Welcome to the Plaid Blog
September 23, 2021
The Next Frontier: Establishing Stronger Privacy Standards for a Safer Ecosystem
With hundreds of millions of people now relying on digital finance, there’s never been a more critical time to come together as an industry to put consumer privacy front and center in financial services. As someone who is passionate about data privacy and data ethics and...
September 23, 2021
Unbanked offers a fast and easy way to transact crypto
Unbanked previously relied on microdeposits to validate users’ outside bank accounts, which was slow and provided a poor user experience. With Plaid, Unbanked users can quickly and easily...
September 21, 2021
Q2 and Plaid Partner to Provide Better Digital Banking Capabilities to Hundreds of Banks and Credit Unions
Plaid and Q2 both strive to deliver best-in-class digital experiences. Together, we’re launching a strategic partnership to provide Q2 customers with access to a range of new digital...
September 20, 2021
Plaid Forum: a new conference for all of you
Part of what makes our job at Plaid so magical is witnessing all of the creative and new ways you’ve helped make digital financial services a reality.
September 15, 2021
Adopting the OpenAPI schema to generate Plaid’s SDKs
The developer experience team focuses on building tools and features that make it as easy as possible for developers to explore our APIs and integrate with Plaid.
September 13, 2021
Newsletter - September 2021
Learn about our recent enhancements to Institution Status, Link, and the Transactions API.
September 07, 2021
Building an Income verification product for every American
Payroll data has tremendous potential to help people lead healthier financial lives. That’s why we’re making it easier for consumers to prove their income: it can help them...
September 02, 2021
Debug user issues with new enhancements to Institution Status
Introducing historical and client-specific views of institution health directly in the Dashboard—to help developers debug user issues more efficiently.
September 01, 2021
YouLend offers a tech-first approach to SME financing
Before Plaid, YouLend required prospective customers to upload bank statements as part of their funding application, which was burdensome and hurt conversion. With Plaid, YouLend allows customers to...
September 01, 2021
Why fast and easy account validation is the key to onboarding more customers
Learn how our Auth, Identity, and Balance products can enable a seamless and secure ACH experience that will help scale your business
August 25, 2021
Enhancements to Plaid Link for an improved user experience
Introducing enhancements to Plaid Link that provide an even more intuitive and consistent experience for people to conveniently connect their accounts to their chosen applications.
August 20, 2021
Building a new future: My path to becoming an engineering apprentice at Plaid
Luke Yeom shares why he decided to pursue coding full-time and his experience joining Plaid's first engineering Apprenticeship Program.
August 17, 2021
Plaid announces additional series D funding
Plaid announces additional series D funding
August 11, 2021
Newsletter - August 2021
Learn about our newest product features, register for our upcoming OAuth migrations workshop, and learn more about how Plaid improves consumers' experience with fintech apps.
August 06, 2021
Plaid’s Commitment to Consumer Privacy
Plaid is committed to setting new standards when it comes to giving people more control and transparency over where and how their data is shared.