| AFC | Asset Finance Company |
| AIFI | All India Financial Institution |
| ATM | Automated Teller Machine |
| BC | Business Correspondent |
| BCBS | Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
| BSBDA | Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account |
| CASA | Current Account and Saving Account |
| CRAR | Capital to Risk-Weighted Assets Ratio |
| DCCB | District Central Co-operative Bank |
| D-SIB | Domestic Systemically Important Bank |
| ECB | External Commercial Borrowing |
| EME | Emerging Market Economy |
| EXIM Bank | Export Import Bank of India |
| FB | Foreign Bank |
| FI | Financial Institution |
| FIP | Financial Inclusion Plan |
| FSB | Financial Stability Board |
| GNPA | Gross Non-Performing Advances |
| G-SIB | Global Systemically Important Bank |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| JLF | Joint Lenders’ Forum |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| LAB | Local Area Bank |
| LC | Loan Company |
| LCR | Liquidity Coverage Ratio |
| LRE | Leverage Ratio Exposure |
| NABARD | National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
| NBFC | Non-Banking Financial Company |
| NBFC-D | Non-Banking Financial Company -Deposit Taking |
| NBFC-ND-SI | Non-Banking Financial Company – Non-Deposit Taking – Systemically Important |
| NBFC-MFI | Non-Banking Financial Company – Micro Finance Institution |
| NBFC-IFC | Non-Banking Financial Company – Infrastructure Finance Company |
| NBFI | Non-Banking Financial Institution |
| NHB | National Housing Bank |
| NIM | Net Interest Margin |
| NPA | Non-Performing Advances |
| PACS | Primary Agricultural Credit Society |
| PCARDB | Primary Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank |
| PD | Primary Dealer |
| PMJDY | Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana |
| PPI | Pre-paid Payment Instrument |
| PSB | Public Sector Bank |
| PVB | Private Sector Bank |
| RoA | Return on Asset |
| RoE | Return on Equity |
| RNBC | Residual Non-Banking Financial Company |
| RRB | Regional Rural Bank |
| RWA | Risk Weighted Asset |
| SCB | Scheduled Commercial Bank |
| SCARDB | State Co-operative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank |
| SIDBI | Small Industries Development Bank of India |
| SMA | Special Mention Account |
| SFB | Small Finance Bank |
| StCB | State Co-operative Bank |
| SLCC | State Level Coordination Committee |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| TLAC | Total Loss Absorbing Capacity |
| UCB | Urban Co-operative Bank |