The agreement authorizes Robinhood to recover amounts owed by debiting the customer's brokerage account, external bank accounts, any affiliated Robinhood accounts, and any account in which the customer holds a beneficial interest, without prior notice. This authorization survives account termination.
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This provision establishes a cross-entity, post-termination right of offset that extends beyond the brokerage account to external bank accounts and accounts in which the customer holds only a beneficial interest. The scope of this offset authorization may require evaluation under applicable state offset, garnishment, and exemption statutes, as well as Regulation E protections for consumer deposit accounts.
Interpretive note: The enforceability of the offset authorization over external bank accounts and accounts in which the customer holds only a beneficial interest may vary by jurisdiction and depends on the interaction with Regulation E and applicable state exemption statutes.
Under this clause, Robinhood may debit external bank accounts, affiliated Robinhood accounts, and accounts in which the customer holds a beneficial interest to recover any amounts owed, without prior notice, including after account termination. The agreement states this authorization survives termination of the account and the agreement.
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Compare across platforms →"You authorize Robinhood to recover amounts you owe, and to debit, charge or otherwise exercise a right of offset to recover funds from the balance in your Account, your external bank account, any account you own with an Affiliate of Robinhood, any other present or future account carried by Robinhood or its Affiliates in which you have a beneficial interest (meaning you are entitled to the economic benefit of the account's assets, whether or not you are the account's registered owner), or any other payment instrument linked to your Account.Excerpt from Robinhood's Customer Agreement (PDF)
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The right of offset provision engages Regulation E (Electronic Fund Transfer Act) protections applicable to consumer deposit accounts, state offset and exemption statutes that may limit setoff rights against certain account types, …
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This provision establishes a cross-entity, post-termination right of offset that extends beyond the brokerage account to external bank accounts and accounts in which the customer holds only a beneficial interest. The scope of this offset authorization may require evaluation under applicable state offset, garnishment, and exemption statutes, as well as Regulation E protections for consumer deposit accounts.
Under this clause, Robinhood may debit external bank accounts, affiliated Robinhood accounts, and accounts in which the customer holds a beneficial interest to recover any amounts owed, without prior notice, including after account termination. The agreement states this authorization survives termination of the account and the agreement.
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