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Banking exam syllabus 2026

Explore 2026 syllabus references for JAIIB, CAIIB, DBF, SBI, IBPS, RRB and RBI: paper outlines, exam stages, revision steps and official documents.

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Explore paper and stage outlines for JAIIB, CAIIB, DBF, SBI, IBPS, RRB and RBI. Follow each official source for the complete syllabus and amendments.

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012026 official syllabusCAIIB Syllabus & exam structureAdvanced preparation combines four common papers with one specialist elective.Show or hide syllabus

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Examination at a glance

  • 4 compulsory papers + 1 elective
  • Online examination; 2 hours per paper.
  • 100 marks, normally 100 objective questions including cases; question count may vary.
  • Some numerical answers may require direct keyboard entry.
  • No penalty for incorrect answers.

ABM

Advanced Bank Management

  • Statistical applications
  • People management
  • Credit decisions and monitoring
  • Compliance and governance

BFM

Bank Financial Management

  • Cross-border banking
  • Bank risk
  • Treasury operations
  • Balance-sheet decisions

ABFM

Advanced Business & Financial Management

  • Management decisions
  • Advanced corporate finance
  • Valuation and business combinations
  • Emerging financing approaches

BRBL

Banking Regulations and Business Laws

  • Bank regulation and compliance
  • Banking legislation: first group
  • Banking legislation: second group
  • Commercial-law applications

Your elective options

Choose one elective for the qualification; use the official booklet for its detailed coverage.

  • Rural Banking
  • Human Resources Management
  • Information Technology & Digital Banking
  • Risk Management
  • Central Banking

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  1. Build a decision sheet for each case: identify the objective, relevant facts, calculation, risk and reason for the answer.
  2. Practise explaining why an attractive alternative fails. This reveals assumptions that a correct numerical result can hide.
  3. Separate your common-paper revision from your chosen elective so the specialist paper receives its own recurring study slot.
  4. Retest errors with different numbers and a changed business scenario instead of memorising the original solution.
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Banking exam syllabus 2026

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Topic & revision guideCAIIB

Topic guide: Designing incentives that support sound conduct

Performance incentives influence which activities employees prioritise. Learn why sales targets need quality and conduct evidence, how appraisal can consider controllable factors and why apparent target success may conceal costs shifted to customers or future periods.

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Topic & revision guideCAIIB

Topic guide: Planning resilience across outsourced services

Outsourced delivery can make a bank dependent on external systems and providers. Learn to map critical services, test workable alternatives and retain management accountability instead of assuming that a contract transfers the institution's responsibility for continuity.

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Topic & revision guideCAIIB

Topic guide: Choosing audit work through risk and control evidence

Risk-based internal audit prioritises assurance work by considering exposure and control effectiveness. Learn how independent assessment differs from owning the process, and why an audit plan should respond to material changes instead of repeating last year's schedule automatically.

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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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