Guest bio
- Was the founding CEO of Marcus, the digital bank of Goldman Sachs.
- Built Marcus as a new bank inside an established institution, bridging the cultures of old and new.
- Earlier in his career he was at Citibank, and he is engaged in philanthropy.
Harit Talwar was the founding CEO of Marcus, the digital bank of Goldman Sachs, which he built as a new bank inside an established institution, working through the clash of cultures between old and new and forging successful partnerships. Earlier in his career he was at Citibank. He has thought deeply about the guiding principles for starting a bank, why service quality at banks is so often poor, whether banks should call themselves technology companies, whether neobanks will upend the industry and whether blockchain will rule banking's future. He is engaged in philanthropy, and cares about work-life balance and career planning.
Show notes
In Episode 10 of Money Majlis, the founder CEO of Marcus, the digital bank of Goldman Sachs, is in a scintillating conversation with Suvo Sarkar about the guiding principles for starting a new bank, the clash of cultures between old and new and forging successful partnerships.
Will neo-banks upend the traditional banking industry? Why is service quality so poor at banks? Should banks call themselves “technology companies”? Will blockchain rule the banking world of the future?
Suvo and Harit, ex-colleagues from their Citibank days, discuss banking, philanthropy, work-life balance, career planning and much more in this very interesting episode that will make you think, reflect and smile.
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