| AEs | Advanced economies |
| AFS | Available for sale |
| AIFIs | All India financial institutions |
| ALM | Asset-liability management |
| AMCs | Asset management companies |
| AMC-MFs | Asset management companies - mutual funds |
| APY | Atal Pension Yojana |
| AUM | Assets under management |
| BIFR | Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BSI | Banking Stability Indicator |
| CAD | Current account deficit |
| CCAR | Comprehensive capital analysis and review |
| CCyB | Countercyclical capital buffer |
| CCPs | Central counterparties |
| CD | Corporate debtor |
| CDs | Certificates of deposit |
| CET | Common equity tier |
| CIRP | Corporate insolvency resolution process |
| CP | Commercial paper |
| CRAs | Credit rating agencies |
| CRAR | Capital to risk-weighted assets ratio |
| CRILC | Central Repository of Information on Large Credits |
| DCCB | District central cooperative banks |
| DICGC | Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation |
| DMs | Developed markets |
| D-SIBs | Domestic systemically important banks |
| EBA | European Banking Authority |
| EBPT | Earnings before provisions and taxes |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| ECBs | External commercial borrowings |
| EFD | Enforcement Department |
| EIA | US Energy Information Admninistration |
| EMDEs | Emerging Market and Developing Economies |
| EMs | Emerging markets |
| EPS | Earnings per share |
| EXIM Bank | Export-Import Bank of India |
| FBs | Foreign Banks |
| FCs | Financial creditors |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FPI | Foreign portfolio investment |
| FSDC | Financial Stability and Development Council |
| GBI-EM | Global Bond Index for Emerging Markets |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GFC | Global financial crisis |
| GFCF | Gross fixed capital formation |
| GFSR | Global Financial Stability Report |
| GNPA | Gross non-performing assets |
| G-SIBs | Global systemically important banks |
| HFCs | Housing finance companies |
| HFT | Held for trading |
| HQLAs | High-quality liquid assets |
| HTM | Held To Maturity |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IBBI | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India |
| IBC | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IFSC | International Financial Services Centre |
| IGP | Innovators Growth Platform |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMPS | Immediate payment service |
| IOSCO | International Organization of Securities Commissions |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| IRAC | Income recognition and asset classification |
| IRDAI | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India |
| ITP | Institutional trading platforms |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| LAP | Loans against property |
| LBs | Large borrowers |
| LCR | Liquidity coverage ratio |
| LCs | Loan Companies |
| LT | Long-term |
| MCA | Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| MFs | Mutual Funds |
| MSF | Marginal Standing Facility |
| MTM | Mark-to-market |
| NABARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NBFIs | Non-banking financial institutions |
| NBFCs | Non-banking financial companies |
| NBFCs-D | Non-banking financial companies - deposit taking |
| NBFCs-ND-SI | Non-banking financial companies - non-deposit taking - systemically important |
| NDTL | Net demand and time liabilities |
| NEFT | National electronic funds transfer |
| NII | Net interest income |
| NNPA | Net non-performing assets |
| NPA | Non-performing asset |
| NPCI | National Payments Corporation of India |
| NPS | National Pension System |
| NUE | New umbrella entity |
| OCs | Operational creditors |
| OCI | Overseas citizens of India |
| OIS | Overnight indexed swap |
| OOI | Other operating Income |
| P&L | Profit and loss account |
| PAs | Proxy advisors |
| PAT | Profit after tax |
| PBT | Profit before tax |
| PCR | Provision coverage ratio |
| PFCE | Private final consumption expenditure |
| PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority |
| PFs | Pension funds |
| PoP | Points of presence |
| PSBs | Public sector banks |
| PSU | Public sector undertakings |
| PVBs | Private sector banks |
| Q-EPS | Quarterly earnings per share |
| QIBs | Qualified institutional buyers |
| QIP | Qualified institutional placement |
| REs | Real estate companies |
| RERA | Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act |
| RFA | Red flagged accounts |
| RoA | Return on assets |
| RoE | Return on equity |
| RP | Resolution plan |
| RWA | Risk weighted assets |
| RTGS | Real time gross settlement |
| RTS | Regulatory Technical Standards |
| SA | Standardised aprroach |
| SCBs | Scheduled commercial banks |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEC | US Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SIPs | Systematic investment plans |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SMA | Special mention account |
| ST | Short-term |
| StCB | State Co-operative Bank |
| SUCB | Scheduled Urban Cooperative Banks |
| TBTF | Too-big-to-fail |
| UPI | Unified payments interface |
| VAR | Value at Risk |
| WEO | World Economic Outlook |