New York Consolidated Laws, Financial Services Law - FIS § 810. Additional information

Nothing in this article shall prevent a provider from providing or disclosing additional information on a commercial financing being offered to a recipient, provided however, that such additional information shall not be disclosed as part of the disclosure required by this article.  If other metrics of financing cost are disclosed or used in the application process of a commercial financing, these metrics shall not be presented as a “rate” if they are not the annual interest rate or the annual percentage rate.  The term “interest”, when used to describe a percentage rate, shall only be used to describe annualized percentage rates, such as the annual interest rate.  When a provider states a rate of finance charge or a financing amount to a recipient during an application process for commercial financing, the provider shall also state the rate as an “annual percentage rate”, using that term or the abbreviation “APR”.