Welcome to the Plaid Blog
October 23, 2020
New Plaid docs to get you building faster
The Plaid docs are a key resource for you as you integrate with Plaid and help build the future of fintech. We want to ensure that you have...
October 14, 2020
Access mortgage data to help users better manage debt
Last year, we launched Liabilities so developers can help consumers understand, and manage their student loan and credit card debt more effectively. Today, we’re taking that one...
October 02, 2020
The all-new Plaid Link
Making money easier for everyone is our vision at Plaid. In 2015 , we built Plaid Link to give first-time fintech users a secure and easy way to...
August 06, 2020
Improvements to Plaid Link with account filtering and updated error messaging
We’re continually iterating on Plaid Link to improve the experience for you and your users. That’s why we’re excited to share two additional enhancements to Link: comprehensive account...
July 23, 2020
Introducing Link tokens and Link event logs
We’re consistently working to strengthen the infrastructure and security of our ecosystem. Today, we’re releasing two updates to Link–Link tokens and Link event logs–to improve your experience building...
March 30, 2020
Microsoft announces Money in Excel powered by Plaid
Fintech applications have given people more control over their personal finances in a myriad of ways, whether it’s paying bills, sending money abroad, or growing their savings. ...
February 25, 2020
On-demand updates to transactions data
We’re excited to introduce a new optional refresh feature for our Transactions product! Fintech has made managing your money so much easier, from rounding up payments to...
January 16, 2020
Optimize for more user conversions with Plaid Link configurations
Optimizing Plaid Link for your users is crucial to their onboarding experience and engagement with your app. Today, we are giving you a new way to make that...
September 18, 2019
Enhancing Liabilities with credit card details
In July, we introduced a new Liabilities product that provides developers access to more granular, real-time information about what consumers owe, starting with their student loans. Now...
May 29, 2019
Plaid in the UK
Making money easier for everyone is what drives us here at Plaid. We hear from customers every day about how fintech is transforming people’s financial lives, making it...
April 17, 2019
Greater transparency for institution, Item, and system status
Today we’re releasing new Dashboard and API functionality to provide real-time status across bank integrations and Plaid systems. Institution and Item status We want to give you...
March 28, 2019
Expanded Canadian coverage and country filtering in Link
We’ve continued to expand institution coverage in Canada since we launched in the country last year. Recently, we added support for Desjardins, National Bank of Canada, President's...
February 05, 2019
Now supporting Auth for every bank and credit union in the U.S.
We’re excited to introduce an upgraded Auth product that enables developers to authenticate accounts from any of the ~11,500 banks or credit unions in the U.S.—in...
December 20, 2018
3,000+ supported institutions for Auth and Identity
This year, we’ve made deep investments into expanding our institution coverage in order to help you reach more users, and more account types, using Plaid. In May,...
November 08, 2018
New Assets features including transaction insights
Since introducing Assets earlier this year, we received a lot of great feedback from lenders about how they are using the financial data accessed through Plaid to...
