Banana.ch

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Banana.ch SA

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legal form Joint stock company with private shareholders
founding June 20, 1990
Seat Lugano
management Domenico zucchetti
Number of employees 13
Branch software
Website www.banana.ch
Status: 2017

The Banana.ch SA is a Swiss software company based in Viganello - Lugano . It produces the financial accounting software “Banana Buchhaltung” for small businesses and sells it in 127 countries worldwide with more than 250,000 licenses sold (as of 2017). According to the Capterra Ranking 2019, the company has 18,000 customers and 95,000 users use the Banana program.

history

The company was founded in 1990 under the name Parsec System SA by Domenico Zucchetti in Bironico as a stock corporation with a capital of 50,000 francs to sell financial accounting software for small businesses, associations and private individuals. Since 1999 the company has been called Banana.ch SA . The aim was to develop an accounting program that could be used by non-accountants with simple operation.

The "Banana Accounting 1" in 1989 for DOS - the operating system with a highly customizable chart of accounts developed. With "Banana 2" followed by a version for the Microsoft Windows operating system, which to use the Microsoft Excel - Tabellenkalkulationspropramm possible. In 1995, Banana was first sold abroad. The program has been used worldwide since the website opened in 1997.

With “Banana 3” in 1997, foreign currency and VAT administration became possible. The cash book was made available free of charge on the homepage. In 1999, "Banana 4" became multilingual and data was archived in HTML format. An international version of the banana was created in 2000 and is now being sold online. In the same year, the software Banana came as a “finalist” for the Codie award (Software Oscar) of the Software & Information Industry Association in San Diego in the categories Business Software and Numeric and Database among the five best programs in the world.

The method developed in 2002 to secure the data entered and the data transfer using blockchain technology was tested by Ernst & Young and patented with US patent No. 7,020,640. In 2006, “Banana 5” introduced the new feature of simple bookkeeping and the option to archive bookkeeping data in Excel and XML. 2007, a new trademark was in Holland and China ( fire ) and a new business model launched with which the Banana program was made available free on the Internet and funded by advertising. Banana 5 followed in 2008 with an extended version for Mac users with CrossOver .

In 2010, “Banana 6” enabled the data to be archived in PDF format and reports to be personalized. The Chinese version of banana accounting was recommended as one of the top 15 free financial management apps on Chinese blogs. In 2012, “Banana 7” was launched in its own version for Mac and the Swiss VAT return was integrated into the program.

"Banana 8", launched in 2015, brought additional options such as highlighting accounting lines in color, checking customer and supplier invoices, business plan and liquidity planning , dynamic data exchange in Excel and other programs, BananaApps, program extensions for managing libraries and files as well as the program and website in chinese language.

The extended version of Banana 8 brought novelties for advanced users in 2017. Around 500 ready-to-use templates and over 60 BananaApps were made available for free download on the website. With the BananaApps, bookkeeping can be personalized and adapted to the norms of the national standards.

The Banana Accounting 9 has re including a single license key, which is on all operating systems ( Windows , Mac OS X , Linux , iOS , Android can be installed).

Banana financial accounting program

The aim of the software manufacturer was to design the “Banana” financial accounting program in such a way that the user should be able to do the bookkeeping as independently and independently as possible in little time. This includes simple and clear operation as well as compatibility with the most popular operating software Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS. Global access to the software has been made easier with a Starter Edition mode , with which all functions of the program can be tried out free of charge and up to 70 booking lines can be saved, as well as with multilingualism (German, Italian, English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese) of the program.

Banana can be operated in a similar way to Microsoft's office software. The bookkeeping can be set up for small companies or associations with ready-to-use chart of accounts templates adapted to their own needs. Import filters as an interface enable bank statements to be transferred from bank and postal check accounts, all data to be transferred to the accounting department and posted automatically. Financial statements and openings as well as the entire accounting file can be created as a PDF archive file “at the push of a button”. A comprehensive user guide is available online. Banana accounting is used by vocational and technical colleges for educational and administrative purposes.

Awards

  • The Banana Accounting 9 belongs according to the portal Capterra 2019 among the top 20 of the world's most popular accounting software.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Capterra: Banana Accounting Ranking 2019
  2. ↑ IT-Magazine 2005/12: The Codie Award honors special company achievements and is considered the most important award in the software industry, the importance of which for IT companies is equated with the Oscars in the film industry.
  3. ^ Software & Information Industry Association: Award History on the sila.net website, accessed on April 27, 2017
  4. ↑ Banana SA of November 23, 2018: Swiss Blockchain Federation founded in Zurich
  5. ↑ United States Patent and Trademark Office: United States Patent Zucchetti No. 7,020,640
  6. ↑ Università della Svizzera italiana: Under the name «Suzhang», Banana was ranked among the 15 top free management programs in China , accessed on April 27, 2017
  7. ↑ Banana: A success story , company history on the website of Banana.ch SA, accessed on April 27, 2017
  8. ^ Chinese website of Banana
  9. ↑ PC tip from February 3, 2016: Banana Accounting 8: New accounting law
  10. ↑ Banana SA: News from Banana 9
  11. ↑ PostFinance: State of development and functionality of Banana for payment transactions , accessed on April 24, 2017
  12. ↑ The computer is now billed . In: NZZ , May 20, 2007
  13. ↑ Capterra: Ranking 2019

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