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In general awareness section of IBPS exam, there are atleast 3-4 four questions asked from banking terminology. I have compiled the list of banking abbreviations for general awareness section of IBPS exams. Read and learn them thoroughly, atleast 2 question must be asked in IBPS PO and clerk exam.- ADR - American Depository Receipt
- AGM - Annual General Meeting
- AIRCSC - All India Rural Credit Survey Committee
- AFS - Available For Sale
- AMFI- Association of Mutual Fund in India
- ASSOCHAM - Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
- ATM - Automated Teller Machine
- ALM- Asset Liability Management
- BSBDA - Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account
- BIS - Bank for International Settlements
- BoP - Balance of Payments
- CAD - Capital Account Deficit
- CAG - Controller and Auditor General of India
- CAMELS- Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity, Systems & Controls
- CBS- Consolidated Banking Statistics
- CEPA- Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
- CC - Cash Credit
- CD - Certificate of Deposit
- CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement
- CF - Company Finance
- CII - Confederation of Indian Industries
- CP - Commercial Paper
- CPI - Consumer Price Index
- CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- CR - Capital Receipts
- CRR - Cash Reserve Ratio
- CRAR- Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio
- CSIR- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- CSO- Central Statistical Organisation
- CBS: Core Banking Solution
- DBOD - Department of Banking Operations and Development
- DBS - Department of Banking Supervision, RBI
- DCA - Department of Company Affairs
- DTC- Direct Tax Code
- DCCB- District Central Cooperative Bank
- DCM- Department of Currency Management, RB
- DTAA- Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement
- DD- Demand Draft
- DEAF- Depositor Education and Awareness Fund
- DDS- Data Dissemination Standards
- DICGC- Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
- EEFC- Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
- ECGC- Export Credit and Guarantee Corporation
- ECS- Electronic Clearing Scheme
- EEA- Exchange Equalization Account
- EPF- Employees Provident Fund
- EEFC- Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency
- ECBs- External Commercial Borrowings
- FIPB- Foreign Investment Promotion board
- FDI- Foreign Direct Investment
- FSLRC- Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
- FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act
- FII- Foreign Institutional Investor
- FRBMA- Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
- FTA- Free trade agreement
- FINO- Financial Inclusion Network Operation
- FCNR(B)- Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank
- FEMA- Foreign Exchange Management Act
- EFSF- European Financial Stability Facility
- FICCI- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- FII- Foreign Institutional Investor
- FPI- Foreign Portfolio Investment
- FSLRC- Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
- GDP- Gross Domestic Product
- GDR- Global Depository Receipt
- GFD - Gross Fiscal Deficit
- GIC - General Insurance Corporation
- GAAR - General anti avoidance rule
- GPD - Gross Primary Deficit
- GIRO - Government Internal Revenue Order
- HDFC - Housing Development Finance Corporation
- HFT - Held For Trading
- IBS - International Banking Statistics
- ICAR - Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
- ICMR - Indian Council of Medical Research
- IDBI - Industrial Development Bank of India
- IFC - International Finance Corporation
- ITEs: Intra-Group Transactions and Exposures
- IFCI - Industrial Finance Corporation of India
- IIP - Index of Industrial Production
- IMF - International Monetary Fund
- IRBI - Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India
- ISDA - International Swaps and Derivative Association
- ISIC - International Standard Industrial Classification
- ISO - International Standards Organization
- LBS - Locational Banking Statistics
- LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offer Rate
- LERMS - Liberalised Exchange Rate Management System
- LIC - Life Insurance Corporation of India
- LCR: Liquidity Coverage Ratio
- LRMT: Liquidity risk monitoring tools
- LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility
- MCA - Ministry of Company Affairs
- MSF-Marginal Standing Facility
- MIBOR: Mumbai Inter-Bank Offer Rate
- MIS - Management Information System
- MMSE - Minimum Mean Squared Errors
- NABARD - National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
- NASSCOM - National Association of Software and Services Companies
- NCTC - National Counter-Terrorism Centre
- NBFC-Non Banking Finance Companies
- NBC - Non-Banking Companies
- NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer
- NBFC - Non Banking Financial Companies
- NEER - Nominal Effective Exchange Rate
- NFA - Non-Foreign Exchange Assets
- NSFR: Net Stable Funding Ratio
- NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
- NHB - National Housing Bank
- NSG – Nuclear Suppliers Group
- NPA - Non-Performing Assets
- NSC - National Statistical Commission
- NSSF - National Small Savings Fund
- OD - Over Draft
- ODA - Official Development Assistance
- OMO - Open Market Operations
- PACS - Primary Agriculture Credit Societies
- PDAI - Primary Dealers Association of India
- PDO - Public Debt Office
- PIO - Persons of Indian Origin
- PO - Principal Office
- PRB - Primary Revenue Balance
- PSE - Public Sector Enterprises
- PUC - Paid Up Capital
- PPP – Public Private Partnership & Purchasing Power parity
- QFI -Qualified Foreign Investors
- RD - Revenue Deficit
- RDBMS - Relational Database Management
- RTGS - Real Time Gross Settlement System
- RE - Revenue Expenditure
- REC - Rural Electrification Corporation
- REER - Real Effective Exchange Rate
- RIDF - Rural Infrastructure Development Fund
- RoC - Registrars of Companies SLR-Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- RR - Revenue Receipts
- RRB - Regional Rural Bank
- RTP - Reserve Tranche Position
- RWA - Risk Weighted Asset
- SAS - Statistical Analysis System
- SCARDB - State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank
- SWIFT: Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
- SCB - State Cooperative Bank
- SCB - Scheduled Commercial Bank
- SDDS -Special Data Dissemination Standards
- SDR - Special Drawing Right
- SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India
- SIFI - Systemically Important Financial Intermediaries
- SEBs - State Electricity Boards
- SGSY - Swarnajayanthi Gram Swarrojgar Yojana
- SHGs - Self-Help Groups
- SIDBI - Small Industries Development Bank of India
- SIDC - State Industrial Development Corporation
- SJSRY - Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana
- SLR - Statutory Liquidity Ratio
- SMG - Standing Monitoring Group
- SNA - System of National Accounts
- SRWTO - Small road & Water Transport Operators
- SSI - Small-Scale Industries
- STRIPS - Separate Trading for Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
- TB - Treasury Bills
- TARC - Tax Administration Reform Commission
- TC - Temporary Change
- TT - Telegraphic Transfer
- TAPI - Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India
- TFTS - Trade for Trade Settlement
- TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement
- UCB - Urban Cooperative Bank
- UCN - Uniform Code Number
- UNDP - United Nations Developement Programme
- UNICO - Umbrella Organisation for Large Cooperative Banks in Europe
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
- UNME - Urban Non-Manual Employees
- UTI - Unit Trust of India
- VC - Venture Capital
- WPI - Wholesale Price Index
- WTO - World Trade Organisation
- Y-o-Y - Year-on-Year
- YTM - Yield to Maturity
- ZTC - Zonal Training Centree
