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ASCI launches mobile app to curb misleading ads
MUMBAI: Continuing with its mission to address misleading advertisements, Advertising Standard Council of India (ASCI) has launched India’s first consumer complaint mobile App – ASCIonline, to provide consumer complaint services on a mobile phone besides providing the facility online. The mobile app is currently available on Android and iOS.
ASCI chairman Narendra Ambwani said, “One of the goals of ASCI is to provide convenient access for lodging complaint and hence this launch of mobile app. Today mobiles devices are more widely used compared to desktops. With growing use of smart phones consumers want apps to put power of doing transactions in their pocket. ASCIonline mobile app is consumer friendly and can be freely downloaded. It will be very useful as one can track the status of the complaints which he or she registered on our portal with the help of the app.”
Some of the key features of the app are as follows:
1) Lodge complaint: Lodge complaints by simply providing advertisement details and objection. Users can also attach the files like image or video or YouTube link of that advertisement.
2) History: Check the history of all previously registered complaints with the latest status and all other details.
3) Complaint Tracking: Simply track the status of the complaints by providing the tracking code of the complaint.
4) Manage profile: Manage profile and contact details.
5) Push Notifications: Receive the automatic push notifications when status of your complaint gets changed.
6) Accessibility: It’s always on and connected.
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.
