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Rohit Gandhi appointed revenue head at moneycontrol.com
MUMBAI: The city has seen a significant move in the digital media landscape with Rohit Gandhi taking up the role of vice president and revenue head at moneycontrol.com. Commencing July, Gandhi has overseen the crucial display, branded content, IPs, and video revenue streams for the financial news platform.
Gandhi transitions to moneycontrol.com from HT Digital Streams, where he served as revenue head for digital business for over two years. In that capacity, he was responsible for the digital monetisation of a diverse portfolio, including hindustantimes.com, livemint.com, livehindustan.com, and various specialist portals.
His extensive background in digital revenue generation also includes an eight-month stint as revenue head for LCS business at MX Player. Prior to that, Gandhi spent four years as national sales head at Network 18 Digital, overseeing revenue for cnbctv18.com and Moneycontrol, encompassing display, content marketing, branded video content, native ad solutions, and programmatic sales.
Earlier in his career, Gandhi was digital monetisation director at Condé Nast India, where he drove revenue strategy across titles like Vogue and GQ. He also held the position of national revenue head for The Hindu Group’s digital properties and was the national head for content marketing and native advertising at Times Internet Ltd, focusing on the “Demand Plus” business for economictimes.com and its B2B verticals.
Gandhi’s appointment underscores moneycontrol.com’s strategic focus on strengthening its diverse revenue channels in the competitive digital media market.
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PNB partners Kiwi to launch credit-enabled UPI for users
Targets 180 million customers; RuPay card offers 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent cashback
MUMBAI: Swipe, tap, or scan credit is quietly slipping into the rhythm of everyday payments, and Punjab National Bank wants in on the action. The state-run lender has partnered with Kiwi to roll out credit-enabled UPI payments for its 180 million customers, marking a significant push to blend traditional banking with India’s fast-evolving digital payments ecosystem.
At the centre of the collaboration is the launch of the PNB Kiwi Credit Card on the RuPay network. The card is designed with a digital-first approach, offering fully online onboarding and seamless integration with UPI, allowing users to transact via scan-and-pay while accessing credit.
The offering also brings in a rewards layer, with cashback ranging from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent on online transactions, positioning the product as both a convenience play and a spending incentive.
The move comes as UPI continues to dominate India’s digital payments landscape, increasingly blurring the lines between debit-led transactions and credit access. For PNB, which operates over 10,000 branches around 60 per cent in semi-urban and rural areas, the partnership signals a targeted effort to extend formal credit to segments that have traditionally remained underserved.
The collaboration also reflects a broader industry shift, where banks and fintech platforms are converging to embed credit directly into payment flows, reducing friction while expanding access.
With RuPay credit cards gaining traction and UPI evolving beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the PNB–Kiwi tie-up positions both players at the intersection of scale, accessibility, and the next phase of digital finance in India.
