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Criterion Standards

What are Criterion Standards?

Criterion’s Standards are used by leading providers, platforms, advisers, promoting efficiency throughout the industry.

They provide the backbone for the exchange and movement of data for a large range of processes, helping organisations to significantly cut the costs of linking between systems.

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How are Standards managed?

Criterion Standards are managed by working groups. Our working groups bring together expertise from providers, platforms, advisers, software companies and government and industry bodies. A key objective is to collaborate and identify ways to make processes more efficient and to cut costs for users.

Next working group meetings

Upcoming meeting

Process and Standards Group meeting

4 February 2026
Upcoming meeting

Annuity Application meeting

17 February 2026
Upcoming meeting

Fix LoA Action Group

18 March 2026

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