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Payday Loans

DefinitionA payday loan is a small, short-term unsecured loan, "regardless of whether repayment of loans is linked to a borrower's payday." The loans are...

Participating Policy

DefinitionA with-profits policy or participating policy is an insurance contract that participates in the profits of a life insurance company. The company is often...

Participation Mortgage

DefinitionA participation mortgage or participating mortgage is a mortgage loan, or sometimes a group of them, in which two or more persons have fractional...

Parallel Loan

DefinitionA parallel loan is two loans taken out by two pairs of companies in different countries from local lenders with the aim of swapping...

Pass-Through Rate

What is the 'Pass-Through Rate' The pass-through rate is the rate on a securitized asset pool -- such as a mortgage-backed security...

Quantitative Easing 2 (QE2)

What is 'Quantitative Easing 2 – QE2' The second round of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy used to stimulate the U.S. economy...

Quantitative Easing

DefinitionQuantitative easing, also known as large-scale asset purchases, is an expansionary monetary policy whereby a central bank buys predetermined amounts of government bonds or...

Vendor Financing

Definition Vendor finance is a form of lending in which a company lends money to be used by the borrower to buy the vendor's products...

Vendor

DefinitionIn a supply chain, a vendor, or a seller, is an enterprise that contributes goods or services. Generally, a supply chain vendor manufactures inventory/stock...

Federal Farm Credit System (FFCS)

What is 'Federal Farm Credit System - FFCS' In the United States, a network of federally chartered financial institutions designed to provide...

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