Learn more about our Standard Overdraft Coverage
Heritage Bank’s standard practice is to provide all eligible checking accounts with standard overdraft coverage. This means that if you don’t have enough funds in your account to cover a transaction, at our discretion we may pay for the transaction on your behalf. We may charge you our standard overdraft fee of $34 per item (up to 6 per business day), and an additional $5 per business day if your account is overdrawn 4 or more consecutive business days (maximum of 15 business days).
If we decline to pay an eligible transaction, the transaction will be returned or declined and we may charge a $34 insufficient funds fee (returned). The amount of any overdrafts plus overdraft fees you owe Heritage Bank shall be repaid within 30 days or the collection process will begin.
With standard overdraft coverage, Heritage authorizes and pays overdrafts for the following transactions (up to the account limit):
Our standard coverage does not automatically include coverage for ATM and one-time debit card transactions. To extend your coverage to your ATM and one-time debit card transactions that might overdraw your account, you must opt in to our enhanced overdraft coverage.
Why get extra overdraft protection?
The standard overdraft coverage that comes with your account is limited to certain types of transactions. Our enhanced overdraft coverage gives you the next level of protection, covering more transaction types than our standard coverage.
Line of Credit Protection and Overdraft Protection plans are also available and can work along with our Standard and Enhanced Coverage. These plans generally offer a higher degree of coverage at a lower cost as they guard against NSF fees and returned checks.
Enhanced Opt In Coverage | Overdraft Protection | Line of Credit Protection | |
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Plan type | This plan offers you the next level of coverage for your account. | This plan links your savings and checking. | This plan gives you the convenience and security of a line of credit. |
How it works | To extend your overdraft coverage to include ATM and one-time debit card transactions that might overdraw your account. | Funds get transferred from savings to checking in increments of $50 (or available balance, whichever is less) to cover overdrafts.* | Funds are automatically advanced to your checking account in increments of $100 to cover overdrafts. |
Fees | Our standard NSF fee applies, $34 per item | $5 transfer fee per day | Classic Reserve Line $24 Annual fee |
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*If enough money is not available in your linked overdraft protection account to cover the entire overdraft, an overdraft protection transfer will not occur.