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JAIIB November 2026: Exam Dates, Registration & a Realistic Study Plan

By Swarnakshi Jha (ex-banker) · 22 August 2026 · JAIIB Nov-2026 cycle

If you are appearing for JAIIB in the November 2026 cycle, here is everything that matters in one place: the paper dates, the registration window, and a study plan that fits around a full-time banking job.

JAIIB November 2026 exam dates

Paper	Subject	Date
Paper 1	Indian Economy & Indian Financial System (IE&IFS)	1 November 2026
Paper 2	Principles & Practices of Banking (PPB)	22 November 2026
Paper 3	Accounting & Financial Management for Bankers (AFM)	28 November 2026
Paper 4	Retail Banking & Wealth Management (RBWM)	29 November 2026

Registration extended: IIBF has extended JAIIB registration for this cycle to 1 September 2026. If you have not registered yet, that is your hard deadline — confirm the exact cutoff on iibf.org.in.

The shape of the calendar — and why it matters

Notice the gaps. There are three weeks between IE&IFS and PPB, then the last three papers land within eight days of each other (22, 28, 29 November). That back-loaded calendar punishes anyone who plans to "study each subject just before its paper" — there simply isn't time between AFM and RBWM.

A realistic plan for a working banker

Now – mid-September: finish one full read of IE&IFS and start PPB. IE&IFS comes first and is the most current-affairs-sensitive paper — GDP base year, budget figures and monetary policy numbers all drift.
Mid-September – October: complete PPB and AFM notes. From September, one full-length mock every week, alternating subjects. Review every wrong answer against the unit it came from — the mock is only worth the review you do after it.
Late October: IE&IFS final revision + mocks. Sit Paper 1 on 1 November.
1–22 November: the luxury window. Three full weeks for PPB alone. Use it for two full mocks and unit-wise drilling of your weak modules.
22–29 November: the crunch. AFM and RBWM within a week of PPB. This is exactly what rapid-revision material exists for — key figures, formula sheets and the numbers that examiners love, compressed for the final 48 hours before each paper.

One warning about study material

The exam tests current law, and 2025–26 changed an unusual amount of it: GST slabs were restructured, bank nomination rules were rewritten, MSME classification limits were revised. If your notes were printed before these changes, you will confidently mark wrong answers. We keep a running list — see 15+ law changes your textbook doesn't know.

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Independent study aid — not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by IIBF. Exam pattern, dates and passing criteria are set by IIBF — always confirm current rules at iibf.org.in. Regulatory figures verified as of July 2026; verify from official sources (rbi.org.in) before relying on them in practice.