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June 07, 2023
A Q&A with Don Nilsson of Addepar
In an exclusive conversation with Plaid, Don Nilsson, Chief Product Officer discusses how Addepar uses Plaid to help investment professionals serve their end-clients by offering real-time visibility into their financial holdings.
June 06, 2023
ConfigDB: from chaos to confidence with our unified app config stack
This article is a part of our engineering blog series where we take a deep-dive into our code, APIs, and documentation while highlighting some of the key decisions...
June 03, 2023
Do more faster with the new Plaid dashboard
Today, 80% of US consumers are fintech users, compared to just 58% in 2020. That wouldn’t be possible without the digital finance tools you, our customers, have built....
May 26, 2023
The primacy of identity verification in the age of fintech and crypto
Identity verification has come a long way since fintech’s early days. So has fraud. Alain Meier, Head of Identity at Plaid, recently sat down with Lex Sokolin, host...
May 25, 2023
Why Plaid built the Transaction Enrichment Engine–and how it can help you innovate
Gain a comprehensive understanding of how Plaid's Transaction Enrichment Engine works and can be used to build more innovate products and solutions for your users.
May 18, 2023
April 2023 Changelog
Everything that's new, better, and fixed in April. Check out the Plaid changelog for the latest features, updates, and bug fixes.
May 17, 2023
A Third-Party Provider’s time to shine: Plaid’s take on the JROC report
As one of the most advanced markets in the world, the UK is no stranger when it comes to open banking. Based on the Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee’s...
May 16, 2023
The road to real-time payments - where are we now?
John Anderson, Head of Payments at Plaid, sat down with Lily Varon, Senior Analyst at Forrester and Akash Desai, Group Product Manager at Novo to discuss the future...
May 12, 2023
Customer Newsletter
Learn about the latest products, feature enhancements, company events, industry news, and more.
May 11, 2023
Building an Open Finance Future: Safe and Reliable Connectivity for All
Plaid has spent the past decade working with financial institutions to set up an API-based data sharing network that supports consumers’ data rights. In the absence of Open...
May 10, 2023
Join us at Threads 2023
Today, we’re excited to announce Threads 2023, our annual customer event, will be on June 22. Threads 2023 is free, fully online, and you can register now. More...
May 09, 2023
How real-time funding solutions are changing the face of open finance
Tearsheet Editor In Chief Zach Miller speaks with John Anderson, Head of Payments at Plaid. Anderson, who moved to Plaid from Meta in 2022, shares how Plaid helps...
April 27, 2023
Bringing innovation thinking to policy, and policy understanding to innovation
During Money20/20 in Las Vegas, guest host Ally McClosky sat down to discuss the importance of innovators and regulators working together to support innovation. The session, titled “Bringing...
April 26, 2023
From Open Banking to Open Data, the panel at Innovate Finance Global Summit
From Open Banking to Open Data: The High Speed Race to Success. My thoughts on the panel at Innovate Finance Global Summit 2023.
April 25, 2023
Navigating Bank Secrecy Act compliance: Keys to a strong customer identification program
Join us on-demand to learn about the regulatory compliance requirements according to the Bank Secrecy Act, best practices for a compliant customer identification program, and how digital identity...