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Wipro Ltd., Indian IT services provider, Thursday said it is appointing Aparna C Iyer as new chief financial officer, effective immediately, the company said in a regulatory filing. Aparna will report to CEO Thierry Delaporte and will join the Wipro Executive Board.

Everest Fleet has raised Rs 50 crore (around $6 million) from private equity firm Paragon Partners, as it looks to accelerate growth and expand into new markets. The equity investment into Everest Fleet has come just a month after it raised an undisclosed amount of debt from mid-market-focused alternative investment fund Arka Credit Fund I, by issuing non-convertible debentures.

GTBank), the banking subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has selected the Finacle digital banking solution for its multi-country digital transformation program. The size and tenure of the deal was not disclosed. The lender will achieve transformation of its business across its home operations in Nigeria as well as in 10 other markets across Africa and Europe, according to the press release.

The US Federal Reserve announced its interest rate decision after a two-day FOMC meeting and left the benchmark interest rates unchanged at 5.25% — 5.50%. But Fed officials also signalled that they expect to raise rates once more this year. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.42% to $26,997, whereas Ethereum (ETH) was just above the 1,600 level. Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower, around $1.07 trillion, falling 0.56% in the last 24 hours. «Bitcoin is staying afloat around $27,000 in spite of declines in stock indices after the US Fed's press conference. While the Fed held its interest rates, it signalled an upcoming increase before the end of the year. US Dollar index, DXY, continues to showcase strength which can negatively impact crypto asset prices in the near term,» said Vikram Subburaj, CEO of Giottus Crypto Platform.

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Cars 24 India Kunal Mundra has partnered with digital investment platform, Grip, to kickstart EV asset management and leasing company, Electrifi Mobility, founded in June 2023, to boost mobility electrification in India, Electrifi Mobility announced on Thursday. The company looks to provide an end-to-end asset management solution while covering asset selection, leasing, maintenance, post-sales support, refurbishment and redeployment of EV assets. In a release, Electrifi informed that in the last two months the company has deployed assets worth Rs 10 crore with more deals worth Rs 30 crore in the pipeline. Co-founder and CEO of the company explained that there are several snags in India's road to net zero and it hovers around electrification of transportation. He highlighted that Fleet Operators have a significant interest in EV deployment however struggle with assessing the right asset and accessing capital to deploy the same. «However, financial institutions hesitate their inability to assess residual value given the pace of technology evolution in this space and the lack of a secondary market,» Mundra added. Electrifi Mobility’s aims to cater fleet operators and help them choose the right OEM products for their use case.

Senco Gold & Diamonds on Thursday said they have taken a major step forward to tap the digital landscape with the launch of its first virtual showroom, Sencoverse, on the metaverse. The company claimed this to be India's first virtual jewelry retail space within the metaverse, with a primary focus on engaging with the new generation of customers. The jewelry retailer, in an official statement, emphasized its commitment to delivering personalized and convenient shopping experiences to digitally adept millennials and Gen Z shoppers, who are widely regarded as the future of the retail industry. «We believe that the digitally savvy millennials and Gen Z shoppers are the future of retail, and we want to be at the forefront of providing them with the personalized and convenient shopping experiences they want and need,» said Suvankar Sen, MD & CEO of Senco.

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Grip Invest founder Nikhil Aggarwal and former Cars24 India chief executive Kunal Mundra have joined hands to set up Electrifi Mobility, a full stack commercial electric vehicle (EV) solutions provider. The new entity offers planning, acquisition, asset selection, deployment, utilisation, maintenance, optimisation, renewal, decommissioning and disposal-related services. It partners with lenders, fleets and original equipment manufacturers to carry out these services.

Tax incentives from central as well as state governments and flexible payment plans from builders will motivate prospective homebuyers to buy residential properties, according to a survey by Housing.com and Naredco. Proptech firm Housing.com and realtors' body Naredco on Thursday released their latest survey report titled "Residential Realty Consumer Sentiment Outlook H2 2023 — Trends and Insights".

(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has discussed dropping Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) as a supplier of artificial intelligence (AI) chips as early as 2027, The Information reported on Thursday, sending Broadcom shares down 5% in premarket trading.

digital currency (CBDC) also known as the 'Digital Rupee’. As of 30 June, more than a million users as well as 262,000 merchants had registered for the pilot on retail CBDC transactions. Industry experts termed CBDCs as transformative catalysts that will reshape financial inclusion, ensuring a safer and more affordable avenue for all individuals to engage in economic transactions.

«We are not close to signing anything at this point in time but there is an evaluation process underway at this point in time. We will probably have more updates once the quarter is over and we are able to share the results,» says Rajan Sethuraman, CEO, Latentview Analytics.Help us understand what are the demand trends that you are seeing across your segments, your technology, industrials as well as financials?On the demand front, we see that it is still a little slow, especially in the financial services sector and in retail. Industrials, there is a little bit of action.

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Instacart co-founder, Apoorva Mehta, separated from the start-up after generating a whopping $1.1 billion of fortune from its IPO launch, reported Bloomberg. However, Apoorva Mehta will continue to be the largest shareholder in the company. He had stepped down as the CEO of the firm in August 2021.Later, he took over his board position as executive chairman as part of the IPO proceedings.

OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan UFranzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and «Game of Thrones» novelist George RR Martin, accusing the company of unlawfully training its popular artificial-intelligence based chatbot ChatGPT on their work. The proposed class-action lawsuit filed late on Tuesday by the Authors Guild joins several others from writers, source-code owners and visual artists against generative AI providers. In addition to Microsoft-backed OpenAI, similar lawsuits are pending against Meta Platforms and Stability AI over the data used to train their AI systems.

Mayur Milak, Senior Vice President — Auto & Aviation, Asian Markets Securities, says Akasa Ait has cancelled about 600 flights in August and are looking at another 600 cancellations in September. That does not ooze confidence in customers. From IndiGo's point of view, it is good. But this is not great for the industry overall. It needs to be rationalised pretty well going forward.Explain to us what happened at Akasa Air? Why did it happen and what is the possible options available for Akasa Air to go forward from here on?So, from what we hear from reports and from the CEO's message, clearly it seems that there is a pilot issue and this is definitely a big issue. At a time when you are at a fleet of 20 plus and you are looking to expand, if you do not have the necessary crew in place, it obviously creates a lot of havoc and which I think they have clearly mentioned in their petition that they have cancelled about 600 flights in August and are looking at another 600 cancellations in September. That does not ooze confidence in customers.

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang visited four cities, dined with tech executives and researchers, took numerous selfies, and sat for a one-on-one conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the AI sector. Huang’s India itinerary was so crammed that he confessed to surviving entire work days on spicy masala omelets and cold coffees. Huang may have been treated like a head of state, but the trip’s purpose was all business. For Nvidia, whose graphics processors are vital to the development of artificial intelligence systems, the South Asian nation of 1.4 billion people presents a rare opportunity.