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Ad Club releases Emvies shortlists
MUMBAI: The Advertising Club has announced the shortlisted case studies for the 2014 edition of Emvies to be held on 17 September.
Maxus tops with 27 shortlists followed by Madison Media and Lodestar UM which have 23 shortlists each, Mindshare has 19 in its kitty.
The various categories for the awards include Best Media Strategy, Best Media Innovation, Best Media Research, Best Ongoing Media Campaign, Best Integrated Campaign, Young Emvie of the Year and Best Use of a Bollywood Celebrity in Media.
The Advertising Club had received 650 entries. The new addition this year is that the Ad Club will not only award the agency, but the client as well. Thus, each entry will have two trophies.
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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.
