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UPS Capital Uses AI to Stop Holiday Delivery Disasters

October 16, 2026
Small Business Lending Looks Beyond Credit Scores to Everyday Business Data
SMBs // October 14, 2026

A small business can have a warehouse full of merchandise, a growing order book and packages moving toward customers, and still struggle to qualify for financing. The problem isn’t that the business lacks money-making potential. It’s that traditional underwriting can struggle to distinguish between the...

UPS Trims Seasonal Hiring After Planned Package Volume Reduction
Shipping // October 07, 2026

UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations across the United States to meet the demand of the upcoming holiday shipping season, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. These seasonal employees will join UPS’s global workforce that numbers around...

UPS Debuts Secure Commerce to Keep Supply Chains Moving
Supply Chain // September 30, 2026

UPS has introduced a suite of supply chain solutions aimed at addressing risk, uncertainty and logistical obstacles. The company’s Secure Commerce offering, announced Wednesday (Sept. 30), is designed to offer “data-driven intelligence,” actionable insights and “proactive risk management” to help reduce threats like fraud, delivery issues or...

Port of LA Fended Off 120 Million Cyberattacks in August
Cybersecurity // September 17, 2026

The Port of Los Angeles reportedly blocked more than 120 million cyberattacks during August. That’s according to a report Thursday (Sept. 17) by Bloomberg News, which notes that these attacks on America’s busiest container hub for global trade represent an ongoing operational threat amid shifting tariff policies. Gene...

Interviews & Exclusives
UPS Capital Uses AI to Stop Holiday Delivery Disasters

October 16, 2026
Watch more: Digital Shift with UPS Capital’s Ashley Hillman One of the most stressful situations for holiday shoppers is opening the door to find nothing there after a tracking page says the package was delivered. Ashley Hillman knows the feeling firsthand. A pair of pajamas she ordered for her kids’ Santa photos never showed up. […]

Hormuz Disruption Opens New Test for Crypto in Global Trade

May 18, 2026
There are few economic bottlenecks more consequential than the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly a fifth of global oil consumption passes through the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the...

Amazon Bets Logistics Is the New Cloud

May 07, 2026
Amazon is turning another internal capability into a commercial product. This time, the asset is logistics. On Monday (May 4), the eCommerce and retail titan launched Amazon Supply Chain Services...

Trade Disruptions Tie Up Cash and Test CFO Playbooks

March 16, 2026
The war in Iran is increasingly giving the freight sector a fright. As of Monday (March 16), the geopolitical risks of the Middle East engagement have already reshaped global trade patterns around...

Quick Reads
UPS Trims Seasonal Hiring After Planned Package Volume Reduction

October 07, 2026
UPS is hiring 100,000 seasonal employees in hundreds of locations across the United States to meet the demand of the upcoming holiday shipping season, the company said in a Wednesday (Oct. 7) press release. These seasonal employees will join UPS’s global workforce that numbers around 460,000, according to the release. The number of seasonal employees […]

UPS Debuts Secure Commerce to Keep Supply Chains Moving

September 30, 2026
UPS has introduced a suite of supply chain solutions aimed at addressing risk, uncertainty and logistical obstacles. The company’s Secure Commerce offering, announced Wednesday (Sept. 30), is designed to offer “data-driven intelligence,”...

Port of LA Fended Off 120 Million Cyberattacks in August

September 17, 2026
The Port of Los Angeles reportedly blocked more than 120 million cyberattacks during August. That’s according to a report Thursday (Sept. 17) by Bloomberg News, which notes that these attacks on America’s busiest...

Visa and Airwallex Team on Embedded Finance for Freight Companies

July 23, 2026
Visa and Airwallex are joining forces to develop embedded-finance solutions for freight and shipping platforms. The collaboration, announced Thursday (July 23) is designed to modernize the way businesses in these sectors manage payments working capital...