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Amagi Mix to cost-effectively manage media for SMEs
MUMBAI: Revolutionising the media planning and buying business in India, Cloud broadcast and targeted advertising platform provider Amagi has launched an online media planning and buying commerce platform – Amagi Mix. It is targeted at the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). With this, the SMEs are a step closer to tackle the advertising heavy weights and plan to launch television campaigns at an affordable cost.
The plat offers over 50 channels to advertisers to pick from, including regional and national channels to target a specific region. The inbuilt algorithm further strategizes media plans based on the target group, priority markets and the budget. SMEs can also choose to take Amagi’s in-house creative services are further available to SMEs to create spots. The online consultancy is also supported by an offline customer service call centre.
Amagi cofounder Baskar Subramanian said, “We are entering a new market segment that has a great potential. With competition getting local, no brands are national today. The heterogeneity of brands is basically because of the growing demand and constant change in consumer consumption patterns. The need of geo-targeting will increase for brands even while advertising on television.”
By next three years, Subramanian is expecting 20 per cent of advertising by SMEs to happen via Amagi Mix. The network is also launching a television and digital campaign for a month to promote the service.
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.
