bullet loan

Short-term bonds or notes which pay no interest are also a form of bullet loan.

A bullet loan can be a mortgage, bond, note or any other type of credit.

Floating rate loans are sometimes referred to as bullet loans, although they are distinct concepts.

Bullet loans should be contrasted with amortizing loans, where the amount of principal is paid down over the life of the loan.

There is no requirement that a loan be a bullet loan or an amortizing loan; combinations of all sorts exist.

Bullet loans are common, and usually referred to by other names; bullet loan is a generic and unofficial term.

The WAL of a bullet loan (non-amortizing) is exactly the tenor, as the principal is repaid precisely at maturity.

In China, certain types of bullet loans have been prohibited by the China Banking Regulatory Commission due to concerns regarding Chinese banks' risk management capabilities.

Many types of publicly traded bonds and notes constitute bullet loans: the face value of the bond is payable at bond maturity, and only interest payments are due during the interim periods.

Such loans are also colloquially called bullet loans, particularly if there is only a single payment at the end - the "bullet" - without a "stream" of interest payments during the life of the loan.

An amortizing loan should be contrasted with a bullet loan, where a large portion of the loan will be paid at the final maturity date instead of being paid down gradually over the loan's life.

In a bullet loan (or bullet bond), the bulk of the credit risk is in the repayment of the principal at maturity, at which point the debt must either be paid off in full or rolled over.

In banking and finance, a bullet loan is a loan where a payment of the entire principal of the loan, and sometimes the principal and interest, is due at the end of the loan term.

With a bullet loan, a bullet payment is paid back when the loan comes to its contractual maturity-e.g., reaches the deadline set to repayment at the time the loan was granted-representing the full loan amount (also called principal).