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This Day in Wells Fargo HistoryOctober 29, 1956

First National Bank of Arizona took the concept of “drop in” banking to new heights when it opened a fly‑in branch at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.

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A man in suit and tie stands behind the left wing of a small twin engine plane. He is reaching up to receive a bank passbook being handed out a small window in the plane cockpit by a woman. She sits in the plane’s pilot seat. Signs on chain-link fence and tarmac in background read First National Bank of Arizona and Entrance to nation’s first fly in bank.

A partnership born to solve challenges

Throughout their lives, Henry Wells and William G. Fargo, the founders of Wells, Fargo & Co., were known for their innovation and dedication to customers.

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