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Hudco looks to empanel ad agencies
The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (Hudco) is looking for fully accredited ad agencies with experience in handling public sector unit (PSU) accounts.
The agency has to have accreditation from the Indian Newspaper Society, and those having their head offices in New Delhi along with a good representation as far as regional offices are concerned would be preferred.
The selected agency will be handling Hudco’s national and corporate media assignments. To apply, agencies should have annual billings above Rs 250 million and wide exposure to electronic, print and traditional media.
Hudco is also looking for agencies for national, state and regional campaigns related to vernacular language assignments.
Here, an annual turnover not below Rs 40 million and experience in financial advertising is essential.
Agencies need to apply within ten days with credentials to: Hudco, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003.
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.
