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#monetisation

In the fintech vertical, where growth depends on trust, the decision to monetise through in-app advertising is a bold bet, one that could backfire if a bad ad experience undermines user confidence. But Toss, South Korea's leading fintech super app with over 25 million users, turned that risk into a major revenue win by implementing filters based on user-level relevance and using behavioural signals and first-party data to block disruptive or inappropriate ad categories.

Akhil Savani has joined the company as vice president of publisher development, while longtime OpenX leader Rebecca Bonell has been elevated to regional vice president of publisher development, The Americas. Together, they will shape OpenX's next phase of publisher growth, working with publishers to innovate and increase monetisation while driving fair value exchanges. As publishers face critical challenges, including zero-click search and advancements in large language models (LLMs), OpenX is innovating to support publisher revenue and data strategies.

There has been - to use the parlance of the kids - a vibe shift in the AI industry. All the way up from scrappy AI startups to the boy king, Sam Altman, there's been a distinct change in the tone and content of conversations surrounding what generative AI will actually be used for. In the early days, luminaries (Altman in particular) loved to speak in abstracts and far-reaching, fantastical terms.