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Scam of the Month: Immigration

Phone scammers love to target vulnerable populations. And one of their favorite targets is immigrants. Immigrants are typically less ... >

One-fourth of the world’s unknown calls are spam and fraud

No country is immune from phone spam. In Q1 Hiya observed 6.7 billion spam calls worldwide — that’s more than 73 million calls every day.  >

State of the Call 2023: The latest findings across the ...

Hiya’s  State of the Call for 2023 report is now available for download.  The way we connect is changing. Voice is impacted by spam and ... >

Hiya expands branded caller ID to all major U.S. carriers

We are excited to announce that Hiya Connect, our branded caller ID solution, is now available across all major U.S. carriers: AT&T, ... >

BT Group and EE Select Hiya for Spam and Fraud Call ...

We’re thrilled to announce a new agreement with BT Group and EE, to provide the industry’s leading call protection service, Hiya Protect, ... >

Hiya Wins 2 Built in Seattle 2023 Best Places to Work Awards

This week Hiya was honored by Built In on their esteemed 2023 Best Places to Work Awards. We couldn’t be more proud of our team and the ... >

Scam of the Month 2022: A Year in Review

Phone scams come in all different shapes and sizes. Each variation is another attempt to infiltrate your defenses and procure your ... >

What Country Gets the Most Phone Spam?

What country gets the most phone spam? You’ll find the answer to that question in the recently-published Global Spam Report from Hiya. >

Hiya in 2022

2022 has proven to be an eventful and exciting year for all of us at Hiya. We grew our business, innovated across our platform and ... >

Hiya Recognized for Best Company Culture

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been recognized by Comparably for the second time this year with a 2022 Comparably Award for Best ... >

Beyond Answer Rates: Attempts to Connect for Services

Whether your business is making outbound calls for sales or customer service, you know that maintaining a base of happy customers is the ... >

Hiya Connect’s Branded Call Empowers MetCredit Canada to ...

Since we’ve expanded our reach in Canada with Rogers, we’re excited to share how MetCredit Canada has improved their call center ... >

Scam of the Month: I’m Nervous, is this Debt Relief Program ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a debt relief scam is a ruse that targets a consumer with significant credit card debt by ... >

Hiya Launches Personal Call Filtering: The Industry’s ...

A phone call is the preferred method of communication for both consumers and businesses, according to Hiya’s State of the Call report. Yet, ... >

Hey Grandma, I'm in Trouble: Grandparent Scam on the Rise ...

Millions of dollars are being stolen from Canadians in what’s been called the grandparent scam. Here’s how it works:    The scammer calls, ... >

State of the Call Sales Report 2022: Sales and the Voice ...

The voice call still reigns supreme for sales. That is one of the key takeaways from Hiya’s midyear check-in, the State of the Call for ... >

Hiya Recognized in Comparably's 2022 Best Places to Work ...

We are honored to share that we’ve been recognized with a 2022 Comparably Award in the Best Company Perks & Benefits category! To learn ... >

Hiya and Ericsson: Partnering to Protect Global Wireless ...

Hiya has a new partnership with Ericsson to provide network-based call protection to wireless carriers globally. The new offering, named ... >

iOS 16 Changes the Way Caller Names are Displayed on ...

IOS 16 has arrived and is fully available for all iPhone users. There are a ton of new customizable features, improvements, and ... >

Webinar: The State of the Call for Sales

Spam and fraud calls are running rampant in the voice channel with no signs of slowing down or stopping. Potential customers are being ... >

Hiya expands in Canada with Rogers

We’re thrilled to announce the availability of our services has expanded in Canada through a new partnership with  Rogers. The partnership ... >

Scam of the Month: Utilities

It takes a lot to run a happy home. Proper light, heat, and power are necessary for the upkeep of any shelter; utilities are a reflection ... >

Beyond Answer Rates: Call Duration

When you get lost in a captivating phone call, it can feel as though hours pass by in the blink of an eye. You find yourself reflecting ... >

MasMovil and Pepephone: Hiya's foray into the Spanish market

Hiya has partnered with Pepephone to become the first mobile phone carrier in Spain to offer Hiya’s Adaptive AI-powered call protection to ... >

The State of Voice in Canada in 2022

Hiya recently released the State of the Call: Canada 2022 report and the results are definitive; voice is not only growing in popularity, ... >

Taking You Beyond the Black Box with Branded Call ...

