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Experience history in the making

Innovation. It’s in our blood. It’s the enduring thread that runs through our history and continues to move us forward. As long as there are customers to be helped, we’ll keep at it. And keep sharing our stories here. Welcome.

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This Day in Wells Fargo HistoryOctober 9, 1959

For exactly a decade, Northwestern National Bank’s glowing weatherball forecast the weather high above the Minneapolis skyline. For the weatherball’s tenth anniversary, savings account customers could get their very own bronze weatherball coin bank.

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Woman in front of Savings Department sign holds two Northwestern National Bank coin banks with weather ball atop.

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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