Abbreviation Full Forms
ABBS Any Branch Banking System
ADB Asian Development Bank
AGM Annual General Meeting
ALM Asset Liability Management
AML Anti-Money Laudering
APG Asia Pacific Group
ASBA Applications Supported by Blocked Amount
ATM Automated Teller Machine
BAFIA Banks and Financial Institution Act
BCBS Bassel Committe On Banking Supervision
BLB Branchless Banking
BFIs Banks and Financial Institutions
BO Beneficial Owner
BOD Board of Directors
BOP Balance of Payments
CTS Computer Trading System
CAR Capital Adequacy Ratio
C-ASBA Centralised Application Supported by Blocked Amount
CB Corporate Bond
CBSCore Banking System
CCD Credit to Core capital cum Deposit
CCL Cash Credit Limit
CCO Chief Compliance Officer
CD Certificate of Deposit
CDS Central Depository System
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CFT Combating the Financing of Terrorism
CIB Credit Information Bureau
CIC Credit Information Center
CO Complaince Officer
COO Chief Operating Officer
CRR Cash Reserve Ratio
CSD Customer Service Department
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
CPI Consumer's Price Index
CDD Customer Due Diligence
CIT Citizen Investment Trust
CSI Cottage and Small scale Industry
DMLI Department of Money Laundering and Investigation
DSU Deficit Spending Unit
ECB External Commercial Borrowing
ECDD Enhanced Customer Due Diligence
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EMI Equated Monthly Installments
EPF Employee's Provident Fund
EPS Earning Per Share
FATF Financial Action Task Force
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FT Fund Transfer
FNCCI Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FPO Further Public Offering
FT Fund Transfer
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDS Gross Domestic Savings
GoN Government of Nepal
IBAN International Bank Account Number
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICAAP Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process
IRC Interest Rate Corridor
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPO Intial Public Offering
IRC Interest Rate Corridor
KYC Know Your Customer
KYE Know Your Employee
LBO Limited Branch Outlet
LCR Liquidity Coverage Ratio
LC Letter of Credit
LIBOR London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
LRP Liquidity Risk Premium
LTD Long Term Debt
LTP Last Trading Price
LMFF Liquidity Monitoring and Forecasting Framework
LTV Loan-to-Value
MFIs Microfinance Institutions
MISManagement Information System
ML Money Laundering
M1 Narrow Money Supply
M2 Broad Money Supply
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MPIN Mobile Personal Identification Number
NAV Net Assets Value
NCHL Nepal Clearing House Limited
NEPSE Nepal Stock Exchange
NFRS Nepal Financial Reporting Standard
NOTS NEPSE Online Trading System
NOW Negotiable Order of Withdrawal
NPA Non-Performing Assets
NPV Net Present Value
NPL Non Performing Loan
NRB Nepal Rastra Bank
OTP One Time Password
OLF Overnight lending facility
OBS Off Balance Sheet
OI Operation In-charge
OMO Open Market Operation
PAN Permanent Account Number
PEP Politically Exposed Person
PIN Personal Identification Number
POS Point of Sales
PG Personal Guarantee
PSP Payment System Provider
ROA Return on Assests
ROE Return on Equity
RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement
RWA risk weighted asset
SCT Smart Choice Technology
SEBON Securities Board of Nepal
SIS Supervisory Information System
SLC Standby Letter of Credit
SLF Standing Liquidity Facility
SLR Statutory Liquidity Ratio
SOL Single Obligor Limit
SSF Social Security Fund
SSU Surplus Spending Unit
STR Suspicious Transaction Report
SWIFT Society for Worldwide Inter-bank Financial Telecommunication
T-bill Treasury Bills
TBML Trade Based Money Laundering
TT Telegraphic Transfer
TTR Threshold Transaction Report
y-o-y year on year
CAF Credit Appraisal Format
SV Signature Verfied
FDR Fixed Deposit Receipt
MICR Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
QR Code Quick Response Code


DSL Deprived Sector Loan
ICAN Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal
IPS Inter-Bank Payment System
NBA Non-Banking Assets
Nepal Bankers' Association
NEPS Nepal Electronic Payment System
CASA Current Account Saving Account
ECC Electronic Cheque Clearing