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November 01, 2021
How Vola used Plaid to save their users $18 million in overdraft fees
Fintech app Vola needed user-permissioned financial data to power their personalized financial services aimed at people with low or non-existent credit scores. With Plaid, Vola helps hundreds of...
October 28, 2021
A new era of investing: strategies for changing investor needs
The investment world is becoming an increasingly complicated space, with the addition of a slew of options rooted in technology (think cryptocurrency or non-fungible tokens), securitization (such as...
October 28, 2021
PensionBee and Plaid working together to make Open Finance a reality
Together, PensionBee and Plaid are taking the next step in the journey to expand open banking into open finance and help people gain access to and control over...
October 28, 2021
A new chapter for Plaid’s bug bounty program
October is Cybersecurity Awareness month and we’re excited to share some new updates to Plaid’s bug bounty program.
October 28, 2021
A guide: How to effectively pentest Plaid’s web applications & APIs?
We recently announced our new and improved bug bounty program and to make it easier for you, we’ve outlined various web applications and APIs that security researchers like...
October 27, 2021
Stash boosted deposits by 19%
To get more investors on the platform, Stash needed a better way for users to link their outside financial accounts. With Plaid, this step is fast and easy....
October 21, 2021
Building a partner ecosystem for the future of payments
Plaid has built a payment partner ecosystem to make account-based payments simpler. With over 50 companies in North America and Europe, Plaid and the ecosystem partner will help...
October 18, 2021
VRPs: the next frontier of open banking payments
Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) are the next big development for open banking in the UK. Last year, the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) released its consultations on...
October 14, 2021
Highlights from Day 2 at Plaid Forum
We wrapped Plaid Forum today with the important things we are doing to improve your developer experience.
October 13, 2021
Highlights from Day 1 at Plaid Forum
We wrapped up Day 1 of Plaid Forum, our virtual conference, and it was exciting to see hundreds of people come together to discuss how we’re building the...
October 12, 2021
Newsletter - October 2021
Learn about our recent enhancements to Institution Status, Link, and the Transactions API.
October 12, 2021
[Report] The Fintech Effect: Fintech's Mass Adoption Moment
Plaid's second annual consumer survey report, The Fintech Effect: Fintech's Mass Adoption Moment, finds that fintech use has surpassed social media and TV streaming. Fintech's impact now extends...
September 30, 2021
Matt McGowan on his passion for developing teams
In our next installment of Plaid People, Matt McGowan shares how he got his start in sales, his passion for developing teams, and the “fearless” individual who makes...
September 23, 2021
The Next Frontier: Establishing Stronger Privacy Standards for a Safer Ecosystem
With hundreds of millions of people now relying on digital finance, there’s never been a more critical time to come together as an industry to put consumer privacy...
September 23, 2021
Unbanked offers a fast and easy way to transact crypto
Unbanked previously relied on microdeposits to validate users’ outside bank accounts, which was slow and provided a poor user experience. With Plaid, Unbanked users can quickly and easily...