Supply Chain/page/4 news and trends

Supply-Chain Data Moves Into SMB Underwriting

October 08, 2026
SMB, small businesses, loans
Stripe to Power Small Business Underwriting With FedEx Supply Chain Data
Partnerships // October 06, 2026

FedEx Dataworks, the insights and intelligence subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Stripe plan to leverage their respective platforms to expand access to financing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This project, which they plan to...

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...

Freehand Raises $75 Million to Automate Enterprise Procurement and Payments
Investments // July 29, 2026

Freehand raised $75 million to scale its autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents that manage supply chain spend for global enterprises. These agents automate procurement, supplier management, invoicing and payments, the company said in a Wednesday (July 29) press release. The agents can negotiate rates, enforce contracts, manage suppliers,...

$4.5B Food Tech Firm GrubMarket Submits Confidential IPO Filing
IPO // July 28, 2026

Food supply chain technology company GrubMarket has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering. The company confidentially submitted the Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), it said in a Tuesday (July 28) press release. “The number of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Physical Goods Firms Are Learning to Live Without a Clear Forecast

May 15, 2026
The modern economy increasingly runs on two separate operating systems. One is digital, asset-light and geographically fluid. The other is physical, capital-intensive and exposed to every fracture line in the global order. New findings in the April 2026 edition of The 2026 Certainty Project from PYMNTS Intelligence reveal that as geopolitical instability accelerates, that divide […]

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...

FBI Warns: Internal Risk May Outpace Cyber Threats

April 08, 2026
The greatest enemy of operational uncertainty is the enterprise technology that promises to streamline, optimize and automate it away. Most organizations, as a result, believe they have a firm grasp...

Lowe’s Thinks Smarter Shelves Can Win the Pro Customer

April 01, 2026
Retail runs on inventory management. And inventory management increasingly runs on artificial intelligence. Historically, retail forecasting and replenishment have been constrained by lagging indicators and siloed systems, forcing teams to...

Quick Reads
Stripe to Power Small Business Underwriting With FedEx Supply Chain Data

October 06, 2026
FedEx Dataworks, the insights and intelligence subsidiary of FedEx Corp., and Stripe plan to leverage their respective platforms to expand access to financing for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 6) press release. This project, which they plan to launch in 2027, is the first such joint solution FedEx […]

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...

Freehand Raises $75 Million to Automate Enterprise Procurement and Payments

July 29, 2026
Freehand raised $75 million to scale its autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents that manage supply chain spend for global enterprises. These agents automate procurement, supplier management, invoicing and payments, the...

$4.5B Food Tech Firm GrubMarket Submits Confidential IPO Filing

July 28, 2026
Food supply chain technology company GrubMarket has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering. The company confidentially submitted the Form S-1 with the Securities and...