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Understand India's financial sector, one term at a time
Plain-English explainers on the terms, ratios, regulators, institutions and people that shape India's banking, NBFC, fintech, capital-markets and insurance industry. 171 entries across 11 sections.
Banking & Lending
27 entries
- Asset Reconstruction Company (ARC)
- Banking
- BFSI (Banking, Financial Services & Insurance)
- CASA (Current Account Savings Account)
- Central Bank
- Credit-Deposit (CD) Ratio
- Delinquencies
- Financial Services
- Fixed Deposit (FD)
- Floating Rate Home Loans
- Home Loans in India: A Guide
- Interest Rate
- Investment Banking
- Loan Against Property (LAP)
- Loan Terms and Conditions in India
- Loan-to-Value (LTV) Ratio
- Net Interest Income (NII)
- Net Interest Margin (NIM)
- Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC)
- Non-Interest Income
- Non-Performing Asset (NPA) Ratio
- Online Banking
- Probationary Officer (PO)
- Public Sector Banks (PSBs)
- Small Finance Banks (SFBs)
- Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
- Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs)
Regulators, Policy & Institutions
22 entries
- AMFI
- Bank of England
- Banking Regulation Act
- DICGC (Deposit Insurance)
- EPFO
- Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB)
- Fitch Ratings
- GIFT City
- IBPS
- IFSC Banking Unit
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)
- IRDAI
- Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
- Moody's
- NABARD
- NaBFID
- National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
- Open Market Operations (OMO)
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
- TransUnion CIBIL
- US Federal Reserve
Payments, Fintech & Cyber
14 entries
Capital Markets & Investing
22 entries
- Average Daily Trading Volume (ADTV)
- Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
- Dalal Street
- Domestic Institutional Investors (DIIs)
- ELSS
- Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
- Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
- Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs)
- Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Margin Trading Facility (MTF)
- Market Capitalization
- Mutual Funds
- National Stock Exchange (NSE)
- NIFTY 50
- Nifty 500
- Public Provident Fund (PPF)
- Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Securities Transaction Tax (STT)
- Simple Moving Average (SMA)
- Small and Midcap Indices (SMID)
- Small-Cap Stocks
- Systematic Investment Plan (SIP)
Bonds & Structured Finance
5 entries
Financial Metrics & Reporting
11 entries
Insurance
4 entries
Tax
10 entries
Banks & NBFCs
32 entries
- Aadhar Housing Finance
- Asirvad Microfinance
- Axis Bank
- Bajaj Finance
- Bajaj Housing Finance
- Bank of Baroda
- Bank of India
- Bank of Maharashtra
- Canara Bank
- DBS Bank
- Dhanlaxmi Bank
- HDB Financial Services
- HDFC Bank
- ICICI Bank
- IDBI Bank
- IDFC First Bank
- IndusInd Bank
- Jio Financial Services
- Kotak Mahindra Bank
- Manappuram Finance
- Punjab & Sind Bank
- Punjab National Bank
- RBL Bank
- Repco Home Finance
- SBI Cards
- South Indian Bank
- State Bank of India
- Suryoday Small Finance Bank
- UCO Bank
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
- Union Bank of India
- YES Bank
Brokers & Asset Managers
10 entries
BFSI Leaders
14 entries
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Explainers are for general information only and are not investment, legal or tax advice. Figures and office-holders change; please check primary sources such as RBI, SEBI and IRDAI publications. Spotted an error or want a term added? Contact us.
