FedEx picks transportation industry veteran for CFO
CFO Dive
JULY 18, 2023
Just under a month after announcing CFO Michael Lenz was retiring, FedEx appointed air cargo industry veteran John W. Dietrich as its new finance chief.
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Visa: Contactless Is The Cornerstone For A Reinvented Public Transportation Experience
PYMNTS
JULY 17, 2020
Mary Kay Bowman , Visa ’s head of seller solutions, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation that some operators had contactless payments already partially available in segments of the public transportation system, while others had it earmarked for a project several years in the future.
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Producer prices show inflation spreading
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Rising costs for transportation and other services suggest that inflation is gaining strength across the economy.
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How the Digital Solutions Economy is Impacting the Transportation Sector
Bramasol
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
This new episode in our ongoing series on the Digital Solutions Economy (DSE) provides an overview of how DSE is impacting the transportation industry. In some ways, the transportation sector has always included services based on subscriptions and usage. Public transportation systems need to improve accessibility and cost of ridership.
How CFOs can keep shipping costs under control: Contracts, fees, timing
CFO Dive
MAY 13, 2024
Finance chiefs need to find “consultative” partners that will work to eliminate waste and drive down transport costs, experts say.
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Mobico CFO steps down following delayed financial results
CFO Dive
APRIL 22, 2024
The public transport company appointed an interim CFO after reporting a 36% drop in profit, impacted by inflationary pressures and labor shortages in key markets.
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Logistics CFO taps technology, focuses on cash flow amid supply chain woes
CFO Dive
AUGUST 1, 2022
Transport Corp Canada’s Group CFO Venu Katta has intensified his focus on cash flow management as supply chain issues continue to hamstring the trucking industry.
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Brink’s taps Eaton, PwC veteran as CFO
CFO Dive
AUGUST 10, 2022
The Brink's Company, know for its iconic trucks that transport cash, has tapped a new CFO as its long-time finance chief prepares to retire.
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CFOs, accountants vexed by surging operating costs
CFO Dive
JANUARY 20, 2022
CFOs and other financial executives express rising concern about increasing prices for transport, energy and other costs, a survey found.
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COP29: Climate Finance Takes Center Stage
Global Finance
OCTOBER 29, 2024
“One of the most important needs in Central Asia is sustainable infrastructure,” says Ludger Schuknecht, vice president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), “everything from dealing with effluent water from the Aral Sea to the enhanced connectivity of transport infrastructure between the five countries of the region.”
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Plan in works to revamp goods and urban transport
CFO News
MAY 5, 2024
India is planning a comprehensive overhaul of its urban transportation system, aiming to merge metro and bus services while prioritizing the adoption of clean energy. The proposal also includes incentives to encourage environmentally friendly intra-city freight transport using small trucks.
Latvia: Doorway To The EU
Global Finance
MARCH 6, 2025
These include Rail Baltica, the Baltic regions most ambitious investment in regional transport infrastructure. The project involves the construction of two European Transport Corridors (ETC).
Tanzania: East Africa’s New Powerhouse
Global Finance
DECEMBER 27, 2024
Investors are flocking to the country to exploit opportunities in sectors like mining, energy, agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, transportation, and commercial real estate. Stable democracy, accompanied by critical economic reforms and interventions, has seen Tanzania emerge as a bastion of foreign direct investment (FDI). billion.
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XPO taps in-house finance leader for CFO seat
CFO Dive
JULY 20, 2023
The XPO finance chief is leaving for another opportunity after less than a year at the freight transport service.
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Maruti Suzuki looking at transporting more vehicles via railways to cut down costs and reduce emissions
CFO News
MARCH 13, 2024
Maruti Suzuki plans to increase railway transportation to cut costs and emissions. It has invested Rs 1081 crore to commission in-plant railway siding in Gujarat and aims to double production capacity to 4 million units per annum by the end of the decade.
Diesel demand growth falls to lowest since pandemic
CFO News
APRIL 14, 2025
Electric vehicles, particularly in urban transport and logistics, are increasingly displacing diesel, impacting consumption. Petrol and jet fuel consumption saw stronger growth, reflecting trends in personal transport and aviation. India's diesel demand growth hit a pandemic-era low in fiscal year 2024-25, rising just 2% to 91.4
Identifying and Overcoming Ethical Dilemmas in Business
CFO Talks
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Conflict of Interest in Vendor Selection Example: Your sibling owns a logistics company that submits a bid for your company’s transport services. Advocate for clear, company-wide insider trading policies to educate employees and prevent future occurrences.
