Ownership represents party or relationship field identifying ownership in the lending process. It supports KYC, ownership, responsibility mapping, and credit decisioning. Define whether it refers to borrower, co-borrower, guarantor, collateral owner, bank staff, or external lender. In credit appraisal, it supports identity checks, eligibility validation, regulatory classification, legal due diligence and audit readiness. The field should be supported by documentary evidence and should remain consistent across application data, KYC records and regulatory reporting. For example, layered ownership or frequent changes in shareholding may require deeper KYC checks and confirmation of beneficial ownership. It matters because incorrect classification or missing evidence can create regulatory risk, wrong scheme treatment, audit exceptions or delayed approval. The common caution is to rely on verified documents and current regulatory rules rather than informal borrower declarations or outdated master data.