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May 11, 2022
PSD2morrow: Ready, set, go!
For this month’s blog series we are featuring the PSD2 review announcement itself! The commission announced on May 10th 2022 that it would assess impact and issue a...
May 09, 2022
5 reasons why you don’t want to miss Plaid Forum
Plaid Forum 2022 | May 19, 2022 | Join the online community of leading developers and companies building the future of digital finance.
May 06, 2022
Ashley Cornall on building roads that lead to highways as a Product Manager at Plaid
In our next installment of Plaid People, Ashley Cornall shares her path to product management, why interviewing at Plaid felt like falling in love, and the importance of...
May 05, 2022
Plaid FinRise is now Plaid Accelerate – and applications are open for our 3rd Cohort!
We’re incredibly excited to announce that Plaid FinRise, our fintech accelerator program designed to support founders of color, is now Plaid Accelerate. This new name reflects our commitment...
April 29, 2022
Partnering with payment service providers to enable the next generation of ecommerce in Europe
Plaid is adding three new partners to our Payment Partner Ecosystem to enable more vendors and merchants to leverage open banking in order to improve operations and lower...
April 26, 2022
Newsletter - April 2022
Learn about our newest product features, including a a new way to verify a user’s income and employment in seconds.
April 19, 2022
Build a more inclusive credit system with Plaid Income
Income verification continues to be a highly manual and time-consuming process—one that is error-prone, and more consequentially, not representative of today’s workforce. That's why we’re excited to officially...
April 19, 2022
How Purpose Financial approves 99% of loan applicants who verify their income using Plaid
Purpose Financial needed a fast, robust, and user-friendly income verification tool. With Plaid, Purpose Financial can issue more loans faster.
April 11, 2022
Expediting Plaid’s European expansion
Today we announced that Ripsy Bandourian has joined Plaid as our Head of Europe to lead our strategy and operations as we continue to grow in the...
April 04, 2022
Plaid Forum 2022: Building the future of digital finance together
Plaid Forum | May 19, 2022 | Join an online community of leading developers and companies building the future of digital finance.
March 24, 2022
2021 State of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at Plaid
In 2021, Plaid established a formal Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) team to bring further resourcing and structure to the DEIB efforts. In this post, we’ll look...
March 22, 2022
How UK banks will benefit from VRPs
With the CMA’s decision to mandate variable recurring payments (VRPs) as the mechanism for sweeping, there’s no question the UK payment landscape is on the verge of change....
March 16, 2022
Newsletter - March 2022
Learn about our newest latest features, including a new transaction categorization taxonomy—as well as numerous virtual events, including Plaid Forum.
March 15, 2022
Open finance efforts drive financial inclusion
Today, we’re excited to announce that the Plaid Exchange integration with Green Dot’s GO2bank is live on the Plaid network. Now, GO2bank’s customers, many of whom are underbanked,...
March 01, 2022
Shano Fonseka on enabling and accelerating a digital financial revolution
In our next installment of Plaid People, Shano Fonseka shares his experience building the risk team from the ground up and why he feels a deep connection to...