May 28, 2013 by Fred Bauters
San Francisco Kansas City-based EyeVerify and Cedar Falls, Iowa-based Banno recently showcased their work at Finovate, a conference devoted to financial and banking technology. Their presentations, which took place May 14 in San Francisco, are now posted on the Finovate site, which we've linked to below. EyeVerify's Toby Rush, CEO, and Chris Barnett, executive vice … read more
May 14, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
San Francisco For the third time, Banno founder Wade Arnold made his way to Finovate to unveil a product he hopes wows an audience filled with banking and financial industry execs. "To some extent, a lot of people who present at Finovate are here to disrupt banking," Arnold ... read more
January 29, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Cedar Falls Banno founder and CEO Wade Arnold has lured in a 25-year financial technology industry veteran to join his team as president. The Cedar Falls, Iowa company today announced the addition of Charles Potts, who comes to Banno after serving as a managing director at ProfitStars, a division of Jack Henry & Associates recently in the news for entering into a partnership with Arnold's company. "Having Charles join our team is a privilege, and we have high expectations for his ability to substantially contribute to Banno's growth and further our role as a major innovator … read more
October 23, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Cedar Falls Silicon Prairie News: What were the biggest challenges you encountered last year moving from a job in the advertising industry to your current gig with Banno? | Abby Goltz: I would say the biggest challenge was just learning and working in a completely different niche. I went from proof reading disclaimers and pulling manufacturer incentives for automotive advertising to product implementation and support for financial institutions nationwide. This industry is a much more technical environment and very highly regulated. I feel challenged and learn something new every single day which is only one of the many factors attributing to my happiness at Banno. | SPN: Banno colleagues have praised your knack … read more
September 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Cedar Falls As he wrapped up a phone interview Monday afternoon, Banno CEO Wade Arnold expressed a bit of self-effacing gratitude for the coverage of his company, which, as he put it, hails from "the cornfields" of Cedar Falls, Iowa. The comment was at once completely sincere and utterly misleading. There's no question Arnold appreciated the coverage. But, anymore, there's also no mistaking Banno for a company that's wide-eyed about the attention it's getting. Not with some of the world's biggest banks lining up to learn more about Banno's latest offering. … read more
September 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Cedar Falls Banno on Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of Grip, its application designed to help users make financial decisions on the go. Banno CEO Wade Arnold and engineer Ben Metz showed off the overhauled app at FinovateFall 2012 in New York. Banno, a Cedar Falls-based company that makes mobile applications, websites and personalized payment card services, first introduced Grip last year at the same event. The original version of Grip enabled consumers to aggregate all … read more
July 13, 2012 by Paige Yowell
In March, Krista Vogel's bosses at Hurrdat Social Media told her to pack three bags: One for cold weather, one for the beach, and one with the essentials. They then told her to bring her bags to dinner with her coworkers, where they all were surprised with a vacation. The destination? The Black Hills in South Dakota, for a weekend of skiing, bar-hopping and most importantly, no work. “It was a really good bonding experience for all of us,” said Vogel, who noted that the lack of Internet connection was welcomed … read more
July 12, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Last December, I wrote a post asking “Who’s the No. 2 startup in Des Moines?” In that post, I shared the results of an informal (and unscientific) poll that I conducted around the community to seek out which companies were the "top startups." While Dwolla was a unanimous selection at No. 1, there was no consensus on No. 2 or even what makes for a "top startup." The folks I talked to clearly felt like Dwolla was doing the correct things to be at the top even though most people didn't necessarily have a concrete opinion on what those "things" were. It seemed it was Dwolla and then everyone else. Fast forward to today, and progress within the local startup scene has helped bring greater clarity to the question I posed in December. Rather than defaulting to one company to characterize the startup … read more
July 10, 2012 by Sarah Binder
Cedar Falls T8 Webware unveiled today its new name, Banno, and its broader focus on building personal finance apps. "The Banno story is really our kind of change the world story," Wade Arnold, CEO of the 4 year old Cedar Falls-based company, said in a phone interview Monday. "It's somewhat of a coming out … read more
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