# The Week in Dating Business: October 22 to October 28, 2026

_A federal deadline for scam warnings, a $9 million fraud plea, Match teams up with India's cybercrime agency, states push back on Character.AI's sale, and earnings season arrives._

Source: https://highintentmedia.com/news/week-in-dating-business-2026-10-29
Author: High Intent Newsroom
Published: 2026-10-28T22:00:00+00:00
Last updated: 2026-10-27T14:13:41.375958+00:00
Category: The Data

## Summary

The Romance Scam Prevention Act is law, states challenge Character.AI's sale process, and Match and Grindr report Q3 results next week.

## Key takeaways

- The Romance Scam Prevention Act is law: from October 2027, dating services must warn users who messaged a banned scammer within 24 hours.
- Match Group reports Q3 on November 2 and Grindr on November 5; Match guided revenue down 2% to 3%, Grindr raised 2026 guidance to about $540 million.
- California and other states objected to Character.AI's Chapter 11 bidding rules ahead of an October 30 hearing on Disney's $20 million bid.
- Match Group partnered with India's Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre on romance scam warnings in Tinder, Hinge and The League.
- Three people pleaded guilty in Ohio to romance scams that took more than $9 million using fake dating and social media personas.
- Bleet data on 300,000 Korean office workers found photos, bios and values answers drove interest; big bonuses did not.

Washington put a deadline on dating fraud this week. The Romance Scam Prevention Act, signed October 20, gives every U.S. dating service until October 2027 to warn users within 24 hours when someone they messaged is banned for fraud, and a $9 million guilty plea in Ohio showed the kind of long-running scam the law targets. Match Group added a government partner in India, teaming with the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre on in-app scam warnings. In AI companions, California and other states challenged the terms of Character.AI's bankruptcy sale ahead of an October 30 hearing. Data from Korea's Bleet showed profile effort beats employer prestige. And earnings season arrives: Match reports November 2 and Grindr November 5.

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