Texas National Bank in Mercedes, Texas, is testing how alternative data can improve the speed and accuracy with which it lends to its small-business customers.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council proposed two measures that would enable the body to more easily designate nonbanks as systemically important, a move expected to revive Dodd-Frank era debates between Republicans and Democrats.

A study published after last month's crisis finds that banks can guard against rate-driven deposit outflows by keeping more liquid funds available. It also concludes that financial institutions with higher rates of uninsured deposits are more likely to face bank runs.

The Green Bay bank has seen stable performance since its recent strategy overhaul.

The U.K. payment firm recently paired with the small-business technology firm Bluevine, part of a growing network of collaborations to compete in the crowded international transfer market and cut out correspondent banks.

Elevated interest rates, economic uncertainty and financial sector fragility exposed by recent bank failures threaten to stunt lending activity.