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Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008

Credit Card Alliance Agreement

        This Agreement, effective as of February 1, 2001, is between Providian Bancorp Services, a California corporation, with principal offices located in San Francisco, California (together with all its affiliates "Providian"), and X.com Corporation., a Delaware corporation with principal offices located in Palo Alto, California ("PayPal").


Recitals

        A.    Providian Bancorp Services is an affiliate of Providian National Bank and Providian Bank, each a Card Association member issuing general-purpose credit cards. Providian provides marketing, credit, technology, operations, compliance, audit and other card-related services and support to its card-issuing affiliates and enters into this Agreement for and on their behalf in connection with the Program.;

        B.    PayPal operates the world's largest Internet-based payment network, providing a secure online payment service to its over six million customers. PayPal operates a World Wide Web site at http://www.paypal.com (the "PayPal Web Site"), that allows users to sign up for or use the PayPal products and services involving its online payment services (collectively, the "PayPal Services");

        C.    The parties desire to enter into this Agreement so that a PayPal co-branded Card (bearing a PayPal Mark and a Providian Mark) issued by Providian will be the preferred credit card promoted through the PayPal Services, and as such will be afforded by PayPal the "preferred alliance partner" opportunities set forth in this Agreement; and

        D.    Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Providian has made a $10 million equity investment in PayPal by purchasing Series D preferred stock, and PayPal has agreed that Providian may designate a representative to serve on the PayPal board of directors.

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual obligations, promises and undertakings of the parties contained in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

1.    DEFINITIONS

        When used in this Agreement, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

  1.1   "Account" means a revolving, open-end credit account provided by Providian for PayPal Members and Non-Member Consumers and established pursuant to this Agreement, the features and terms of which are further described in this Agreement.

 

1.2

 

"Account Agreement" means a credit agreement between Providian and a Cardholder with terms and conditions that apply to the Cardholder's Account.

 

1.3

 

"Agreement" means this Credit Card Alliance Agreement, including all attached Exhibits, which are incorporated by this reference, and any amendments, modifications, or supplements to this Agreement.

 

1.4

 

"Applicable Law" means applicable federal, state and local statutes, regulations, regulatory guidelines and judicial or administrative interpretations as well as any rules or requirements established by the applicable Card Association.

[*] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

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  1.5   "Applicant" means a consumer who submits an Application or other request for an Account.

 

1.6

 

"Application" means the action or document by which a Member requests and applies to Providian for an Account.

 

1.7

 

"Banner Ad" means any image displayed in the banner space of the PayPal Web Site that is intended to serve as an advertisement for a product or service.

 

1.8

 

"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any day in which banks in the State of California are authorized or obligated by law to close.

 

1.9

 

"Card" means a credit card issued for an Account pursuant to this Agreement that bears both a Providian Mark and a PayPal Mark.

 

1.10

 

"Card Association" means either or both of MasterCard and Visa, as applicable.

 

1.11

 

"Cardholder" means an individual, residing in the U.S., at or over the age of 18, who applies for, receives and activates an Account with Providian under the Program, including payment of any fee required by Providian in order to open an Account.

 

1.12

 

"Cardholder Data" means all information, whether personally identifiable or in aggregate, that is submitted and/or obtained by Providian about an Account or an Application (whether or not completed), including without limitation, credit information, financial standing and demographic data, and Transaction Data.

 

1.13

 

"Charge-back" means a transaction using the Account that is subsequently reversed pursuant to Card Association rules.

 

1.14

 

"Competing Card Product" means a credit card or charge card, card alliance program or co-branded card program including, without limitation, business cards, marketed, offered or issued by any entity other than Providian or its affiliates to consumers in the United States, but does not include debit cards or lines of credit not tied to credit cards.

 

1.15

 

"Confidential Information" means Providian Confidential Information or PayPal Confidential Information, except that it will not include: (1) information that, at the time of disclosure, is already in the recipient's rightful possession or available to it or its employees from any source having no obligation not to disclose it; (2) information that is or becomes available to the public; (3) information that the recipient receives from another source having no obligation not to disclose it; and (4) information which is independently developed by the recipient without the use of any "Confidential Information" of the other party.

 

1.16

 

"Customer List" means the Members who have entered into a credit agreement with Providian for issuance of a credit card and all associated data, which will be owned by Providian and deemed confidential.

