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Add-On, Balance, and Precomputed Interest

Add-On, Balance, and Precomputed Interest terms for origination, underwriting, administration, refinancing, bridge financing, leases, authorizations, and servicing risk.

Add-On, Balance, and Precomputed Interest terms explain loan origination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge and gap financing, leases, authorizations, and legal-risk controls.

Use this branch when loan administration, servicing transfer, authorization, refinancing, lease financing, bridge funding, or borrower documentation changes risk or cash-flow timing.

Key Terms in This Branch

TermUse it for
Add-On InterestOrigination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term.
Adjusted Balance MethodOrigination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term.
Annualized Percentage Rate of InterestOrigination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term.
Precomputed InterestOrigination, underwriting, servicing, administration, refinancing, bridge, gap, lease, authorization, borrower, or legal-risk term.

What to Check

Check the origination file, underwriting approval, servicing record, payment history, escrow or reserve record, refinancing terms, lease agreement, authorization record, transfer notice, and applicable legal constraints.

Common Mistakes

  • Treating origination approval as the same as ongoing servicing performance.
  • Ignoring servicing transfers, payment application, fees, and legal notices.
  • Comparing refinancing or bridge options without checking term, cost, maturity, and repayment source.
  • Confusing lease financing with ordinary loan repayment.

Servicing, refinancing, and lease-financing terms depend on contracts and law; this page is educational, not legal or credit advice.

In this section

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Add-On Interest

Add-on interest calculates borrowing cost on the original principal rather than the declining balance, raising effective cost.

Adjusted Balance Method

The Adjusted Balance Method is a technique used by credit card companies to calculate the interest charged on an outstanding balance.

Precomputed Interest

Precomputed interest refers to the total interest calculated at the beginning of a loan and included in the scheduled payments.

Revised on Sunday, June 21, 2026