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
Standards and Governance Executive Meeting
9 September 2025
Document Vault Working Group meeting
11 September 2025
RHF Group meeting
17 September 2025
Latest standards news
PSG Update - July 2025
Read our latest Process and Standards Group update....
Transforming annuity applications: new standard to reduce friction and improve flow
We discuss the development of the new Post-Quote Annuity Application Data Standard, designed to...