List of Financial Abbreviations and Acronyms

Here we bring to you the List of Financial Abbreviations and Acronyms for Preparations of Upcoming Banking awareness Exams 2013 or entrance Tests.

Related Readings: Important Banking Terms

Financial Full Forms:
  1. ADB - Asian Development Bank
  2. ADR - American Depository Receipt
  3. ASBA – Application Supported by Blocked Amount
  4. ASSOCHAM - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
  5. ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode
  6. ATM - Automated Teller Machine
  7. BATM – Biometric Automated Teller Machine
  8. BoP - Balance of Payment
  9. BOB – Bank of Baroda
  10. CAG - Controller and Auditor General of India
  11. CBDT – Central Board of Direct Taxes
  12. CBS – Core Banking Services
  13. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
  14. CD Ratio - Credit Deposit Ratio
  15. CDR – Corporate Debt Restructuring
  16. CII - Confederation of Indian Industries
  17. CP - Commercial Paper
  18. CPI - Consumer Price Index
  19. CPI-IW – Consumer Price Index for Industrial Worker
  20. CRM – Customer Relationship Management
  21. CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
  22. CSO – Central Statistical Organization
  23. DD - Demand Draft
  24. DI - Direct Investment
  25. DSA – Direct Selling Agent
  26. DTAC – Double Tax Avoidance Convention
  27. ECB - External Commercial Borrowing
  28. ECB – European Central Bank
  29. EMI – Equated (Equal) Monthly Installment
  30. EPF - Employees Provident Fund
  31. EPS – Earning Per Share
  32. ECS - Electronic Clearing Scheme
  33. ERP – Employee Resource Planning
  34. EXIM Bank - Export Import Bank of India
  35. FATF – Financial Action Task Force
  36. FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
  37. FEMA - Foreign Exchange Management Act
  38. FERA – Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (Erstwhile form of FEMA)
  39. FI - Financial Institution
  40. FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
  41. FII - Foreign Institutional Investor
  42. GDP - Gross Domestic Product
  43. GDR - Global Depository Receipt
  44. GPF – General Provident Fund
  45. G-Sec - Government Securities
  46. GST – Goods and Service Tax
  47. HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation
  48. HUDCO - Housing & Urban Development Corporation
  49. IBA – Indian Bank Association
  50. IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  51. IBS - International Banking Statistics
  52. ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  53. ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
  54. IDBI – Industrial Development Bank of India
  55. IFC - International Finance Corporation
  56. IFCI - Industrial Finance Corporation of India
  57. IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards
  58. IIBF – Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
  59. IIM – Indian Institute of Management
  60. IIP - Index of Industrial Production
  61. IMD - India Millennium Deposits
  62. IMF - International Monetary Fund
  63. INR – Indian Rupee
  64. IPO – Initial Public Offering
  65. IPR – Intellectual Property Rights
  66. IRBI – Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
  67. ISO – International Standards Organization
  68. ISB – Indian School of Business
  69. ITRS – International Transaction Reporting System
  70. JLR – Jaguar Land Rover
  71. KVIC - Khadi & Village Industries Corporation
  72. KYC – Know Your Customer
  73. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
  74. LBD – Land Development Bank
  75. LERMS – Liberalized Exchange Rate Management System
  76. LIBOR – London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
  77. LIC – Life Insurance Corporation of India
  78. M1 – Narrow Money
  79. M3 – Broad Money
  80. MICR – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
  81. MIS – Management Information System
  82. MIS – Monthly Income Scheme
  83. MF – Mutual Fund
  84. MFC – Micro-Finance Companies
  85. MNC – Multi National Corporation
  86. MPLADS – Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
  87. MTM – Mark-To-Market
  88. NABARD – National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
  89. NAS – National Account Statistics
  90. NASSCOM – National Association of Software and Services Companies
  91. NAV – Net Asset Value
  92. NBC – Non-Banking Companies
  93. NBFC – Non Banking Financial Companies
  94. NEFT – National Electronic Fund Transfer
  95. NFD – Net Fiscal Deficit
  96. NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
  97. NHB – National Housing Bank
  98. NPA – Non-Performing Assets
  99. NRE Non-Resident External
  100. NRG – Non-Resident Government
  101. NRLM – National Rural Livelihood Mission
  102. NRI – Non-Resident Indian
  103. NSC – National Statistical Commission
  104. NSC – National Saving Certificate
  105. NSSF – National Small Savings Fund
  106. OD – Over Draft
  107. OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
  108. OMO – Open Market Operations
  109. PDO – Public Debt Office
  110. P/E – Profit Earnings Ratio
  111. PF – Provident Fund
  112. PIO – Persons of Indian Origin
  113. PMEAC – Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee
  114. PNB – Punjab National Bank
  115. PPP – Purchasing Power Parity
  116. PPP- Private Public Partnership
  117. PSE – Public Sector Enterprises
  118. PSU – Public Sector Undertaking
  119. QIB – Qualified Institutional Buyer
  120. RBI – Reserve Bank of India
  121. RD – Recurring Deposit
  122. RD – Revenue Deficit
  123. RDBMS – Relational Database Management System
  124. REC – Rural Electrification Corporation
  125. RIB – Resurgent India Bonds
  126. RIDF – Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
  127. RNBC – Residuary Non-Banking Companies
  128. RoC – Return on Capital
  129. RoCs – Registrars of Companies
  130. RRB – Regional Rural Bank
  131. RTGS – Real Time Gross Settlement
  132. SBI – State Bank of India
  133. SCARDB – State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
  134. SCB – Scheduled Commercial Bank
  135. SDR – Special Drawing Right
  136. SDS – Special Deposit Scheme
  137. SEBI – Securities and Exchange Board of India
  138. SEBs – State Electricity Boards
  139. SFC – State Financial Corporation
  140. SHGs – Self-Help Groups
  141. SIDBI – Small Industries Development Bank of India
  142. SIDC – State Industrial Development Corporation
  143. SLR – Statutory Liquidity Ratio
  144. SPF – State Provident Fund
  145. SSI – Small-Scale Industries
  146. TBs – Treasury Bills
  147. UCB – Urban Cooperative Bank
  148. ULIP – Unit Linked Insurance Plan
  149. USP – Unique Selling Preposition
  150. UTI – Unit Trust of India
  151. VC – Venture Capital
  152. WPI – Wholesale Price Index
  153. YTM – Yield to Maturity
  154. ZCB – Zero Coupon Bond


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