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LoWi — an independent loan calculator

LoWi stands for Loan Wisdom; in Russian it sounds like “лови” — catch the real cost of a loan, not the advertised rate. The calculator shows what a loan really costs, so the decision is yours, not the advert’s.

Who makes it

Ivan Zemtsov

Information security expert, creator of the Securitics project, author and instructor of information security courses.

The job is spotting the catch behind a familiar interface. In loans it usually sits in the small print: insurance added to the principal, paid extras, “from” rates. LoWi turns all of that into money.

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Principles

Independent from lenders

LoWi is not affiliated with banks or other lenders and does not list their offers. Every offer runs through the same formulas.

Open formulas

The methodology is published: fixed and equal-principal payments, effective rate, calendar dates and rounding.

Your data stays with you

No sign-up. Everything you enter is calculated in your browser and never sent to a server.

Checked numbers

Every example on the site is recomputed by automated tests on the same engine the calculator uses.

How the project is funded

There are no loan ads or bank affiliate links on the site, and the widget is free. If paid services appear, they will not depend on which loan you choose.

Send suggestions and calculation errors to leader@texevent.ru.