Question
What rates should be returned in the depositRates
and lendingRates
tiers for the Get Account Detail API, response schema BankingAccountDetail?
The article Difference between BankingAccountDetail and BankingProductLendingRate / BankingProductDepositRate interest rate specifies that
- The rates should represent the current rates, fees and features applicable to the specific account at the time of the API call.
- The rates should contain only the applicable rates. Tiered rates that are applicable in the generic sense should not be included, unless they are specifically applicable to this specific account requested.
But in the Consumer Data Standards (CDS), the BankingAccountDetail depositRates
tiers description is: "Fully described deposit rates for this account based on the equivalent structure in Product Reference".
Should the depositRates
tiers display the generic products rates list as shown in the Product Reference API, or should the data be the tailored or negotiated rates specific to that account?
Answer
The CDS depositRates
description states that rates are presented using an equivalent structure to that described in the Product Reference Data (PRD) BankingProduct schema. This is to preserve consistency in the naming and terminology. Representation of tiers and discounts should be consistent between the PRD data and the BankingAccountDetail response.
The rates for a Get Account Detail API response should be only those that apply to the account, with specific tailored and negotiated rates.
Comments
1 comment
Hello DSB,
The Answer on this article is a bit confusing. The question was asking about what rates to return, but the answer is about returning fees. It sounds like the answer is getting fees mixed up with rates. Please clarify?
E.g. if someone with a Term Deposit has negotiated the rates for every rate tier on their term deposit, we assume those negotiated rates for each tier should be disclosed as opposed to the generic ones on the PRD. The same principle applies to loans, e.g. if someone has negotiated the rates for every rate tier on their home loan, we assume those negotiated rates for each tier should be disclosed as opposed to the generic ones on the PRD. Is that correct?
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