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.
Known, the swipe-free app from two 22-year-old Stanford dropouts, matches members after an AI voice interview of about 30 minutes and charges $15 per match.
Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, Kahn Swick & Foti and Ademi LLP opened investigations on 13-14 October into whether Bumble's $6.05-a-share sale price is fair.
Daejon Love, 35, pleaded not guilty in Portland to wire fraud conspiracy over alleged dating-profile scams. An earlier DOJ release cites 26 victims and $1.3M.
Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff told NBIM's podcast Tinder's turnaround is people-led. BigGo reports a 17-point engagement rise and Events in 25 cities.
Bumble launched opt-in searchable Handles for verified US iOS members on 14 October, one day after agreeing a $1.3B take-private by Ithaca Holdings.
The FTC sued Ohio-based Digital Forensics and CEO Dmitry Belkin over a sextortion relief scheme it says took at least $60M, and says it won a temporary halt.
A Hassan-led congressional report says Tinder left scam models stale for years as median scammer reach rose more than sevenfold. Match disputes parts.
Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman become Bumble co-CEOs when the $1.3B Ithaca deal closes. Whitney Wolfe Herd, who stays CEO until then, gets no stated title.
Miami startup Stoke plans a five-venue Wynwood pilot for its free check-in dating app, then a January launch targeting 60 venue partners, Axios reports.
Seven Blackstone-linked vehicles sold 2,763,510 Bumble Class A shares at $3.5423 on 13 October, but about 15.9M shares remain, not a 99.5% cut.
Bumble has agreed a $1.3B all-cash sale to Ithaca Holdings at $6.05 a share, approved by written consent from Blackstone and its founder.
Norway's regulator fined Microsoft's Xandr NOK 92M ($9.6M) for using Grindr user data in ad auctions without valid consent. What it means for dating apps.
Character.AI has filed for Chapter 11 and Disney bid $20M for a licence to its tech. What the sale and new state demands mean for dating apps.
Adam Mosseri says Instagram has no plans for a dating feature. What that means for Match Group, Bumble, Hinge and Meta's Facebook Dating.
Dixner has bought Paris singles party brand Crush Party and will run its events as Dixner Crush from 22 October. No price was disclosed.
A Rochester federal judge sentenced Stephen Odiboh to 33 months and $196,500 in restitution over a romance scam with $356,500 in total loss and attempted loss.
ODDA has launched a Consumer Safety Panel of survivors, users and experts to test dating app safety features and shape its standards.
Australia's Federal Court formally declared eharmony misled users on renewals, pricing and free dating. eharmony plans to appeal; penalty still to come.
Hinge now gives daters who commit minor harassment in chats a warning and a compulsory lesson, not a ban. Serious and repeat cases still mean removal.
Feeld's 2025 accounts show revenue up 31.5% to £64.4M and pre-tax profit of £11.4M, outpacing Match Group, Bumble and Grindr.
Grindr is buying PurposeMed, parent of telehealth provider Freddie, for $320 million, adding PrEP and STI testing to its app as Grindr Health.
Tinder launched Group Hangouts, letting up to 15 people share one profile. In Australian testing, 40% of group invitations were accepted.
AI dating service Ditto grew from 42,000 sign-ups in February to 200,000 across 20-25 US campuses, and has raised $10.8 million in total.
Dating app SPARK is rebranding as a 'real-world social network' for venue-based meetups after 1,400 bookings in Thailand over 12 months of testing.
Ofcom data shows more than one in ten 15- to 17-year-olds accessed three major UK dating apps despite age checks, as the under-16 social media ban nears.
Singapore's GovTech has launched FirstDate, a dating app giving civil servants aged 21 to 35 one match at a time, amid a fertility rate of 0.87 in 2025.
Hinge is now India's second-most downloaded dating app, and Match Group plans more marketing there to chase $1 billion in Hinge revenue by 2027.
UNC Chapel Hill research finds one in five of 2,300 middle-school students use AI chatbots for emotional companionship, a risk for dating apps.
Japan's IBJ matchmaking network grew revenue 44% in six months to approximately $91 million, and says it is involved in one in 25 Japanese marriages.
Coffee Meets Bagel says it is the only Singapore dating app with Singpass, and the Ministry of Law has recognised its support of the OSRAA.
Grindr will make PrEP accessible directly in its app from next year, CEO George Arison said, moving beyond HIV prevention awareness.
After5.pm has launched in San Francisco, replacing swiping and matching with small-group meetups every evening from 5 p.m. The app is self-funded.
Former Hinge product lead Michelle Parsons has launched Lora, an astrology-based app with pre-seed backing from AlleyCorp and 14 relationship types.