1, development history
Installment payment was developed after the Second World War. At first, it was limited to buying ordinary daily goods or services. Later, with the rapid development of productivity, the scale of industrial and agricultural production is expanding day by day, and the required expenses are increasing day by day. In addition, with the development of bank credit, the field of installment payment has expanded to enterprises that buy large machinery and equipment and raw materials. Installment payments are usually provided by banks and installment suppliers. Banks provide consumers with personal consumption loans equivalent to the amount of goods they buy, and consumers use the loans to pay their suppliers, who provide guarantees for consumers and bear irrevocable joint and several liabilities. Young people who spend by installment are often called "installment families".
2. Market meaning
Installment payment is actually a loan provided by the seller to the buyer. The seller is the creditor and the buyer is the debtor. The buyer can get the goods or services he needs only by paying a small amount of money, but because the interest is included in the future installment, the amount paid for the same goods or services by installment is more than the amount paid in one lump sum.
3. Behavior characteristics
Installment payment means that after the import and export contract is signed, the importer pays a small part of the payment to the exporter as a down payment, and most of the rest is paid in installments after part or all of the products are produced and shipped, or after the goods are installed, debugged, invested and guaranteed. The buyer and the seller sign a contract at the time of transaction, and the buyer pays the goods and services to the seller in installments within a certain period of time. The date and amount of each payment are stated in the contract in advance.