Money Majlis

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By: Suvo Sarkar

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 podcast of its kind in the region, and since its launch in April 2024, has gained a loyal base of listeners across 110+ countries. Currently in its Season 2, it is among the top 3 business podcasts in the Middle East. It was recently awarded the Best New Podcast for 2024 at the PodClub people’s choice awards in Dubai.

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Ep 67. Problem First, Technology Second : Dr Wanli Min on Industrial AI
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What happens when artificial intelligence moves beyond the screen and begins to reshape the physical world? In this compelling episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar is joined from China by Dr Wanli Min, founder and CEO of North Summit Capital and former Chief Machine Intelligence Scientist at Alibaba Cloud. Together, they explore the rapidly evolving frontier where AI meets roads, factories, ports, energy systems, logistics networks and the everyday machinery of modern cities.

 

Dr Min brings an unusually broad perspective to the conversation. A s...


Ep 66. Rama Bijapurkar on India: The Consumer Market the World Keeps Misreading
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10/09/2026

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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 strategy, joins Suvo to unpack the central idea of her latest book, Lilliput Land: India’s mega-consumption story is built not on one u...


Ep 65. From Pilots to P&L: QuantumBlack’s CEO on building AI-ready banks
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09/25/2026

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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 tiny fraction see more than 20 percent EBITDA uplift, and what it really takes to move that needle.<...


Ep 64. What Is This Song? The Shazam Story and the Future of Intelligent Enterprise
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09/10/2026

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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 how a group of ambitious entrepreneurs built a way to identify music from a few seconds of audio over a basic mobile-phone line...


Ep XTRA 14. Beyond the Stage: Ty Roberts on AI, Avatars and the Future of Music
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09/04/2026

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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 that can travel across arenas, phones, homes, cars, livestreams, virtual worlds and, perhaps soon, the boundary between the living...


Ep 63. From Pipes to Platforms: Annabel Spring of Allfunds on the Future of Wealth
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08/28/2026

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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 another, and serviced on technology stacks most investors never see. Annabel runs one of the wor...


Ep 62. Raising a Decacorn : Nikil & Usha Viswanathan on Crypto, AI and Family Values
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08/14/2026

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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 the co‑founder and CEO of Alchemy, often described as the “AWS of blockchain”...


Ep 61. AI Earthquake, Quantum Tsunami: Steve Monaghan on the Future of Finance
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07/31/2026

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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 next in the age of AI, quantum computing and streaming finance.

Steve tra...


Ep 60. Embedded, Invisible, Inevitable: Gaurav Kumar of Yubi on the future of lending
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07/17/2026

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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 Asia and now the US.

The conversation begins at 30,000 feet, with the global revolution in...


Ep 59. Breaking Through the Noise: Sally Susman on the Art of Being Heard
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07/03/2026

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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 trust and change outcomes in a world that is increasingly sceptical of institutions. For 18 years, Sally ser...


Ep 58. Private Equity to Public Purpose: Inside Ashish Dhawan’s mission to build India’s future
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06/19/2026

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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 outcomes.

Ashish reflects on India’s dramatic rise as a core allocation in global private equ...


Ep XTRA 13. Music, Masala and Malgudi: Inside the world of Shankar Mahadevan
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06/05/2026

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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 “Shankar” of Shankar‑Ehsaan‑Loy and reshaping the sound of modern Hindi cinema with albums like D...


Ep 57. Rebuilding a Bank in the Age of AI: Inside Emirates NBD’s transformation
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05/22/2026

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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 strong but technologically constrained bank into one of the region’s most advanced digital inst...


Ep 56. 25 Years, 500 Million Visas: Zubin Karkaria on building VFS Global
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05/08/2026

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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 100,000 applications a day and more than 500 million since inception. 

 

From a pilot...


Ep 55. Amplify, Adapt, Advance: Thriving in the AI age. A discussion with Dr Ayesha Khanna
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04/24/2026

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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 everyday careers.

 

Across a wide‑ranging convers...


Ep XTRA 12. Beats, Brand and Legacy: Inside the Rhythm of Bickram Ghosh
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04/09/2026

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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 legendary Pandit Shankar Ghosh, his maternal grandfather the great Pandit Biswanath Chatterjee — Bickram was being shaped by the tabla even...


