DFI-SB 16.04(4)(4) Method of payment of fees. Except as provided in sub. (2) (c) 2., a savings bank may offer a customer the option of paying the fee for a contract in a single payment, provided the savings bank also offers the customer a bona fide option of paying the fee for that contract in monthly or other periodic payments. If the savings bank offers the customer the option to finance the single payment by adding it to the amount the customer is borrowing, the savings bank shall also disclose to the customer, in accordance with sub. (5), whether and, if so, the time period during which, the customer may cancel the agreement and receive a refund.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(5) Disclosures.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(a)(a) Content of short form of disclosures. The short form of disclosures required by this section shall include information relating to any of the following that is appropriate to the product offered:

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(b)(b) Content of long form disclosures. The long form of disclosures required by this section shall include information relating to any of the following that is appropriate to the product offered:

DFI-SB 16.04 NoteNote: Copies of the short and long form, and instructions for using them may be obtained by writing to the Department of Financial Institutions, Division of Banking, P.O. Box 7876, Madison, WI 53707-7876 or by downloading it from the department’s website, www.wdfi.org. Short form disclosures made in a form that is substantially similar to the disclosures available from the department will satisfy the short form disclosure requirement of this section. Long form disclosures made in a form that is substantially similar to the disclosures available from the department will satisfy the long form disclosure requirements of this section.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(c)1.1. ‘Short form disclosures.’ The savings bank shall make the short form disclosures orally at the time the savings bank first solicits the purchase of a contract.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(c)2.2. ‘Long form disclosures.’ The savings bank shall make the long form disclosures in writing before the customer completes the purchase of the contract. If the initial solicitation occurs in person, the savings bank shall provide the long form disclosures in writing at that time.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(c)3.3. ‘Transactions by telephone.’ If the contract is solicited by telephone, the savings bank shall provide the short form disclosures orally and shall mail the long form disclosures, and, if appropriate, a copy of the contract to the customer within 3 business days, beginning on the first business day after the telephone solicitation.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(c)4.4. ‘Solicitations using written mail inserts or “take one” applications.’ If the contract is solicited through written materials such as mail inserts or “take one” applications, the savings bank may provide only the short form disclosures in the written materials if the savings bank mails the long form disclosures to the customer within 3 business days, beginning on the first business day after the customer contacts the savings bank to respond to the solicitation, subject to the requirements of sub. (6) (c).

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(c)5.5. ‘Electronic transactions.’ Disclosures described in this section provided through electronic media shall be in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 USC 7001 et seq.

DFI-SB 16.04(5)(d)1.1. ‘Understandable disclosures.’ The disclosures required by this section shall be conspicuous, simple, direct, readily understandable, and designed to call attention to the nature and significance of the information provided.