Attestation
By submitting the Professional Trustee Account Attestation form, I further attest that:
- The deposits in the mentioned account(s) are held in trust by a Professional Trustee;
- The trustee is not acting in the capacity of a Nominee Broker1 with respect to those deposits;
- The contact information provided is accurate and up to date; and
- I request that the mentioned account(s) be identified as Professional Trustee Account(s) (“PTA”).
Acknowledgement of Responsibilities
I acknowledge that the Professional Trustee has the following obligations for the accounts identified as PTAs:
- Maintain a record that sets the current name and address of each beneficiary of a deposit in the account and the amount or percentage of interest or right of each beneficiary;
- If the deposit is held under a Special Income Arrangement2, the type of arrangement and the name and address of the individual for whose benefit the arrangement is established;
- Provide an annual attestation in April of each year in respect of the PTA designation to Coast Capital Savings Federal Credit Union ("Coast Capital") and update contact information if applicable.
- Notify Coast Capital if the Trustee no longer qualifies as a Professional Trustee or no longer wants the account(s) designated as PTA with a request that the PTA designation be removed; and
- Provide beneficiary information for the PTA(s) to CDIC in a suitable electronic format when requested by CDIC to do so.
For Payment Service Providers
If you attested that the Professional Trustee is an applicant Payment Service Provider (PSP) holding end-user funds in trust in a trust account that is not used for any other purpose under the box for “A person who is acting as a trustee of moneys for others in the course of business and is required by or under the statute to hold the deposit in Trust”
- If the applicant PSP is notified by the Bank of Canada of a refusal to register, I acknowledge that the PSP must immediately notify Coast Capital that it is no longer a Professional Trustee and request that the designation of the account(s) as PTA be removed; or
- If the applicant PSP is notified by the Bank of Canada that it has been successfully registered under section 25 of the RPAA, I acknowledge that the PSP must immediately update the attestation to check the box for “A payment service provided that is registered as those expressions are defined in section 2 of the Retail Payment Activities Act”.
Required Information
- I understand that if the Professional Trustee fails to provide the required information for PTA to Coast Capital by April 30th of each year, the designation of the account(s) as PTA will be removed by Coast Capital as required by the CDIC Act.
- I understand that if the Professional Trustee fails to provide the beneficiary information for the mentioned accounts to CDIC when requested to do so by CDIC, there could be a reduction or loss of deposit insurance coverage for the mentioned account(s).
- I understand that the information provided in this form will be used by Coast Capital and shared with CDIC for the purposes indicated above. By submitting the Professional Trustee Account Attestation form, I consent to the use and sharing of the information in this form, including personal information, for this stated purpose.

Coast Capital Savings Federal Credit Union is a member of the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC). More CDIC information
Only deposits payable in Canada are eligible to be insured under the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.
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1. Nominee Broker, under the CDIC Act, is a person who is a party to an agreement or arrangement with a member institution in order to make deposits as a nominee on behalf of another person.
2. Special Income Arrangements are set out in Division G of the Income Tax Act. For the purposes of deposit insurance, the CDIC Act refers to six types of Special Income Arrangements that receive separate deposit insurance protection. These are: 1. Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs), 2. Registered Retirement Income Funds (RRIFs), 3. Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs), 4. Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSPs), 5. Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs), and 6. First Home Savings Account (FHSA).