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Interest-Free

Describing a loan, mortgage or other debt on which interest does not accumulate. Rather, the borrower must only repay the principal. For example, one may borrow $5,000 and pay the lender $5,000 over a period of two years, at which point the debt is considered repaid.
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The Bank of England's Credit Conditions Survey said the length of interest-free periods for balance transfers and new purchases on new credit card lending both decreased significantly in the three months leading up to the end of May.
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One especially with PPAF's expertise and work with interest-free loans programme.
Government's efforts to pull poor out of poverty: Dr Sania Nishtar
One especially with PPAFs expertise and work with interest-free loans programme.
Pakistan : Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation had detailed deliberations with the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Funds senior team
She said interest-free loans of over three billion rupees were disbursed among eighty two thousand people across the country on the launching of National Poverty Graduation Strategy yesterday.
Govt will disburse interest-free loans among 80,000 people every month: Dr Sania
Held at the PM Office, the launching ceremony of the initiative marked the distribution of cheques of varying amounts of interest-free loans to help the poor establish or uplift their small scale businesses to support their living.
PM launches Rs42.65bn interest-free loans, skill training scheme for poor
The programme -- prime minister's interest-free loan scheme -- had been launched in 2014 by the previous government and now it has been renamed Ehsas Programme.
Rs5.1m given under Ehsas scheme
He said that growers could get loan from National bank of Pakistan, Akhuwat (interest-free microfinance program), national rural support program, Telenor Bank and Agriculture development bank under this scheme.
Govt decides to expand e-credit scheme
"But if you keep up with your monthly repayments and clear the debt within the interest-free period, all your payments go towards repaying the balance - not in interest to the card provider." Before deciding which credit card is right for you, you need to think about how long it is likely to take you to pay your debt, according to Sanders.
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Fitch has maintained its default assumptions of 2.5% for interest-free point-of-sale loans, 7.5% for interest-bearing point-of-sale loans and 12.0% for personal loans.
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Customers purchasing a new Honda car will receive between 20,000 to 60,000 Qmiles and can also benefit from interest-free payments for two years and 90 days deferred payment on their first instalment.
Domasco unveils attractive Honda Ramadan offers
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed opening of 'Islamic window' in conventional banks for "gradual" introduction of Sharia-compliant or interest-free banking in the country.
CONVENTIONAL BANKS LIKELY TO OPEN ISLAMIC BANKING WINDOW
Interest-free deals allow balances to be transferred to a zero rate for up to 41 months for a three per cent fee.
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