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MATS 2025 Recap
Commercial Credit Group
MAY 2, 2025
Our goals were to learn about the trends from last year and get a preview of whats to come in 2025, for the transportation industry (legally, logistically, and technologically). The Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) is an annual trade show for transportation industry professionals, including truck drivers.
Norway: Electric Car Ownership Outnumbers Gas Cars
Global Finance
OCTOBER 7, 2024
This is another area where Norway wants to take a leading position, Tomasgard notes: “For instance, the just-opened Northern Lights facility in Øygarden can transport and permanently store 1.5 In the same vein, in reducing emissions in sectors like transport and industry, electrification necessarily plays a major role.”
Reflecting on the WWETT Show 2025 – Innovations and Highlights
Commercial Credit Group
MARCH 10, 2025
The Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) Show 2025 took place in Indianapolis February 17-200, 2025. Exhibitors showcased the latest advancements in wastewater and environmental services technology.
TSA Screens 800,000 At US Airports In A Day, Making Airline Stocks Lift
PYMNTS
AUGUST 10, 2020
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reported that it served over 800,000 individuals at American airport screening lanes Sunday (Aug. The biggest 20 airlines in the country transported just over 16 million travelers in June, which marked an 80 percent drop compared to June 2019 yet almost two times as many people as May.
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MiB: John Montgomery, Bridgeway Capital Management
Barry Ritholtz
MAY 16, 2025
He left the transportation industry in 1991 to perform full-time research on his investment models prior to launching Bridgeway in 1993. John holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering, a BA in Philosophy from Swarthmore College, and graduate degrees from MIT and Harvard Business School.
Jumio Sees Vaccine Passports Intersecting With Digital ID
PYMNTS
JANUARY 7, 2021
These credentials will become ever-present as people wend their way through airport and public transportation settings, ports and check-in kiosks. In an interview with PYMNTS, Reinhard Hochrieser , vice president of product management at Jumio , said the widespread adoption of vaccine passports is an inexorable trend.
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Delta Seeks to Put Unruly Passengers on ‘No-Fly’ List
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The airline, based in Atlanta, said it has put nearly 1,900 people on Delta’s “no-fly” list for refusing to comply with masking requirements and submitted more than 900 banned names to the Transportation Security Administration to pursue civil penalties.
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CFO News
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
The investment aims to revolutionize sustainable transport in the state, aligning with India's growing EV industry, which is currently valued at USD 3 billion and expanding at an 18 per cent CAGR.
Union Budget should focus on non-populist measures, global competitiveness, & GST standardisation
CFO News
JANUARY 26, 2025
In this episode, panellists including Yuvika Singhal of QuantEco Research, R Narayanswamy, part-time member of NFRA, and CFOs from Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, Transport Corporation of India, and Rebel Foods, shared their perspectives on the priorities for their sectors and the broader economy.
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Private-Sector Job Openings Remain High Despite Falling in October
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The industries with the highest openings are education and health care (2.172 million), professional and business services (1.794 million), trade, transportation, and utilities (1.644 million), and leisure and hospitality (1.578 million). The October result for the private sector is 1.0 percentage points below the March peak.
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COP29: Aliyev’s Moment In The Spotlight
Global Finance
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The government aims to lure foreign direct investment (FDI) into such sectors as tourism, information and communication technology, logistics and transport, and agribusiness. Azerbaijan has, in fact, long been committed to boosting its non-oil economy and diversifying away from fossil fuels, which account for almost 48% of GDP and 92.5%
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NASA, SpaceX Scrutinize Parachute System On Spacecraft
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
space company certified to transport NASA astronauts up to the International Space Station and bring them back. space company certified to transport NASA astronauts up to the orbiting research laboratory, and bring them back. The chute is still providing drag but it’s not inflating at the timing we would expect it,” he said.
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Members’ Profile: Rofhiwa Irene Singo
CFO Talks
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (2022-present) Previously: CEO, Africa Mining and Equipment Fund (2021) Non-Executive Director, AutoTech (2019) Director, MOROKGO INVESTMENT (2019) CFO, Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (2019) CFO, Department of Mineral Resources (2013) Acting CFO, Department (..)
