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 woodland businesses story
Characters want to separate a pretend stall stash from snacks, using a pinecone polishing stall. The comic complication is recording eaten stock as invisible inventory. 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 woodland businesses into a bank-style example
The related product is Branch Out Business, used for separating a woodland stall’s takings from personal spending. Its current fictional demo rate card is 0.00% credit interest; £6.00 monthly account fee. This separate example uses pounds, not the acorn tokens in the story above. There is no conversion between them.
| Item | One-year model |
|---|---|
| Opening balance | £3,000.00 |
| Credit interest | £0.00 |
| Account fees | £72.00 |
| Balance with no other movements | £2,928.00 |
This example has no transactions or borrowing. Current-account payments would change the balance but are not returns. The business fee is included where applicable, and the opening balance is enough to pay it.
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: routine business payment scenarios; no real transfers or merchant services. If the scene changes any of those assumptions, start with the Branch Out Business 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
- Woodland Businesses — Help Collection
- How to Bank — Online, in the App, in Branch or by Phone
- Woodland Businesses — Why There Is No Real Application
- Woodland Businesses — Understanding Acorn Units
AcornBank: entirely fictional banking, exceptionally committed squirrels.