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JAIIB SYLLABUS: ALL 4 PAPERS
The four compulsory JAIIB papers at a glance. Each paper has four modules; the full chapter list follows below.
Economic concepts behind banking, the structure of the Indian financial system, the RBI Act and Banking Regulation Act, and financial markets and products.
- Indian economy, planning, reforms and sectors
- Supply and demand, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy
- RBI Act, 1934 and Banking Regulation Act, 1949
- NBFCs, DFIs, microfinance and insurance companies
- Money, bond, forex and capital markets; derivatives, mutual funds, pensions
The core banking paper: customer relationship, KYC, lending, recovery laws, banking technology and ethics.
- Banker-customer relationship, KYC and AML
- Negotiable Instruments Act, paying and collecting banker
- Lending, appraisal, NPAs and recovery laws
- Indemnity, guarantee and letters of credit
- Banking technology, cyber fraud and ethics
Accounting principles, financial statements, financial management and taxation, with calculation-based questions.
- Accounting principles, bank reconciliation, depreciation, bank audit
- Final accounts, company accounts, cash flow and funds flow
- Ratio analysis, financial mathematics, working capital, capital structure
- Income tax, TDS, GST and fundamentals of costing
Retail banking products and services, recovery of retail loans, marketing of banking services and wealth management.
- Retail products, cards, remittances, digitisation and AI
- Credit scoring and recovery of retail loans
- Marketing, delivery channels and customer relationship management
- Wealth management, tax planning, home loans and mortgage advice
FULL CHAPTER LIST
Every module and chapter as prescribed by IIBF. Tap a paper to open it.
Paper 1: Indian Economy & Indian Financial System45 chapters
Module A: Indian Economic Architecture
- An overview of Indian Economy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Economic Planning in India📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Sectors of the Indian Economy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Role of Priority Sector and MSME in the Indian Economy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Infrastructure including Social Infrastructure📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Globalisation – Impact on India📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Economic Reforms📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Foreign Trade Policy, Foreign Investments and Economic Development📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- International Economic Organizations (World Bank, IMF etc.)📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Climate change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Issues facing Indian Economy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module B: Economic Concepts Related to Banking
- Fundamentals of Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Types of Economies📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Supply and Demand📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Money Supply and Inflation📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Theories of Interest📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Business Cycles📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Monetary Policy and Fiscal Policy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- National Income and GDP Concepts📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Union Budget📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module C: Indian Financial Architecture
- Indian Financial System – An Overview📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Indian Banking Structure📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and RBI Act, 1934📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Development Financial Institutions📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Micro Finance Institutions📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Non-Banking Financial Companies📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Insurance Companies📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Indian Financial System - Regulators & their roles📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Reforms & Developments in the Banking sector📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module D: Financial Products and Services
- Overview of Financial Markets📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Money Markets and Capital Markets📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Fixed Income Markets - Debt / Bond Markets📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Capital Markets and Stock Exchanges📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Forex Markets📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Interconnection of various markets/Market Dynamics📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Merchant Banking Services📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Derivatives Market including Credit Default Swaps📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Factoring, forfaiting & Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS)📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Venture capital📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Leasing and Hire Purchase📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Credit Rating agencies & their functions📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Mutual Funds📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Insurance Products📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Pension Funds (include APY, NPS)📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Guidelines on Para Banking & Financial Services provided by Banks📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Real Estate Investment Funds / Infrastructure Investment Fund (concept)📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Paper 2: Principles & Practices of Banking55 chapters
Module A: General Banking Operations
- Banker-Customer Relationship📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- AML-KYC Guidelines📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of KYC📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Opening Accounts of Various Types of Customers📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of Deposit Accounts📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of Handling Clearing/Collection/Cash📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Banker’s Special Relationship📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Foreign Exchange Remittance Facilities for Individuals📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of NRI Business📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Foreign Currency Accounts for Residents and Other Aspects📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Cash Management Services and Its Importance📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Payment and Collection of Cheques and Other Negotiable Instruments📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Responsibility of Paying Bank📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Responsibility of Collecting Bank📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Ancillary Services📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Financial Inclusion & Financial Literacy📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Customer Service Guidelines📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Duties & Rights of a Banker and Customer Rights📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Grievance Redressal & RBI Integrated Ombudsman Scheme 2021📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- The Consumer Protection Act, 2019: Preamble, Extent and Definitions📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- The Right to Information Act, 2005📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module B: Functions of Banks
- Principles of Lending, Different Types of Borrowers, and Types of Credit Facilities📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Appraisal and Assessment of Credit Facilities📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of Loan Accounts📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Types of Collaterals and Their Characteristics📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Different Modes of Charging Securities📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Documentation📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Non-Performing Assets/ Stressed Assets📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Important Laws Relating to Recovery Of Dues📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Contracts of Indemnity📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Contracts of Guarantee & Bank Guarantee📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Letters of Credit📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Deferred Payment Guarantee📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Laws Relating to Bill Finance📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Credit Cards, Home Loans, Personal Loans, Consumer Loans📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Priority Sector Advances📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Agricultural Finance📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Finance to MFIs/Co-Lending Arrangements with NBFCs📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Government Sponsored Schemes📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Self-Help Groups📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module C: Banking Technology