Ep 54. Innovation, Inclusion & Intelligence: Dimitrios Dosis of Mastercard on the future of money
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03/27/2026

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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 conversation, he makes the case for why this region is not just catching up with th...


Ep 53. Inside MENA’s New Payments Powerhouse: Murat Suzer on Network International’s next chapter
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03/13/2026

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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 most global peers, powered by visionary regulators, aggressive investment and demographics that are rapidly e...


Ep 52. Wio, Women and What’s Next: A Conversation with Amina Taher
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02/27/2026

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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 and over AED 50B in deposits provides the backdrop, but th...


Ep XTRA 11. Beyond 1983: Kapil Dev on Cricket, Culture and Courage
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02/20/2026

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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 missed a single Test due to injury over 16 years, built his engine, his mind...


Ep 51. Flying high : a conversation with Paul Griffiths, aviation’s Willy Wonka
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02/13/2026

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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: “never constrain the growth of aviation in Dubai.” That single KPI become...


Ep 50. Networks, Neural Links and Net Zero: Two futurists on tomorrow’s economy
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01/30/2026

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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 build a future worth investing in.

 

Ross Dawson, bestselling author of “Living Networks” and “Thriving...


Ep 49. Augmented, Not Replaced: The AI-Native Future of Wealth Management
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01/16/2026

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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 

what a truly AI-led wealth future looks like – from augmented relationship managers to agentic platforms that can orchestrate complex processes end to end. 

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Ep 48. Democratising Finance: Kim Fournais on the story of Saxo Bank and honest capitalism
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01/02/2026

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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 in assets, Kim’s journey is a masterclass in vision, grit and disciplined innovation. In this episode, Kim explains how a you...


Ep 47. Fintech for the Many: Tariq bin Hendi on rewiring everyday money
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12/19/2025

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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 begins by tracing his unconventional journey across investment banking, wealth management, government service and now...


Ep XTRA 10. Culture, Curiosity, and the Future of Universities : Dr Ranjan Banerjee on re-imagining education
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12/12/2025

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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 institution-building, sets the stage for a riveting conversation on how universities can shape not just careers, but character and citizenship.

 

In this...


Ep 46. Beyond Apps: Why the Next Tech Revolution Must Tackle Energy, Food, and Poverty
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12/05/2025

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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 across innovation’s wildest frontiers: from pioneering cryptocurrency in the early 1990s and building spaceships at Blue Origin with Jeff Bez...


Ep 45. Zain Verjee: From CNN frontlines to amplifying Africa’s creative voice
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11/21/2025

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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. She candidly shares how witnessing the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi propelled her into hard news, setting the stage fo...


Ep XTRA9 : Money with Meaning: The story of purpose-driven leadership with Tariq Al Gurg, Dubai Cares
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11/14/2025

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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 national bank, absorbing lessons in discipline, strategic leadership, and people management. His career took a dramatic and...


Ep 44. ESG is not enough: Rajeev Peshawaria on Doing Well by Doing Good
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11/07/2025

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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 conviction. What the world needs, he insists, is not more measurement—but more meaning. His solution: ESL, or Environmental, Social, and Leadership, a framework that...


Ep 43. Ahmed Bin Sulayem: Building Dubai’s Global Trade Powerhouse
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10/24/2025

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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 innovation.

Ahmed’s journey at DMCC began in 2003, when the organization counted just 28 member companies. Today, DMCC is h...


Ep 42. Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow : futurist Brett King on the new economics of banking
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10/10/2025

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In this electrifying episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar sits down with Brett King, the world’s most cited financial futurist, to unpack the seismic shifts reshaping global banking. Fresh from hosting the inaugural Dubai Futurists X Summit, Brett joins Suvo in the heart of Dubai to explore the end of physical branches, the rise of AI-powered finance, and the cultural fault lines between legacy banks and digital challengers.

 

Brett’s new book Branch Tomorrow forecasts that half of US bank branches will vanish by 2030, a sei...


Ep XTRA 8. Painting with Light: The bold cinematic journey of of Nayla Al Khaja
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10/03/2025

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Episode XTRA 8 of Money Majlis welcomes the trailblazing Nayla Al Khaja, the UAE’s first female film director, award-winning producer, and relentless advocate for women in the arts. 

In this raw and revelatory conversation, Nayla shares her groundbreaking journey from a fine arts aficionado and gallery owner to a cinematic visionary whose bold storytelling redefines Emirati and Arab cinema.

