Refer to below for the Terms and Conditions regarding the use of Suncorp Bank Internet Banking
Important Information
- These conditions only apply to Internet Banking and your use of it. You must accept them by clicking on the "I accept these conditions" button at the bottom of this screen in order to register for or use Internet Banking.
- These conditions (excluding clause 26 Online Cashback) are included as clause 23 in the Terms and Conditions for Suncorp Accounts and are repeated here for acceptance by you prior to registering for Internet Banking.
- Your secret access codes are important and must be kept secret. You may be liable for unauthorised transactions. See Clause 5, Clause 6, Clause 8, Clause 9 and Clause 10 for more details.
- If any of your secret access codes have become known to another person or you are concerned they have, please refer to Clause 5 for information on what you should do.
- If you have any queries regarding Internet Banking or these conditions, please call our Customer Service Team on 13 11 75.
- Words in these conditions in Italics have a particular legal or banking meaning which is set out at the end of these conditions in Clause 27.
- Where applicable, the relevant provisions of the Code of Banking Practice and the Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct apply to this service.
These conditions only apply to Internet banking and Internet banking transactions. All the other terms and conditions that apply to your accounts still apply, including if applicable the Terms and Conditions for Suncorp Accounts and other particular conditions that Suncorp has given to you in writing. If there are differences between these conditions and any particular conditions we give you, the particular conditions apply. If there are differences between these conditions and the Terms and Conditions for Suncorp Accounts, these conditions apply. You can obtain another copy of the Terms and Conditions for Suncorp Accounts at any Suncorp branch or by phoning 13 11 75.
You accept and agree to be bound by these conditions by clicking on the "I accept these conditions" button at the bottom of this screen or when you perform or try to perform a transaction using Internet banking, which ever first occurs.
3. Registering for Internet Banking
In order to register for Internet banking, you will need to have a TAC (Telephone Access Code) or temporary TAC. You must be a registered Telephone banking user to have a TAC or to get a temporary TAC. To get a temporary TAC to enable you to register for Internet banking simply call 13 11 75. Once our staff has identified you, you will need to select a TAC or be provided a temporary TAC.
Your TAC or temporary TAC must be between 4 and 6 digits long. It cannot be:
Once you have a TAC or temporary TAC you can register for Internet banking by going to the Suncorp web site located at www.suncorp.com.au. You will be required to enter either your TAC or temporary TAC and at least one of your Suncorp account numbers. You will then be asked to choose an Internet Banking Password (IBP) which will be used in the place of the TAC or temporary TAC in all subsequent Internet banking Sessions.
You will need at least one valid email address to register for Internet Banking. This will be used to communicate outcomes of your transactions setup within Internet Banking.
Your IBP must be between 6 and 8 letters and/or numbers. It cannot be:
After you have successfully registered for Internet banking you will be given your Customer ID. You must remember your Customer ID as you will need to use it each time you logon to Internet banking along with your IBP. This is the only place you will be given your Customer ID.
We may require you to use an additional access device or code to operate Internet Banking.
You will also need to have access to secure computer equipment with suitable software. By accepting these conditions you certify to us that you are only attempting to gain access to Internet Banking using secure computer equipment with suitable software.
We will make best efforts to render support to customers using suitable software should it be required however, suitable software from some vendors will be more difficult to support and may result in us offering general advice only.
Refer to the Internet banking screen called Internet banking Requirements for details. By accepting these conditions you certify to us that you are only attempting to gain access to Internet banking using a computer with suitable software.
We are not liable for any loss, damage or consequential loss or damage if you use or attempt to access Internet banking without using suitable software.
4. Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct
We agree to follow the rules of the Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct for electronic banking transactions made in Australia and we give you a warranty that we will do so.
This does not apply to:
an account that is designed primarily for use by a business and established primarily for business purposes.
Your secret access codes are the key to your account when you use Internet banking. Your secret access codes are valuable and should be kept secret. This includes secret access codes such as your TAC, Customer ID, Internet Banking Password , External Transfer Password or Security Token Code.