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Taking Real-Time Payment Rails To The Tipping Point
PYMNTS
MARCH 6, 2020
Faster payments are filtering into the transportation industry as well. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City has announced plans to implement its One Metro New York (OMNY) system into subway systems in the Bronx, which will enable users to use contactless and digital payments to pay for their fares.
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Lime CFO On Riding Toward A Profitable Future
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The first were commuters who used Lime scooters to get to and from work or to close the “first-and last-mile” piece of their commutes from another transportation source. Fun, she noted, and in many cases also safer feeling, since Lime scooters are an open-air method of transportation.
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Freight Broker C.H. Robinson Digs in Against Activist Investor
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Newsletter Sign-up The Logistics Report Top news and in-depth analysis on the world of logistics, from supply chain to transport and technology. based companies in the global forwarding market that transports cargo by air and ocean. Robinson is by far the largest player in the U.S. It is also among the top two U.S.-based
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The Innovators 2025: Asia-Pacific
Global Finance
JUNE 9, 2025
Transforming Payment Process with Tokenization| OCBC OCBC partnered with the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) last November to implement a blockchainbased solution for disbursing advance payments to LTA’s contractors.
Overcoming the global slowdown with a super app strategy
Future CFO
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The transportation sector was one of the worst hit by the pandemic. Present in over 500 cities across the eight Southeast Asian markets, Grab now operates more than just a transportation service. Singapore-headquartered technology firm Grab Holdings Limited has set the bar high for corporate response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
AP govt plans to deploy AI to track tax evasions
CFO News
MAY 13, 2025
He is also focusing on preventing illegal liquor sales, increasing transport revenues, and monetizing red sanders stocks. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is concerned about tax evasion, especially in gold sales, and is pushing for AI-driven solutions across departments to boost revenue. lakh crore for 2025-26.
Moody’s: Supply side strains will worsen for APAC firms
Future CFO
APRIL 7, 2022
Supply side strains in Asia Pacific will remain elevated at least through the end of the year, with energy and raw material cost inflation posing the biggest cost pressures for corporate debt issuers, followed by the effects of transportation bottlenecks, said Moody’s recently.
How Cisco Is Building The Smart Cities Of The Future
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Municipalities could utilize it for everything from street light control and air quality monitoring to transportation safety. They want to deploy these multiple [IoT] services, [but that] truly starts with one service [platform] and one network, [like in] transportation. An integrated IoT gateway can connect all of these systems.”.
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Q3 Results: GAIL profit rises 121% on higher spot LNG prices
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
State-run gas transporter GAIL ’s net profit increased 121.1% GAIL revenue increased 65.9% y-o-y to Rs 26,427.4 crore in Q3, while expenses grew 57.3% to Rs 22,119 crore. year-on-year (y-o-y) to Rs 3,287.9 crore against a loss of Rs 73.7 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Tupperware, Paramount and more
CFO News Room
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Robinson — The stock fell 6% after the transportation and logistics company reported disappointing revenue in its latest results. CEO Bob Biesterfeld said in a release that fears of “slowing freight demand and price declines in the freight forwarding and surface transportation markets” played out in the third quarter.
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January Sees 467,000 New Jobs, Stable Unemployment Rate
CFO News Room
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
Growth in employment continued in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, and transportation and warehousing. economy added 467,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in January 2022, as the unemployment rate rose marginally to 4.0%. Job growth was much stronger than the estimate of 150,000, as compiled by Dow Jones.
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Onwards to 2025: How the accountancy profession gears up
Future CFO
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
A competitive compensation package with the highlight of healthcare extending to family as well as transportation and parking privileges are also seen as top priorities."
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Rewriting The Future Of Supply Chain Success
PYMNTS
APRIL 14, 2020
International cargo transportation options have become reduced as well, further complicating the situation. Businesses reliant on global supply chains and manufacturers in greatly impacted countries face new hurdles and must seek ways to acquire the items they need. Read the full Feature Story in the Tracker.
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Uber, Back On The Acquisition Trail, Eyes Expedia
Global Finance
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The deal, should it happen, would represent not only the latest strategic move by Uber but also a nostalgic return for CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who helmed Expedia for over a decade before swapping flights for surface transport in 2017.
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