Glossary
| AFRITAC EAST | East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center |
| AML/CFT | Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Financing of Terrorism |
| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| BACAR | Banque Continentale Africaine du Rwanda |
| BANCAFE | Banco Agrario and Granbanco |
| BANCOR | Gold Trust Bank of Rwanda Limited |
| Banguat | Bank of Guatemala |
| BB | Bangladesh Bank |
| BBO | Bangladesh Bank Order |
| BC | Banco Comercial |
| BCC | Central Bank of Congo |
| BCDI | Banque pour le Commerce, le Développement et I’Industrie |
| BCP | Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision |
| BCPs | business continuity plans |
| BCR | Banque Commerciale du Rwanda |
| BCU | Central Bank of Uruguay |
| BDR | Rwanda Development Bank |
| BEAC | Bank of Central African States |
| BGU | Banco Galicia Uruguay |
| BHU | Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay |
| BI | Bank Indonesia |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BK | Banque de Kigali |
| BNR | National Bank of Rwanda |
| BoA | Bank of Albania |
| BOM | Bank of Mongolia |
| BOP | Balance of payments |
| BPA | Banking and Payments Authority of Timor Leste |
| BPK | Banking and Payments Authority of Kosovo |
| BPR | Bank Performance Report |
| BROU | Banco de la República Oriental de Uruguay |
| BSP | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
| BVMAC-SA | Central Africa Regional Stock Exchange |
| CAR | Capital adequacy ratio |
| CAR | Central African Republic |
| CBAK | Central Banking Authority of Kosovo |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iraq |
| CBL | Central Bank of Liberia |
| CBT | Central Bank of Turkey |
| CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEMAC | Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa |
| CFA | Chartered Financial Analyst |
| CGF | Congolese franc |
| CICA-RE | Regional re-insurance company |
| CIMA | Conference Interafricaine du Marché des Assurances |
| CISA | Certified Information Systems Auditor |
| CNBV | Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores |
| CNCA | Comisión Nacional de Crédito Agropecuario |
| CND | National Development Corporation |
| COREBAC | Congolese Banking Restructuring Committee |
| COSUMAP | Financial Market Oversight Commission for Central Africa |
| CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority |
| CPC | Central Point of Contact |
| CPI | Consumer price index |
| CRCA | Commission Régionale de Contrôle des Assurances |
| DAI | Internal audit directorate |
| DEBRA | Debt Enterprise Bank Resolution Agency |
| DIM | Department of Investment Management |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DSIF | Directorate of Supervision of Financial Institutions |
| DVP | Delivery versus payment |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| FAG | Fondo Agropecuario de Garantias |
| FASBI | Fasilitas Bank Indonesia |
| FCDs | Foreign currency deposits |
| FED | Foreign Exchange Department |
| FFSB | Fortifying the System of Banks |
| FINAGRO | Financiamiento del Sector Agropecuario |
| FIRST | Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative |
| FIU | Financial Intelligence Unit |
| FNG | Fondo Nacional de GarantÃas |
| FNPF | Fiji National Provident Fund |
| FOGAFIN | State-owned Fondo de Garantias de Instituciones Financieras |
| FPAS | Forecasting and policy analysis system |
| FRBNY | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| FRC | Financial Regulatory Commission |
| FRS | U.S. Federal Reserve System |
| FSAP | Financial Sector Assessment Program |
| FSBS | Fund for the Stability of the Banking System |
| FSDP | Financial Sector Development Program |
| FSF | Financial Sector Forum |
| FSIs | Financial Soundness Indicators |
| FSRs | Financial Stability Reports |
| FSU | Former Soviet Union |
| FTC | Fine tuning contracts |
| FTO | Fine tuning operations |
| FY | Fiscal year |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Country Initiative |
| IAB | Investment Advisory Board |
| IAIS | International Association of Insurance Supervisors |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IBRA | Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency |
| IC | Insurance Commission |
| ICR | Incentivo a la Capitalización Rural |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IR | Inflation report |
| IRB | Internal ratings based |
| IT | Inflation targeting |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| JVI | Joint Vienna Institute |
| LICs | Low-income countries |
| LOLR | Lender of last resort |
| MB | Monetary Board |
| MCM | Monetary and Capital Markets Department |
| MDRI | Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative |
| MICs | Middle-income countries |
| MFA | Multifiber Arrangement |
| MFI | Micro-Finance Institutions |
| MoPF | Ministry of Planning and Finance |
| MPC | Monetary Policy Committee |
| NBC | Nuevo Banco Comercia |
| NBFI | Nonbank Financial Institution |
| NBKR | National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic |
| NBY | National Bank of Yugoslavia |
| NCBs | Nationalized commercial banks |
| NGO | Nongovernmental Organization |
| NOP | Net Open Position |
| NPL | Nonperforming Loans |
| NPFS | Non Publicly Funded Sofoles |
| NSCs | National Savings Certificates |
| NTGL | National Transitional Government of Liberia |
| OHADA | Organisation pour l’Harmonisation du Droit des Affaires en Afrique |
| PBC | People’s Bank of China |
| PCA | Prompt corrective action framework |
| PF | Petroleum Fund |
| PFS | Publicly Funded SOFOLES |
| PISG | Provisional Institutions of Self-Government |
| PRGF | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility |
| RBF | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| REER | Real effective exchange rate |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SB | Superintendency of banks |
| SBC | Colombian Superintendency of Banks |
| SBI | Sertifikat Bank Indonesia |
| SBI | Superintendency of Banks and Insurance |
| SC | Steering committee |
| SDDS | Special Data Dissemination Standard |
| SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SES | Supervision and Examination Sector |
| SHCP | SecretarÃa de Hacienda y Crédito Público |
| SHF | Sociedad Hipótecaria Federal |
| SIMTEL | Societe Interbancaire de Monétique et de Télécompensation |
| SLR | Statutory Liquidity Ratio |
| SOEs | State-owned enterprises |
| SOFOLES | Sociedades Financieras de Objeto Limitado |
| SPV | Special Purpose Vehicle |
| SRSG | Special Representative of the UN Secretary General |
| SSA | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| STI | Singapore Training Institute |
| SYSCOHADA | Système Comptable Ouest Africain |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| T-Bills | Treasury bills |
| TPL | Third party liability insurance |
| UEAC | Economic Union of Central Africa |
| UMAC | Ministerial Committee of the Monetary Union of Central Africa |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNMIK | UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo |
| UNMIL | United Nations Mission in Liberia |
| UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
| VAR | Value-at-risk |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |