Hayley Birkin

High Intent Media has launched as a holding company offering white-label dating platform infrastructure while running a dating industry news division.

Tinder will pay $60.5M to settle a class action alleging it charged users over 30 approximately double the price paid by younger users.

Seeking.com has launched a public gallery of detected scammers, a first among major dating platforms, but it has not disclosed its false positive rate.

A threat actor claims to be selling data from 51 million Badoo accounts. The claim is unverified, and Badoo has not confirmed or denied a breach.

Tinder has launched its first major rebrand in a decade, with a fictional advice columnist called "T", as paid subscribers fell 21% since 2022.

Ofcom's first Online Safety Act age check review rejects age inference and finds credit card checks cannot tell 17 from 18, a gap for dating apps.

Tinder is presenting sponsor of the 2026 London E-Prix on 15-16 August at ExCeL London, its first motorsport deal, with no success metrics disclosed.

Former Bumble comms director Lucille McCart has joined AI matchmaking startup Overtone as Head of Communications after nearly seven years at Bumble.

Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff says Tinder's monthly active user decline has eased from roughly 12% to between 6% and 7%, helped by Double Date.

Match Group led an $18M seed round for Overtone, Justin McLeod's AI voice-based dating startup, which will not launch until late 2026.

Aisle, an Indian dating app, now refunds paid subscribers who get no "valid match" within 30 days. The offer is live on Android, with iOS to follow.

The EU plans an age verification app and a possible under-15 or under-16 social media ban, which could raise compliance demands for dating apps.

Fate, a London dating app with 10,000 installs, has launched Fate IRL speed dating events. The first two, on 18 and 21 July, have sold out.

Dating trade body ODDA has made Veriff an associate partner as UK and EU rules push platforms towards identity verification.

Dating app SURF has expanded its HYROX partnership to Australia, letting users filter for HYROX singles, but it has shared no user metrics.

Enrise, Cupist and Triplecomma, Korea's three largest independent dating apps, have all launched in Japan as 70% of young Koreans shun dating apps.

Matrimony.com's Q1 billings rose 7.8% year-on-year to ₹13,603 lakhs ($16.3M), according to unaudited company figures.

Match Group has doubled its 2026 AI budget to $10 million and capped spending, while slowing hiring as it assesses AI's effect on staffing.

Sumsub and ODDA say AI deepfakes have made one-off selfie checks on dating apps inadequate, as BioCatch reports a 63% rise in romance scams.

UK dating platforms must submit risk assessments to Ofcom by 31 July or face Online Safety Act enforcement and penalties of up to £18M.