diff --git a/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.html b/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.html
index 17d6f00d7..bb548478e 100644
--- a/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.html
+++ b/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.html
@@ -7,17 +7,29 @@
 -->
 
 <form [formGroup]="closureSettingsForm" class="layout-row-wrap gap-2px responsive-column">
-  <h4 class="mat-h4 flex-98">{{ 'labels.heading.For Pre-mature closure' | translate }}</h4>
+  <h4 class="mat-h4 flex-98">{{ 'labels.heading.Maturity Instructions' | translate }}</h4>
 
   <mat-form-field class="flex-48">
     <mat-label>{{ 'labels.inputs.Maturity Instructions' | translate }}</mat-label>
     <mat-select formControlName="maturityInstructionId">
+      <mat-option [value]="''">-- Not selected (decide later via FD Dashboard) --</mat-option>
       @for (maturityInstruction of maturityInstructionOptions; track maturityInstruction) {
         <mat-option [value]="maturityInstruction.id">
           {{ maturityInstruction.value | translateKey: 'catalogs' }}
         </mat-option>
       }
     </mat-select>
+    @if (closureSettingsForm.value.maturityInstructionId) {
+      <button
+        mat-icon-button
+        matSuffix
+        type="button"
+        title="Clear -- decide later via FD Dashboard"
+        (click)="$event.stopPropagation(); closureSettingsForm.get('maturityInstructionId')?.setValue('')"
+      >
+        <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
+      </button>
+    }
   </mat-form-field>
 
   @if (closureSettingsForm.contains('transferToSavingsId')) {
@@ -28,8 +40,8 @@
             <mat-icon>savings</mat-icon>
           </div>
           <div>
-            <h3 class="dal-card__title">{{ 'labels.inputs.Transfer to savings account' | translate }}</h3>
-            <span class="dal-card__sub">Maturity proceeds will be credited to this account</span>
+            <h3 class="dal-card__title">{{ transferAccountCardTitle }}</h3>
+            <span class="dal-card__sub">{{ transferAccountCardSubtitle }}</span>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -69,7 +81,7 @@
           </div>
         } @else {
           <mat-form-field appearance="outline" class="flex-98">
-            <mat-label>{{ 'labels.inputs.Transfer to savings account' | translate }}</mat-label>
+            <mat-label>{{ transferAccountCardTitle }}</mat-label>
             <mat-select formControlName="transferToSavingsId" required>
               @for (account of savingsAccountsData; track account) {
                 <mat-option [value]="account.id">
@@ -77,13 +89,15 @@
                 </mat-option>
               }
             </mat-select>
-            <mat-error>Transfer to savings account is required</mat-error>
+            <mat-error>{{ transferAccountCardTitle }} is required</mat-error>
           </mat-form-field>
         }
       </div>
     </div>
   }
 
+  <h4 class="mat-h4 flex-98">{{ 'labels.heading.For Pre-mature closure' | translate }}</h4>
+
   <mat-checkbox class="flex-98 margin-v" labelPosition="before" formControlName="preClosurePenalApplicable">
     {{ 'labels.inputs.Apply Penal Interest (less)' | translate }}
   </mat-checkbox>
diff --git a/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.ts b/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.ts
index bce8468a1..d4552f9d1 100644
--- a/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/deposits/fixed-deposits/fixed-deposit-account-stepper/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step/fixed-deposit-account-maturity-terms-step.component.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges, inject } from '@angular/cor
 import { UntypedFormGroup, UntypedFormBuilder, UntypedFormControl, Validators } from '@angular/forms';
 import { MatCheckbox } from '@angular/material/checkbox';
 import { MatIcon } from '@angular/material/icon';
+import { MatIconButton } from '@angular/material/button';
 import { STANDALONE_SHARED_IMPORTS } from 'app/standalone-shared.module';
 