Drawing inspiration from her challenging childhood, Nayla tackles societal taboos and mental health with unflinching honesty, refusing to treat these subjects as mere themes but as cal...


Ep 41. Banking on Purpose & People: The Samit Ghosh playbook
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09/26/2025

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Step into the heart of India’s banking revolution as Money Majlis welcomes Samit Ghosh, an iconic banker and the founder of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, whose name resonates with financial inclusion and the transformation of millions of lives. In this multi-layered episode, Suvo Sarkar journeys to Bangalore to sit down with his long-time mentor, uncovering a story that weaves together ambition, empathy, and the relentless pursuit of societal betterment.

Listeners are transported back to the coalfields of Dhanbad, where Samit’s early years were shaped by the...


Ep 40. Culture, Connection, and Change: Adrian Simpson’s guide to effective leadership
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09/12/2025

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In this fascinating episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar discusses the world of leadership, innovation, and high-performing organizations with Adrian Simpson, founder and CEO of Wavelength. Adrian, renowned as the “Chief Connector,” shares his unique perspective shaped by decades spent inside boardrooms and on shop floors of some of the world’s most admired companies—from Apple, Airbnb, and Tesla to Alibaba, Lego, and Ritz-Carlton.

Drawing on his early influences with management guru Tom Peters and the foundational concepts of “In Search of Excellence,” Adrian reflects on how the b...


Ep XTRA 7 : Megacities, Migration, and Money: futurist Parag Khanna on what’s next
09/05/2025

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In this XTRA edition of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar sits down with Dr. Parag Khanna, best-selling author and celebrated geographer, futurist, and founder of AlphaGeo. Known for his provocative idea that “connectivity is destiny,” Dr. Khanna takes listeners on a journey across Asia and beyond to explore how networks of people, capital, and technology are reshaping the global economy.

Drawing on insights from his bestselling books The Future Is Asian, Connectography, and Move, Dr. Khanna explains why Asia is not just the future but increasingly the pres...


Ep 39. with Noor Sweid Conviction Capital: Lessons in grit, growth and globalisation
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08/29/2025

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In this scintillating episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar sits down with Noor Sweid, the trailblazing founder and Managing Partner of Global Ventures. Known as one of the most influential voices in Middle Eastern venture capital, Noor brings a wealth of experience—from leading Asia’s first billion-dollar IPO to guiding startups across ten emerging markets. Under her leadership, Global Ventures manages over $400 million in assets, fostering the next wave of innovation in fintech, healthtech, agritech, and beyond.


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Ep 38. From Microcredit to Mainstream: Chandra Shekhar Ghosh and the Bandhan Bank Revolution
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08/15/2025

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In this episode of Money Majlis, I have the privilege of sitting down with Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, the founder and chairman of Bandhan Bank—a man whose journey from humble beginnings to the helm of one of India’s leading private banks is nothing short of inspirational. 

 

Our conversation traces the incredible evolution of Bandhan, from an NGO for marginalised women in 2001 to India’s largest microfinance institution today, with an asset book of USD 21B and serving over 35 million customers across 6000 branches. All while staying...


Ep 37. From Miles to Moments: The Skywards Revolution with Nejib Ben-Khedher
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08/01/2025

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In this episode of Money Majlis, host Suvo Sarkar talks to Dr. Nejib Ben-Khedher, Divisional Senior Vice President of Emirates Skywards, to explore the remarkable evolution of one of the world’s most ambitious loyalty programs. With over 35 years of global experience in the airline and travel industry, Dr. Ben-Khedher shares how he has led Skywards’ transformation from a traditional frequent flyer program into a dynamic lifestyle ecosystem serving more than 35 million members across 180 countries.

 

You will discover the drivers behin...


Ep 36. Agents of Change, part 2 : Eran Agrios of Salesforce on how AI and humans will change tomorrow’s banks
07/18/2025

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In this episode of Money Majlis, the second of two episodes on agentic AI in financial services, host Suvo Sarkar meets Eran Agrios, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Financial Services at Salesforce, for a dynamic conversation about the state of AI-driven transformation in banking. With over 17 years of leadership experience at Salesforce, Eran brings a rich perspective into the impact of agentic AI on the service delivery of financial services.

 

The pressure to adopt AI and unlock the value of data in banks i...