Item 26 - Debit and Credit Card Merchant Payment Processing Services

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 69E4955D-23F3-4407-84A7-E75FDC837DB9 Member or Global Direct on behalf of Member may, without notice, hold funds otherwise payable to Merchant for such period as Global Direct and/or Member, in its or their commercially reasonable discretion, deem necessary, to provide security against liability for such activity, plus other costs or liabilities reasonably anticipated to be due to Global Direct and/or Member related to the same. To the extent (i) the investigation conducted by Global Direct and/or Member with respect to the unusual, suspicious, or risk -exposing activity determines that such activity is reasonably likely to result in amounts being due from you to Global Direct and/or Member, and (ii) Global Direct and/or Member require the establishment, replenishment, or increase of a Reserve Account in connection therewith, then the funds held may be used to fund such Reserve Account. 16. DEFAULT/SECURITY INTEREST. 16.1. Upon failure by Merchant to meet any of its obligations under this Card Services Agreement (including funding the Reserve Account), any of the accounts referred to in section 5 may be debited without notice to Merchant, and Merchant (on behalf of itself and its affiliated entities) hereby grants to Member, Global Direct a lien and security interest in all of Merchant's right, title and interest in or to any of the following assets or properties, if any: (a) all of the accounts referenced in the preceding sentence, (b) the Reserve Account (without in any way suggesting that Merchant has ownership interest or property rights in the Reserve Account or the funds therein), (c) any rights to receive credits or payments under this Card Services Agreement and (d) all deposits and other property of Merchant that Member or its affiliates possess or maintain (including all proceeds of the foregoing). Merchant shall execute, acknowledge or deliver any documents or take any actions Member, Global Direct may from time to time request to better assure, preserve, protect, perfect, maintain or enforce this security interest. To the extent not prohibited by law, Merchant irrevocably authorizes Member, Global Direct to file any financing statements (at Merchant's expense) in any relevant jurisdiction or any other documents or instruments related to this security interest. Except as provided in section 15 (relating to the Reserve Account), Merchant represents and warrants that (a) Merchant has good and valid rights and title to the property described herein, (b) Merchant has full power and authority to grant to Member the security interest pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Card Services Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person or entity, (c) no other person or entity has a security interest or lien in any of the property described herein and (d) this security interest is a first lien security interest and secures Merchant's obligations to Member under this Card Services Agreement. Member shall have all rights of a secured party and Merchant must obtain the prior written consent of Member before granting any subsequent security interest or lien in the property described herein. Merchant agrees that it is Merchant's intent that these accounts and secured property shall to the extent allowed by applicable law not be subject to any preference, claim, or stay by reason of any bankruptcy or insolvency law. Merchant agrees to act consistently with the understanding that said accounts and secured property under this Card Services Agreement are free of all such preferences, claims or stays by reason of and as allowed by any such law. The scope of the security interest, and Merchant's (on behalf of itself and its affiliated entities) instructions to its financial institutions to accept withdrawal requests from Global Direct, Member, and Merchant's agreement to hold such institutions harmless and to indemnify them, to the extent not prohibited under applicable law, are described above in section 15. 16.2. Merchant also agrees that, in the event of a default by Merchant, Member has rights of setoff and recoupment and may apply any of Merchant's balances or any other monies due Merchant from Member towards the payment of amounts due from Merchant under the terms