Welcome to the podcast that’s redefining conversations on banking, finance, technology and marketing. Exploring topics that are current, consequential and controversial, it is a fortnightly deep-dive with leaders, thinkers and innovators by the veteran banker Suvo Sarkar. Money Majlis is the only
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback India is often described in sweeping, seductive shorthand: a billion-plus consumers, a vast middle class, digital leapfrogging and an inevitable march towards premiumisation. But as Rama Bijapurkar argues in this episode of Money Majlis, that picture is not merely incomplete; it can lead businesses, banks and investors towards profoundly wrong decisions. Rama, one of India’s most influential thinkers on consumer behaviour and strateg...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback This episode of Money Majlis dives into how banks and regulators can finally break out of “pilot purgatory” and turn AI from hype into hard P&L impact, with one of the world’s most influential applied‑AI leaders, Alexander Sukharevsky, CEO of QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. Drawing on his global work with financial institutions, sovereigns and regulators, Alexander explains why 88 percent of organisations say they use AI yet only a ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What does it take to build an iconic technology company before the technology ecosystem required to support it even exists? In this compelling episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar speaks with Dhiraj Mukherjee, co-founder of Shazam, investor, speaker and lifelong student of technological disruption. Long before smartphones, app stores and streaming, Shazam began with a deceptively simple human question: “What is this song?” Dhiraj recounts h...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Music is no longer confined to a recording, a screen or even a physical stage. It is becoming a living, visual and increasingly interactive experience. One that can travel across arenas, phones, homes, cars, livestreams, virtual worlds and, perhaps soon, the boundary between the living and the legendary. Music is no longer simply something we hear; it is increasingly becoming a living, visual and increasingly interactive experience. One tha...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What really sits behind the booming world of global wealth? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits down with Annabel Spring, Global CEO of Allfunds, to unpack the invisible infrastructure that now powers how trillions of dollars move across borders, banks and platforms. From Hong Kong to Dubai to Dublin, a growing share of the world’s mutual funds, ETFs and alternatives are being manufactured in one place, distributed in an...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when you combine a decacorn founder at the heart of the crypto infrastructure revolution with the original entrepreneur in the family who quietly built software long before “cloud” and “SaaS” became buzzwords? In this special episode of Money Majlis, we sit down with the son–mother duo of Nikil and Usha Viswanathan to explore both the future of financial plumbing and the values that shape the people building it. Nikil is ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when a commercial pilot obsessed with time value, a technologist who helped build Dell and Compaq in Asia, and a board-level strategist for some of the world’s most respected banks and insurers roll into one career? In this episode of Money Majlis, Tokyo-based investor, general partner and board member Steve Monaghan joins Suvo in Dubai to map out a brutally honest, deeply practical view of where banking and insurance go ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when credit becomes invisible, intelligent and truly embedded into our daily lives? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits down in Dubai with Gaurav Kumar (GK), founder and CEO of Indian unicorn Yubi, the AI-powered operating system for debt markets. Together they unpack how a company born in Chennai during the pandemic is quietly rewiring how money moves for consumers, MSMEs and banks from India to MENA, Southeast A...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What if the most powerful force in business is not capital, technology or strategy, but the simple human act of one person truly reaching another? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar is joined by Sally Susman – advisor, advocate and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of “Breaking Through: Communicating to Open Minds, Move Hearts and Change the World” – for a masterclass in how leaders can use words to move people, build t...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when one of India’s most successful private equity investors walks away at the peak of his career to spend the rest of his life building the country’s human capital? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo sits down in New Delhi with Ashish Dhawan – founder of ChrysCapital, Ashoka University, Central Square Foundation and The Convergence Foundation – to unpack a remarkable journey from Wall Street returns to nation-building...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What if one man’s voice could change the way we hear music, eat food and celebrate life? In this special Money Majlis XTRA episode, Suvo Sarkar is joined by Padma Shri awardee Shankar Mahadevan, singer, composer, Grammy‑winning frontman of Shakti and co‑founder of the South Indian resto‑café brand Malgudi. Together they trace a remarkable journey from a Tamil Iyer childhood in Chembur and veena lessons at five, to becoming the “Shanka...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What does it really take to rebuild a bank from the inside out—without breaking it, and without losing what made it trusted in the first place? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits down with his former colleague and co‑architect of Emirates NBD’s transformation, Miguel Rio Tinto, Group Chief Digital and Information Officer at Emirates NBD. Together, they revisit an eight‑year journey that turned a commercially stro...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Visa outsourcing is one of those invisible pipes of the global economy—critical to how we travel, work and study abroad, yet rarely understood as an industry in its own right. In this special episode of Money Majlis to celebrate the 25th anniversary of VFS Global, founder and CEO Zubin Karkaria takes us inside the company he conceptualised in 2001 and built into the world’s largest visa and citizen services platform, now handling over 100,0...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when one of the world’s most respected AI entrepreneurs sits down with a veteran banker to talk about the future of work, banking, and inclusion in the age of intelligent machines? In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo is joined by Dr Ayesha Khanna, co‑founder and CEO of Addo and founder of the new education and media platform Amplify, to explore how AI is moving from hype to hard results in boardrooms, smart cities, and everyd...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What does it take to carry the weight of a classical tradition and simultaneously shatter its boundaries? In this special episode of Money Majlis XTRA, recorded in the heart of Kolkata, Suvo Sarkar sits down with tabla maestro and composer Bickram Ghosh for a conversation that moves effortlessly between raga and rhythm, art and entrepreneurship, spiritual alignment and streaming algorithms. Born into a musical dynasty — his father the legen...