You will agree to tell us quickly and without delay by telephone by calling our Hotline number which is available 24 hours a day on 1800 775 020 if you think someone knows any of your secret access codes.
Your liability for losses arising from unauthorised transactions will be determined under the EFT Code.
6. Guidelines for Recording your Secret Access Codes
You can record your secret access codes to help you remember them but they must be reasonably disguised. You should NOT:
These are only examples. There are other ways that you should not use to disguise secret access codes so as to make your secret access codes obvious to another person.
Your liability for losses arising from an unauthorised transaction will be determined under the EFT Code.
Your daily limit is a security measure to limit the amount of money that can be transferred from any of your accounts.
Daily limits apply to External Transfers, Online Telegraphic Transfers, Business Payments, BPay® and for funds transferred using the “Other Suncorp Account” transfer type. Funds transferred to any of your Suncorp accounts using the “My Account” transfer type (whether you hold
these accounts alone or with others), will not be included in the daily limit.
The total of all Business Payments, External Transfers, Online Telegraphic Transfers, BPay® and transfers using the “Other Suncorp
Account” transfer type on any given day from all of your accounts must be less than your daily limit. If you attempt to perform a transaction that exceeds your daily limit, it may be rejected.
Your daily limit will be $5,000 unless we agree otherwise.
8. When you are not liable for any losses
An unauthorised transaction, that is a transaction you do not authorise, does not include any transaction carried out by you or by anyone performing a transaction with your knowledge and consent.
Where you do not authorise a transaction, you will not be responsible for losses which are:
You may not be liable for unauthorised transactions that occur after you have notified us that your TAC, Customer ID, Internet Banking Password, External Transfer Password, Security Token Code, Security Token or any other access method or secret access code that we gave you has been lost, stolen or misused or that the security of the access method, Security Token or secret access codes has been breached.
Where it is clear that you have not contributed to any loss caused by unauthorised transactions you will not be liable.
Where clause 8 does not apply, you will be liable for losses resulting from unauthorised transactions in the following circumstances:
The losses that you will be liable for will be the losses incurred before you told us that the secret access code that we gave you has been lost, stolen or misused or that the security of the access method or secret access codes has been breached.
In respect to losses arising from unauthorised transactions you will not be liable for:
Where a secret access code, Security Token or access method was required to perform the unauthorised transactions and none of the circumstances outlined in clause 8 or clause 9 apply, you will be liable for the lesser of:
In the instances where we have not exercised our rights under any credit card scheme to charge back any unauthorised transactions pursuant to these conditions you will not be liable for any amount greater than the amount you would have to have paid to us had we exercised those rights.
10. Our requirements of you to protect your account against unauthorised transactions
You must:
For the purposes of this clause, a reasonable attempt to protect the security of a secret access code record includes either or both of:
Notwithstanding the conditions for the purposes of determining your liability for any losses resulting from unauthorised transactions using an electronic device and an access method we will comply with the requirements of the EFT Code.
We are not responsible for the operation of any secure computer equipment or electronic system (other than our systems) you use to transact using Internet banking or the operation of any telephone system.
We can cancel or suspend your access to Internet banking or any function or service incorporated in Internet banking at any time. If we do this, we will tell you in writing as soon as possible. We can also delay or refuse to process your instructions.
Internet banking instructions requiring transfer of funds (including BPAY bill payments) may not be carried out if you do not have enough cleared funds in the relevant account. We will notify you on screen if this occurs while attempting to perform an immediate transaction. We will notify you by secure message if this occurs if you have attempted to perform a future dated or recurring transfer or a transfer which requires two authorisations.
If you give us instructions for more than one transfer and/or bill payment and/or business payment on a particular date, we will determine the order in which the payments are made on that day.
In accepting these conditions you agree that we can provide you with any information required to be given to you by law or any code including the EFT Code by electronic communication, unless any law or code requires otherwise.
Information provided by Internet banking about your account relates to transactions that we have processed and verified. Your Internet Banking transactions will be processed in the normal course of business or at the times we tell you.
We are not responsible for delays, errors, inaccuracies, or omissions due to failure in any secure computer equipment, the telephone banking network, any telephone system, any other electronic system or ancillary equipment or any other circumstances beyond our control.
