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Eastern Iowa startups find success at 9th annual Prometheus Awards
Eastern Iowa startups stole the show at the Technology Association of Iowa’s ninth annual Prometheus Awards Wednesday evening in Des Moines. Higher Learning Technologies, Banno, ClusterFlunk and TelePharm all took home honors from the annual Iowa-focused awards. Coralville-based HLT won Best Mobile Application …
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Banno acquired by Jack Henry, continues ProfitStars collaboration
After months of collaboration with a division of its company, Cedar Falls, Iowa-based startup Banno announced Tuesday it has been acquired by Jack Henry & Associates Inc., an information-processing solutions provider for community banks headquartered in Monett, Mo. “We really worked well with them,” Banno CEO Wade Arnold told Silicon Prairie News …
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Banno scores assist on success of New York firm’s first mobile banking app
When New York-based Generations Bank launched its first mobile banking app in February, Cedar Falls startup Banno was there to help power it. The app, called mygenmobile, has since grown twice as quickly as projected, according to a Banno press release today. Banno partnered with Allen, Texas-based software company ProfitStars on the project—a familiar pairing…
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Watch: Banno CEO Wade Arnold talks Iowa tech, software culture
“If you think of programming and IT as the same thing, good luck hiring programmers.” That advice came from Wade Arnold during his lecture at the Biz Luncheon Series June 19 in Des Moines. The 34-year-old CEO of Cedar Falls-based company Banno spoke about how to create a successful software culture…
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Cedar Falls-based Banno names three-year veteran Ben Metz new CTO
Cedar Falls-based company Banno announced in a press release Wednesday that Ben Metz, a three-year employee at the startup, has been promoted to CTO. “Ben has created a culture of continued learning, peer mentoring, and product execution from no employees on his team to over 40 in 24 months,” said CEO Wade Arnold last year…
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Wade Arnold: Treat programmers like “first-class citizens”
To emerge victorious in the next tech talent war, Iowa companies must create a culture that cultivates and nurtures passionate programmers. That’s what Banno CEO Wade Arnold said Wednesday afternoon in a Business Innovation Zone Luncheon presentation. “What I strongly believe is if you have people lined up with the passion, their 100 percent is…
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Watch EyeVerify, Banno demo their wares at bank tech event Finovate
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 …
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Onstage at Finovate, Banno unveils ad platform for banks
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 …
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Banno adds “go-to informal advisor,” fintech industry vet as president
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…
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Prairie Portrait: Abby Goltz of Banno
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…