| AEs | Advanced economies |
| AFIs | All India Financial Institutions |
| AFS | Available for Sale |
| AIFs | Alternative Investment Funds |
| AMC-MFs | Asset Management Companies - Mutual Funds |
| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| APMC | Agricultural Produce Market Committee |
| AQR | Asset Quality Review |
| AUC | Assets Under Custody |
| AUM | Assets Under Management |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BC-ICT | Business Correspondent-Information Communication Technology |
| BSBDAs | Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts |
| BSI | Banking Stability Indicator |
| CCIL | Clearing Corporation of India Limited |
| CCP | Central Counter Party |
| CDs | Certificate Of Deposits |
| CERSAI | Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India |
| CGFSEL | Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Educational Loans |
| CGFSSD | Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme for Skill Development |
| CGTMSE | Credit Guarantee Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises |
| CPs | Commercial Papers |
| CRAR | Capital to Risk-weighted Assets Ratio |
| CRGFTLIH | Credit Risk Guarantee Fund Trust for Low Income Housing |
| CRILC | Central Repository of Information on Large Credits |
| CRR | Cash Reserve Ratio |
| CSO | Central Statistical Office |
| DDoS | Distributed Denial of Service |
| DER | Debt equity ratio |
| DICGC | Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation |
| DRT | Debt Recovery Tribunal |
| EBIT | Earnings Before Interest and Taxes |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation |
| EBP | Electronic Book Provider |
| EBPT | Earnings Before Provisions and Taxes |
| EMEs | Emerging Market Economies |
| ESMA | European Securities and Markets Authority |
| FBs | Foreign Banks |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| FIPs | Financial Inclusion Plans |
| FIU | Financial Intillegence Unit |
| FLC | Financial Literacy Centre |
| FMC | Forward Markets Commission |
| FPIs | Foreign Portfolio Investers |
| FRBM | Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management |
| FSDC | Financial Stability and Development Council |
| FSR | Financial Stability Report |
| G2P | Government to Person |
| GCC | General Credit Card |
| GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
| GNPAs | Gross Non-Performing Advances |
| HFT | Held for Trading |
| HQLAs | High Quality Liquid Assets |
| HTM | Held to Maturity |
| IABC | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code |
| ICMA | International Capital Market Association |
| ICR | Interest coverage ratio |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IIP | Index of industrial production |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMPS | Immediate Payment Service |
| INDC | Intended Nationally Determined Contribution |
| IRDAI | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India |
| JLF | Joint Lenders’ Forum |
| KCC | Kisan Credit Card |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicators |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| LCR | Liquidity Coverage Ratio |
| MFI | Micro finance Institutions |
| MOSPI | Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| MSME | Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises |
| NAM | National Agriculture Market |
| NBFCs | Non-Banking Financial Companies |
| NCGTC | National Credit Guarantee Trustee Company |
| NCLT | National Company Law Tribunal |
| NGNF | Non-Government Non-Financial |
| NIIF | National Investment and Infrastructure Fund |
| NIRP | Negative Interest Rate Policy |
| NNPAs | Net Non-Performing Advances |
| NPCI | National Payments Corporation of India |
| NPS | National Pension System |
| ODIs | Offshore Derivatives Instruments |
| PAT | Profit After Tax |
| PBs | Payment Banks |
| PBT | Profit Before Tax |
| PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority |
| PMJDY | Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana |
| PNs | Participatory Notes |
| PPAC | Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell |
| PSBs | Public Sector Banks |
| QIBs | Qualified Institutional Buyers |
| QIPs | Qualified Institutional Placements |
| RTGS | Real Time Gross Settlement |
| RWAs | Risk-weighted Assets |
| SCBs | Scheduled Commercial Banks |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SFBs | Small Finance Banks |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| STRs | Suspicious Transactions Reports |
| SUCBs | Scheduled Urban Co-Operative Banks |
| TReDS | Trade Receivables Discounting System |
| UCBs | Urban Co-Operative Banks |
| UPI | Unified Payment Interface |