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Clause database · Banks, cards, and credit bureaus

Citibank

Consumer Deposit Account Agreement

As captured on ; terms may have changed since.

Sector
Banks, cards, and credit bureaus
Source
https://www.citi.com/content/dam/cfs/mobile/assets/JRS/popups/ao/CDAA.pdf
Captured from
the company’s own page, fetched live
Captured (UTC)
SHA-256 of the bytes as served
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Reviewed fields

For each field: the reviewer's category, then the words of the captured document. Where the category is silent, no provision on that field was extracted from the captured text, and nothing is quoted. Every category, with its count, is listed on the data page.

Delegation clause (who decides whether the clause is enforceable)

Reviewed category: to-arbitrator-full

Disputes also include claims relating to the enforceability or interpretation of any of these arbitration provisions. Any questions about whether Disputes are subject to arbitration shall be resolved by interpreting this arbitration provision in the broadest way the law will allow it to be enforced.

Consumer’s share of arbitration fees

Reviewed category: company-pays-share-below-stated-claim-value

We’ll pay your share of the arbitration fee for an arbitration of Disputes of $74,000 or less if they are unrelated to debt collection. Otherwise, arbitration fees will be allocated according to the applicable AAA Rules.

Company’s fee promise

Reviewed category: pays-all-arbitration-fees

We'll pay your share of the arbitration fee for an arbitration of Disputes of $74,000 or less if they are unrelated to debt collection. Otherwise, arbitration fees will be allocated according to the applicable AAA Rules.

Fee or cost shifting against the consumer

Reviewed category: frivolous-or-rule-11-only

If we prevail, we may not recover our arbitration fees, unless the arbitrator decides your Dispute was frivolous.

Pre-filing requirement

Reviewed category: silent

No provision on this field was extracted from the captured text.

Mass-arbitration terms

Reviewed category: anti-consolidation-only

Disputes of 2 or more persons may not be combined in the same arbitration. However, joint account owners, account beneficiaries, agents, representatives, heirs, or a trustee in a bankruptcy on your account and/or related accounts, or corporate affiliates are here considered as one person.

Small-claims carve-out

Reviewed category: available-standard-carve-out

Individual Disputes filed in a small claims court are not subject to arbitration, as long as the matter stays in small claims court.

Opt-out

Reviewed category: general-with-window-45-days-but-closed-to-existing-customers

Customers who did not opt out of Arbitration in the CMMA at the time they opened their account are ineligible to opt out of Arbitration for their existing accounts. Unless you have previously opted out, all agreements to arbitrate between you and Citibank remain in full force and effect.

Unilateral modification

Reviewed category: effective-on-posting-or-without-notice

This Agreement is subject to change at any time without notice to you unless required by law. As applicable, we will make amendments or amended versions of the Agreement available to you.

Scope

Reviewed category: broad-plus-survives-termination

This also includes claims made by or against anyone connected with us or you or claiming through us or you, or by someone making a claim through us or you, such as a joint account owner, account beneficiary, employee, agent, representative, predecessor or successor, heir, assignee, trustee in bankruptcy, or an affiliated/parent/subsidiary company. ... These arbitration provisions shall survive changes in this Agreement and termination of the account or the relationship between you and us, including the bankruptcy of any party and any sale of your account, or amounts owed on your account, to another person or entity.

Confidentiality of the arbitration

Reviewed category: account-information-protection-only

shall take reasonable steps to protect account information and other confidential information of either party if requested to do so

Shortened limitations period

Reviewed category: shortened-to-1-year

Unless otherwise required by law, an action, proceeding or arbitration by you to enforce an obligation, duty or right arising under this Agreement or by law with respect to your account or any account service must be commenced within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues (two (2) years if the governing state law of your account is Texas).

Severability if the class waiver is struck

Reviewed category: narrow-severance

If any part of this arbitration provision is deemed invalid or unenforceable, the other terms shall remain in force, except that there can be no arbitration of a class or representative Dispute.

Counsel or representation restrictions

Reviewed category: no-agent-opt-out

Your rejection notice must state that you reject the arbitration provision and include your name, address, account number and personal signature. No one else may sign the rejection notice.

Mass-arbitration numeric trigger

Reviewed category: no-mass-filing-terms

The reviewed data records this category without a quotation.

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