---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 609.950"
title: "12"
number: "609.950"
heading: "Electronic communications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/609.950"
---

# §609.950. Electronic communications.

- (a) **Agreement.** In accordance with E-SIGN, System institutions may communicate electronically in business, consumer, or commercial transactions. E-commerce transactions require the agreement of all parties when you do business.
- (b) **Communications with consumers.** E-SIGN and Federal Reserve Board Regulations B, M, and Z (12 CFR parts [202](/cfr/12/part202.md), [213](/cfr/12/part213.md), and 226) outline specific disclosure requirements for communications with consumers.
- (c) **Communications with parties other than consumers.** The consumer disclosure requirements of E-SIGN and of Federal Reserve Board Regulation B ([12 CFR part 202](/cfr/12/part202.md)) do not apply to your communications with parties other than consumers. (Federal Reserve Board Regulations M and Z (12 CFR parts [213](/cfr/12/part213.md) and [226](/cfr/12/part226.md)) apply to consumers only.) Nonetheless, you must ensure that your communications, including those disclosures required under the Act and the regulations in this part, demonstrate good business practices in the delivery of credit and closely related services and in your obtaining goods and services.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 5.9 of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2243); 5 U.S.C. 301; Pub. L. 106-229 (114 Stat. 464).

### Source

Source: 88 FR 85832, Dec. 11, 2023, unless otherwise noted.