More and more of the discussions in threads on the forum use common abbreviations for terms specific to banking and this site. Here is a list of the most commonly used terms.
Banking Terms
A.Q. - Allocation Questionnaire
B.B.A. - British Bankers Association
B.A.G. - Bank Action Group (other name for CAG)
C.A.B. - Citizens Advice Bueraux
Website
C.A.G. - Consumer Action Group (this site)
C.C. - Credit Card
C.C.A. - Consumer Credit Act
C.C.C.S. - Consumer Credit Counselling Service
C.I.F.A.S- Fraud Prevention Service
Website
C.P.R. - Civil Procedure Rules
Website
C.R.A. - Credit Reference Agency
D.D. - Direct Debit
D.P.A. - Data Protection Act
F.A.Q's - Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ's
F.O.S. - Financial Ombudsman Service
Website
F.S.A. - Financial Services Authority
Website
I.C.O. - Information Commissioners Office
Website
L.B.A. - Letter Before Action
M.C.O.L. - Moneyclaim Online
M.S.E. - Moneysaving Expert
Website
N1 - Form for filing claim at County Court
Blank Form Template for filling out
O.F.T. - Office of Fair Trading
Website
P.C.N. - Penalty Charge Notice
P.P.I. - Payment Protection Insurance
S.A.R. - Subject Access Request
S.C.C. - Small Claims Court
S.O. - Standing Order
U.C.T.A. - Unfair Contract Terms Act
U.T.C.C.R. - Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999
1999 Regulations 2001 Amendments Other terms used
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
BUMP - Bring Up My Posting - Used when a thread has slipped down the list of threads and still needs an answer
BTW - By the way
FWIW - For What It's Worth
HTH - Hope that helps
IMO/IMHO - In My Opinion/In My Humble Opinion
Glossary of Abbreviations used in forums 
