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IndusInd Bank launches ‘NRI homecoming festival’ in Kerala
Mumbai: In light of the vibrant Onam festival and to celebrate the special Onam festival spirit with its NRI customers across Kerala, IndusInd Bank has today announced the launch of its ‘NRI Homecoming’ festival in Kerala. This festival is to mark the eagerly awaited return of non-resident Indians (NRIs) to their homeland and to create an experience for the Bank’s NRI clients with a grand celebration of Onam. The Branches are being decorated and a host of initiatives are being planned to welcome the NRIs.
As a part of this Onam celebration, the Bank extends a warm invitation to its valued NRI customers and their families to visit the Bank’s branches and join in a joyful high tea gathering and lamp-lighting ceremony. Bank has also organised exclusive movie screenings in Calicut, Kochi and Trivandrum for NRI customers & their families. There are a lot of other fun-filled activities planned by the Bank for NRIs customers & their families, including getting a handmade family portrait made by a local artist. IndusInd Bank will also arrange sessions on financial literacy for NRI customers to educate them on their financial needs and financial planning. The event would be hosted by some of the best financial planners to help them secure their financial goals.
Besides, to make the festival even more enriching for its NRI customers, IndusInd Bank is delighted to offer an array of exclusive benefits to its customers. These include the privilege of selecting a preferred Account Number and access to an exceptional best-in-class interest rate of up to 6.75 per cent on NRE/NRO Savings Accounts. Customers can also reap the rewards of attractive returns on Fixed Deposits, with potential earnings of up to 7.5 per cent p.a. on NRE/NRO Deposits and up to 5.85 per cent on USD FCNR Deposits.
Additionally, IndusInd Bank has launched one of its kind online remittance to India platform ‘IndusFastremit.com’, now you are not required to search for options on money transfer companies. IndusFastRemit.com does it for you by bringing key partners on the same window, just compare exchange rates and the time to credit into your account in India. Furthermore, the Bank aims to promote awareness about the financial solutions tailored for the NRI segment. These informative sessions will be held across all branches of the Bank in Kerala during this festive period. These initiatives are in alignment with the fact that the Onam festival sees a huge number of NRIs from the Gulf region coming back to their homeland – Kerala and Kerala is one of the focus markets for the Bank.
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Sameer Nair shares heartfelt note as he exits Applause Entertainment
After nine years building the streamer’s content engine, one of India’s best-known TV men is moving on
MUMBAI: Sameer Nair is out. The chief executive of Applause Entertainment, the content studio backed by Kumar Mangalam Birla’s media empire, has announced his departure after nearly nine years at the helm, closing the chapter on one of Indian entertainment’s more quietly consequential careers.
Nair, who built Applause from the ground up in its current avatar, oversaw a slate that spanned Indian originals and international adaptations, threading together a hub-and-spoke business model that partnered with streaming platforms, broadcasters and production houses alike. The results were uneven, as they always are in content, but the ambition was not.
In a post on LinkedIn, Nair was generous to his outgoing patron. He thanked Birla for being an “inspirational boss and a great patron of the arts,” and signed off with a cheerful “Au Revoir” and a promise to remain Applause’s biggest cheerleader. Whether that sentiment survives the next chapter remains to be seen.
No successor has been named. Applause Entertainment did not immediately comment.
Nair built the machine. Now someone else has to run it — and in a streaming market that is simultaneously consolidating and convulsing, that is no small ask.
