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Third-Party Risk Must Stop Owning Everyone Else’s Problems
Third-party risk teams risk becoming organizational bottlenecks unless businesses take greater ownership of supplier risk. A senior UK building society risk manager explains how large-scale integration exposed weaknesses in data, accountability and processes, driving a shift toward embedded controls, automation, stronger data foundations and TPRM as an enterprise enablement capability.
Aug 28, 2026
Center for Financial Professionals
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Tags: Vendor and Third Party Risk
Third-Party Risk Must Stop Owning Everyone Else’s Problems
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  • Traditional policy-led TPRM models struggle to operate effectively at scale
  • Major integration exposed inconsistent data, duplicated suppliers and fragmented decision-making
  • TPRM should enable business ownership rather than assume responsibility for every supplier-related risk
  • Embedded controls and automated workflows can strengthen accountability without creating additional work
  • Clean, validated supplier data must come before large-scale AI adoption
  • Future TPRM models will increasingly focus on real-time insight and enterprise-wide enablement
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