Suncorp is a member of the BPAY Scheme. This means that you can ask us to make payments on your behalf to registered BPAY Billers from any account which allows for BPAY payments.
The terms and conditions that apply to BPAY are found in these Terms and Conditions. You can obtain an additional copy from any Suncorp Branch or by phoning 13 11 75.
16. Particular conditions applying to bill payments via Internet banking
If your instruction to make a bill payment using BPAY is made before 4:00p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time on a business day, it will in most cases be treated as having been made on that same day or on the date in the future that you specify. Where your instructions are received after 4:00p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time, in most cases the payment will be treated as having been made on the next business day or on the date in the future that you specify.
A payment may take longer to be credited to a Biller under the BPAY Scheme if we receive your instruction on a day other than a business day or if another participant in the BPAY Scheme does not process a payment as soon as they receive it.
You need to allow sufficient time for processing of bill payments.
17. External Transfers and Online Telegraphic Transfer
We will only agree to process a transfer of funds from an Account to an external financial institution or to an overseas bank account held with an external financial institution via Global Payments, if you accept and comply with the particular conditions for External Transfers and Online Telegraphic Transfers. The conditions for External Transfers require you to use an External Transfer Password (ETP) or a Security Token to perform an External Transfer through the Internet banking service. If you have been issued with a Security Token, you must use the Security Token Code instead of an ETP. The conditions for Online Telegraphic Transfers require you to use a Security Token to perform an Online Telegraphic Transfer. Daily Limits apply.
To use the Business Payment Credit function within Internet Banking you must:
- Have an eligible business account
- Be registered for Internet Banking
- Have been issued with an External Transfer Password or a Security Token to enable transfer of funds to accounts with other institutions
- Have an APCA ID that has been issued by Suncorp (Australian Payments Clearing Association Identification which entitles you to be a registered user of the Bulk Electronic Clearing System).
To use the Business Payment Debit function within Internet Banking you must:
- Have an eligible business account
- Be registered for Internet Banking
- Be approved by Suncorp as a Suncorp Direct Debit User
- Have an APCA ID that has been issued by Suncorp
- Comply with any additional requirements provided to you when approved as a Suncorp Direct Debit User.
A separate APCA ID is required for Business Payment Credit and Business Payment Debit. You can apply to us for an APCA ID.
If your instructions to make a business payment credit using the Internet banking service is made before 4:00 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time on a business day, it will in most cases be treated as having been made on that same day or on the date in the future that you specify. Where your instructions are received after 4:00 p.m. Australian Eastern Standard Time, in most cases the payment will be treated as having been made on the next business day or on the date in the future that you specify.
A payment may take longer to be credited to an account at another financial institution if we receive your instructions on a day other than a business day or if the other financial institution does not process a payment as soon as they receive it.
Business payment debits rely on processing by other financial institutions and we cannot advise when these payments will be processed to your customers account.
You need to allow sufficient time for processing of business payments.
Daily, account and personal limits may apply to business payment credit files. Period, file and transaction limits will apply to business payment debit files. Details of these limits and full terms and conditions relating to business payments can be obtained from any Suncorp branch, by contacting us on 13 11 75 or by referring to your Suncorp Business Account Product Information Document.
19. WARNING - Transfers, External Transfers, Online Telegraphic Transfers and Business Payments
We are not responsible for any loss suffered if the account numbers, B.S.B., Bank Codes or amounts of transactions you authorise are incorrect or invalid or if you authorise transactions more than once in error.
The account name of the account funds are being transferred to will not be used by us when transferring funds.
Funds will be transferred to the account number provided regardless of whether the account name matches the account number. You must ensure the account number is correct.
You must check the details of each External Transfer, Online Telegraphic Transfer and each transaction in a business payment and ensure that the accounts, B.S.B., Bank Codes and amounts are correct. All details of Online Telegraphic Transfers must be checked before submitting.
Once you authorise transactions to be processed generally we will not be able to stop, withdraw, suspend or delete the transfer, change any details or recover the funds.
