AtoB, the leading provider of modern payment solutions for the transportation industry, today announced significant growth and strategic milestones, i

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AtoB, the first fintech payments platform to modernize the $790 billion trucking industry’s financial system, announced a collaboration with TravelCenters of America (TA), the nationwide operator and franchisor of the TA, TA Express and Petro Stopping Centers travel center brands. The collaboration will bring a cost savings of an average of 42 cents per gallon, providing AtoB users with competitive prices on fuel at any of TA’s over 300 locations nationwide. “At TA, we are constantly seeking opportunities to enhance the guest experience and better serve our fleet customers and professional drivers,” said Debi Boffa, Chief Executive Officer of TA. “AtoB is a platform that will save our customers time and money, and we are pleased to work with a company that is at the forefront of digitizing and modernizing the trucking industry.”. “You can’t drive across the United States without seeing TA brands everywhere you look, and with the most convenient locations, excellent amenities, and competitive pump prices, the TA and AtoB relationship just makes sense in delivering the best for drivers and fleets. We’re proud to work with TA and look forward to passing down these savings to our customers,” said Vignan Velivela, co-founder and CEO of AtoB

Bit by bit the smokestack economy — and the subsets thereof — come online, go digital, find new ways to connect stakeholders. And as counterintuitive as it might seem, fleet management, among the most smokestacky of the stacks, is inching toward becoming a beacon of connectivity, serving perhaps as a roadmap for other sectors. Trucking, of course, remains a key way of getting goods hither and yon. Late last year, the American Trucking Association reported that tonnage will grow to 14.2 billion tons within the next decade, up from a bit more than 11 billion tons in 2023