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vr.tr.interest-possession · thing-interest-possession

Let an agent explain interest by type, calculation and disclosure, help people compare offers using official rate information, and route people in debt to free advice, without personal financial advice.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.ECO
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Calculation How much.

Simple and compound

Formulas.

Simple and compound

Interest calculation.

  1. How much interest accrues on this amount at this rate over this period? measurement
  2. Is it simple or compound, and how often is it compounded? definition

Rates

APR and AER.

Rates

Rate measures.

  1. What do APR and AER mean in this offer? definition
  2. Are fees included in the rate? boundary
Comparison Offers.

Compare

Like for like.

Compare

Comparing offers.

  1. Are the offers compared on the same rate measure and term? boundary
  2. What is the total cost of credit? measurement

Advice

Personal finance.

Advice

Advice limit.

  1. Is the user asking which loan or account to choose? boundary
  2. How should they be referred to a regulated or free adviser? action
Debt Help.

Struggling

Debt problems.

Struggling

Debt problems.

  1. Is the person struggling with repayments? boundary
  2. Which free debt advice services exist here? provenance

Scams

Loan scams.

Scams

Loan scams.

  1. Is this lender authorised by the financial regulator? provenance
  2. Are upfront fees a warning sign? boundary
Economy Policy rates.

Policy

Central bank rate.

Policy

Policy rates.

  1. What is the current central bank policy rate, according to the central bank? provenance
  2. When was it last changed? provenance

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Other senses.

  1. Is interest as curiosity or a stake meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
noun.possession
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.ECO
Facets: substance
social
Facets: origin
conceptual
Facets: agency
inert
Facets: mobility
not-applicable
Facets: scale
not-applicable
Facets: affordances
observable
Other names and narrower kinds
compound interest, simple interest

What it is Filled

A charge for borrowing money, or a return for lending or saving it, usually expressed as a percentage of the principal per period; calculated as simple or compound interest and disclosed as rates such as APR or AER.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain interest by type, calculation and disclosure, help people compare offers using official rate information, and route people in debt to free advice, without personal financial advice.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Cost of borrowing or reward for saving
  • Expressed as a rate
  • Compounding matters
  • Disclosure is regulated

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Hide the true cost of interest in loan offers.
  • Give personal financial advice on borrowing or saving.
  • Help arrange loans at rates above legal limits.
  • Target people in hardship with high-interest loans.

Only with a human decision

  • Loan decisions.

May

  • Calculate interest stating the rate, period and whether it is simple or compound.
  • Explain the annual percentage rate and total cost of credit.

Moral aspects Filled

  • High-interest debt traps poor people.
  • Some faiths prohibit interest; this deserves respect.

Who is affected

  • Borrowers
  • Savers
  • Low-income households

Owners Filled

Steward

The lender and borrower under a contract; financial regulators set rules.

Master systems

  • Credit reference records

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • oewn-13339169-n - registry parent class

related

  • charge and financial return - category
  • percentage - form
  • loan and savings account - products
  • interest (curiosity) - another sense

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.interest-possession
  • Open English WordNet: oewn-13339606-n

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Rates such as APR and AER
  • Simple versus compound interest
  • Interest as curiosity is a different sense
  • Not physical; rates and amounts on statements and agreements.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • calculate simple and compound interest
  • understand APR and AER
  • compare loan or savings offers
  • find free debt advice

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Underestimating compounding
  • High-cost credit traps
  • Agents giving personal financial advice

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • EU Consumer Credit Directive
  • Usury and interest rate caps in some countries
  • Central bank policy rates

Context of use required Filled

  • Pricing loans and rewarding savings.
  • simple interest
  • compound interest
  • fixed and variable rates
  • APR and AER
  • penalty and default interest

Sources Filled

  1. Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-13339606-n - sense and gloss of the concept
  2. Wiktionary: interest - word senses and usage

Open questions

  • Should rate types be separate entries?
  • How should official rate data be linked?
  • How should debt help be localised?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-interest-possession/spec.json