Keeping Personal Details Out of the Demo
Use the invented names and amounts already in the examples. Do not place real passwords, account details, addresses or identity documents into a demo.
In the borrowing pretend nuts story
Characters want to follow a fictional borrowing example, using a borrowed wheelbarrow of acorns. The comic complication is forgetting that borrowed snacks belong to someone else. Keep that scene separate from your own information: the character’s details describe the tale, not the visitor.
Check the context
- Read the page heading to identify the subject.
- Check whether an amount is a starting pile, a movement or an ending total.
- Follow the collection link for neighbouring questions.
If the wording still seems nutty, remember that Pip Nibbles is a made-up character with a leaf clipboard. There is no customer-service case to open, no real transaction to trace and no hidden balance waiting behind the bark.
Put borrowing pretend nuts into a bank-style example
The related product is Overdreyft Buffer, used for illustrating the cost of a short-lived current-account shortfall. Its current fictional demo rate card is 29.9% EAR (variable), with the first £50.00 interest-free. This separate example uses pounds, not the acorn tokens in the story above. There is no conversion between them.
| Borrowed balance | Interest-free portion | Estimated 30-day cost |
|---|---|---|
| £100.00 | £50.00 | £1.09 |
| £500.00 | £50.00 | £9.78 |
| £1,000.00 | £50.00 | £20.65 |
This holds the principal constant for 30 days and applies the EAR’s daily equivalent to borrowing above the free buffer. No fees or extra borrowing are included; only the final charge is rounded. It is a cost estimate, not income.
A check for this page
When working through keeping personal details out of the demo, identify the amount, the time it stays in the account, and whether the result is interest, growth, a reward or a cost. The access rule is: up to £1,000 arranged borrowing; the first £50 is interest-free in this demo model. If the scene changes any of those assumptions, start with the Overdreyft Buffer worked examples and recalculate rather than reusing the closing figure. A very confident squirrel is still not a calculator.
Related reading
- This Is a Fictional Bank — No Real Banking Here
- Site Map — Every Branch of AcornBank
- Borrowing Pretend Nuts — Help Collection
- How to Bank — Online, in the App, in Branch or by Phone
- Borrowing Pretend Nuts — Why There Is No Real Application
- Borrowing Pretend Nuts — Understanding Acorn Units
AcornBank: entirely fictional banking, exceptionally committed squirrels.