| ABCP | asset-backed commercial paper |
| ABET | Adult Basic Education and Training |
| ACSA | Airports Company of South Africa |
| AGM | annual general meeting |
| AIRB | Advanced Internal Ratings-based |
| AJTP | activity-justified transfer pricing |
| ALCO | Asset and Liability Committee |
| ALM | asset and liability management |
| ALSI | all-share index |
| AMA | Advanced Measurement Approach |
| AMP | Advanced Management Programme |
| ASA | Athletics South Africa |
| ATM | automated teller machine |
| BA | Banks Act |
| BEE | black economic empowerment |
| BESA | Bond Exchange of South Africa |
| BMF | Black Management Forum |
| BRMF | Business Risk Management Forum |
| CAPM | Capital Adequacy Projection Model |
| CAGR | compound annual growth rate |
| CAR | capital adequacy ratio |
| CE | chief executive |
| CEM | current exposure method |
| CF | commodities finance |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CFT | combating of the financing of terrorist and related activities |
| CGU | cash-generating unit |
| CMAT | Client Management Assessment Tool |
| CMF | Capital Management Framework |
| CMVU | Credit Models Validation Unit |
| COE | cost of equity |
| CPIX | consumer price index excluding mortgage bond interest cost |
| CPM | Credit Portfolio Model |
| CRO | Chief Risk Officer |
| CSI | corporate social investment |
| CVaR | credit value at risk |
| DBSA | Development Bank of South Africa |
| DCC | divisional credit committee |
| DCM | Debt Capital Markets |
| dEL | downturn expected loss |
| DJSI | Dow Jones World Sustainability Index |
| dLGD | downturn loss-given default |
| DoL | Department of Labour |
| DSTI | deferred short-term incentive |
| dti | Department of Trade and Industry |
| EAD | exposure at default |
| EaR | earnings at risk |
| Ecap | economic capital |
| ECC | Executive Credit Committee |
| ECM | Equity Capital Markets |
| ED | enterprise development |
| EDP | Executive Development Programme |
| EE | employment equity |
| EEF | Employment Equity Forum |
| EFO | Executive Financial Officer |
| EGC | enterprise governance and compliance |
| EL | expected loss |
| EME | emerging microenterprise |
| EMTN | European medium-term note programme |
| EP | economic profit |
| EPS | earnings per share |
| ERCO | Enterprisewide Risk Committee |
| ERM | enterprisewide risk management |
| ERMF | Enterprisewide Risk Management Framework |
| ESAAMLG | Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-money-laundering Group |
| ETDP | Education and Training Development Practices |
| ETI | Ecobank Transnational Incorporated |
| EVE | economic value of equity |
| EVP | employee value proposition |
| Exco | executive committee |
| FAIS | Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act |
| FCL | foreign currency loans |
| FCTR | foreign currency translation reserve |
| FIC | Financial Intelligence Centre |
| FICA | Financial Intelligence Centre Act |
| forex | foreign exchange |
| FSC | Financial Sector Charter |
| FTE | fulltime equivalent |
| FTP | funds transfer pricing |
| FVTPL | fair value through profit or loss |
| FX | foreign exchange |
| GAC | Group Audit Committee |
| GCC | Group Credit Committee |
| GCRF | Group Credit Risk Management Framework |
| GCRM | Group Credit Risk Monitoring |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GIA | Group Internal Audit |
| GIBS | Gordon Institute of Business |
| GMRM | Group Market Risk Monitoring |
| GORF | Group Operational Risk Management Framework |
| GORM | Group Operational-risk Monitoring |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| GT | Group Technology |
| HC | headcount |
| HCD | human capital development |
| HEPS | headline earnings per share |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HVCRE | high-volatility commercial real estate |
| IAS | International Accounting Standards |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| ICAAP | internal capital adequacy assessment process |
| IEP | International Executive Programme |