If a transfer can not be processed by the receiving financial institution, the funds will be returned to your account. This may take approximately 3 days but can take longer depending on the other financial institution.
Accounts with signing instructions of "any two signatories to sign" to authorise a transaction can use the Internet banking service, except for an online Telegraphic Transfer.
Once a transaction has been set up by a signatory it will await approval within Internet Banking from the second account signatory. The transaction can also be approved from Mobile Phone Banking. The transaction will not be successfully processed until it has been authorised by two signatories. If a transaction is still awaiting approval on the next payment date you requested, it will not be processed and will be deleted from Internet Banking.
Where there are multiple signatories on an account, the authorisation of any (2) two will be accepted and the transaction processed.
Appropriate signatories will be advised on the Internet Banking homepage of any transactions awaiting approval within Internet banking.
For Business Payments, any transactions awaiting approval from a second signatory 14 days after the transaction was set up, will not be processed and will be deleted.
If you ask us and we agree, we can provide Internet banking access to various accounts limited to "view only" access.
View only access means you can authorise a person to view transactional, customer information and statement requests only. This does not allow the person to perform any type of debit transaction, open or close the account, or make any changes to information on the account other than their own information.
When we agree to provide view only access you also authorise that person to view transactional information, customer information and statement requests via any of our branches.
22. Problems with Internet banking
If you think there has been a mistake or a transaction you did not authorise, you must phone us immediately on 13 11 75 and follow up with details in writing or by secure message. Your concerns or any problems will be investigated in the manner outlined in these Terms and Conditions.
To assist in obtaining a prompt resolution to the problem, please give us clear instructions as to the account number and Biller codes of any person or Biller involved in the problem and provide any supporting documentation which will assist in our investigation.
Fees apply for external transfers, Online Telegraphic Transfer, business payments and Security Tokens.
Government fees and charges, and standard account and transaction fees still apply. Full details of fees and charges are available from any Suncorp Branch, or by phoning 13 11 75.
We can introduce new fees and charges and change fees and charges that apply to Internet banking, at any time. Where we have to give you notice of any new fees or charges we will do so.
We can change these conditions and particular conditions at any time. We will notify you of these changes where we are required to do so by law. You will be notified of any new fees and charges 30 days before they are introduced. New services will generally be advertised in national newspapers on or before the day they are implemented.
At any time we may restrict the types of accounts that can use Internet banking or we may change or restrict your use of or access to Internet banking by any secure computer equipment. In addition, we may restrict the availability of some Internet banking functions (eg BPAY, External Transfers, Online Telegraphic Transfers, Business Payments) to particular types of accounts or secure computer equipment.
You can only access Online Cashback where:
You can contact us on 13 11 75 to find out if you can access Cashback and to find out any additional requirements that must be satisfied before you will be allowed access to Online Cashback.
Suncorp may refuse to allow you access to Online Cashback, even where Suncorp's requirements have been satisfied.
Online Cashback will generally be available during business hours in Brisbane and may be available during other hours subject to Suncorp's processing requirements. When you select Online Cashback, a message will advise you if it is not available.
At any time Suncorp can withdraw your access to Online Cashback or limit the functions that can be performed using Online Cashback, without providing a reason.
Access to Online Cashback is subject to:
Only immediate transactions can be performed using Online Cashback. Future dated or recurring transactions are not available.
Funds can only be transferred to another account and Suncorp may at any time limit the accounts to which funds can be transferred. External transfers cannot be performed using Online Cashback.
The amount of funds that can be accessed through Online Cashback is called Available Cashback and is displayed on Account Details screen. You cannot access more than this amount through Online Cashback. In addition, there is a maximum limit of $99,999.00 for each Online Cashback Transaction.
Fees may apply for using Online Cashback. Full details can be obtained from your loan contract or by contacting us on 13 11 75.
You can continue to access Cashback in any other way permitted by Suncorp, in accordance with your loan contract. For example, you can go to a branch to access Cashback.
