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August 23, 2022
Synthetic identity fraud: What it is and how to prevent it
A synthetic identity is a fake identity that combines real personal information, like a Social Security number, with fraudulent or fabricated information. Fraudsters often create synthetic identities to...
August 15, 2022
A Q&A with Bill Coats, Head of Banking Products at Green Dot, a leading money management solutions provider
In an exclusive conversation at Plaid Forum, Coats shares how Green Dot is enabling industry-leading API connectivity for their customers.
August 11, 2022
A Q&A with Hameto Benkreira, Head of Growth at PadSplit, a digital affordable housing marketplace
In an exclusive conversation at Plaid Forum, Benkreira shares how PadSplit uses Plaid to fast-track membership approvals with real-time income verification.
August 09, 2022
How data portability maximizes crypto’s value
Building on principled support for consumers’ digital rights and data autonomy, the marriage of crypto and data portability can bring consumers’ digital financial lives fully into the future....
July 28, 2022
Building better bridges between crypto and traditional finance with Gemini
Together, Plaid and Gemini are building better bridges between the traditional finance and crypto ecosystems. Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell,...
July 27, 2022
A Q&A with Alan Lee, VP of Engineering at Republic, a startup investing platform
In an exclusive conversation at Plaid Forum, Lee talks about the key to fighting fraud, staying compliant, and winning customers.
July 26, 2022
VRP: How Plaid can help you take advantage of a £1.5 billion opportunity
Introduced in 2021, Variable Recurring Payments, or VRP for short, are a type of payment instruction that allows people to automate recurring future payments of varying amounts with...
July 25, 2022
AWS SSO in a DevOps first world
In this post, we’ll talk about how we built end-to-end automated solutions for our DevOps scenarios with AWS SSO and our key learnings so far.
July 18, 2022
Introducing our new class of Plaid Accelerate startups
Plaid’s mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. Our Plaid Accelerate program aims to directly support a diverse and inclusive fintech community, so that the future of...
July 14, 2022
Leading digital asset exchanges join the Plaid network
To address this growing demand from consumers and our customers, today we're excited to share that leading exchanges and investment platforms supporting digital assets, including Gemini, Robinhood, and...
July 13, 2022
Exploring open finance use cases in the EU
The European Union has been at the forefront of open banking since the adoption of the Revised Payments Services Directive (PSD2) in 2016. In May 2022, the European...
July 05, 2022
PSD2 in review
The European Commission’s review of the Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) aims to gather evidence on its impact, as well as assess the appropriateness of a legislative proposal...
July 01, 2022
What the VRP sweeping definition changes means for your business
How people pay for things is changing rapidly and account-to-account payments, embedded across online experiences, are the future. Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) have the potential to help account-to-account...
June 30, 2022
How Petal reduced portfolio risk by 30%
Petal needed a way for people to share access to their financial data in order to perform cash flow underwriting. With Plaid, Petal uses cash flow data to...
June 29, 2022
A more seamless way to reauthenticate in the UK is coming
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has changed the 90-day reauthentication rules. Here, we break down what this rule change means, what its impact will be, and how Plaid...