Welcome to the Plaid Blog
April 24, 2025
Inside Plaid: How we are investing in reliable financial data access at scale
A behind-the-scenes look at Plaid’s investments in financial data access via AI-powered tools, seamless API migrations, and strategic partnerships.
April 16, 2025
Making the returning user flow smoother in Europe: How we boosted conversions by up to 11%
Plaid’s latest updates in Europe simplify the returning user experience—cutting friction, boosting trust, and driving up to 11% higher conversion. Now live in 18 European markets, new features...
April 15, 2025
Unlock financial experiences with insightful transaction data using the Plaid network
Learn how Plaid’s transaction data & network coverage help you personalize UX, improve conversion, & unlock new use cases from budgeting to cash advances.
April 10, 2025
The FCA’s 2030 Vision: The Time to Deliver Is Now
With its bold 2025–2030 strategy, the FCA is calling on the entire UK financial ecosystem to deliver on the promise of Open Banking and lay the groundwork for...
April 03, 2025
Plaid’s latest fundraise
We’re happy to share that we’ve raised ~$575M led by Franklin Templeton, alongside Fidelity Management and Research, and others including existing Plaid investors NEA and Ribbit Capital. The...
April 03, 2025
People at Plaid: Stories from the Team Behind the Mission
At Plaid, our people are at the heart of everything we do—and they’re anything but ordinary. From startup whisperers and fraud-fighting engineers to musicians, mentors, and even pro...
April 02, 2025
Product Updates - April 2025
We’ve shipped a number of updates across Plaid in April - from streamlined cash flow insights to smarter fraud tools, here are the highlights.
March 04, 2025
Goodbye Dockerfile, Hello Bazel: Doubling Our CI Speed
In the first half of 2024, Plaid’s Developer Efficiency team set out to speed up our largest CI pipeline without disrupting developer workflows—and ended up cutting CI times...
March 03, 2025
Product Updates - March 2025
Discover the latest product updates and enhancements across Plaid’s entire product stack - from payments to credit underwriting, to onboarding and fraud.
February 13, 2025
5 ways Plaid simplifies the process of expanding into Europe
Expanding into Europe’s diverse banking landscape is complex, with varying authentication methods, data formats, and payment systems. Plaid simplifies this challenge by offering a unified API, personalised user...
February 12, 2025
Cutting over: Our journey from AWS Aurora MySQL to TiDB
Switching database platforms is one of the most daunting challenges in modern infrastructure. Database platform replacements demand rigorous planning to maintain data consistency, ensure uptime, and preserve performance...
February 06, 2025
Introducing Plaid’s new brand: The fabric of financial progress
As Plaid enters the next era of digital financial experiences, we need a brand that better reflects who we are now and the exciting places we’re going. Today,...
January 07, 2025
Phil Venables Joins Plaid as Security Advisor
At Plaid, we are committed to setting the gold standard for security and trust in financial services. We’ve always prioritized safeguarding the sensitive data that millions of people...
December 19, 2024
Security at scale: Plaid’s journey to creating a key management system
Cryptography is the foundation of data security. Building an internal Key Management System (Plaid KMS) was a fundamental piece of our security strategy for managing sensitive data at...
December 17, 2024
How Financial Institutions are Thinking about Open Banking: Survey Results
Only 54% of respondents recognized that many fintechs, payments apps, and digital wallets will also be required under the new regulation to make secure consumer-permissioned data freely available,...