Zach Perret, CEO of Plaid on This Month in Fintech Podcast

Zach Perret, Co-Founder and CEO of Plaid, is on the inaugural episode of This Month in Fintech — a podcast from This Week in Fintech, hosted by Ryan Zauk.

Ryan and Zach cover Plaid’s early days of putting existing financial products on the internet to Plaid today, as a platform for connected financial products that work in harmony.

Tune in for insights including:

• How Plaid became a trusted platform for 1 in 3 people in the US

• How Plaid builds financial products with customers in mind

• How every connection to Plaid's network strengthens the financial ecosystem

Episode summary

In this episode, Zach and Ryan discuss:

1:45 – The founding principles of Plaid and the state of Fintech in ~2012

5:27 – Plaid’s Ubiquity in Financial Services

7:11 – Plaid’s New Slate of Products, Starting with Plaid Check

13:25 – Plaid Beacon

15:33 – Plaid Layer

19:37 – Enterprise Sales Challenges in Financial Services

23:55 – Plaid IPO?

24:47 – Plaid’s Hiring Philosophy and Hiring New President Jen Taylor

28:58 – Zach’s Growth as a Founder

35:43 – Gen AI in Financial Services and Advice to GenAI Founders

41:40 – Rapid Fire Round