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Along time ago, the freight bill payments sector ditched its green eyeshades and moved to a mainframe computer. Then came the evolution to a desktop and then the laptop-and that's now led to a new digital methodology of doing business from practically anywhere freight is managed. Could paying freight bills from one's smartphone be next? "It's something we talk about," says Jeff Carlson, vice president of global sales and marketing for Cass Information Systems, a company which processed more than $40 billion in freight bills last year for a blue-chip list of companies including Siemens, Stryker, Ford, Mars, Emerson and other multinational giants. "We don't see much demand for use by cell phone.. .yet," Carlson adds. "That's not to say it won't be out there someday. However, it's not that much of a stretch request in today's world." One aspect of the freight bill payments industry is that it largely reflects the freight shipping business overall. There are industry giants such as Cass and U.S. Bank concentrating on large, multi-national corporations. Then there are smaller, feisty competitors such as Cleveland-based CT Logistics, which is celebrating its endurance with a 100th anniversary this year. |