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About Plaid
Plaid is a data network that powers the fintech tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. Plaid works with thousands of fintech companies like Venmo, SoFi, and Betterment, 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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Fast facts
Founded in 2013, Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York City, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C, London, and Amsterdam.
600+ employees
4,000+ developer customers
Roughly 1 in 4 US consumers with a bank account have used Plaid to sign up for a fintech app
Plaid network includes 11,000+ institutions
Plaid supports nearly 400 institutions on Plaid Exchange, Plaid’s API for financial institutions
40,000+ developers currently building or starting to build with Plaid’s API’s