Once finalised, the ist of calculators to be added here.

Some terms to know No Column Title – 3771

  • Interest Rate: the rate at which interest is paid by borrowers (debtors) for the use of money that they borrow from lenders (creditors).
  • Principal: The total amount that is borrowed/ financed.
  • Tenor/Term: The period of time allowed to service or repay a loan.
  • Instalment: This refers to the agreed or fixed amount paid monthly towards a loan or debt.
  • Amortization: the amortization of the loan is a schedule on how the loan is intended to be repaid which includes the amount borrowed, interest rate paid and term. The result will be a month by month breakdown of how much interest you pay and how much is paid on the total amount borrowed.
  • Annual Percentage Rate (APR): the rate of interest that will be paid back to the mortgage lender. The rate can either be a fixed rate or adjustable rate. TECU’s lending rates are fixed, subject to review every five years.

No Column Title – 3773

  • Gross Income: Total monthly salary inclusive of recurrent earnings such as COLA and other allowances paid by your company e.g. housing allowances.
  • Net Income: Earnings less statutory deductions such as PAYE, NIS and health surcharge.
  • Expenditure: an outflow of money to another person or group to pay for an item or service, or for a category of costs e.g. rent and bills.
  • Debts: A debt is an amount owed for funds borrowed. The debt may be owed to an individual, another financial institution including Credit Card payments, other finance houses (courts, standards, American stores etc.).
  • Debt Service Ratio: Total payments to meet a debt agreement; usually a monthly, quarterly or annual obligation expressed as a percentage of your gross monthly income. Maximum Debt servicing towards financial institutions is 40%.