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback What happens when one of the world’s most dynamic payments corridors becomes a live laboratory for the future of money? In this episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar sits down with Dr. Dimitrios Dosis, President for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mastercard, to explore how technology, AI and cybersecurity are rewriting the rules of how we pay, get paid and stay protected across more than 80 markets. In this richly layered con...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Network International’s merger with Magnati has quietly created a new payments powerhouse at the heart of the Middle East and Africa’s digital economy. In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits down with Murat Cagri Suzer, Network’s Group CEO, to unpack what that really means for banks, merchants and consumers across 50+ markets. Murat makes a compelling case for why MENA’s USD 250B digital payments market is poised to outgrow...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this episode of Money Majlis with Suvo Sarkar, we look at the rise of digital banking in the UAE through the lens of one person’s journey: Amina Taher, Chief Marketing Officer of Wio Bank. Amina has spent two decades moving across investment firms, media, aviation and now fintech, helping to shape some of the region’s most visible brands while continuously reinventing herself as a leader. Wio’s rapid scale-up to nearly 400,000 customers ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this XTRA edition of Money Majlis, the conversation steps out of the boardroom and into the dressing room with one of the most iconic leaders world sport has ever produced, Kapil Dev. From Chandigarh’s dusty grounds to lifting the 1983 World Cup at Lord’s, Kapil Dev’s story is not just about runs and wickets, but about belief, resilience and courage. Across this episode, host Suvo Sarkar explores how a fast-bowling all‑rounder, who never...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback The Season 3 opener of Money Majlis puts you right in the cockpit of Dubai’s aviation story, with Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, as your guide. He isn’t just running DXB and DWC; he is shaping how a city’s ambition takes flight, turning runways and terminals into engines of GDP, jobs and global connectivity. Across this conversation, Paul unpacks the now-famous mandate he received from Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum on day one: “...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Season 2 of Money Majlis wraps with a powerful double feature recorded live at the inaugural Dubai Futurists Summit 2025, bringing together two of the world’s most compelling futurists: Ross Dawson and Ramez Naam. In this special back-to-back episode, host Suvo Sarkar explores how exponential technologies, AI, clean energy and information networks are reshaping money, work and society, and what leaders, investors and citizens must do now to...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Private banking and wealth management are under intense pressure: rising regulation, demanding next-gen clients and thinning margins are forcing institutions to rethink how they work. In this episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits with Banesh Prabhu, CEO of IntellectAI to explore how AI can move from pilot to production – turning fragmented data into real-time intelligence for advisers, operations and risk teams. They debate ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Money Majlis kicks off 2026 with my predictions for the 6 top trends in banking this year plus a candid, high-energy conversation with one of Europe’s original fintech pioneers: Kim Fournais, founder and CEO of Saxo Bank. From starting with just a telephone, a fax machine and Euro 70,000 in capital in 1992, to building a global multi-asset trading and investment powerhouse serving nearly 1.5 million clients with over USD 140 billion i...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar sits down with former colleague Dr. Tariq bin Hendi, Vice Chairman and CEO of Astra Tech, to unpack how Botim is transforming from a simple VoIP calling app into an AI-native fintech powerhouse for the UAE and beyond. It is a conversation that weaves together policy, technology, inclusion, and leadership—anchored in one of the region’s most ambitious experiments in embedded finance. Tariq b...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Dr Ranjan Banerjee brings a rare blend of empathy, intellect and visionary leadership to this XTRA episode of Money Majlis recorded in Mumbai. As founding Vice Chancellor of Nayanta University, he is pioneering an audacious experiment in Indian higher education—one that elevates inclusion, curiosity, and purpose above conventional metrics. Banerjee’s own eclectic journey, travelling from consulting and marketing to academic stewardship and ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this riveting new episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar welcomes Pablos Holman, the legendary hacker, inventor, and futurist whose creativity transforms science fiction into the fabric of our daily lives. Suvo engages Pablos in a conversation that reveals why the world’s biggest crises require not just incremental “apps,” but audacious, moonshot technologies that redefine what’s possible for humanity. Pablos’s career is a journey a...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this captivating episode of Money Majlis, the spotlight shines on Zain Verjee, a formidable journalist, entrepreneur, and global communicator whose inspiring journey bridges continents, cultures, and industries. From her early days as a radio DJ in Nairobi to becoming a respected CNN anchor covering some of the most consequential global events of our time, Zain's story is one of relentless curiosity, courage, and reinvention...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback Step into a masterclass on purpose-driven leadership and global impact with this XTRA episode of Money Majlis. Host Suvo Sarkar interviews Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, the dynamic CEO and Vice Chairman of Dubai Cares, for a conversation that moves from boardroom ambition to classroom transformation on a worldwide scale. Tariq’s remarkable journey began in the demanding environment of banking, where he rose through the ranks of a leading ...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this illuminating episode of Money Majlis, visionary thinker Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of the Stewardship Asia Center, takes listeners on a powerful journey through the future of leadership, purpose, and the pursuit of good profit. Drawing from his groundbreaking book, Sustainable Sustainability, Rajeev argues that the global obsession with ESG metrics has reduced sustainability to an exercise in compliance rather than convicti...
Please visit moneymajlis.com to share your feedback In this episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar sits down with Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and CEO of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, for a rare, wide-ranging conversation that goes far beyond the headlines. From the 30th floor of Uptown Dubai’s gleaming new DMCC headquarters, Ahmed shares the inside story of how Dubai has transformed from a regional trading outpost into a global powerhouse for commodities, technology, and innov...
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Welcome to the podcast that’s redefining conversations on banking, finance, technology and marketing. Exploring topics that are current, consequential and controversial, it is a fortnightly deep-dive with leaders, thinkers and innovators by the veteran banker Suvo Sarkar. Money Majlis is the only
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