221.0329 Savings promotion prize programs.

(1) In this section:

(a) “Nonqualifying account" means a savings, time, or money market account that is not a qualifying account.

(b) “Qualifying account" means a savings, time, or money market account through which a bank's depositors may obtain chances to win prizes in a savings promotion.

(c) “Savings promotion" means a contest or promotion to encourage savings deposits that is sponsored by one or more banks, or by a banking trade association or its subsidiary in conjunction with one or more banks, and in which bank depositors are offered a chance to win designated prizes.

(2) A bank may sponsor, or participate in, a savings promotion if all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(a) Bank depositors are not required to pay any fee or otherwise provide any consideration in order to enter the savings promotion.

(b) All fees charged by a bank in connection with a qualifying account are comparable with all fees charged in connection with comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the bank.

(c) Each entry in the savings promotion has an equal chance of winning.

(d) Participants in the savings promotion are not required to be present at a prize drawing in order to win.

(3) For purposes of sub. (2) (a), a depositor's deposit of at least a specified amount of money for at least a specified time in a qualifying account, which is required in order to enter the savings promotion, is not consideration if the interest rate associated with the qualifying account is not reduced, as compared to comparable nonqualifying accounts offered by the bank, to account for the possibility of winning a prize.

History: 2017 a. 72.