When making any deposit the client signs withbank the corresponding agreement. In it, in addition to the deposit amount, the main terms of the deposit must specify: the term of the deposit, the possibility of early termination of the contract or its extension after the deposit term, the possibility of replenishing the deposit. Each of these nuances is undoubtedly extremely important. However, the text of the treaty itself is sometimes so specific that the average person does not understand what is at issue in one or another of his points.
The concept of extending the term of the contract is alsois used in lending and some other areas of activity of banks. In particular, many borrowers are aware of the prolongation of the contract, which was taken by surprise by the latest financial crisis. When people collected loans and after some time realized that they can not repay them, they began to look for possible exits from the situation. In addition to the sale of collateral that was offered by banks on mortgage and other secured loans, one of the exits was just the extension of the term of the loan agreement in order to minimize the monthly payment. In this situation, of course, there was no question of any automatic prolongation. To extend the payment period, the client had to contact the bank himself, write a statement and convince himself that the new payment would be up to him. Only in this case he was able to sign an additional agreement and reduce payments.
If we consider the question of what isprolongation of the contract, but without reference to loans, deposits and banks in general, then literally this term means "extension of the term". That is, to prolong the contract means to postpone the final date for its implementation, naturally, by mutual consent of the parties.