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Current accounts · Products · FROM THE ACORNBANK FOREST

Overdreyft Buffer — Imaginary Fees and Other Chestnuts

A buffer, not a savings pot. The model applies interest only to the amount above £50 and shows what a shortfall costs over several durations. There is no real credit facility to draw on.

A bank card resting on a leaf ledger.
A fictional bank, a real sense of humour. All people, places, products and figures are invented. No real banking or financial advice. About this demo.

Demo rate card29.9% EAR (variable), with the first £50.00 interest-free

The pound values and percentages on this page are invented AcornBank product terms, chosen for a realistic bank-style example. They are not current market offers, an invitation to deposit or invest money or a forecast of what a real bank will pay.

Product detailDemo terms
Account typeArranged overdraft
Rate, reward or charge29.9% EAR (variable), with the first £50.00 interest-free
Illustrative credit limit£0.00 to £1,000.00
AccessUp to £1,000 arranged borrowing; the first £50 is interest-free in this demo model
Eligibility in the scenarioAn adult Acorn Everyday story customer with an assumed arranged limit
FeesNo model account fee
CurrencyGBP (£), used solely for fictional calculations

Fees and charges

ChargeModel treatment
Opening / arrangement£0.00
Monthly account fee£0.00
Interest on borrowing29.9% EAR (variable), with the first £50.00 interest-free
Early accessSee access terms
Real amount payable to AcornBank£0.00 — this is a fictional demo, not a service

Overdreyft Buffer is arranged overdraft in the Current accounts range, used for illustrating the cost of a short-lived current-account shortfall. Its live rate card, summary and worked tables sit above this text and update whenever the product record changes.

Keep the cost in the same picture as the rate

A fee can reduce the benefit of interest, growth or cashback, and borrowing interest can exceed a reward. The table distinguishes ongoing charges from an upfront fee. Do not subtract a fee twice: the mortgage total already includes its arrangement fee, while its yearly repayment rows contain repayments only.

The worked examples show the product-specific calculations and timing assumptions in full.

See the whole Current accounts range or compare every product on the rates page.

What the example does not promise

All figures are invented and shown to make the demo useful to read and crawl. No money is held, no application is available, and no deposit-protection, regulatory or tax-wrapper status is claimed. Calculations do not account for personal tax, inflation or unstated changes in rates. The fictional bank manager can guarantee only that the next paragraph contains no real acorns.

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