FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam said Thursday (April 24) that the logistics giant is using advanced data analytics and AI to navigate complex global trade disruptions — the latest of which are U.S. tariffs. “Things are changing by the minute,” Subramaniam said during a fireside chat...
Ongoing global trade battles have caught America’s mid-sized companies in their crossfire. Unlike multinational giants with deep pockets, and small businesses able to pivot quickly, mid-sized firms can frequently find themselves in an awkward middle ground, big enough to feel the financial strain but not...
Canada is responding to U.S. tariffs with its own 25% levy on American goods. These counter tariffs, as Bloomberg News reported, are due to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern time Thursday (March 13) and cover $20.8 billion in imports such as steel and aluminum...
Global freight is an industry where knowledge is power. That makes digital transformation a key advantage, something that Freightos executives stressed to company investors on Monday’s (Feb. 24) fourth-quarter 2024 earnings call. “Freightos continues to lead the digital transformation of global freight, delivering in the...
March 20, 2025
Ongoing global trade battles have caught America’s mid-sized companies in their crossfire. Unlike multinational giants with deep pockets, and small businesses able to pivot quickly, mid-sized firms can frequently find themselves in an awkward middle ground, big enough to feel the financial strain but not nimble enough to dodge the blows. With tariffs soaring and […]
September 26, 2024
Global trade, at its heart, is about receivables. One company owes another for the goods or services it has purchased. While that may sound simple enough, businesses engaged in international...
February 06, 2024
One of the biggest challenges to account for in cross-border payments is, well, the accounting. It’s a silent but often deadly snarl that can tangle up business’ plans to tap...
February 04, 2020
Tech-enabled disruptors promise to upend the way things have always been done to help streamline industries that are paper-reliant, process-reliant and perhaps ripe for a shake-up. For some newer firms...
March 12, 2025
Canada is responding to U.S. tariffs with its own 25% levy on American goods. These counter tariffs, as Bloomberg News reported, are due to go into effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern time Thursday (March 13) and cover $20.8 billion in imports such as steel and aluminum products and consumer goods like computers and sports equipment. As […]
April 30, 2024
Swap has raised $9 million in a Series A round to launch its global eCommerce platform designed to facilitate cross-border shipments. The new Swap Global will enable the company to help...
December 11, 2023
Swift has successfully tested a global trade interoperability solution in collaboration with BNY Mellon, Deutsche Bank and four electronic bills of lading (eBL) platforms. This solution has the potential to revolutionize the use...
September 25, 2023
Global trade has reportedly experienced a significant decline in recent months, with trade volumes falling at the fastest pace since the pandemic began. The slowdown in global trade can be...
