financial institution or its customers may use to carry out electronic funds transfers. See Montana Code 32-6-103

(2)The receipt provided to the person initiating an electronic funds transfer is admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding and constitutes prima facie proof of the transaction that it records.

(3)(a) A financial institution shall provide each of its customers using electronic funds transfer services with a periodic account statement containing a brief description of all electronic funds transfers sufficient to enable the customer to identify any transaction and relate the transaction to the receipt provided under subsection (1).

(b)The periodic account statement description of automated teller machine transactions must include a specific geographic location where each transaction occurred.

(c)When a periodic account statement includes both electronic funds transfers and other transactions, all electronic funds transfers must be identified as such and be furnished in compliance with this subsection (3).