**Breaking: Escrow Emerges as Key Tool for Financial Resiliency Amid Growing Regulatory Complexity**
Wayne Scott, Global Regulatory Compliance Lead at Escode, has highlighted critical gaps in financial sector resiliency planning during a FinextraTV interview. While firms focus on software protection, Scott warns they’re overlooking supply chain failure, service deterioration, and dangerous concentration risks. He challenged the “too big to fail” narrative, emphasizing many institutions are actually “too big to save,” making proactive resiliency measures essential.
Scott outlined stark regulatory differences across major markets including the UK, India, Saudi Arabia, US, and Switzerland, complicating compliance strategies for global operators. The complexity of navigating these divergent frameworks increases operational vulnerability. Central to Scott’s recommendations is software escrow as a proven mechanism to mitigate third-party vendor risks and reduce institutional exposure.
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FXnCO Insight
** Financial institutions should immediately audit their third-party dependencies and implement escrow arrangements to protect against vendor failure, particularly as global regulatory fragmentation intensifies operational risk exposure.
Source: Finextra