You or any other borrower under your loan contract can request the cancellation of Online Cashback at any time in writing, by contacting us on 13 11 75, by going to a branch or by sending us a secure message. If you then wish to access Online Cashback again, you and all other borrowers under your loan contract will need to once more satisfy any additional requirements of Suncorp from time to time, that must be met before Suncorp will allow you access to Online Cashback.
In these conditions a reference to the singular include the plural and vice versa.
A reference to "we", "us" or "our" means Suncorp.
A reference to "you" or "your" means each person separately and jointly who is an account owner or authorised to transact on an account.
In these conditions words in italics have the following meanings:
- An "account" includes any of the following accounts with Suncorp.
- a savings account
- term deposit
- a cheque or card account
- an account which has a facility limit
- a loan account
- another account which we allow you to withdraw and deposit money
- a lease
- an equipment finance facility
- a guarantee facility - "Australian Eastern Standard Time" means the time in Brisbane, Australia.
- "business day" means a day which is Monday to Friday excluding national public holidays.
- "Bank Code" is similar to a BSB number and is used to identify financial institutions (Not all banks have a Bank Code)
- "card" means the card we give you to use with or without your PIN at an electronic terminal and includes any debit or credit card we give you.
- "Cashback" is the process where Suncorp re-lends to borrowers funds paid in advance, as provided in the relevant loan contract.
- "conditions" means these terms and conditions which apply to Internet banking.
- "Customer ID" means the secret number we give you that you are required to enter electronically in order to use Internet banking.
- "EFT Code" means the Electronic Funds Transfer Code of Conduct.
- "external financial institution" means a participating member of the Bulk Electronic Clearing System (B.E.C.S.) other than Suncorp.
- "External Transfer Password" or "ETP" means your External Transfer Password that we issue to you.
- "External Transfer" means a transfer of funds to an account held with an external financial institution.
- "Global Payments" means the system that processes Online Telegraphic Transfers via Internet Banking.
- "Internet Banking" means the Internet site provided by Suncorp that enables you to do transactions.
- "Internet Banking Session" means each period that you have logged on to Internet banking to perform transactions. An Internet banking Session finishes when you successfully trigger the "log-off button" on the Internet banking screen.
- "Internet banking Password" or "IBP" means your Internet banking Password chosen by you.
- "Mobile Phone banking" means Internet Banking accessed by a mobile phone.
- "Online Cashback" means Cashback available through Internet Banking.
- "Online Telegraphic Transfer" means a Telegraphic Transfer sent via Global Payments
- "PIN" means your Personal Identification Number you use to transact at Automatic Teller Machines or using EFTPOS.
- "secret access codes" means all of the TAC, IBP, ETP, Customer ID and Security Token Code or any one or more of them or any other secret access code prescribed or required by us other than a PIN.
- "secure message" means an electronic mail message sent to us by you from within your secure Internet banking Session, or by us to you to retrieve from within your secure Internet banking Session.
- "Security Token" means a small electronic device which generates a Security Token Code.
- Security Token Code means the random code generated by a Security Token, which changes approximately every 60 seconds and includes any temporary Security Token Code that is issued by us under clause 14(e) of these conditions.
- "secure computer equipment" includes set top boxes, computers, games consoles, televisions, mobile phones or any other equipment that may be used to access Internet Banking and you believe is managed and used in a secure way. This may include but is not limited to:
- installing reputable firewalls, anti-spam or anti-virus software;
- regularly installing vendor supplied security patches;
- limiting the installation of software from unknown sources;
- and requiring users of the computing equipment to follow secure computing equipment use guides. See our hints and tips for securing your computer for help.
- "suitable software" refers to versions of operating system, firewall, anti-spam, anti-virus and web browser software that is presently supported by the software vendor.
- "Suncorp" means Suncorp-Metway Ltd ABN 66 010 831 722 its successors and assigns.
- "TAC" means your telephone access code.
- "Telegraphic Transfer" means funds transfers sent electronically to an overseas bank account held with an external financial institution.
- "Telephone Banking" means the telephone banking service provided by Suncorp.
- "temporary TAC" means your temporary telephone access code which enables you to register for Internet banking.
- "transaction" means any transaction we allow to be performed or carried out using Internet banking.
