It stands for contingent convertible debt; a debt (usually in the form of bonds/ CoCo bonds) that can convert to...

It stands for systemically important bank; a bank (or a banking institution) that is identified by a regulatory authority as...

It stands for systemically important financial institution. A bank, an insurance firm, or any type of financial institution that are...

An acronym for risk-weighted assets; a measure of a bank's or financial institution's capital that relates its main risk exposures...

An event that triggers a regulated institution's seizure or resolution by a regulatory body. This follows a situation where an...

It stands for commercial paper, which constitutes unsecured, short-term notes that are sold on a discount basis either indirectly (through…

It stands for bank deposit certificate (a certificate of deposit, CD, that is issued by a bank). It is a...

It stands for federal funds rate; the interest rate at which banks and other depository institutions, in the USA, lend...

It stands for effective federal funds rate; a method of calculating the federal funds rate (fed funds rate) that produces...

It stands for marginal cost lending rate; the minimum interest rate below which banks and financial institutions cannot lend as...