Editorial Policy
Our editorial policy
Last updated: September 28, 2026
Financial content carries real weight in people's decisions, so we hold ourselves to a clear, consistent process. This page explains how we research, write, review, correct, and disclose what we publish.
Editorial independence
Our editorial team decides what to cover and what to recommend. Where Afflueno has a commercial relationship with a company we write about — see our affiliate disclosure — that relationship never determines our conclusions. A product's ranking, or whether we recommend it at all, reflects our editorial judgment, not who pays us.
How we research and write
We start from primary and authoritative sources: official program rules, rate information, regulatory publications, and issuer or lender documentation, rather than repeating what other sites already say. We write in plain language on purpose — financial jargon is often used to make simple ideas sound more complicated than they are, and we try not to do that.
AI-assisted content
We use AI-assisted tools during research, outlining, and drafting to help us cover more ground. Every article is reviewed and edited by our editor, Lahiru Dinelka, before it publishes, and factual claims are checked against the sources we cite — AI assistance speeds up the process, it doesn't replace human editorial judgment on what goes live.
Editorial review
Before publication, each article goes through an editorial pass by Lahiru Dinelka focused on accuracy, clarity, and whether the guidance is genuinely useful — not just search-friendly. We don't currently publish articles with a named outside financial reviewer; where we do add expert review for a specific piece in the future, that reviewer will be credited by name on the article itself.
Keeping content current
Interest rates, program terms, and financial products change — sometimes quickly. We track when each article was last fact-checked and flag content that needs a fresh look rather than leaving outdated numbers live indefinitely. If you read something that looks out of date, please tell us — see below.
Corrections
If we get something wrong, we want to know. Email us at hello@afflueno.com or use our contact page with a link to the article and a description of the issue. Meaningful corrections are made promptly and noted on the article itself.
What this isn't
Nothing on Afflueno is personalized financial, legal, or tax advice — see our disclaimer for the full explanation. Our goal is to help you understand your options well enough to make your own informed decision, or to know what to ask a licensed professional.
