Application toolkit
Streamlined Approvals Framework for Targeted New Entrants
Application toolkit
This page provides links to the documents and forms required under the streamlined framework for targeted new entrants; it does not replace the broader guidance and regulatory expectations set out elsewhere on our website. Applicants should continue to meet all applicable expectations, including those related to liquidity, capital, governance, risk management, and integrity and security.
Phase 1
- Initial Readiness Assessment - Requirements for Provincial Credit Unions
- Initial Readiness Assessment - Requirements for Innovators
Phase 2
- Formal Application Checklist – Provincial Credit Unions (PDF)
- Formal Application Checklist – Innovators (PDF)
Phase 3
Existing Guides
- Guide for Incorporating Banks and Federally Regulated Trust and Loan Companies
- Guide for Continuing a Local Cooperative Credit Society as a Federal Credit Union
- Acquisition or increase of a significant interest in, and/or acquisition of control of, a federally regulated entity
- Guide for Continuing a Body Corporate as a Bank or a Federally Regulated Trust or Loan Company
Your feedback matters
OSFI welcomes your input. Please send all feedback or enquiries related to the Streamlined Approvals Framework to StreamlinedApprovals-Approbationssimplifiees@osfi-bsif.gc.ca.