Welcome to the Plaid Blog
March 04, 2021
Introducing Plaid Income: Delivering easier and faster income verification
Income, a new product currently in beta, makes it easier for applicants to prove their income in order to secure loans, qualify for mortgages, rent apartments, lease vehicles, get personalized financial advice, and more. Using Income, lenders can quickly and reliably retrieve and digest a consumer’s...
March 03, 2021
Newsletter - March 2021
Highlights include upcoming virtual events (including a women in fintech roundtable) and the work Plaid is doing to encourage the future of data access.
March 01, 2021
Boosting income for job seekers
One thing unites the more than 2.5 million Americans who use Steady: income uncertainty.
February 26, 2021
Daniel LaCoste on the reward of helping others
Get to know the people behind Plaid
February 25, 2021
Opening the door to better rentals
In the US, an estimated $46.5 billion is locked up in security deposits for rented housing. That money could be earning interest or helping people pay for college;...
February 25, 2021
Plaid's Community Town Hall: The next decade of fintech
The next decade of fintech is quickly gaining steam, building on the unprecedented consumer behavior change and growth in adoption that happened in 2020.
February 25, 2021
Misconceptions of authentication and authorisation: why 90-day reauthentication does not work
Under PSD2, the concepts of access and consent are legally captured by authorisation and authentication; however, they only work as intended when the consumer first connects their payment...
February 23, 2021
Powering informed loan decisions
With an abundance of loan options available to car buyers, dealerships today must compete on more than just interest rates. Buyers also want a fast and seamless customer...
February 22, 2021
Get started in 40+ languages with our Open API spec and client libraries
We’re releasing an OpenAPI file so that you can auto-generate your own client libraries in your preferred programming language.
February 22, 2021
Solve user issues with our new Item Debugger and improvements to Institution Status
Today, we’re excited to introduce new and revamped tools to help you as you build and integrate with Plaid: the new Item Debugger, and improvements to Institution Status.
February 19, 2021
2020 State of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Plaid Engineering
2020 State of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in Plaid Engineering
February 16, 2021
Atom bank and Plaid join forces to lend SMEs a hand
Plaid is joining forces with Atom to offer SME owners a streamlined application journey to these loans. With Plaid-enabled Open Banking data, Atom can now offer near real-time...
February 10, 2021
How listening to developers improved our API docs
A sneak peek into how we improved our documentation over the last year.
February 05, 2021
Plaid's comments to the CFPB on Dodd-Frank 1033
Plaid submitted comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on consumer data access and the future of financial services.
February 01, 2021
Newsletter - February 2021
Highlights include our new Deposit Switch [Beta] product, our upcoming Community Town Hall, and the launch of FinRise in support of BIPOC business founders