Financing and payments
FedEx Dataworks and Stripe announced a partnership on October 6 to use logistics information in small-business financing. Their first joint solution is planned for early 2027, according to the companies’ announcement. [1]
The plan brings FedEx’s shipping and supply-chain data into financing analysis through Stripe Capital. The companies identified shipment activity, inventory movement and fulfillment performance as information they intend to use, saying conventional financing can overlook these measures. [1]
They aim to expand financing access to tens of thousands of small and medium-sized businesses. That is the companies’ stated goal; the announcement does not report completed lending under the new arrangement. Payments Dive reported on October 7 that Stripe declined to provide further comment beyond the joint release. [2]
Stripe Capital already provides financing. Its US disclosures name Celtic Bank or Lead Bank as loan issuers and YouLend as the provider of merchant cash advances. Those existing arrangements do not establish the final terms of the planned FedEx offering. [3]
Separately, FedEx said it will use Stripe for payment processing and add more than 50 payment methods to its checkouts. The announcement did not specify a separate rollout date for that change. [1]
Related reading: [Stripe company profile](https://thefinancialcurrent.com/deep-dives/stripe-company-profile).