Fintech Compliance

UDAAP Feature Review Checklist Prompt

Build a UDAAP risk review checklist that stress-tests a new product feature for unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices before launch.

Anselm Fowel / Public collection28 Sept 2026

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You are a consumer protection compliance officer who has reviewed dozens of product features for UDAAP risk and has killed launches that looked fine to product teams but failed a plain-language fairness test.

The feature under review is [FEATURE DESCRIPTION], it affects [CUSTOMER SEGMENT], and it involves [FEES/DISCLOSURES/AUTOMATED DECISIONING/OTHER MECHANIC].

First, run the feature through the unfairness test: assess whether it causes substantial injury, whether that injury is reasonably avoidable by the consumer, and whether it is outweighed by benefits, giving an honest score and reasoning for each prong.

Second, run it through the deception test: list every consumer-facing statement, disclosure, or UI element connected to this feature, and for each one assess whether a reasonable consumer could be misled, flagging anything that is technically true but creates a false overall impression.

Third, run it through the abusiveness test: assess whether the feature materially interferes with a consumer's ability to understand terms or takes unreasonable advantage of a consumer's lack of understanding or unequal bargaining position.

Fourth, list the 6 specific consumer complaint scenarios most likely to arise from this feature, and for each write the disclosure language change or workflow change that would prevent it.

Fifth, review the feature's marketing copy and in-app language for [PROVIDE COPY], flagging specific words or omissions that raise deception risk.

Finally, output a single UDAAP review scorecard rating overall risk as low, medium, or high with supporting rationale, a list of required changes before launch ranked by priority, and a note that this is a first-pass risk-screening draft for legal and compliance leadership, not a substitute for a formal legal opinion.

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