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Tan Su Shan, CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank, is Fortune’s most powerful woman in Asia for 2025

Asia’s most powerful woman in business this year is DBS CEO Tan Su Shan, who assumed the top role at Southeast Asia’s largest bank in March. Since taking the helm, she’s had to steer the bank through a revived trade war and the return of alternative financial products like cryptocurrencies.  “I’ve told colleagues, ‘This is … Read more

Fed cut sets stage for Asia’s next easing wave amid trade strains

Several flags including that of the United States, Cambodia, the European Union, Japan and ASEAN are seen outside a building in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Asian central banks may find more room to ease policy after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter … Read more

Sora Ventures Launches Asia’s First $1B Bitcoin Treasury Fund

Sora Ventures, a venture firm based in Taiwan, has just announced a billion-dollar Bitcoin treasury fund. It’s being described as the first of its kind in Asia and marks a new chapter for Bitcoin adoption across the region. Until now, most of the major Bitcoin treasury moves have come from the US or Europe. This … Read more

Southeast Asia’s ‘incredibly dynamic’ Islamic finance market is drawing in non-Islamic players

Over 280 million Southeast Asians, about 40% of the region’s population, identify as Muslim. That’s spawned demand for goods and services that cater to a more Islamic lifestyle. It’s more than just halal food: Muslim consumers also demand more modest fashion or cosmetics that don’t use pig-derived products or alcohol.  Even Southeast Asia’s finance sector … Read more

Asia’s elderly risk getting sicker for longer. Hotelier Allen Law wants to ‘bridge the gap’ between lifespan and healthspan

Residents of developed Asian economies, like Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, consistently top the rankings of places with the world’s longest lifespans. Singapore, for example, boasts an average life expectancy of 86.7 years, putting it at No. 2 behind Monaco, according to the CIA’s world factbook. Yet long lifespans come with a drawback: … Read more

This Week In Crypto Asia: Metaplanet Crushed Big Tech Stock, Kazakhstan Launched Central Asia’s First BTC ETF

It has been a historic week for crypto! Bitcoin (BTC) breached $124,000 for the first time, and with Ethereum (ETH) looking to test its all-time high, the altcoin season might finally be here! In the backdrop, massive changes are afoot in crypto Asia. Here’s a rundown of what transpired Metaplanet Crushed Japan’s Blue-Chip Giants The … Read more

Southeast Asia’s cities are at ‘high risk’ of flooding and heatwaves, thanks to climate change

In recent weeks, there have been viral images from the Philippines show couples exchanging wedding vows in flooded churches after Tropical Storm Wipha made landfall in late-July. The storm swept through southern China and central Vietnam, with heavy rain causing flooding in both locations.  Vietnam and the Philippines are used to periods of intense rain, … Read more

Asia’s quiet tokenization revolution shows how the blockchain becomes ‘real’

For years, the crypto economy was a digital wild west: volatile, speculative, and often untethered from the real world. Now, Asia is leading a reinvention—building a blockchain ecosystem that doesn’t just trade coins, but tokenizes roads, solar farms, and financial instruments. It’s a shift from roulette wheels to regulated rails, from speculation to scaffolding.  The … Read more

Southeast Asia’s venture investors are excited about AI—but less excited about the region

Asia editor Nick Gordon here, filling in for Allie Garfinkle. The future of AI is in Asia. At least, that’s the message you’d have gotten at our Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore conference, which wrapped up in the Southeast Asian city last week. We covered AI’s impact on just about everything: health care, banking, agriculture, video gaming, … Read more

The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank knows even her job is at risk from AI

Programmers, creatives, even management consultants are worried AI is going to put them out of a job. But it turns out global banking CEOs are thinking about whether they can be automated away as well. Tan Su Shan, CEO of DBS, the largest bank in Southeast Asia by assets, got a friendly reminder from her … Read more

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