Rapyd welcomes ex-Uber executive Mahesh Muraleedharan to lead Indian operation [Press Release]
India-based Fintech-as-a-Service platform Rapyd has appointed Mahesh Muraleedharan as Country Manager. Muraleedharan will be overseeing Rapyd’s business operations in India from Bangalore and expand the company’s footprint in the market.
Muraleedharan is a veteran of India’s startup ecosystem who brings on board the experience of funding, launching, nurturing and scaling early-stage operations for tech-enabled businesses at Uber, Oyo, UrbanTouch, and VentureEast.
Muraleedharan was Uber India’s first hire in 2013, and after launching the company in six cities across India, was appointed General Manager for Uber. After Uber, Muraleedharan worked with seasoned investors to support Indian startups at VentureEast, a tech-focussed VC fund based in Bangalore, and helped Oyo to set up the company’s business in Singapore.
The move, the company said, is looking to enable Indian platform companies and innovators to develop new services as they grow regionally and globally, as well as to help global companies expanding into India to tap into the country’s large and growing millennial population in simplified access of Indian payments landscape.
Fintech startup BetterTradeOff appoints former Standard Chartered CEO Karen Fawcett into its executive team [Press Release]
BetterTradeOff, a Singapore-headquartered fintech startup, announces three prominent appointments as it ramps up capabilities for its life-planning service just after the planned rollout of a new direct to consumer proposition “UP”.
Karen Fawcett joins BetterTradeOff as a Non-executive Director, bringing insight and strategic counsel to BTO’s senior management. Karen is currently a Non-Executive Director of INSEAD and formerly Global CEO of retail banking as well as Head of Brand and Marketing at Standard Chartered.
Shannon Cullum joins BetterTradeOff as Chief Marketing Officer, to lead the development of the B2C brand proposition and spearhead the consumer launch. Cullum spent nine years as a CEO in a multinational ad networks Saatchi & Saatchi and MullenLowe.
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Alex Shiu has been appointed as Chief Product Officer. He joins BetterTradeOff from Hotels.com where he was most recently Head of Strategy and Business Development for Asia Pacific, leading commercial trading and long-range strategic development of the brand in the Asia Pacific region.
BetterTradeOff provides financial institutions with a collaborative platform that allows advisors to work together with clients on a plan to finance and protect their dreams. The platform combats the complexities of traditional financial planning, leveraging real-time data and analytics to help advisors provide clients with a meaningful and intuitive understanding of their current financial situation.
GOWES launches GOWES fleet sharing, operating in the number one university in Indonesia [Press Release]
Indonesia-based GOWES ride-sharing platform and application announces the launch of bike-sharing, e-Scooter, and e-bike service in collaboration with Universitas Indonesia (UI). GOWES operates under PT Surya Teknologi Perkasa (STP), the subsidiary of digital distribution company PT M Cash Integrasi Tbk (IDX: MCAS).
Hundreds of GOWES fleet that consists of 200 bikes, 35 e-bikes, and 100 e-scooter are made available as an eco-friendly alternative for in-campus mobility in UI, introduced as a green campus movement.
With the service, riders can download the app to instantly activate the vehicle of choice, and drop the vehicle in any spot within the operational area of GOWES inside the campus. Using Tracking Device & Digital Indonesia Map on the vehicle, GOWES team can track the vehicle and collect the used vehicle.
Singapore-grown job-seeking platform GRABJOBS launches in Indonesia [Press Release]
GRABJOBS, a Singaporean job-seeking platform, has officially launched in Indonesia. GRABJOBS was first established in 2016 in Singapore, before entering the Philippines in 2017.
“The job seeker market in Indonesia from sectors like retail, hotel, and F&B industry has experienced a significant increase. Companies can no longer keep up with the need to recruit more talents, and GRABJOBS seeks to help out with a faster, more efficient, and effective recruiting process,” said Co-Founder and CEO GRABJOBS, Emmanuel Crouy.
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GRABJOBS offer career automation with its chatbot features that will handle the interview process, talent scanning, and profile assessment, followed by interview scheduling and automatic interview schedule reminder.
GRABJOBS targets fresh graduates and middle-level job seekers and claimed that it has worked with companies like Ismaya Group, Union Group, Love Bonito, Ascott Hospitality Group, and Go-Work Offices in Indonesia.
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