2001年联合包裹公司UPS购了美国第一国际银行,并将其改造成自己的金融部门,这一并购给外界的直观感受似乎是UPS开始涉足金融领域了,但是其中却有着更深的意义:其一,在出口商和零售商的交易中,结算周期总是很长,很复杂,但如果接受了UPS的某些“条件”,UPS就可以先将货款支付给出 UPS United Parcel Service purchased the First International Bank of America in 2001 and transformed it into its own financial sector. The visual perception of the merger to the outside world seems to be that UPS is getting involved in the financial sector, but it has a deeper meaning: First, in the transactions between exporters and retailers, the billing cycle is always long and complicated, but UPS may pay the purchase price first if certain “conditions” are accepted by the UPS