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Channel [V] opens its 2nd café in Gurgaon
MUMBAI: In line with its plans of opening 30 outlets over five years, yuth entertainment channel, Channel [V], has opened the second outlet of its café, ‘[V] Spot Café + Bar‘, in Gurgaon.
The first outlet was launched last year in Saket, New Delhi.
Pune and Bangalore will be the next stop. Said Channel [V] EVP and GM Prem Kamath, “Gurgaon is the second among the 30 outlets that have been planned over the next 5 years. Pune and Bangalore will be up in the next three months. While it serves as a great on–ground presence for the brand, it is also proving to be a very robust revenue generator. The Gurgaon outlet is being launched with a 3 day ‘I Love Gurgaon’ festival where local talent will get a chance to perform with established professionals.”
The café not only offers budding artists on air coverage but also gives its customers a chance to record video message for anyone on the Video wall shown later on Channel [V].
“It’s time to say goodbye to the dreary long drives to Delhi in search of entertainment, as [v] Spot Café+Bar is now in Gurgaon!! It’s time to hit the Spot in your very own neighbourhood,” [v] Spot Café+Bar leisure streak hospitality master franchisee director Devdeep Singh said.
Youth preferences in music, style, products, food, technology and entertainment have all been kept in mind while working on the offerings of the café. Each element in the café gets its inspiration from various themes associated with Channel [V], the channel said.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
