List of Banking Terms and Abbreviations

 Banking Terms and Abbreviations

All banking exams ask questions about banking and finance abbreviations on a regular basis.

Candidates taking the RBI exam, the SBI PO exam, the IBPS PO exam, the IBPS RRB exam, and other bank exams will be required to answer questions from this section.

In this article, we'll show you how to respond to questions about banking abbreviations that an applicant may encounter in a banking test. An important static GK topic is banking abbreviations. Check out the article linked here for more information on various static GK topics.

Banking Abbreviations:-

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 🔴Table of Content:

1.          Starting fromA,B,C,D alphabet.
2.          Starting fromE,F,G,I alphabet.
3.          Starting fromK,L,M,N alphabet.
4.          Starting fromO,P,R,S alphabet.
5.          Starting fromT,U,W,Y alphabet.

 

List of Important Banking Abbreviations is given below:-

Starting from A,B,C,D alphabet.

TERMS		Banking Abbreviations
ACF		Auto Correlation Function
AD		Authorized Dealer
ADB		Asian Development Bank
ADR		American Depository Receipt
AFS		Annual Financial Statement
AIRCSC		All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
ASSOCHAM		Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
BIS		Bank for International Settlements
BOP		Balance of Payments
BSCS		Basel Committee of Banking Supervision
BSR		Basic Statistical Returns
CAD	Capital Account Deficit
CAG	Controller and Auditor General of India
CC	Cash Credit
CD	Certificate of Deposit
CR Ratio	Credit Deposit Ratio
CF	Company Finance
CFRA	Combined Finance and Revenue Accounts
CGRA	Currency and Gold Revaluation Account
CII	Confederation of Indian Industry
CO	Capital Outlay
CP	Commercial Paper
CPI	Consumer Price Index
CR	Capital Receipts
CRAR	Capital to Risk-Weighted Asset Ratio
CRR	Cash Reserve Ratio
CVC	Central Vigilance Commission
DBOD	Department of Banking Operations and Development
DCB	Demand Collection and Balance
DCCB	District Central Co-operative Bank
DCM, RBI	Department of Currency Management, RBI
DD	Demand Draft
DEIO	Department of External Investments and Operations
DGCI&S	Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics
DI	Direct Investments
DICGC	Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
DID	Discharge of Internal Debt
DMA	Departmentalized Ministries Account
DRI	Differential Rate of Interest Scheme
DSBB	Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board
DVP	Delivery Versus Payment

 

Starting from E,F,G,I alphabet.

TERMS	Banking Abbreviations
ECB	External Commercial Borrowing
ECB	European Central Bank
ECGC	Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
ECS	Electronic Clearing Scheme
EDMU	External Debt Management Unit
EEA	Exchange Equalization Account
EEC	European Economic Community
EEFC	Exchange Earners Foreign Currency
EFR	Exchange Fluctuation Reserve
EXIM Bank	Export Import Bank of India
FCA	Foreign Currency Assets
FCCB	Foreign Currency Convertible Bond
FCNRB(B)	Foreign Currency Non- resident (Banks)
FCNRA	Foreign Currency Non Resident Account
FCNRD	Foreign Currency Non Repatriable Deposit
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA	Foreign Exchange Management Act
FI	Financial Institution
FICCI	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FII	Foreign Institutional Investor
FIMMDA	Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association of India
FISIM	Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured
FLAS	Foreign Liabilities and Assets Survey
FOF	Flow of Funds
FPI	Foreign Portfolio Investment
FRA	Forward Rate Agreement
FRN	Floating Rate Note
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GDR	Global Repository Receipt
G-Sec	Government Securities
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IDRBT	Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology
IEPF	Investors Education and Protection Fund
IFSC	Indian Financial Sysytem Code
IFC	Indian Financial Corporation
IFCI	Industrial Finance Corporation of India
IIBF	International Institute of Banking and Finance
IIBI	Industrial Investment Bank of India
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFR	Investment Fluctuation Reserve
IIP	Index of Industrial Production
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IP	Interest Payment
ISDA	International Swaps and Derivative Association
ISO	International Standards Organization

 

Starting from K,L,M,N alphabet.

TERMS	Banking Abbreviations
KYC	Know Your Customer
KVP	Kissan Vikas Patra
KVIC	Khadi and Village Industries Corporation
LAF	Liquidity Adjustment Facility
LAS	Loans and Advances by States
LDB	Land Development Bank
LERMS	Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
M1	Narrow Money
M3	Broad Money
MA	Moving Average
MCA	Ministry of Corporate Affairs
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MSS	Market Stabilisation Scheme
NABARD	National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
NBFC	Non Banking Financial Companies
NEC	Not Elsewhere Classified
NEER	Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
NFA	Non Foreign Exchange Assets
NFD	Net Fiscal Deficit
NHB	National Housing Bank
NIF	Note Issuance Facility
NPA	Non Performing Assets
NPV	Net Present Value
NSSF	National Small Savings Fund

 

Starting from O,P,R,S alphabet.

TERMS	Banking Abbreviations
OD	Over Draft
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
OLTAS	Online Tax Accounting System
PACS	Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
PD	Primary Deficit
RD	Revenue Deficit
RE	Revenue Expenditure
REER	Real Effective Exchange Rate
RIB	Resurgent India Bonds
RLA	Recoveries of Loans and Advancements
RTC	Repayment of Loans to Centre
RoC’s	Registrars of Companies
RR	Revenue Receipts
RRB	Regional Rural Bank
RTP	Reserve Tranche Position
RUF	Revolving Underwriting Facility
RWA	Risk Weighted Asset
SCARDB	State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
SCB	State Co-operative Bank
SCB	Scheduled Commercial Bank
SDDS	Special Data Dissemination Standards
SDR	Special Drawing Right
SEBI	Securities Exchange Board of India
SFC	State Financial Corporation
SIDBI	Small Industries Development Bank of India
SIDC	State Industrial Development Corporation
SLR	Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SMG	Standing Monitoring Group
SNA	System of National Accounts

 

Starting from T,U,W,Y alphabet.

TERMS	Banking Abbreviations
TB’s	Treasury Bills
TC	Temporary Change
TT	Telegraphic Transfer
UCN	Uniform Code Number
UTI	Unit Trust of India
WPI	Wholesale Price Index
YTM	Yield to Maturity

 

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