AD

Authorised Dealer

AEPS

Aadhaar-Enabled Payments Switch

AFS

Available-for-Sale

AIC

Agricultural Insurance Company

AIDIS

All India Debt and Investment Survey

AII

Accredited Individual Investors

AMC

Asset Management Company

AML

Anti-Money Laundering

ANBC

Adjusted Net Bank Credit

APO

Army Post Office

APSL

Adjusted PSL

ARG

Automatic Rain Gauge

ASCB

Association of Cantonal Banks

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

ATM

Automated Teller Machine

AUD

Australian Dollar

AUM

Assets Under Management

AWS

Automatic Weather Station

BBNL

Bharat Broadband Network Limited

BC

Business Correspondent

BF

Business Facilitator

BIRD

Bankers Institute of Rural Development

BIS

Bank of International Settlements

BOO

Build-Own-Operate

BR Act

Banking Regulations Act, 1949

BRI

Bank Rakyat Indonesia

BRIC

Brazil, Russia, China, India

BSBDA

Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account

BSR

Basic Statistical Returns

CAB

College of Agricultural Banking

CAFRAL

Centre for Advancement in Financial Research and Learning

CBI

Central Bureau of Investigation

CBS

Core Banking System

CCI

Competition Commission of India

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CERC

Central Electricity Regulatory Commission

CERSAI

Central Registry of Securitisation Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India

CFPB

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CFT

Combatting the Financing of Terrorism

CGAP

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor

CGMS

Central Grievance Management System

CGTMSE

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises

CIBIL

Credit Information Bureau Limited

CIC

Core Investment Company

CICA

Credit Information Companies Act

CICO

Cash In Cash Out

CIS

Collective Investment Scheme

CMIE

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy

COBS

Conduct of Business

CRR

Cash Reserve Ratio

CSC

Community Service Centre

CSP

Customer Service Point

CWC

Central Warehousing Corporation

DBT

Direct Benefit Transfer

DCCB

District Central Cooperative Bank

DFI

Development Finance Institution

D-NBFC

Deposit Taking NBFC

DSGV

Deutscher Sparkassen und Giroverband

ECB

European Central Bank

EIC

Economic Intelligence Council

EOD

Economic Offenses Division

EOW

Economic Offenses Wing

EPFO

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation

ETF

Exchange Traded Fund

EU

European Union

FATF

Financial Action Task Force

FCI

Food Corporation of India

FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Fed.

Federal Reserve

FIU-IND

Financial Intelligence Unit-India

FLC

Financial Literacy Centre

FLCC

Financial Literacy and Credit Counselling

FMC

Forward Markets Commission

FoP

Friends of Police

FOS

Financial Ombudsman Service

FPO

Fleet Post Office

FRA

Financial Redress Agency

FSA

Financial Services Authority

FSB

Financial Stability Board

FSLRC

Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

FSP

Financial Services Provider

FSR

Financial Services Reform Act, 2001

G2P

Government to Person

GBP

Great Britain Pound

GCC

General Credit Card

GDDP

Gross District Domestic Product

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIC

General Insurance Corporation of India

GNPA

Gross NPA

GOI

Government of India

GPFI

Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion

GPRS

General Packet Radio Service

GRC

Grievance Redressal Cell

GSDP

Gross State Domestic Product

GSE

Government Sponsored Enterprises

HDBS

Horizontally Differentiated Banking System

HFC

Housing Finance Company

HTM

Held-to-Maturity

IBA

Indian Banks’ Association

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IGIDR

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

IMD

Indian Meteorological Department

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMPS

Immediate Mobile Payment System

IRDA

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

JLG

Joint Liability Group

JNNURM

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

KCC

Kisan Credit Card

KGFS

Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services

KYC

Know Your Customer

LAB

Local Area Bank

LACP

Los Angeles Community Policing

LDM

Lead District Manager

LIC

Life Insurance Corporation of India

LOLR

Lender of Last Resort

LTA

Land Titling Authorities

MCA

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

MFI

Microfinance Institution

MITC

Most Important Terms and Conditions

MMMF

Money Market Mutual Fund

MSB

Money Service Business

MSME

Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises

NABARD

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

NAFSCOB

National Federation of State Cooperative Banks

NBFC

Non-Banking Financial Company

NCAER

National Council of Applied Economic Research

NCMSL

National Collateral Management Services Limited

ND-NBFC

Non Deposit Taking NBFC

NDTL

Net Demand and Time Liability

NECS

National Electronic Clearing Service

NEFT

National Electronic Funds Transfer

NFA

No-Frills Account

NHB

National Housing Bank

NOFN

National Optical Fibre Network

NPA

Non-Performing Asset

NPS

National Pensions Scheme

NREGA

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

NSSO

National Sample Survey Organisation

OFO

Office of the Financial Ombudsman

OTP

One-Time-Password

PACS

Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society

PFRDA

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

PLATINUM

Working Group on Partnerships for Land Title Implementation in Urban Management

PNO

Payment Network Operator

POA

Proof of Address

POI

Proof of Identity

PoP

Point of Purchase

POS

Point of Sale

PPI

Pre-Paid Instrument Issuer

PPP

Public Private Partnership

PSD

Payment Services Directive

PSL

Priority Sector Lending

PTC

Pass-Through Certificate

QIB

Qualified Institutional Buyer

RAROC

Risk Adjusted Return on Capital

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

RBS

Risk Based Supervision

RGS

Rural Godown Scheme

RIDF

Rural Infrastructure Development Fund

RP

Resource Person

RRB

Regional Rural Bank

Rs.

Indian Rupees

RTGS

Real Time Gross Settlement Service

RUA

Reference Unit Area

RWS

Reference Weather Station

SARFAESI

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act

SAT

Securities Appellate Tribunal

SBI

State Bank of India

SCB

Scheduled Commercial Bank

SCORES

SEBI Complaints Redress System

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SFIO

Serious Fraud Investigation Office

SFRC

State Finance Regulatory Commission

SHG

Self-Help Group

SIDBI

Small Industrial Development Bank of India

SIFI

Systemically Important Financial Institution

SIV

Special Investment Vehicles

SLR

Statutory Liquidity Ratio

SMS

Short Message Service

SPARC

Supervisory Program for Assessment of Risk and Capital

SPV

Special Purpose Vehicle

sq. km.

Square Kilometre(s)

StCB

State Cooperative Bank

SWC

State Warehousing Corporation

TCF

Treating Customers Fairly

TILA

Truth in Lending Act

TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

UCB

Urban Cooperative Bank

UEBA

Universal Electronic Bank Account

UIDAI

Unique Identification Authority of India

ULIP

Unit-Linked Insurance Policies

UPIN

Unique Property Identification Numbers

USB

Ultra-Small Branch

USD

United States Dollar

USSD

Unstructured Supplementary Service Data

VDB

Verband Deutscher Bürgschaftsbanken

VDBS

Vertically Differentiated Banking System

WBCIS

Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme

WL-ATM

White Label ATM

WL-BC

White Label Business Correspondent