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Aquapay Payments Technologies, an enterprise payments major & platform as a service (PaaS) specialist, announced that Nitin Chavan has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. Nitin joins the Aquapay team with 2 decades of overall experience spanning across Logistics, Aviation, Insurance and Banking majors. He has about 15 years of enterprise payments experience and a…
Piramal Critical Care (PCC), a business unit of Piramal Enterprises Limited, is a global leader in anesthesia, pain management, and intrathecal therapy, announced a strategic partnership with US-based pharmaceutical outsourcing facility, Medivant Healthcare. The partnership will help address the severe shortage of injectable drugs in hospitals across the United States, PCC said in its press…
Gigforce, a Bengaluru-based on-demand staffing platform, announced that it has raised Rs 6 crore from Unitus Ventures. The startup allows gig workers to select jobs suited to their priorities, along with industry-specific training and upskilling. It also aims to bridge the gap between conventional hiring and modern-day business demands. “The dynamics of hiring have rapidly…
Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, announced a consortium in partnership with pymetrics – the leader in fair talent matching – that brings together training partners Merit America, Per Scholas, Revature, and Woz Enterprise. The consortium will leverage Infosys Wingspan and pymetrics’ AI-based talent-matching platform to meet the reskilling and employment…
ABB announced that it will deliver the largest automation projects in the Indian agro-chemical industry for Deccan Fine Chemicals, a leading chemical manufacturer in India. This mission critical automation and safety system controls over 100 reactors at the largest multi-product plant, at their SEZ facility in Tuni, Andhra Pradesh. Deccan Fine Chemicals currently has three…
Amynta Group, a premier insurance services provider of property & casualty and warranty protection products and services, announced that it has acquired Pivotal Solutions Inc. Founded in 1999, Pivotal Solutions is a strategic partner to automotive dealer groups, providing F&I solutions, training and development to drive customer engagement and deliver superior F&I performance for its…
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) announced Executive changes to its Social Innovation and Toyota de Mexico operations. Sean Suggs, President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi (TMMMS), will be assigned as Group Vice President, Chief Social Innovation Officer, TMNA, effective September 1, 2020. In his new role, Suggs is responsible for TMNA’s philanthropic efforts, the Toyota…
Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, North America. The report, authored by Mark Ray, Daniel Barros, Stephanie Stoudt-Hansen, Andrew Miljanovski, Leah Ciavardini was published on June 9,…
ODILO, a Spanish startup with offices around the globe, is revolutionizing the way organizations transform themselves by providing digital content and learning services for the personal and professional development of their users, announced that it has raised 10 million dollars funding led by Swanlaab Venture Factory. Other investors that participated in the current financing round…
The Institute for Supply Management’s exclusive industry partner, CAPS Research (CAPS), announced the appointment of Bryan Fuller, former Chief Procurement Officer of Mastercard, as executive director. Fuller replaces former CPO Deborah Stanton, who retired after leading CAPS from August 2014 through July 2020. Prior to this role, Fuller was working with Mastercard where he served…
Wipro Ltd, a global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that it will launch its 5G edge services solutions suite. The solutions suite to be provided by Wipro is built with IBM TRIRIGA and IBM Edge Application Manager. Wipro will engage with clients to implement the Universal Edge solutions suite that leverages…
UK-based automation solutions company Enate recently announced that it has raised $2.8mn in a Series A funding round led by Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Funds. The company said that the investment will allow it to further develop its platform and expand its customer base and distributor network across Europe and Asia. Enate provides a…
The Board of Directors of the New Development Bank (NDB) announced that it has approved a COVID-19 Emergency Program Loan of USD 1 billion to the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The resources provided by the NDB will help Brazil safeguard the income of about 5 million people in vulnerable situations, including informal,…
iNurture Education Solutions, a Bengaluru-based ed-tech startup that provides formal higher education programmes in India, announced that it has raised Rs 10 crore in debt funding from Mumbai-based new-age venture debt platform, BlackSoil. This is in addition to the undisclosed amount of equity capital the company is raising from its existing investors. The Ed-tech startup…
Ola, India’s leading mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, announced that it has rolled out ‘Ola Corporate’ across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The milestone development follows the success of the category in the Indian market, which has been adopted by some of India’s leading companies with millions of…