| IFRIC | International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| INSEAD | Institute of Risk Management South Africa |
| IPRE | income-producing real estate |
| IRB | internal ratings-based |
| IRMSA | Institute of Risk Management South Africa |
| IRRBB | interest rate risk in the banking book |
| ISDA | International Swaps and Derivatives Association |
| ISLA | International Securities Lending Association |
| ISMA | International Security Management Association |
| IT | information technology |
| ITBLP | Information Technology Banking Learnership Programme |
| JIBAR | Johannesburg Interbank Agreement Rate |
| JV | joint venture |
| KRI | key risk indicator |
| LDP | Leadership Development Programme |
| LGD | loss-given default |
| LSM | Living Standards Measure |
| LTI | long-term incentive |
| LTV | loan to value |
| M | maturity |
| M&A | mergers and acquisitions |
| MAP | Management Advancement Programme |
| MDP | Management Development Plan |
| MFC | Motor Finance Corporation |
| MIP | Matched Investment Plan |
| MIS | management information system |
| MLCP | Money-laundering Control Programme |
| MTM | mark-to-market |
| NAV | net asset value |
| NBCV | Nederlandsche Bank en Credietvereeniging voor Zuid-Afrika |
| NBS | Natal Building Society |
| NBSA | Netherlands Bank of South Africa |
| NBZA | Nederlandsche Bank voor Zuid-Afrika |
| NCA | National Credit Act |
| NCD | negotiable certificate of deposit |
| NEEF | Nedbank Employment Equity Forum |
| NEI | Nedbank ethics indicator |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NGR | Nedbank Group rating |
| NIB | Nedcor Investment Bank |
| NII | net interest income |
| NIR | non-interest revenue |
| NPA | non-performing advance |
| NPO | non-profitable organisation |
| npv | net present value |
| NTR | Nedbank transaction rating |
| OF | object finance |
| OMART | Old Mutual Alternative Risk Transfer Fund |
| OMSA | Old Mutual South Africa |
| Opcom | Group Operations Committee |
| OTC | over the counter |
| PASA | Payment Association of South Africa |
| P & L | profit and loss |
| PD | probability of default |
| PIC | Public Investment Corporation |
| PIP | property in possession |
| PF | project finance |
| POS | point of sale |
| PRP | Prince's Rainforest Project |
| PSL | Premier Soccer League |
| PWD | People With Disabilities |
| QSE | qualifying small enterprise |
| RAPM | risk-adjusted performance measurement |
| ROA | return on assets |
| ROE | return on equity |
| RORAC | return on risk-adjusted capital |
| RWA | risk-weighted asset |
| SA | Standardised Approach |
| SADC | South African Development Community |
| SAFEX | South African Futures Exchange |
| SAR | share appreciation right |
| SARB | South African Reserve Bank |
| SARS | South African Revenue Service |
| SBPR | share-based payments reserve |
| SCP | Strategic Capital Plan |
| SENS | Securities Exchange News Service |
| SFT | securities financing transaction |
| SLDP | Senior Leadership Development Programme |
| SMB | Strategic Management in Banking |
| SME | small and medium enterprise |
| SOA | service-oriented architecture |
| SPE | special-purpose entity |
| SPV | special-purpose vehicle |
| SREP | supervisory review and evaluation process |
| SRI | Socially Responsible Investment |
| SST | self-service terminal |
| STC | secondary tax on companies |
| STI | short-term incentive |
| TIP | transactional and investment products |
| TOPP | Training Outside Public Practice |
| TRAHRCO | Transformation and HR Committee |
| TTC | through the cycle |
| UK LTIP | United Kingdom long-term incentive plan |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNEP FI | United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives |
| USD | United States dollar |
| VAF | vehicle and asset finance |
| VaR | value at risk |
| VAT | value-added tax |
| WBS | Wits Business School |
| WSP | Workplace Skills Plan |
| WWF | WorldWide Fund for Nature |
| WWFSA | WorldWide Fund for Nature South Africa |
| YOY | year-on-year |