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Taking a page from fintech competitors, banks have worked to enrich the small-business app experience.
October 31 -  
Startups are increasingly expanding into new areas with their bank partners in an effort to broaden their customer base and bring products to market faster.
October 29 -  
Outages last week at Chime and Varo Money have executives on the defensive.
October 23 -  
The Toronto-based bank has hired 1,200 people across five countries in North and South America to focus on digital features.
October 18 -  
The payments processor Galileo suffered what it described as an "operational incident" that caused more than 24 hours of outages at the fintechs Chime and Varo Money.
October 17 -  
The fintech provides API support to Chime, Varo Money and other challenger banks.
October 17 -  
Grasshopper Bank and Mercury are each targeting customers that face limited options in the market.
October 16 -  
Community banks and credit unions are eager to innovate, but technology upgrades must be done first, says Bruce Lowthers, FIS banking solutions president.
October 13 -  
The company has rolled out an online platform for firms considering marketplace loans as an asset class.
October 10 -  
A digital currency firm has been accused of recruiting actors to pretend to be Comerica and Mastercard employees, writing a fake prospectus and taking other steps to make it look like the two U.S. companies were its partners in an investment venture.
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