Welcome to the Plaid Blog
January 15, 2021
Evelyn Chan on building competitive advantages
Get to know the people behind Plaid.
January 12, 2021
The Year Ahead
Today we announced that we have decided to terminate our pending acquisition by Visa, and will instead remain an independent company. Since founding Plaid 8 years ago, we...
January 11, 2021
Policy Pulse: The state of financial access
Financial access is shifting to APIs. Find out in our Policy Pulse what's driving this shift, and what it means for consumers and fintech companies.
December 17, 2020
Introducing the Plaid Apprenticeship Program
The Plaid Apprenticeship Program invites talented candidates from non-traditional software engineering backgrounds to build at Plaid.
December 17, 2020
Authenticate payments faster with QR codes
You can now use QR codes to simplify consumers’ financial lives. When making a bank payment in the UK, a user becomes subject to SCA safeguards. On desktop,...
December 16, 2020
Building for the next 1,000 developers
The fintech ecosystem is rapidly changing. That’s why we recently embarked on a listening tour with our developer community, from solo entrepreneurs to engineers working at more established...
December 16, 2020
Darius Simmons on the importance of finding your community
Get to know the people behind Plaid.
December 16, 2020
Curve and Plaid team up to make money easier
Today, we’re joining forces with Curve to help give people in the UK a holistic view of their money, make the most of their spending, and improve their...
December 04, 2020
OBIE consultations on VRPs and sweeping
On 9 November 2020, the UK’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) released its consultations on Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) and Sweeping . PSD2 and Open Banking have...
December 01, 2020
Newsletter - December 2020
In this month’s newsletter, read about our latest product enhancements, upcoming events, and more. Product highlights Rolling out the all-new Plaid Link: On November 2, we...
November 24, 2020
Plaid and Jack Henry partner to enable Plaid Exchange for over 350 banks
A recent study by Capital One and the Decision Lab found that 77% of Americans experience anxiety due to their financial situation—an issue intensified by this year's...
November 19, 2020
Plaid’s strategy to facilitate an API-based ecosystem
Reliable, secure access to consumer-permissioned data is the heartbeat of fintech. It’s what allows fintech services to help consumers save money, save time and reduce their financial...
November 19, 2020
How we built developer efficiency at Plaid
For the longest time, Plaid was a company with just a few engineers primarily focusing on the product and execution. Everyone was working on the product to create...
November 18, 2020
Plaid People: Nicole Butler
Nicole Butler joined our London office as the third UK/EU team member. Today the office is made up of nineteen Plaids (and counting!). In our latest Plaid People...
November 12, 2020
Payroll data: The next frontier for fintech and open finance
Consumer-permissioned access to payroll data could unlock new applications and improve consumers’ financial lives As fintech adoption exploded over the past decade, consumers became familiar with connecting...