 /**
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ import { STANDALONE_SHARED_IMPORTS } from 'app/standalone-shared.module';
   imports: [
     ...STANDALONE_SHARED_IMPORTS,
     MatCheckbox,
-    MatIcon
+    MatIcon,
+    MatIconButton
   ]
 })
 export class FixedDepositAccountMaturityTermsStepComponent implements OnChanges {
@@ -53,9 +55,12 @@ export class FixedDepositAccountMaturityTermsStepComponent implements OnChanges
       preClosurePenalInterestOnTypeId: ['']
     });
     this.closureSettingsForm.get('maturityInstructionId').valueChanges.subscribe((value: number) => {
-      // 200 = Transfer to Savings -- Withdraw Deposit (100) needs no target account, and both
-      // Reinvest options (300/400) open a brand-new FD instead, so they ignore this field too.
-      if (value === 200) {
+      // 200 = Transfer to Savings -- the whole matured balance goes here. 400 = Reinvest Principal
+      // Only -- the principal rolls into a new FD, but the leftover interest still needs the same
+      // kind of target so it isn't left stranded on the closed account (a real gap the account used
+      // to silently hit before this field also asked for it here). Reinvest Principal + Interest
+      // (300) rolls the whole balance into the same account, so it never needs a target at all.
+      if (value === 200 || value === 400) {
         this.closureSettingsForm.addControl(
           'transferToSavingsId',
           new UntypedFormControl(this.linkedSavingsAccountId ?? '', Validators.required)
@@ -91,15 +96,48 @@ export class FixedDepositAccountMaturityTermsStepComponent implements OnChanges
         });
       }
     }
+    // Editing an existing account: its own already-saved Maturity Instructions choice lives on
+    // `fixedDepositsAccountTemplate` (the real account+template GET, FixedDepositAccountData's
+    // `onAccountClosure`) -- NOT on `fixedDepositsAccountProductTemplate`, which is only the blank
+    // per-product default template refetched from the Product dropdown's own productId (via
+    // getFixedDepositsAccountTemplate(clientId, productId)) and carries no account-specific data at
+    // all. This was never read from the right place before, so Edit always opened onto a blank
+    // picker even for an account that really does have an instruction saved. `.dirty` guards it the
+    // same way the penal-interest fields above do, so a maker's own in-progress edit here is never
+    // silently overwritten if this input fires again mid-edit.
+    if (this.fixedDepositsAccountTemplate && !this.closureSettingsForm.get('maturityInstructionId').dirty) {
+      this.closureSettingsForm
+        .get('maturityInstructionId')
+        ?.setValue(this.fixedDepositsAccountTemplate.onAccountClosure?.id ?? '');
+      const transferControl = this.closureSettingsForm.get('transferToSavingsId');
+      if (transferControl) {
+        transferControl.setValue(
+          this.fixedDepositsAccountTemplate.transferToSavingsId ?? this.linkedSavingsAccountId ?? ''
+        );
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  /** The linked-savings account for the transfer-to-savings maturity instruction, once picked. */
+  /** The linked-savings account for the transfer-to-savings / reinvest-principal-only-interest
+   *  maturity instruction, once picked. */
   get selectedTransferAccount(): any {
     const id = this.closureSettingsForm.value.transferToSavingsId;
     if (!id) return null;
     return this.savingsAccountsData.find((account: any) => account.id === id) ?? null;
   }
 
+  get transferAccountCardTitle(): string {
+    return this.closureSettingsForm.value.maturityInstructionId === 400
+      ? 'Interest payout account'
+      : 'Transfer to savings account';
+  }
+
+  get transferAccountCardSubtitle(): string {
+    return this.closureSettingsForm.value.maturityInstructionId === 400
+      ? 'The principal renews into a new FD; interest earned is paid out to this account.'
+      : 'Maturity proceeds will be credited to this account.';
+  }
+
   clearTransferAccount(): void {
     this.closureSettingsForm.get('transferToSavingsId')?.setValue('');
   }