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Plaid is a data network that powers the fintech tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of fintech companies like Venmo and SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 11,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey
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Plaid valuation tops $13 billion in first funding after a scrapped $5.3 billion merger with Visa
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People are ditching in-person financial services for apps
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Plaid improves its account linking flow
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Fintechs Poised to Lock In Sudden Success Courtesy of Crisis Era
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Why data aggregators want to be regulated by CFPB
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The open banking movement is inspiring consumers to ask who owns their banking data
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