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Prime Lending Rate

The short-term interest rate that is charged by banks to their most creditworthy, financially sound customers, i.e. customers who have...

Partly Amortizing Loan

An amortizing loan that repays some of the principal over its term, while the remaining balance (i.e., balloon payment) is...

PCA

It stands for prompt corrective action; a set of mandatory actions that regulators have to take in response to a...

Partially Amortizing Loan

An amortizing loan that repays some of the principal over its term, while the remaining balance (i.e., balloon payment) is...

Prompt Corrective Action

A set of mandatory actions that regulators have to take in response to a depository institution's critical undercapitalization. This happens...

Partial Repudiation

An outright cancellation of a part of current and future external debt and equity obligations of a borrower. This constitutes...

Prime Rate

The short-term interest rate that is charged by banks to their most creditworthy, financially sound customers, i.e. customers who have...

Positive Maturity Transformation

A maturity transformation which results in assets being ‘on average’ longer in maturity than liabilities. This occurs when banks and...

Principal Bank

A bank (the principal) which has an account with another bank (the agent, or the correspondent bank) that allows it to make payments...