Finance Updates – Page 22 – Finance Updates

EU Manufacturing Slumps While Pharma & Germany Shine Amid Trade Pressures

Europe Markets Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

EU manufacturing output weakened in 2023–24, ...

Performance diverged by industry, led by a st...

Germany anchors EU manufacturing at roughly 3...

Auto-parts suppliers shed over 100,000 jobs i...

Rotostitch Raises Pre-Seed to Transform Apparel Automation & Sustainable Supply Chains

Americas Firms Apparel Manufacturing

Rotostitch, a San Francisco apparel-automatio...

Founded by ex-Tesla/Neuralink CEO Leah McClur...

The company targets faster, on-demand product...

Key hurdles are scaling and proving reliable,...

How Steep New U.S. Tariffs Are Crippling Apparel Manufacturers at Home

Americas Policy Apparel Manufacturing

Post–April 2025 “Liberation Day” tariffs have...

U.S. makers get limited protection because ke...

Most firms are not reshoring, instead front-l...

Uncertainty threatens smaller manufacturers a...

Vietnam Tops China as US Apparel Supplier in 2025 — Risks Ahead from Tariffs & Transshipment Rules

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

From JanJul 2025, the US imported about US$9....

Vietnams share of US apparel imports rose to ...

A July 2025 USVietnam deal set a 20% tariff o...

Vietnam is benefiting from China diversificat...

Afreximbank’s Fashion Investments & AGOA Expiry: Risks & Opportunities for Africa’s Textiles Sector

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Afreximbank is scaling investment across Afri...

Upstream, it is backing the Africa Textile Re...

Through CANEX, it has committed $2B for 2025-...

AGOA’s expected 2025 expiry is a major risk, ...

How Milan Outshines Paris, London & NYC with Massive Fashion Funding Support

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Milan leads in government backing, with Italy...

Paris gets steadier, multi-agency support—aro...

London’s public support remains modest, highl...

New York has virtually no direct federal fund...

How Closing the De Minimis Loophole Is Reshaping the U.S. Textile Industry

Americas Policy Textile Mills

U.S. textile mills say a surge of duty-free d...

Trump orders end de minimis treatment for com...

CBP estimates de minimis volumes at roughly 1...

Industry relief depends on effective enforcem...

Sharadha Terry’s $1.75M Loan Launches Sustainable Rug Unit in Tamil Nadu

Americas Firms Textile Product Mills

Sharadha Terry Products secured a US$1.75 mil...

The plant targets ~4 million sq. meters of an...

Sustainability upgrades include an effluent t...

The project is expected to create 200+ local ...

Coinbase Launches Zero-Commission Stocks & ETFs with Tokenized Trading Innovation

Americas Firms Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

Coinbase is rolling out zero-commission tradi...

Select equities can trade 24 hours a day, fiv...

CEO Brian Armstrong is positioning stocks as ...

The move advances Coinbases broader Everythin...

WeLab Raises US$220M to Power Southeast Asia Expansion & AI-First Digital Banking

Asia Firms Depository Credit Intermediation

WeLab raised US$220 million in a mixed equity...

The capital will fund Southeast Asia expansio...

WeLab serves 70+ million users and 700+ enter...

Bloomberg calls it Asia’s largest digital ban...