Host Felix Thompson gives a breakdown of the major stories in trade and trade finance news this week. Industry insiders are hopeful that access to funding and insurance will remain resilient across the wider supply chain finance market, despite the disastrous collapse of London-based behemoth Greensill. Trade finance transactions on Triterras’ blockchain-based Kratos platform can be viewed publicly, without any specialist knowledge or equipment, GTR can reveal. Swift has integrated the International Chamber of Commerce’s sustainable trade finance guidelines into its KYC registry, effectively creating an ESG reporting repository for companies around the world. Senior reporter John Basquill also provides a closer analysis of the sudden and dramatic demise of SCF provider Greensill, and what it means for the wider industry. Music credit to Kevin MacLeod for his track Loopster, taken from incompetech.com. Licensed under creative commons by attribution 3.0 license. Further music credit to Sunrise Drive by South London HiFi. Licensed under creative commons Attribution 4.0 License. Music promoted by CopyrightFree.org