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Smart Contracts Connect B2B Workflows to Real-Time Payments

In the commercial payments realm, invoices need validation, discrepancies warrant resolution and someone (or an authorized system) ultimately approve the release of funds. Smart contracts are being used to carry approved payment instruction

Why More Fleets Are Looking at Captives

Commercial auto liability hasn’t turned a real underwriting profit in over a decade, and that math is pushing more fleets toward captives and other alternative risk structures. Reliance Partners Senior Vice President of Sales Frank Kneeland

Granite Speech 5.0: Transcribe, Translate, and Attribute more Accurately and Faster

Phillips Connect moves trailer sensor alerts into the yard

Phillips Connect launched two smart trailer products Sunday at the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in Charlotte, North Carolina. Insights reads trailer sensor data to diagnose tire and lighting problems. T

Fiserv taps AI for retail rethink

Merchants are grappling with how their payments technology will handle artificial intelligence-fueled digital e-commerce, a Fiserv executive said.

AdGentic Podcast & Newsletter launches – Advertising in the age of AI agents

For years we’ve grappled with adverts, given them fancy names like Retail Media and Performance Marketing (or on marketplaces they’ve been dubbed Sponsored or Promoted products and listings), but now a new vista is opening up – Ads in your

New payment rails catch on, slowly

Some companies have yet to realize the full potential of multi-rail systems, speakers said at the Money20/20 conference said Monday.

OpenAI Brings Its Frontier AI Models to Google Cloud

OpenAI has launched a new partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) rival Google. This collaboration brings OpenAI’s frontier AI models and Codex⁠ agentic workflows to Google Cloud’s Model Garden, the companies announced Wednesday (Oct.

Accredited official statistics: Alcohol Bulletin

This publication covers provisional alcohol duty receipts data to October 2026 and provisional production and clearances data to September 2026.

Union Pacific CFO to retire

Union Pacific CFO Jennifer Hamann will retire after 35 years with the railroad. The post Union Pacific CFO to retire appeared first on FreightWaves.

Extended peak season drives high dwell times at San Pedro Bay Ports

The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association said record volumes in September pushed up the time cargo remained idle, both for rail and truck transport.

Pharma Logistics: From Visibility to Predictive Decisions

Predictive pharmaceutical logistics promises earlier intervention, but practical results depend on data quality, operating procedures and accountable decisions. The post Pharma Logistics: From Visibility to Predictive Decisions appeared fir

Guidance: Import Control System 2: service availability and issues

Check the availability and any issues affecting the Import Control System 2 (ICS2) service.

Lakrids By Bülow celebrates 50th store launch at Battersea Power Station

Danish liquorice brand Lakrids By Bülow has opened its 50th store worldwide at Battersea Power Station in London.

Topshop collabs with Talia Byre for new capsule collection

Topshop has unveiled a new limited-edition capsule collection with designer brand Talia Byre, as part of the retailers efforts to “champion emerging British creative talent”. The collection is designed to bring the BFC/Vogue Desginer Fashio

IKEA ramps up UK sustainability drive with £31.5m fulfilment investment

IKEA is investing in right-sized packaging and a more regional distribution model as it looks to cut waste, delivery miles and emissions, all while building out its circular retail offer. The furniture giant is putting £31.5m into its UK fu

CSX eliminates more than 100 management positions

Management layoffs mark railroad’s engineering department restructuring. The post CSX eliminates more than 100 management positions appeared first on FreightWaves.

Visa Debuts Tools to Keep Fraud Out of Virtual Commercial Card Payments

Visa has introduced new capabilities designed to keep commercial virtual card payments safer. Visa Commercial Fraud Solutions are part of a series of new capabilities designed to bring “trust and control” to business payments, Visa said in

Autonomous railcar technology earns $16M federal grant

A federal grant will support deployment of autonomous railcar technology on a Missouri short line. The post Autonomous railcar technology earns $16M federal grant appeared first on FreightWaves.

ChatGPT Ads expands to 26 new countries as over 100,000 advertisers have used the platform

From local businesses to global brands, more advertisers can now reach people as they explore, compare and decide what to buy in ChatGPT.

Stord acquires e-commerce competitor AMS Fulfillment in large deal

Retail fulfillment provider Stord has acquired AMS fulfillment, a large competitor. The post Stord acquires e-commerce competitor AMS Fulfillment in large deal appeared first on FreightWaves.

Meson Logistics Solutions CEO Jonathan Kwok on the Future of Warehouse Execution

Warehouse management is entering a new phase as warehouse management systems (WMS), automation, robotics, controls, and artificial intelligence become increasingly interconnected. The challenge for distribution operations is no longer simpl

NVIDIA Kumo Forecast Combines Pretrained Time-Series Representations with Historical Pattern Retrieval and Interpretability

DSV set to root out low-margin business as volumes decline in Q3

Air and sea freight volumes at the world’s largest freight forwarder, DSV, saw a decline in the third quarter, but revenues grew more than 15% year on year, due to elevated ocean freight rates. According to third-quarter results released to