top 100 banking and financial abbreviations:
1. ACH - Automated Clearing House
2. APR - Annual Percentage Rate
3. ATM - Automated Teller Machine
4. B2B - Business to Business
5. B2C - Business to Consumer
6. BPS - Basis Point
7. CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate
8. CAPM - Capital Asset Pricing Model
9. CCP - Central Counterparty Clearing
10. CDO - Collateralized Debt Obligation
11. CDS - Credit Default Swap
12. CEO - Chief Executive Officer
13. CFO - Chief Financial Officer
14. CFP - Certified Financial Planner
15. CFTC - Commodity Futures Trading Commission
16. CMO - Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
17. COO - Chief Operating Officer
18. CPA - Certified Public Accountant
19. CPI - Consumer Price Index
20. CRM - Customer Relationship Management
21. ETF - Exchange-Traded Fund
22. FDI - Foreign Direct Investment
23. FICO - Fair Isaac Corporation (credit score)
24. FINRA - Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
25. FOREX - Foreign Exchange Market
26. FSA - Financial Services Authority
27. GAAP - Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
28. GDP - Gross Domestic Product
29. HFT - High-Frequency Trading
30. IPO - Initial Public Offering
31. IRS - Internal Revenue Service
32. KYC - Know Your Customer
33. LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate
34. LLP - Limited Liability Partnership
35. M&A - Mergers and Acquisitions
36. MBA - Master of Business Administration
37. NASDAQ - National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
38. NDA - Non-Disclosure Agreement
39. NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
40. NPV - Net Present Value
41. OTC - Over-The-Counter
42. P/E - Price to Earnings Ratio
43. P2P - Peer-to-Peer
44. PMI - Purchasing Managers' Index
45. PPI - Producer Price Index
46. PPP - Purchasing Power Parity
47. R&D - Research and Development
48. RFP - Request for Proposal
49. ROI - Return on Investment
50. ROE - Return on Equity
51. SEC - Securities and Exchange Commission
52. SME - Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
53. SPAC - Special Purpose Acquisition Company
54. SWIFT - Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
55. TARP - Troubled Asset Relief Program
56. T-Bill - Treasury Bill
57. TTM - Trailing Twelve Months
58. VC - Venture Capital
59. VAR - Value at Risk
60. WTO - World Trade Organization
61. 401(k) - Retirement Savings Plan
62. 403(b) - Retirement Savings Plan (non-profit)
63. 529 - College Savings Plan
64. ADR - American Depositary Receipt
65. BEP - Break-even Point
66. CFI - Cash Flow Index
67. CMA - Comparative Market Analysis
68. DCF - Discounted Cash Flow
69. EBITDA - Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
70. EMV - Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (chip card technology)
71. EPS - Earnings Per Share
72. FICO - Fair Isaac Corporation (credit score)
73. FOMC - Federal Open Market Committee
74. FRB - Federal Reserve Board
75. FSBO - For Sale By Owner
76. FHA - Federal Housing Administration
77. HUD - Department of Housing and Urban Development
78. IRR - Internal Rate of Return
79. LBO - Leveraged Buyout
80. LLC - Limited Liability Company
81. LTV - Loan-to-Value Ratio
82. MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence
83. NOL - Net Operating Loss
84. OAS - Option-Adjusted Spread
85. OER - Owner's Equivalent Rent
86. PE - Private Equity
87. PIP - Percentage in Point
88. REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
89. RFP - Request for Proposal
90. ROR - Rate of Return
91. SBA - Small Business Administration
92. SIPC - Securities Investor Protection Corporation
93. SRO - Self-Regulatory Organization
94. TCO - Total Cost of Ownership
95. UCC - Uniform Commercial Code
96. UPI - Unified Payments Interface
97. VA - Veterans Affairs
98. VIX - Volatility Index
99. YTD - Year-to-Date
100. ZBA - Zero Balance Account
abbreviations cover a wide range of financial and banking terms commonly used in various contexts.