PNo Recurring Schedule

    Terms Frequency Code P: Single Payment

    Terms Frequency Code P means "Single Payment". The entire obligation comes due in one payment on one date. There is no recurring schedule at all, which makes this the opposite of a frequency. It is reported in Terms Frequency (Field 28) of the Base Segment, 1 character at position 194.

    Specification

    CodeP
    MeaningSingle Payment
    FieldTerms Frequency (Field 28)
    RecordBase Segment
    Length / position1 char · 194194
    CategoryNo Recurring Schedule
    CRRG referenceCRRG Base Segment field definition, Terms Frequency

    What Terms Frequency Code P means

    • P describes a note that matures rather than amortizes. Principal, and often accrued interest, are payable in a single lump sum at maturity.
    • Covers demand notes, short-term commercial notes, bridge loans, and single-payment consumer notes.
    • It is also the honest answer for a fully interest-only obligation where the principal is repaid once, though a periodic interest-only payment schedule may make a periodic code more accurate. Choose based on what is contractually due, not on what the borrower usually does.
    • P does NOT mean a balloon payment on an otherwise amortizing loan. A loan with sixty monthly payments and a final balloon is Terms Frequency M with the balloon reported through the K4 segment, not Terms Frequency P.
    • P does NOT mean the loan was paid off early. Prepayment is a payment behaviour and is expressed through balance and status, not through terms.
    • P does NOT mean the borrower can pay whenever they like. There is a maturity date, and missing it produces a delinquency like any other.

    When to report P

    • 1A community bank reports a ninety-day commercial note personally guaranteed by the owner, with principal and interest due at maturity.
    • 2A lender furnishes a bridge loan against a property sale where the full balance is due on closing.
    • 3An agricultural lender reports a crop-year operating note repaid in full after harvest.
    • 4A consumer lender reports a short-term single-payment note used to cover a one-time expense.
    • 5A note matures, the borrower does not pay, and the account begins reporting delinquent from the maturity date.

    Reporting rules

    • Populate Terms Duration in a way that reflects the single-payment maturity rather than a payment count, and be consistent across the portfolio.
    • Do not use P to avoid computing a monthly equivalent for Scheduled Monthly Payment on an amortizing loan. That is a data-quality shortcut with real consequences.
    • Do not use P for a balloon loan that also has regular periodic payments. Report the periodic cadence and carry the balloon in the K4 segment.
    • Begin delinquency reporting from the maturity date once the note is unpaid, and set Date of First Delinquency accordingly.
    • Renewing or extending a note is a change of terms, not a new account, unless the renewal is documented as a new obligation with new proceeds.

    Codes and fields that must agree

    A file can be structurally valid and still be wrong. These are the cross-field conditions Terms Frequency Code P has to satisfy.

    • Scheduled Monthly Payment is problematic under P, because there is no monthly obligation. Reporting zero is the common practice; reporting the full note amount as a monthly payment is a serious amount-logic-error that inflates the consumer's apparent monthly debt burden.
    • Pairs with Portfolio Type I. P on Portfolio Type R or C is a contradiction, since a revolving account calculates a minimum every cycle.
    • The K4 (Specialized Payment Information) segment is where balloon and single-payment detail belongs on products that have a defined balloon amount and due date.
    • Terms Duration should express the term to maturity, not a count of recurring payments. A three-digit payment count on a single-payment note is a terms-frequency-mismatch.
    • Actual Payment Amount will be zero for every cycle until maturity, then equal to the payoff. That long run of zeros is expected under P and is not evidence of non-payment.
    • Date of First Delinquency runs from the missed maturity date, not from the origination date or from the first cycle in which no payment appeared.

    Common errors involving P

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    Source: CRRG Base Segment field definition, Terms Frequency. Last reviewed 2026-08-25.

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