About Plaid

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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Fortune: Plaid, Visa, and the best fintech deal that never happened

“The entire ecosystem of companies that have come along over the last five years, and begun to reshape the way people use and think about their money, has been enabled by Plaid.” 

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Plaid leads effort to raise the bar on fintechs’ data security

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Plaid Pushes Into Payments Business After Scuttled Visa Deal

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JPMorgan Bets on Plaid Months After Dimon’s Data Criticism

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Nearly 90% of Americans now use fintech—with boomers the fastest-growing demo

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