 

1.17

 

"Implementation Date" means the first date on which Members are able to apply for an Account through a hyperlink from the PayPal Web Site to the Providian Web Site.

 

1.18

 

"Interchange Income" means net interchange fees actually received by Providian from Card Associations with respect to charges made by Cardholders using a Card transacted on the PayPal system where PayPal is the Merchant.

 

1.19

 

"Marketing Plan" means the written marketing plan agreed between the parties as provided in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

1.20

 

"MasterCard" means the payment card association MasterCard International Incorporated.

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1.21

 

"Member" means any individual resident or domiciled within the United States or its territories and possessions that is or becomes registered to utilize the PayPal Services, whether through a private label network or otherwise.

 

1.22

 

"Member List" means the list of all Members who have not affirmatively opted out, indicating their election to be excluded from any product announcements of this type, together with their e-mail addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, and all associated data held by PayPal, to be provided by PayPal to Providian under Section 4.1 of this Agreement, which shall be owned by PayPal and deemed confidential, but is licensed to Providian for the purposes set forth in this Agreement.

 

1.23

 

"Merchant" means a merchant that accepts credit card payments pursuant to an account with a Card Association merchant acquirer that processes payment card authorizations and payments.

 

1.24

 

"New Payment Products" means debit cards, stored value cards, online person-to-person payment products, online person-to-merchant payment products, digital cash products and other new payment technologies that may become available during the term of this Agreement.

 

1.25

 

"Non-Member Consumer" means an individual that receives an advertisement for the Program on the PayPal Web Site and follows a hyperlink presented on that site to receive more information about the Program, but does not complete the process to become a Member.

 

1.26

 

"PayPal Confidential Information" means all confidential information and documents about PayPal or any of its affiliates, including without limitation, its financial information, products, marketing plans, strategies, customers, processes and procedures, subject to the exceptions set forth in the definition of "Confidential Information."

 

1.27

 

"PayPal Mark" means any design, image, visual representation, logo, service mark, trade dress, trade name, or trademark owned, used or acquired by PayPal now or during the term of this Agreement.

 

1.28

 

"Program" means the program under which Providian and PayPal will solicit Applications for Accounts pursuant to this Agreement.

 

1.29

 

"Providian Confidential Information" means all confidential information and documents about Providian or any of its affiliates, including without limitation, its financial information, products, performance of its products, strategies, marketing plans, performance of its marketing campaigns, customer lists, and Cardholder processes and procedures, subject to the exceptions set forth in the definition of "Confidential Information."

 

1.30

 

"Providian Mark" means any design, image, visual representation, logo, service mark, trade dress, trade name, or trademark owned, used or acquired by Providian now or during the term of this Agreement.

 

1.31

 

"Providian's Marketing Area" means throughout the United States, its territories, and possessions, other than in the State of Wisconsin, as changed from time to time by Providian..

 

1.32

 

"Term" means the term of this Agreement as specified in Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

1.33

 

"Trademark" means any Providian Mark or PayPal Mark.

 

1.34

 

"Visa" means the payment card association Visa U.S.A. Inc.

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1.35

 

"Web" means the World Wide Web.

2.    THE PROGRAM

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3.    ISSUANCE, ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF ACCOUNTS

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4.    PAYPAL MARKETING

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5.    COMPENSATION

6.    TERM; TERMINATION

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  6.10   Survival of Terms of the Agreement. The provisions of Sections 1, 3.5, 3.6, 6.9, 8.1-8.3, 8.6, 9-12, 14 and 15 will survive any termination of this Agreement.

7.    COMMUNICATIONS

8.    COLLECTION AND USE OF CARDHOLDER DATA

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9.    CONFIDENTIALITY

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10.  INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

  10.1   By PayPal. PayPal will defend, indemnify and hold harmless Providian against each claim, action, damage (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) or liability resulting from or relating to PayPal's breach of its obligations or of any terms (including, but not limited to, any representation or warranty) under this Agreement; and any acts or omissions of PayPal, its directors, officers, agents or employees in connection with PayPal's participation in the Program.

 

10.2

 

By Providian. Providian will defend, indemnify and hold harmless PayPal against each claim, action, damage (including reasonable attorney fees and costs) or liability resulting from or relating to Providian's breach of its obligations or of any term (including, but not limited to, any representation or warranty) under this Agreement; and any acts or omissions of Providian, its directors, officers, agents or employees in connection with Providian's participation in the Program.

