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A Pocket History of ATMs
Wells Fargo has always delivered service to customers in innovative ways , from stagecoach and steamship, to telegraphic transfers of money, to today’s on-line banking. In l865, Samuel Bowles of the...
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Tillie The All Time Teller
My two and a half-year old granddaughter already scrambles up on my lap when I sit down in front of the computer, and asks, “Are you checking your e-mail?” Even at her young age, she isn’t intimidated...
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The ATM guy
We read of the passing of John Shepherd-Barron, the guy who invented the ATM. Shepherd-Barron thought he should have access to his own cash any time, so he built a machine to do just that. The device...
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Je peux vous aider!*
Beginning in September, customers will be able to complete their ATM transactions in French at Wells Fargo ATMs — including those branded Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company. This is an exciting new...
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Bank mascots, part 2
A while back, I wrote an entry on bank mascots. We received some comments regarding the old bank mascot, the Crocker Spaniel, from the Crocker National Bank (in California). My colleague said that her...
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Atlantic Bankaround
When was the last time you stopped at an ATM? Pretty routine for most of us. So try to imagine a time when an ATM was so foreign, and the technology so new—so revolutionary—that it was like something...
View ArticleJapan’s earthquake, revisited
As you likely know, the situation in Japan continues to worsen, and the information is changing rapidly. I noticed today when I went to my Wells Fargo ATM* that it is now possible for Wells Fargo...
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Happy Birthday, “You and I”
“You and I” was was a slogan of First Interstate Bank in the 1980s. It was based on the Bank’s logo, a clever “I” that also delineated an “F” and “B.” First Interstate pioneered a new way for banks to...
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International travel tips
In 1852, Wells Fargo opened its first office in bustling, gold rush San Francisco, to provide financial and express services—specifically, to get money from one person to another by the most secure...
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