Small businesses that sell physical goods generate records before the commercial activity is reflected in the financial accounts or converted into cash. Orders enter commerce systems. Inventory moves into and out of warehouses. Products are picked and packed. Shipments leave for customers. Each step produces...
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...
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 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,...
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 […]
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...
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...
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...
October 27, 2026
UPS is crediting its healthcare and small business customers with an uptick in revenue as it prepares for a surge in holiday eCommerce demand. The delivery giant reported quarterly earnings Tuesday (Oct. 27) showing a 6.7% in overall revenue, driven by an 18.2% increase in supply chain revenue from growth in forwarding and logistics, including […]
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...
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...
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...
