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Services and Marketing Agreement |
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ISO
SERVICES AND MARKETING AGREEMENT
- Credit Review by EFS -
This Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of the 29th day of February, 2000
by and between EFS NATIONAL BANK, a national banking association organized under
the laws of the United States with its principal offices located at 2525 Horizon
Lake Drive, Suite 120, Memphis, TN 38133 ("EFS") and Integrated Merchant
Services, Inc. ("the Company").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, EFS is a member in good standing of VISA USA, Inc. ("VISA"), and
MasterCard International, Inc. ("MasterCard"), together known herein as the
"Associations" and provides processing and other services involved with and
relating to MasterCard and VISA credit card sales transactions ("Sales").
WHEREAS, the Company (i) markets electronic benefit transfer ("EBT"),
credit card and debit card services to businesses; (ii) provides point-of-sale
equipment to support EBT, credit and debit card services.
WHEREAS, as a bank and member of MasterCard and VISA, EFS wishes to assist
in having Company registered as a merchant service provider for MasterCard and
as an independent sales organization for VISA (collectively herein "MSP") and to
provide the authorization and settlement services of EFS to compliment the
marketing skills of Company, as more fully described herein, all without
limiting the right of EFS to continue to develop its own marketing relationships
and service systems in the future as well as the right to market and sell its
own systems and equipment and the systems of third parties at any time.
WHEREAS, MasterCard, VISA and EFS have adopted rules and regulations
relating to all aspects of Sales and Sales processing (such rules and
regulations. as amended from time to time, are herein called the "Rules").
WHEREAS, the Company and EFS desire to enter into this Agreement to set
forth the terms and conditions upon which the Company will market, and provide
certain support services in connection with EFS's bank card transaction
processing services and EFS will process transactions of such customers for
authorization and settlement, all in accordance with the Rules.
WHEREAS, the Company shall still maintain direct relationships with other
third parties directly to provide check guarantee services, private label card
services (i.e., American Express).
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company
and EFS hereby agree as follows:
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1. General.
1. Company Obligations.
i. The Company will use its best efforts to market all available
processing services of EFS to merchants and solicit completed applications from
merchants, on the form attached hereto as Schedule A and as modified from time
to time by EFS (the "Merchant Agreement"), for processing by EFS of sales of
goods and services of the applying merchants ("Sales"'). Any such merchant
accepted by EFS is herein called a "Merchant". The Company shall market such
services utilizing its own employees and agrees not to enter into any agreement
with its affiliates, other ISOS, sub-ISOs or agents to solicit EFS services
without the express written consent of EFS.
ii. The Company will provide the following support services to the
Merchants:
1. Installing and programming the equipment used by
Merchants to submit Sales;
2. Training Merchants' employees to operate Electronic
Draft Capture hardware, software, documentation and
equipment in accordance with EFS quality standards, and
3. Training Merchants on Rules.
iii. The Company will be responsible for payment and/or
reimbursement of all fees. expenses, penalties and charges from VISA and
MasterCard incurred in connection with the registering and maintaining the
ISO/MSP registration of Company initially and throughout the term of this
Agreement.
iv. The Company shall provide EFS with any information the Company
obtains which indicates the reasonable likelihood of material credit problem(s)
of a Merchant based upon the underwriting standards mutually established by the
Company and EFS.
v. The Company will be authorized to activate new merchants after
approval by EFS.
vi. Company will conduct a credit review of all merchant
applications at applying mutually agreed upon credit review standards and
processes for prospective Merchants, and will forward Merchant Agreements to EFS
for those prospects that satisfy the criteria.
vii. The Company will provide Merchant with supplies necessary to
process transactions. In the event Merchants obtain supplies from EFS, EFS will
charge Company for such supplies at the rate EFS normally charges.
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viii. Company will take all necessary and appropriate action to
remain in good standing as an MSP/ISO.
2. EFS Obligation.
i. EFS will conduct its own credit review of merchants forwarded by
Company and make final credit decision.
ii. EFS and the Merchants will enter into Merchant Agreements in
accordance with the Rules. Clearance of Sales and payments to Merchants will be
made directly from EFS to such Merchants in accordance with the Merchant
Agreements, or as permitted otherwise by Rules. The Company shall have, at its
option, the right to cure and resubmit the declined application for
reconsideration by EFS, but nothing in this Agreement shall prevent EFS from
rejecting any prospective Merchant or canceling an existing Merchant at any
time.
iii. EFS will operate as the Association member and contracting
party for the Merchant Agreements.
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