Grindr says nearly 400,000 people registered for early access to its $120-a-month Edge tier within 72 hours, almost four times its 100,000 stretch goal.
Cape Town Metro Police detained two men aged 20 to 25 over an alleged dating scam syndicate accused of drugging and robbing victims. Four POS devices were found.
Rithy Ham, 45, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after posing as two women to take $333,249.52 from a Portland, Oregon victim.
Da Nang police say they arrested 13 foreigners, two Chinese and 11 Indonesians, over an alleged WhatsApp and Telegram romance scam run from a villa with 87 phones.
Veriff launched Presence Verification on 5 November, pairing liveness with deepfake and coercion detection and claiming over 98% coercion accuracy.
Grindr filed an 8-K on 5 November 2026 furnishing Q3 results. The test is a $116M year-ago base, $540M guidance and a first 2027 outlook for the Freddie deal.
Hello Group will publish unaudited Q3 2026 results on 7 December. Its September guidance points to revenue of RMB2.4B to RMB2.5B, down 9.4% to 5.7%.
Kelleher International named Jennifer Wills sole CEO on 4 November 2026, six months after she became co-CEO, and plans a matchmaking platform in 2027.
Malaysian police arrested 35 foreign nationals in Bayan Lepas, Penang, over an alleged Telegram love and gold-investment scam, seizing 119 phones.
Coffee Meets Bagel launched in Australia in September with up to 22 daily matches, backed by a YouGov survey of 1,063 Australians aged 21-35 from November 2025.
Bumble's 10-Q shows Q3 revenue down to $207.1M from $246.2M and paying users near 3.08M, while the $1.3B Ithaca take-private awaits regulatory approval.
Philippine immigration intercepted two South Korean Interpol Red Notice subjects at NAIA. One is accused of working for a Cambodia romance scam syndicate.
Supela police raided a Bhilai call centre on 29 October and arrested Parmanand Yadav, 24, over alleged AI-generated bride ads that collected ₹2,000 fees.
Fledge, run by Fleamily, Inc., launches in New York, its first US market, with Big Five personality matching and offline events. It claims 1M+ members.
A Harris Poll survey for World says 74% of US online daters have suspected a match was not real. It polled 892 single adults, 649 of them app users.
Apple will make developers declare Dating and Relationships features from 16 November 2026, with a minimum 18+ rating and all declarations due by 12 January 2027.
Match Group says Hinge is testing a lower-priced tier with extra filters and custom location boundaries, with a Q4 rollout expected. Hinge payers rose 23%.
Match Group said Tinder DAUs grew year on year in September, though Q3 revenue fell 3% to $891M. The board declared a $0.20 per share dividend.
Madagascar's justice ministry says 148 Chinese nationals tied to romance and crypto scam sites were extradited to China, AFP reported, as US charges follow.
The CIDG says it rescued three people held in a Malate condo on 28 October 2026 and arrested a Taiwanese and a Malaysian over alleged love scam scripts.
Seoul Eastern District Court jailed two Koreans who worked as romance scam chatters in Cambodia, for three and four years. One ring netted 1.9 billion won.
Match Group's Q2 2026 results showed Tinder Events in nine more cities and a 26-city target by September, as revenue slipped 1% to $853M and net income rose 36%.
Gov. Hochul signed S.9051B on 28 October, barring AI companion features for minors and requiring age assurance, with civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation.
A Match Group survey of 3,000 UK singles, reported by the Guardian, finds 39% have used AI in dating, while Yoel Roth rejects bot-to-bot dating.
Dhaka matchmaker Paira staged "Cha Theke Chirodin" at Lakeshore, Banani, for 60 marriage-minded singles, Daily Sun reports, against 25 seats advertised.
Muzz has put billboards and bus-stop ads across Mumbai, its first outdoor campaign in the city, using Bollywood humour, ThePrint reported on 30 October.
Perkasie Borough police arrested a woman over an alleged romance scam that cost a Bucks County man she met on a dating app $17,459.28, per the affidavit.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff took over Tinder from Faye Iosotaluno in July 2025, Reuters reported. Tinder DAU decline has since narrowed to 4%.
Isaac Oduro Boateng and Inusah Ahmed pleaded guilty in New York to wire fraud conspiracy tied to a Ghana-based network that stole over $100M.
UK-founded Bored of Dating Apps launches in Boston with a 21+ singles night at Rochambeau on 19 November, as Match Group payers fell 6% to 13.3M in Q2.
A Hong Kong engineer lost more than HK$8.5M after meeting a scammer on a dating app, as police logged at least 18 romance scams in a week worth over HK$13M.
Match Group relaunched Upward on 22 September 2026 with opt-in Chivalry Mode and a Marriage Timeline, citing a 72% Gen Z marriage figure but no user numbers.
Korean police say 89 people were arrested in a Cambodia-based romance scam ring that took about 10.8 billion won from 243 victims, 25 of them in custody.
A New Orleans grand jury indicted romance-scam convict Emuobosan Hall for failing to report to serve 96 months. A warrant is out and the FBI offers $5,000.
Info Edge reports Q2 FY27 combined Jeevansathi and Aisle billings up 23.1%, with Aisle up 40.0%, as founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani takes over as Group CEO.
The US Justice Department says a joint disruption week led to 28 arrests in Ghana and Nigeria, as Meta and partners removed over 3.7 million scam accounts.
Blitt, Blind's office-worker dating app, says six photos drew about seven times the interest of one among male Samsung staff, in data on 300,000 users.
ORTEX News says Grindr short interest rose 8 points in one week, from 13.7% to 21.7%, ahead of Q3 results due on 5 November 2026.
Bloomberg reports 34% of US dating app users aged 16 to 28 are single and dating, up from 23% last year, while under-30s stay wary of AI-infused apps.
Barclays-commissioned Opinium research finds 48% of UK daters report rising costs and dating app spend up 51.1%, to £7.10 a month among single daters.
Mozet says Japanese female sign-ups on Korean app Jung-o-ui Date hit 47,800 by September 2026, about 4.6 times December 2024's 10,300, per Seoul Economic Daily.
Grindr is rolling out simplified sensitive-data controls for gAI features and gAI development from the week of 27 October, with certain health data excluded.
Two Ghanaian twins and a Hawaii woman pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in romance scams that cost victims over $9M, US prosecutors said on 26 October.
The DOJ charged six Africa-based suspects who allegedly posed as women on dating sites to drain crypto wallets, with about 800 victims tied to 74 wallets.
PeopleFinders launched Stud or Dud on 26 August 2026, an AI web app that flags 'green' and 'red' signals on potential dates, with paid plans from $5.
Grindr named SAMY agency of record for US and global influencer marketing and its Latin America social agency after a pitch, a release dated 22 October said.
Communications Minister Anika Wells told Bloomberg she expects Federal Court action against five platforms over the under-16 ban, with penalties up to A$109.2M.
Hyderabad police have stepped up checks on Jubilee Hills pubs after more than 70 complaints of dating-app dates ending in huge bills, with over ₹35 lakh reportedly lost.
The Golden Mill said it never approved a '400+ person gathering' on 24 October. Anti-vaccine dating app Unjected moved its singles mixer to The Grizzly Rose.
Nigeria's national cybercrime centre says it dismantled fraud and romance-scam networks tied to over $2M in losses abroad, with nine arrests in three cases.