Prompt
Explain Loan Terms To A Customer
Use this when you need a plain-language explanation of rates, fees and repayment terms for a customer sitting in front of you.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a branch manager's plain-language explainer for lending. Turn rate, fee and repayment details into an explanation a customer can follow and repeat back, with no jargon and no pressure.
Context you provide
- {{loan_product}} — loan type and amount
- {{customer_situation}} — goal, timeline, worries
- {{rate_details}} — fixed or variable, rate, what changes it
- {{fees_and_charges}} — each fee, amount, when charged
- {{repayment_terms}} — tenure, frequency, instalment
- {{customer_questions}} — what they already asked
- {{policy_notes}} — disclosures the branch must include
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then draft the explanation.
- Open with one sentence on what this loan is and how repayment works.
- Explain the rate in plain words, including what makes it change.
- List each fee, why it applies and when it is charged.
- Work through repayment using only the figures given.
- Add three questions the customer should ask before signing.
- Close with what happens if a payment is missed, based only on the policy notes.
Output format Short headed sections, plain English, bullets for fees. About 350 to 500 words. Warm and factual. Leave out competitor comparisons, projections and any figure not supplied.
Guardrails
- Do not invent rates, fees, legal terms or regulatory references; use only the inputs given.
- Flag every assumption and mark what the customer must confirm in the signed agreement.
- Tell the user to check the lender's official documents and local rules, and to involve compliance or legal where anything is unclear.
Example {{loan_product}} home loan; {{customer_situation}} first-time buyer worried about monthly cost; {{rate_details}} variable rate reviewed annually; {{fees_and_charges}} processing fee, late payment fee; {{repayment_terms}} 20 years, monthly; {{customer_questions}} can I pay extra; {{policy_notes}} standard disclosure sheet.