Within any large enterprise, the call center is one of the most sophisticated operations in the company. High performing call centers ... >

Hiya Launches Branded Call Intelligence

We are happy to announce the launch of Hiya’s Branded Call Intelligence. This full suite of call delivery and performance analytics is ... >

Top 5 Scam Calls of 2022 So Far

Every week Hiya receives more than 1.6 million reports of spam and scam calls. These come from users of Hiya’s mobile app, and customers of ... >

Webinar: State of the Call Canada 2022

With 94% of consumers thinking that all unidentified calls are fraudulent it is more important than ever to fully optimize your outbound ... >

Scam of the Month: The Credit Card Scam

In May we took a look at one of the most popular phone scams plaguing the voice channel: the credit card scam. Whether it is a tap, a chip, ... >

The Latest Tool to Stop Spam and Scam Calls: Adaptive AI

How do you stop spam and scam calls? Traditionally, spam-blocking services had used the historical model. If a phone number has a history ... >

Hiya Captured Half a Billion Unwanted Calls in a Week

April was the largest month in Hiya's history for processing unwanted calls. There has been an increase in incoming call volume from 2019 ... >

State of the Call: Europe Webinar

With an alarming 94% of consumers thinking all unidentified calls are fraudulent, it is no wonder that the European voice channel is ... >

The State of Voice in Healthcare in 2022

Recently, Hiya released our annual State of the Call report. The results were definitive; not only is voice growing in terms of popularity, ... >

Scam of the Month: The Auto Warranty Scam

The phone rings and it is an unknown number. You pick up the phone just in case it is something important. When you answer you are greeted ... >

Hiya and Gabb Wireless: Partners in Protection

Children are our most vulnerable phone users. Fraudulent calls are more prevalent than ever and they affect all of us, regardless of age. ... >

Call Center’s Guide to Brand Protection

Every call makes an impression on your customers. Maintaining a good image is a responsibility that must be given attention. Without ... >

Introducing Hiya’s Flexible Work Model

We are excited to share that Team Hiya has adopted a flexible work model!  Over the past two years, Hiyans across the globe have shown that ... >

Top 5 Trends in Voice in 2022

This morning, Hiya released our annual State of the Call report. We surveyed 1,800 professionals and 12,239 consumers across 6 different ... >

Hiya’s 2022 State of the Call Webinar: The Highlights

 Last Thursday (2/17), Alex Algard, founder and CEO of Hiya, Inc., presented the first look at our findings for our 2022 State of the ... >

State of the Call 2022 Webinar

There is no doubt that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the workplace and our collective understanding of what ... >

The ROI of Implementing Hiya Connect Webinar

Reaching and engaging with customers is critical to business success. But, so often, businesses struggle with exactly how to do that. There ... >

What's the Best Caller ID Solution for Your Business?

But first — what’s the deal with Caller ID? >

See how Hiya Connect Delivers 677% ROI to Enterprises

Independent study reveals Total Economic Impact of Hiya Connect >

Business Phone Number Registration: How Does It Work?

In a world where 94% of calls from unknown numbers go unanswered, establishing your brand’s credibility can seem like an impossible ... >

Understanding the Impact of Reputation Monitoring

Contact centers have a direct impact on the reputation of a brand. It makes sense--if customers have poor experiences during the calls they ... >

VPP vs. CNAM: What’s the Difference?

Is your branded call service running technology from the ‘70s?  >

Q4 Holiday Scam Calls

The holidays! Filled with sugar, spice, and everything nice! Or, is that the Powerpuff Girls? Regardless, it’s a time many look forward to. ... >

The Call Delivery Report

Here at Hiya, Accountability is one 3 core values that we stand behind in our Hiya Customer Bill of Rights. It’s important that our ... >

Hiya Network Hits 200M Users!

