Supplier Readiness & Risk Management Workshops

This workshop has been designed by Co-Labs Global, FinTech-Tables and Vialex as a direct response and follow up from the Co-Labs Global Security & Trust Hackathon Series 2025.

The workshop theme is aligned to requests from the ecosystem to deliver increased information sharing and engagement opportunities, based on the specific topics of fintech partnerships, supplier readiness and risk.

Workshop Challenge

How do suppliers ensure confidence and trust by design when building solutions for financial institutions, in relation to due diligence for product, security, and regulatory compliance.

Workshop Summary

During this workshop participants will work together to understand and address the challenges related to supplier readiness in financial services & FinTech.

We will explore practical approaches that can be undertaken to help suppliers navigate the due diligence process, effectively manage risks, and achieve compliance by design when building solutions for regulated firms.

Workshop Objectives

Participants will gain insights and knowledge sharing in the topic of having the right tools and frameworks in place to support supplier readiness and risk management.

1) Raise awareness of the gaps in supplier readiness by creating opportunities for open and structured dialog between suppliers, potential buyers, regulators trade bodies, and readiness consultants.

2) Support suppliers to accelerate the due diligence process, through education and preparation across governance, risk and compliance frameworks.

3) Create and sustain a collaborative space for ongoing dialog and ideation of pathways and solutions to accelerate and assure adoption of FinTech and RegTech products and solutions.

4) Propose and progress pathways and solutions to close gaps identified in relation to supplier readiness for FinTech partnerships.