Global Address Newsletter
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Welcome to our 2026 Quarter 2 Global Address Newsletter. We have some exciting developments in the works that we believe will be great new additions for our users.
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For our web service users, we are expanding our coverage of countries for our new Suggestions options. This means that for close to 20 countries, users can get suggested addresses back when the input address is not able to be verified. We encourage our users to go ahead and try it out.
Please see this documentation for more information.
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Ireland Basic Version
Here at Melissa, we pride ourselves in sourcing the highest quality data available. For countries where it is available, this usually means the postal authority for that country. For Ireland, that would be EIRCode data. Our users can get access to either the ECAD or ECAF postal data from EIRCode.
However, this premium data set does come with some possible downsides. It does cost more to use this data as EIRCode requires royalties to be paid from all end users. Additionally, there are reporting and contractual obligations that come with using the data, which not all users want to engage in.
So, we have developed a Basic version of Ireland address verification that does not use the premium postal data. This version does not have as comprehensive coverage as official postal data and does not have full postal code coverage. However, it may still be a viable or even preferred option depending on the use case.
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In 2025, Vietnam implemented an overhaul of their administrative subdivisions, consolidating from 63 provinces and municipalities into 34 provincial-level units. Vietnam is not an easy country to source data from, but we are excited to bring to our users the address data with the newly drawn provinces. At the same time, we have improved our coverage and data, as well.
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We are working towards some major new updates and features in upcoming releases:
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Melissa’s Expansion into China
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Melissa Melissa has officially expanded into China. We are now also a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE) in China. As we continue to build out our infrastructure and presence in China, we are also working on providing in-country expertise and capabilities. We are building a new Premium Chinese language engine that will leverage many in-country resources not available in our current China engine. For our users with a presence in China, we recommend paying attention to future updates about this topic.
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We are excited to announce that we are working on a new and better version of our source data for Spain. It is not everyday that we can say we are improving the data for a top 15 economy in the world. For users who are familiar with the country, Spain has its own set of distinct challenges. We expect our new data to have better coverage of addresses and better geocoding. This new data is scheduled to be available next quarter (2026Q3).
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Melissa is already using the Postal Address file from Australia, Post and we return the DPID with the output. However, we are not officially AMAS (Address Matching Approval System) certified by AU Post. We are working on achieving this certification and making an AMAS certified engine available to our users who would like it.
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Many More Improvements in the Pipeline
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Here at Melissa, we are constantly working on improving our data and engine. It is a never-ending process. Here are just a few upcoming items currently in the pipeline:
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- Chungwa Post
- Correios (Brazil) postal data
- New data on Addresses for Sale in the United States
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