We’re excited to share that the Hiya network has now surpassed more than 200 million users globally, enabling Hiya’s Branded Call and ... >

4 Key Trends Every Financial Services Contact Center Should ...

In 2020, people became more accustomed to putting more physical distance between them for the sake of social distancing -- but this ... >

Tax Scams Reach Highest Point since Pandemic Began

With the opening of tax season last month, we’ve seen a massive increase in tax-related phone scams. Tax scam calls reached their highest ... >

Watch out, Hungary: Erste Bank scam!

Most of us in 2021 know that scammers, fraudsters and cheaters of all sorts can come at you at every corner, on every platform imaginable.  >

Understanding STIR/SHAKEN and Call Spoofing

Millions of Americans own different types of mobile phones and all of these people know that fraudulent calls are already a huge problem in ... >

Hiya’s 2021 State of the Call report featured in USA Today, ...

We recently launched our 2021 State of the Call report, where we analyzed more than 150 billion calls and commissioned a third-party survey ... >

Caller ID Spoofing: How to Prevent Fraudulent Calls

Every company needs to protect its assets, including information about its employees as well as its customers. When most business owners ... >

What is a Spoofing Attack? Everything to Know About This ...

According to research from PwC, 47% of all companies have experienced some type of fraud in the last 24 months. Even when the company ... >

15 Key Call Center Metrics to Measure Outbound Performance

With $2 trillion of commerce conducted over the phone annually, businesses have a lot riding on their ability to reach and connect with ... >

It’s official. Hiya has kicked off 2021

Hiyans from all three offices came together virtually in January to celebrate the achievements of 2020 and to get enthused for a promising ... >

Our 2021 State of the Call Report is Live!

Each year at Hiya, we dig into our data to spot the top trends on the voice call. And we make these insights available to you in our annual ... >

Second Round of Stimulus Checks Brings New Wave of Scams

As the U.S. Government sends out the second round of Economic Impact Payments as part of Coronavirus relief, fraudsters are capitalizing on ... >

Hiya included on Business Insider’s list of startups ...

Hiya was included on Business Insider’s recently published list of the top startups pushing the remote work revolution forward into 2021. ... >

Wangiri Scam Hits Europe

The world’s most prevalent phone scam shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, the popular Wangiri scam is expanding throughout Europe and ... >

The Real Facts on the “Stay Home and Stay Safe” Robocall ...

A suspicious robocall campaign has hit the U.S. during the past three months, and today, on Election Day, it has attracted widespread ... >

Hiya and Samsung extend strategic partnership to 2025

We are excited to announce the extension of our strategic partnership with Samsung to 2025. We will continue to power Samsung Smart Call to ... >

Quantum Assurance increases answer and conversion rates ...

Connecting businesses with their customers is core to what we do and has become increasingly critical over the past several months. That’s ... >

Hiya Finds 86% Growth in Fraud and Nuisance Calls in the UK

Hiya, the industry leader in fraud and nuisance call protection, has seen significant growth in spam calls in the UK grow over the past ... >

How to Detect A “Lucky Winner” Scam Before You Become The ...

Your phone rings, you pick up, and before you can put down your ham sandwich and register what’s going on, you’re told that you’ve just won ... >

Scammers Offer Amazon Job That’s Too Good To Be True

You found the ideal job, working from home, making thousands a dollars a month, and and doing it all for one of the world’s most valuable ... >

Hiya Collaborates With Charter to Protect Spectrum Mobile ...

Today, we are proud to announce our collaboration with Charter Communications to provide Hiya’s free anti-spam app to its Spectrum Mobile ... >

Unwanted Calls Explained: Scam Numbers vs. Spam Risk Calls

Spam and scam—two words that look and sound quite similar. To many people, scam and spam are synonymous with “trouble.” Here at Hiya, we ... >

Hiya Launches Hiya Connect To Help Businesses Improve ...

Today, Hiya announced a new product that allows businesses to provide meaningful context into their calls to mobile customers. Featuring ... >
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