 

10.3

 

Liability Limitation. Notwithstanding any other terms in this Agreement, neither party will be entitled to recover special, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages, whether based on breach of contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, and whether or not that party has been advised of the possibility of such damage, except that this limitation will not apply to damages resulting from either party's breach of its confidentiality obligations under Section 9, its representation and warranty under Section 14.1(f), or (h), or 14.2(f) or (g), or its obligations under Section 15.1.

11.  ARBITRATION

12.  FORCE MAJEURE

13.  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

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14.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

        In addition to any representation or warranties made by the parties in other Sections of this Agreement, the parties make the following representations and warranties:

  14.1   By PayPal. PayPal represents, warrants and covenants to Providian that: (a) it is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware; (b) it is duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (c) the making of this Agreement does not knowingly violate any law or regulation to which PayPal is subject or any agreement or contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound; (d) it will comply with all Applicable Laws (including but not limited to Card Association rules and regulations which pertain to Card Association non-members who are affinity partners of a Card Association member) in performing its obligations under this Agreement; (e) to the extent required by law, it has applied for licenses and, following receipt of such licenses, will continue to be duly qualified and licensed and has made and will continue to make all registrations to do business necessary to carry out its obligations under this Agreement under the law of each state in which the Program will be offered; (f) it owns and is authorized to use the PayPal Marks, and the use of the PayPal Marks does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party; (g) its entering into and performing this Agreement does not violate any other Agreements by which it is bound.

 

14.2

 

By Providian. Providian represents and warrants to PayPal that: (a) it is a duly organized national banking association, validly existing under the laws of the United States of America; (b) at the time of the execution of this Agreement, it is duly authorized to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, (c) the making of this Agreement does not knowingly violate any law or regulation to which Providian is subject or any agreement or contract to which it is a party or by which it is bound; (d) it will comply with all Applicable Laws in performing its obligations under this Agreement; (e) to the extent required by law, it is and will continue to be duly qualified and licensed and has made and will continue to make all registrations to do business and to carry out its obligations under this Agreement under the law of each state in which the Program will be offered; (f) it is authorized to use Providian Marks, and the use of Providian Marks does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third party; and (g) its entering into and performing this Agreement does not violate any other Agreements by which it is bound.

15.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

  15.1   Parties are Independent Contractors. PayPal and Providian are independent contractors, and neither is the partner, employee or agent of the other. Neither PayPal nor Providian will have the power or authority to pledge, bind or obligate the other with respect to any third party.

 

15.2

 

Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any amendment or modification to this Agreement or its Appendices must be in writing signed by both parties.

 

15.3

 

Headings. The Section headings in this Agreement are for convenience only and are in no way to be construed as enlarging or limiting the scope of the particular terms to which they refer.

 

15.4

 

Waiver. The waiver or failure of either party to exercise any right provided for in this Agreement will not be deemed a waiver of any further or future right under this Agreement.

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15.5

 

Notices. All notices and other communications between the parties will be written and will be deemed given if delivered personally or by overnight courier service, or facsimile transmission or 2 days after mailing by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to a party at its address set forth below, or to such other address as a party may designate at a later time, as follows:
    Providian:   Bill Buchanan
Providian Financial Corporation
123 Mission Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
FAX: (415) 644-2148

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Susan Lau
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
Providian Financial Corporation
201 Mission Street, 28th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
FAX: (415) 278-6064

 

 

PayPal:

 

X.Com / PayPal
1840 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303

 

 

 

 

Todd Pearson

 

 

 

 

FAX: (650) 251-1101

 

 

With a copy to:

 

John Muller

 

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel
X.Com / PayPal
1840 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
  15.6   "Writing" to Include Electronic Mail. References to "writing" or "written" in this Agreement will be deemed to include an electronic mail message that is sent using standard Internet protocols and whose receipt is confirmed by the recipient to the sender.

 

15.7

 

Assignment. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of each party and its successors and assigns; provided that, neither party will assign or transfer its rights under this Agreement by operation of law or otherwise, without the other party's prior written consent which will not be unreasonably withheld, except that either party may assign its rights and obligations to its parent, subsidiary or affiliate, or in the event of reincorporation or reorganization, as long as the assignment does not result in a substantial change to the Program or otherwise cause a breach of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement will prohibit Providian from securitizing or participating the Accounts or related receivables in accordance with general banking practices.

