Brands
Cleartrip sends prices on holiday with festive travel deals from Rs 2,999
MUMBAI: Cleartrip is giving travellers a reason to pack their bags and their worries away this festive season. The Flipkart-owned travel platform has launched its new campaign, “Prices jo karde sabki chhutti,” just in time for The Big Billion Days (TBBD) 2025, making five-star stays start at just Rs 2,999 and international flights from as low as Rs 5,999.
The idea is simple: everyone dreams of a break, and Cleartrip’s prices make it almost too easy to say yes. Along with unbelievable value, the brand has rolled out a ‘Visa Denial Cover’ for extra peace of mind and expanded its hotel listings fourfold, from 20,000 to over 80,000 properties.
The campaign’s light-hearted films playfully show how Cleartrip’s prices don’t just unlock destinations, but also moments of relief and joy. A digital-first push, the content spans short, snappy Youtube and Instagram videos, along with influencer tie-ups designed to resonate with Gen Z and families in Tier II and III cities where festive demand is surging.
“Through Cleartrip, people aren’t just booking hotels or flights; they’re buying into an experience, a memory, a pause,” said Cleartrip, head of brand marketing, Govind Bansal. “It’s not just about discounts but making travel anxiety-free and within everyone’s reach.”
Tilt Brand Solutions, chief creative officer, Adarsh Atal added, “We wanted to break the clutter just as Cleartrip has done with its offers. The thought was simple: when deals are this good, everyday hassles can go on a trip of their own.”
Brands
Rakesh Menon joins Paytm as avp – lending
Fintech product leader takes on new role after building digital lending, payments and credit products across fintech ecosystem
MUMBAI: Rakesh Menon has joined Paytm as assistant vice president – lending, taking on a new role focused on strengthening the company’s lending and credit products.
Prior to this, Menon worked at Profectus Capital Pvt Ltd as chief manager – payments based financing and digital lending.
At Profectus, he designed and launched digital credit products for merchants with variable cash flows, including overdraft-linked and revenue-share lending models. He led end-to-end LOS–LMS API integrations with payment partners and aggregators, enabling real-time underwriting, disbursal and repayment workflows.
He also worked on funnel optimisation initiatives using journey analytics, improving onboarding, KYC and disbursal conversion by 35 per cent. He developed ecosystem partnerships for transaction-data-based credit assessment and automated settlement systems, and collaborated with credit and data science teams to strengthen risk models and early delinquency detection.
Menon standardised partner onboarding and API frameworks, reducing go-live timelines by 40 per cent and improving digital scalability.
Before Profectus Capital, he worked at PayU as senior manager – presales lead – enterprise business from August 2022 to August 2023. He set up a national presales function for fintech and digital commerce clients, aligning solutions such as EMI, BNPL, BBPS and offer engines to merchant requirements.
He also helped improve conversion rates by around 15 per cent through merchant persona mapping, demo frameworks and structured sales playbooks, working closely with product and go-to-market teams.
From April 2019 to July 2022, Menon served as business unit head – SMB – direct acquisitions at Worldline, where he built the SMB online payments vertical from scratch. The business scaled to Rs 2,500 crore in annual transaction volume, growing at 45 per cent year-on-year.
During this period, he introduced paperless onboarding processes including eKYC and eSign, developed partner dashboards and CRM automation systems, and integrated platforms such as Shopify, WooCommerce and Tally to expand merchant adoption.
Across roles, Menon has worked across digital lending, payments and merchant financing, with experience in product development, ecosystem partnerships, API integrations and fintech-led growth strategies.
At Paytm, he will focus on scaling lending products and strengthening digital credit infrastructure within the company’s financial services ecosystem.
His appointment comes as fintech firms continue to expand their lending and embedded finance offerings in a competitive market.
