BEACON

The anti-fraud network

Stop the chain reaction and prevent fraud from proliferating across apps

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Break the chain reaction

Alone, it’s impossible to stop a stolen identity from being used over and over, from platform to platform

Strengthen fraud defenses

Understand the fraud risk of your Plaid-linked bank accounts

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Report fraud, stop fraud

Report fraud and query against other reports made to Beacon to stop repeat fraud.

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Defraud, meet defense

Plaid brings necessary network scale and expertise to help you safeguard against stolen and synthetic identities and account takeover threats. Inform Plaid Beacon of fraudulent actors, and query Beacon as to whether the identity data is associated with fraud elsewhere. Tap into insights from the Plaid network to analyze your Plaid-linked bank accounts for unique fraud indicators and help prevent fraud before it happens. Beacon is now available for the thousands of Plaid powered fintech apps and services to opt-in to.

Reported as fraudulent
Understand if an identity or account and routing number is associated with stolen ID, synthetic, account takeover fraud, or a data breach.

Number of fraud reports
See how many fraud reports are associated with identity data like name, phone number, SSN, and address
Who reported
Review the industry of the organization which made a report and when the report was made
Utilize bank account insights
Beacon provides 40+ attributes about your Plaid-linked accounts, including factors like: account age and status, number of connected apps via Plaid, frequency of account connections and related IP addresses, and identity changes to the account
Breached data reports
Understand if an identity or account and routing number is associated with breached data from the dark web

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Secure and encrypted from end-to-end

All data that is reported to Beacon is aggregated and encrypted to protect sensitive identity information. Beacon never shares personally identifiable information (PII) or identity data with customers.

Secure and encrypted from end-to-end

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Protect identities from abuse and theft

Beacon helps detect data associated with stolen identity, synthetic, account takeover fraud, or a data breach.

Screen identity data and receive matches based on previous reports shared with Beacon

Automatically generate internal blocklists when you report fraud to stop repeat first party fraud and duplicate signup attempts on your platform
Create custom Beacon programs to screen against internal blocklists or the entire network