- Essentials of Bank Computerisation📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of CBS Environment📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Alternate Delivery Channels – Digital Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Data Communication Network and EFT Systems📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Digital Payment Systems – NPCI📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Impact of Technology Adoption and Trends in Banking Technology📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Security Considerations and Mitigation Measures in Banks📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of Cyber Crimes/Fraud Risk Management in Cyber Tech📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Technology trends in Banking, e-RUPI, Fintech - RegTech, SupTech, Hashtag banking etc.📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module D: Ethics in Banks and Financial Institutions
- Ethics, Business Ethics & Banking: An Integrated Perspective📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Ethics at the Individual Level📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Ethical Dimensions: Employees📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Work Ethics and the Workplace📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Banking Ethics: Changing Dynamics📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Paper 3: Accounting & Financial Management for Bankers35 chapters
Module A: Accounting Principles and Processes
- Definition, Scope and Accounting Standards including Ind AS📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Basic Accountancy Procedures📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Maintenance of Cash/Subsidiary Books and Ledger📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Bank Reconciliation Statement📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Trial Balance, Rectification of Errors and Adjusting & Closing Entries📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Depreciation & its Accounting📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Capital and Revenue Expenditure📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Bills of Exchange📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Operational Aspects of Accounting Entries📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Back Office Functions/Handling Unreconciled Entries in Banks📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Bank Audit & Inspection📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module B: Financial Statements and Core Banking Systems
- Balance Sheet Equation📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Preparation of Final Accounts📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Company Accounts – I📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Company Accounts – II📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Cash Flow & Funds Flow📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Final Accounts of Banking Companies📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Core Banking Systems & Accounting in Computerised Environment📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module C: Financial Management
- An Overview of Financial Management📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Ratio Analysis📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Financial Mathematics - Calculation of Interest & Annuities📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Financial Mathematics - Calculation of YTM📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Financial Mathematics - Forex Arithmetic📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Capital Structure and Cost of Capital📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Capital Investment Decisions/Term Loans📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Equipment Leasing/Lease Financing📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Working Capital Management📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Derivatives📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module D: Taxation and Fundamentals of Costing
- Taxation: Income Tax/TDS/Deferred Tax📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Goods & Services Tax📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- An Overview of Cost & Management Accounting📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Costing Methods📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Standard Costing📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Marginal Costing📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Budgets and Budgetary Control📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Paper 4: Retail Banking & Wealth Management31 chapters
Module A: Retail Banking
- Retail Banking: Introduction📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Retail Banking: Role within the Bank Operations📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Applicability of Retail Banking Concepts and Distinction between Retail and Corporate/Wholesale Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Branch Profitability📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module B: Retail Products and Recovery
- Customer Requirements📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Product Development Process📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Credit Scoring📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Important Retail Liability Products📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Important Retail Asset Products📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Credit and Debit Cards📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Remittance Products📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Digitisation of Retail Banking Products📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Role of AI and Technology in Retail Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Recovery of Retail Loans📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Management Information Systems📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Securitization📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module C: Support Services – Marketing of Banking Services/Products
- Marketing – An Introduction📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Delivery Channels in Retail Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Delivery Models📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Customer Relationship Management in Retail Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Service Standards for Retail Banking📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Marketing Information Systems- A Longitudinal Analysis📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
Module D: Wealth Management
- Importance of Wealth Management📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Investment Management📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Tax Planning📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Other Financial Services Provided by Banks📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Additional Reading Material on Home Loans📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Lender's Appraisal Procedure📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Housing Finance and Tax Planning📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Mortgage Advice📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
- Valuation of Real Property📄 Notes📄 Short Notes✅ Answer Key
KNOW THE EXAM BEFORE YOU WRITE IT
| Mode | Online only, in English or Hindi (chosen at registration). |
| Passing rule | 50 out of 100 in a paper. You also complete the exam if you score at least 45 in every paper with 50% aggregate in a single attempt. |
| Attempts | 5 attempts within 3 years; passed papers are carried forward within that limit. |
| Calculator | Battery-operated, up to 8 functions, 12 digits. Scientific calculators are not allowed. |
| Class of pass | First Class: 60% aggregate and pass in all papers in the first physical attempt. Distinction: 70% aggregate and 60+ in each paper in the first physical attempt. |
| Number of questions | About 100 per paper; IIBF may vary the number of questions. |
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