The Export – Import Bank of the United States (abbreviated as EXIM or known as the Bank) is the official export credit agency (ECA) of the United States federal government. Operating as a wholly owned federal government corporation, the Bank “assists in financing and facilitating U.S. exports of goods and services”.

The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the Eurozone, a monetary union of 19 EU member states which employ the euro. Established by the Treaty of Amsterdam, the ECB is one of the world’s most important central banks and serves as one of seven institutions of the European Union, being enshrined in the Treaty on European Union (TEU).

The consolidated banking statistics (CBS) measure international banking activity from a nationality perspective, focusing on the country where the banking group’s parent is headquartered. While residence-based data such as the locational banking statistics indicate where positions are booked, they do not always identify where underlying decisions are made. This is because banking offices in one country may operate within a business model decided by the group’s controlling parent, which may be headquartered in another country. The CBS capture the worldwide claims of banking groups based in reporting countries and exclude intragroup positions, similar to the consolidation approach followed by banking supervisors.

Tax information exchange agreements (TIEA) provide for the exchange of information on request relating to a specific criminal or civil tax investigation or civil tax matters under investigation. A model TIEA was developed by the OECD Global Forum Working Group on Effective Exchange of Information.

Statutory Liquidity Ratio or SLR is a minimum percentage of deposits that a commercial bank has to maintain in the form of liquid cash, gold or other securities. It is basically the reserve requirement that banks are expected to keep before offering credit to customers.

State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational public sector bank and financial services statutory body headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. SBI is the 43rd largest bank in the world and ranked 221st in the Fortune Global 500 list of the world’s biggest corporations of 2020, being the only Indian bank on the list.

Special Deposit Scheme (SDS) was launched by the Central government on July 1, 1975. The purpose of the scheme was to provide better returns to non-government provident funds, superannuation and gratuity funds, surplus funds of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, etc.

Scheduled Commercial Bank(SCB) means a Scheduled Bank as listed in the Second Schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, excluding those listed under the headings of Gramin Banks, Urban Co-operative Banks and State Cooperative Banks.

KYC means Know Your Customer and sometimes Know Your Client. KYC or KYC check is the mandatory process of identifying and verifying the client’s identity when opening an account and periodically over time. In other words, banks must make sure that their clients are genuinely who they claim to be.

Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI Bank Limited or IDBI Bank or IDBI) was established in 1964 by an act to provide credit and other financial facilities for the development of the fledgling Indian industry. It is a development finance institution and a wholly owned subsidiary of Life Insurance Corporation.