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Welcome to the Docs

Here you'll find guides, resources, and references to build with Plaid.

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Quickstart

Learn about Plaid's key concepts and run starter code

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Quickstart

Learn about Plaid's key concepts and run starter code

Get started

API Reference

Explore server-side API libraries and integrate with API endpoints

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API Reference

Explore server-side API libraries and integrate with API endpoints

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Link

Link, Plaid's client-side component, helps your users connect their accounts

Build with Link

Link

Link, Plaid's client-side component, helps your users connect their accounts

Build with Link

Payments and Funding

Auth

Retrieve bank account information for ACH, wire, and other bank-to-bank transfers.

Auth

Retrieve bank account information for ACH, wire, and other bank-to-bank transfers.

Balance

Retrieve real-time balance information to prevent ACH returns.

Balance

Retrieve real-time balance information to prevent ACH returns.

Identity

Verify users' financial account ownership and reduce fraud.

Identity

Verify users' financial account ownership and reduce fraud.

Signal

Reduce fraud and provide instant funds access by assessing the return risk of an ACH debit transaction.

Signal

Reduce fraud and provide instant funds access by assessing the return risk of an ACH debit transaction.

Transfer

Send and receive money end to end with Plaid.

Transfer

Send and receive money end to end with Plaid.

Investments Move

Get verified data for initiating an ACATS or ATON brokerage-to-brokerage transfer.

Investments Move

Get verified data for initiating an ACATS or ATON brokerage-to-brokerage transfer.

Payment Initiation (Europe)

Initiate payments within your app.

Payment Initiation (Europe)

Initiate payments within your app.

Financial Insights

Transactions

Retrieve transaction data for budgeting tools, expense management, and more.

Transactions

Retrieve transaction data for budgeting tools, expense management, and more.

Investments

View holdings and transactions from investment accounts.

Investments

View holdings and transactions from investment accounts.

Liabilities

Access loan data, like balances and interest rates, for student loans, mortgages, and credit cards.

Liabilities

Access loan data, like balances and interest rates, for student loans, mortgages, and credit cards.

Enrich

Add detailed information and insights to your existing transactions data.

Enrich

Add detailed information and insights to your existing transactions data.

KYC, AML, and anti-fraud

Identity Verification

Global KYC compliance and anti-fraud. Verify user identity data and documents.

Identity Verification

Global KYC compliance and anti-fraud. Verify user identity data and documents.

Monitor

Use with Identity Verification to enable sanction, PEP, and watchlist screening for anti-money laundering compliance.

Monitor

Use with Identity Verification to enable sanction, PEP, and watchlist screening for anti-money laundering compliance.

Beacon

Join the Plaid anti-fraud network

Beacon

Join the Plaid anti-fraud network

Instant Onboarding

Layer

Onboard users instantly with just a phone number.

Layer

Onboard users instantly with just a phone number.

Credit and Underwriting

Consumer Report (by Plaid Check)

Make smarter credit and lending decisions with insights powered by Plaid Check.

Consumer Report (by Plaid Check)

Make smarter credit and lending decisions with insights powered by Plaid Check.

Assets

Access users' financial information for loan underwriting.

Assets

Access users' financial information for loan underwriting.

Statements

Get PDF statements directly from the user's bank, for underwriting verification and compliance.

Statements

Get PDF statements directly from the user's bank, for underwriting verification and compliance.

Income

Verify income and employment, for lending use cases and more.

Income

Verify income and employment, for lending use cases and more.

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