 

15.8

 

Third-Party Beneficiaries. It is expressly intended and agreed that there are no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement.

 

15.9

 

Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with California law, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

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15.10

 

Audit and Inspection. Each party will keep and maintain, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, accurate books and records related to the Program including all charges, disbursements and expenses made or incurred by each party in the performance of its obligations hereunder. Each party will have the right, upon reasonable notice, to audit, at any time prior to the expiration of 1 year following termination of the Program, the other party's books and records relating to the Program or this Agreement. Such audit will be at the expense of the auditing party. If any such audit indicates a discrepancy, the audited party will promptly make the appropriate adjustments and/or payments, or, in the alternative and at the auditing party's option, the auditing party will deduct or offset such discrepancy. If the discrepancy exceeds 5% of the payments for any given period, the party that benefited from the discrepancy will pay the costs of such audit.

 

15.11

 

Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the final, full and exclusive statement of the agreement between PayPal and Providian with respect to the subject matter set forth here. It supersedes all prior agreements and inducements relating to the subject of this Agreement. No promise or agreement made at or after the execution of this Agreement is binding unless it is written and signed by both parties.

 

15.12

 

Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and, when fully executed, will be deemed effective on the date first written above without regard to the dates or times on when actually signed. The signed copies of this Agreement may be delivered by telefacsimile, and such facsimile exchange has the same legal effect as delivery of a signed original.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties, by their duly authorized representatives, have executed this Agreement as of the date first shown above.

    X.COM CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd Pearson
    Name: Todd Pearson
    Title: Executive Vice President
    Date: February 2, 2001

 

 

PROVIDIAN BANCORP SERVICES

 

 

By:

/s/ William Buchanan
    Name: William Buchanan
    Title: SVP
    Date: 2/2/01

[*] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.

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EXHIBIT A

CUSTOMER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Customer Service & Servicing Goals

        Providian will be responsible for all on-line and off-line servicing for the Accounts. Whether through Internet services, call center, or customer compliant center, Providian is committed to 100% customer satisfaction when helping customers build, protect and responsibly use credit.

Websites:

Call Center:

(Performance metrics will be sourced from Keynote, external measurement provider)

        PayPal would provide Providian with written communication when these goals are not met and Providian will have the indicated time to cure, or substantially cure the standard in question.

Exh. A-1




EXHIBIT B

COMPETITORS PURSUANT TO SECTION 6.7

Providian Competitors

        American Express Company

        Bank of America Corporation

        Bank One Corporation

        Barclays Bank plc

        Capital One Financial Corp.

        Citigroup Inc.

        Fleet Boston Corporation

        Household International, Inc. (Household Bank LLC)

        J.P. Morgan Chase/Chase Manhattan Corp.

        MBNA Bank

        Morgan Stanley Dean & Witter/Morgan Stanley (Discover and Novus Cards)

        Standard Chartered Bank

        Wells Fargo & Co.

Exh. B-1




EXHIBIT C

PROGRAM PERFORMANCE HURDLES

        Each party may exercise its right to terminate this Agreement according to Section 6.7 if the following performance hurdles, as applicable, are not met.

Year*
  If Number of Members
Is At Least:

  MINIMUM CARD VOLUME
Must Be At Least:

1   16.5 million   3%

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27.3 million

 

6%

3

 

38 million

 

8%

4

 

49 million

 

8%
Year*
  If Number of Members
Is Less Than:

  MINIMUM CARD VOLUME
Must Be At Least:

1   16.5 million   2%
2   27.3 million   5%
3   38 million   6%
4   49 million   6%

        * For purposes of this Exhibit C, Year 1 will commence on the date that the Program website is first available for use by the general public, and each successive Year will commence on the anniversary date of Year 1.

        "Minimum Card Volume" means net Card purchase volume generating Interchange Income as described in Section 5.1 of this Agreement, divided by total net credit card purchase volume from all Member transactions in which PayPal is the Merchant.

        Minimum Card Volume and Number of Members will be determined as of either: (1) the end of the last month of the Year or (2) the average of the last 3 months, whichever is greater.

Exh. C-1