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Study articleJAIIB

Depreciation and the cost of using assets

Depreciation allocates an asset's depreciable amount over its useful life under an accounting method. It affects reported profit and carrying amount, while differing from a fresh cash payment or a direct market valuation.

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Study articleDBF

Mapping the financial system

A financial system connects savers, borrowers, intermediaries, markets and payment infrastructure. Learn to follow a rupee through those relationships and distinguish the service provided from the institution providing it.

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Study articleSBI

Percentage change and the correct base

Calculate increases, decreases and successive changes by naming the comparison base first, then use an original account-opening example to show why equal percentages need not cancel.

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Study articleIBPS & RRB

Fractions, decimals and mental benchmarks

Convert familiar fractions into decimals and percentages, use benchmark values to compare quantities and keep the whole-number base visible when a fractional share must be turned into an amount.

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Study articleRBI

Central-bank functions and institutional boundaries

A central bank supports monetary and financial stability through distinct functions such as monetary policy, currency management, banking oversight and payment-system responsibilities. Understanding these roles prevents confusion with commercial banking and government spending.

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Study articleBanking foundations

Authentication safety: PINs, passwords and one-time codes

Authentication secrets help authorise access or transactions and should be protected from disclosure. Safe banking habits distinguish information needed to identify an issue from credentials that another person should not ask the customer to reveal.

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Study articleJAIIB

Bank reconciliation and timing differences

Bank reconciliation explains differences between the cash book and the bank statement at a specified date. Timing items and missing entries must be distinguished before adjusting records or interpreting the available balance.

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Study articleCAIIB

Reading a liquidity maturity ladder

A liquidity maturity ladder arranges expected receipts and payments by time. Learn why a comfortable total balance can conceal an early cash shortage and why behavioural assumptions need evidence and regular challenge.

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Study articleDBF

What a commercial bank does

Commercial banks combine deposit relationships, lending, payment services and financial record keeping. Understanding these functions helps a beginner separate customer convenience, income generation, liquidity needs and the bank's continuing obligations.

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Study articleBanking foundations

QR codes and collect requests: read the payment direction

Digital-payment safety requires reading what an app action authorises, including the recipient and direction of funds. A request framed as receiving money can conceal an instruction to approve a payment or disclose authentication information.

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Study articleJAIIB

What a trial balance can and cannot prove

A trial balance compares debit and credit totals, helping locate some posting errors. Agreement is useful, but it does not prove that every transaction is complete, correctly classified or recorded in the right period.

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Study articleCAIIB

Interpreting repricing gaps and earnings sensitivity

Repricing gap analysis compares assets and liabilities whose interest terms reset within a period. Learn to distinguish rate sensitivity from cash maturity and to state the assumptions behind a simplified earnings estimate.

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Study articleDBF

Customer accounts and operating instructions

An account records a customer relationship, ownership and agreed operating instructions. Learning who may give instructions and how changes are verified builds a foundation for safe, accurate branch service.

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Study articleSBI

Weighted averages and group size

Combine group averages using their sizes, recover a missing total and avoid the common mistake of averaging two averages when their underlying groups contain different numbers of observations.

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Study articleIBPS & RRB

HCF, LCM and divisibility structure

Choose between greatest common grouping and least common repetition, calculate HCF and LCM from prime factors and interpret the result in a practical equal-bundling or recurring-cycle scenario.

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Study articleRBI

Money aggregates: definitions before comparisons

Money aggregates group monetary instruments according to defined coverage and liquidity characteristics. A meaningful comparison states which components are included, whose holdings are counted and whether the figures represent a stock or a change.

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Study articleBanking foundations

Phishing and fake support: verify the route

Phishing and impersonation scams use deceptive messages, websites or support claims to obtain information or induce action. Safe verification begins by reaching the institution independently rather than following the suspicious message’s supplied route.

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Study articleJAIIB

Profit, receivables and operating cash flow

Profit recognises income and expenses under accounting rules, while cash flow tracks receipts and payments. Comparing the two helps explain receivable growth, non-cash charges and why apparent success can strain liquidity.

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Study articleCAIIB

Duration and the economic value perspective

Duration summarises the timing and interest-rate sensitivity of bond cash flows. Learn why economic value can fall even when near-term income looks steady, and why duration is an approximation with defined limits.

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Study articleDBF

Choosing between deposit account structures

Deposit products differ in access, tenure, transaction use and interest arrangements. Compare these features against a customer's cash needs instead of judging suitability from an advertised return alone.

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  1. 01

    Understand the system

    • Economy basics
    • Financial institutions
    • Markets and products
  2. 02

    Connect everyday banking

    • Customer relationships
    • Bank operations
    • Technology and ethics
  3. 03

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    • Accounting entries
    • Financial statements
    • Numerical reasoning
  4. 04

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    • Retail products
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