| Acronym | Expansion |
|---|---|
| ACH | Automated Clearing House |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AMF | Autorité des marchés financiers |
| AML | Anti-Money Laundering |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| BaFin | Federal Financial Supervisory Authority |
| BoE | Bank of England |
| CAFRA | Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act |
| CBDC | Central Bank Digital Currency |
| CBRC | China Banking Regulatory Commission |
| CCCRA | California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act |
| CFPB | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| CFTC | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Program |
| CIRC | China Insurance Regulatory Commission |
| CSRC | China Securities Regulatory Commission |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DIDO | Distributed Immutable Data Object |
| DPPA | Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 |
| DoJ | U.S. Department of Justice |
| EU | European Union |
| FACTA | Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act |
| FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| FCA | Financial Conduct Authority |
| FCPA | Foreign Corrupt Practices Act |
| FCRA | Fair Credit Reporting Act |
| FDCPA | Fair Debt Collection Practices Act |
| FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FINMA | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority |
| FINRA | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority |
| FSA | UK Financial Services Agency |
| GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation |
| GLBA | Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act |
| GSC | Global StableCoin |
| IBBI | Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India |
| IRDAI | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| KYC | Know Your Customer |
| MAS | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
| MBSE | Model-Based Systems Engineering |
| MCLA | Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 |
| MiFID II | Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II |
| NAIC | National Association of Insurance Commissioners |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NCUA | National Credit Union Administration |
| NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| OCC | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency |
| OMG | Object Management Group |
| OTA | Other Transaction Authority |
| P&P | Policies and Procedures |
| PFRDA | Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority |
| PRA | UK Prudential Regulation Authority |
| PWG | President’s Working Group on Financial Markets |
| RA | Reference Architecture |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RFPA | Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 |
| RI | Reference Implementation |
| RICO | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 |
| RDT&E | Research Development Test & Evaluation |
| RTP | Real-Time Payments |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research |
| SDO | Standards Development Organization |
| SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SIG | Special Interest Group |
| SMS | Short Message Service |
| STTR | Small Business Technology Transfer |
| SUA | Specified Unlawful Activity |
| TANF | Temporary Assistance for Needy Families |
| TODO | Talk Openly Develop Openly |
| TVPA | Trafficking Victims Protection Act |
| TVPRA | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act |
| UAF | Unified Architecture Framework |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| VPPA | Video Privacy Protection Act |
| VSCB | Voluntary Standards Consensus Body |