Money Majlis
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.
Episodes
80 episodes
Ep 65. From Pilots to P&L: QuantumBlack’s CEO on building AI-ready banks
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 ...
Ep 64. What Is This Song? The Shazam Story and the Future of Intelligent Enterprise
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, sp...
Ep XTRA 14. Beyond the Stage: Ty Roberts on AI, Avatars and the Future of Music
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, per...
Ep 63. From Pipes to Platforms: Annabel Spring of Allfunds on the Future of Wealth
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...
Ep 62. Raising a Decacorn : Nikil & Usha Viswanathan on Crypto, AI and Family Values
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 s...
Ep 61. AI Earthquake, Quantum Tsunami: Steve Monaghan on the Future of Finance
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 ...
Ep 60. Embedded, Invisible, Inevitable: Gaurav Kumar of Yubi on the future of lending
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 oper...
Ep 59. Breaking Through the Noise: Sally Susman on the Art of Being Heard
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, adv...
Ep 58. Private Equity to Public Purpose: Inside Ashish Dhawan’s mission to build India’s future
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 Ne...
Ep XTRA 13. Music, Masala and Malgudi: Inside the world of Shankar Mahadevan
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 fron...
Ep 57. Rebuilding a Bank in the Age of AI: Inside Emirates NBD’s transformation
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 coll...
Ep 56. 25 Years, 500 Million Visas: Zubin Karkaria on building VFS Global
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 annive...
Ep 55. Amplify, Adapt, Advance: Thriving in the AI age. A discussion with Dr Ayesha Khanna
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...
Ep XTRA 12. Beats, Brand and Legacy: Inside the Rhythm of Bickram Ghosh
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 Bick...
Ep 54. Innovation, Inclusion & Intelligence: Dimitrios Dosis of Mastercard on the future of money
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 E...
Ep 53. Inside MENA’s New Payments Powerhouse: Murat Suzer on Network International’s next chapter
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 Gro...
Ep 52. Wio, Women and What’s Next: A Conversation with Amina Taher
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 a...
Ep XTRA 11. Beyond 1983: Kapil Dev on Cricket, Culture and Courage
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...
Ep 51. Flying high : a conversation with Paul Griffiths, aviation’s Willy Wonka
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...
Ep 50. Networks, Neural Links and Net Zero: Two futurists on tomorrow’s economy
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 ...
Ep 49. Augmented, Not Replaced: The AI-Native Future of Wealth Management
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 Banes...
Ep 48. Democratising Finance: Kim Fournais on the story of Saxo Bank and honest capitalism
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 start...
Ep 47. Fintech for the Many: Tariq bin Hendi on rewiring everyday money
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 ...
Ep XTRA 10. Culture, Curiosity, and the Future of Universities : Dr Ranjan Banerjee on re-imagining education
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...
Ep 46. Beyond Apps: Why the Next Tech Revolution Must Tackle Energy, Food, and Poverty
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...