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.
Thai and South Korean police arrested 10 suspects in three Bangkok raids on 19 October over alleged prosecutor-impersonation and romance scams, The Nation reports.
The US Attorney's Office for DC says its Scam Center Strike Force has recovered over $800M, including a romance-scam case with 200+ victims and a $12.09M claim.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff told the Press Association Tinder's Events feature, live in 50+ cities, is expected in London. Tinder payers fell 5% in Q2.
Match Group has partnered with India's I4C on a romance scam awareness campaign across Tinder, Hinge and The League, with Roth citing roughly $125M a year on safety.
Match Group's Chine Mmegwa told City AM Tinder had been static but is evolving, as Tinder's daily active user decline narrowed to 4% in Q2.
Grindr director and 10% owner George Raymond Zage III sold 500,000 shares on 16 and 19 October under a 10b5-1 plan, about $7.06M by DII's calculation.
Match Group's Yoel Roth told Business Standard Tinder and Hinge require video selfies in India, with screenshot blocks and a claimed 40% bad-actor drop.
A peer-reviewed study of 35 Indian dating-app fraud cases finds 25 moved to in-person meetings, with losses from INR 7,000 to INR 9 crore.
The BBC reports singles citing app fatigue are choosing in-person events at £15 to £30, while Match Group says Tinder is bringing IRL experiences into the app.
Durham police laid three more charges against Salvatore Malandrino in an alleged romance fraud involving over $1M, after more alleged victims came forward.
Bumble (BMBL) shares rose from $2.54 to $5.95 over 12-13 October, just under Ithaca Holdings' $6.05 cash offer valuing the company at $1.3B.
TechRound says Bumble's paying users fell 16.4% to 3.2M in Q2 2026 while ARPPU rose 1.2% to $21.96, as the $1.3B Ithaca Holdings take-private awaits closing.
MarketBeat's tally has Match Group at consensus Hold from 16 firms, 9 Hold and 7 Buy, with a $42.46 average target against a cited $42.40 share price.
Bloomberg reports wealthy tech-industry clients are paying human matchmakers instead of using apps, while Match Group says Hinge payers rose 17% to 2M.
CNN reports Bumble is dropping the swipe and Grindr is piloting bot-to-bot chats to vet dates, but gives no pilot details. Grindr Q2 revenue rose 33%.
Tinder ran a free three-day SwipeCenter game centre in Shibuya on 18-20 September, with a dating game and coins earned by downloading and using the app.
Bumble will drop swiping in select markets from Q4 2026, Axios reported. It was piloting AI assistant Bee in March. Q2 paying users fell 16.4% to 3.2M.