Plaid

118 results about this entity

Period: 22 May 2018 - 23 May 2024

/startups

Plaid fintech accelerator names inaugural cohort of startups

We’re excited to announce Plaid’s FinRise inaugural cohort of five early-stage fintech startups.

/payments

Plaid beta tests payroll authentication tech

Plaid is launching an income verification product, streamling the application for consumer loans by bringing payroll data into the Open Banking ecosystem.

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Atom signs Open Banking deal with Plaid

Atom Bank has signed a deal with Plaid to introduce Open Banking and payment initiation services to small business customers.

/payments

Plaid to make it easier to switch banks with deposit switch feature

More financial platforms exist than ever before to help consumers take control of their financial health.

/retail

Big US banks pilot data sharing risk assessment service

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, TD Bank, Truist, US Bank, and Wells Fargo have piloted a data sharing risk assessment service that streamlines risk evaluations of data aggregators and financial apps.

/predictions

Dimon 'scared shitless' by fintechs; calls out Plaid

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says incumbent banks should be "scared shitless" by fintech rivals, adding that some - including Plaid - are competing unfairly.

/regulation

Visa and Plaid terminate blockbuster merger

Visa and Plaid have terminated their merger agreement after the US Justice Department filed suit to block the combination over competition concenrns.

/payments

CES 2021: Stripe and Plaid reveal Covid-19 ‘pressed fast forward’ on digital payments acceptance

As Andrew B. Morris from The Fintech Agenda, LLC highlights at CES 2021, the dark clouds of Covid-19 had a silver lining for the fintech industry. Unicorns Stripe and Plaid supported the global shift to a contactless economy, helping businesses deliver products and services to consumers who had collectively formed new daily habits for everything. Ginger Baker and Erika Wool explain what's next for the payments giants.

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Curve and Plaid join forces

Money problems for many people often come down to a fundamental lack of understanding.

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Plaid and Jack Henry join forces

A recent study by Capital One and the Decision Lab found that 77% of Americans experience anxiety due to their financial situation—an issue intensified by this year's pandemic and subsequent economic downturn.

/regulation

Startups call for Open Finance to break the dominance of banks

The UK needs to avoid an overly-standardised approach to Open Finance if it wants to break the dominance of banks and empower consumers, says a report from the Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec).

/payments

DoJ sues to block Visa's Plaid acquisition

The US Justice Department has sued to block Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of bank data sharing startup Plaid, citing competition concerns. Visa says the effort is "legally flawed and contradicted by the facts".

/retail

Visa's Plaid takeover faces antitrust scrutiny - WSJ

The US Justice Department could sue to block Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of bank data sharing startup Plaid over competition concerns, according to the Wall Street Journal.

/retail

TD Bank accuses Plaid of duping customers by ripping off its trademarks

Canada's TD Bank has filed a trademark infringement suit against Plaid, accusing the data aggregator of deceptively mimicking its log-in screen, colour scheme and logo to trick users into entering their financial details.

/regulation

PensionBee and Plaid report explores the impact of Open Pensions on UK consumers

Today PensionBee, the UK’s leading online pension provider, has released a new report with Plaid, an Open Banking data network powering thousands of digital financial apps and services, exploring the potential for Open Finance in pensions, and calling for regulators to prioritise the initiative before other sectors.

/regulation

CMA greenlights Visa's takeover of Plaid

The decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) follows a Phase 1 review in which it investigated several possible ways the deal could harm competition.

/payments

Vesta integrates with Plaid for Guaranteed ACH

Vesta, a fintech pioneer in fraud protection and fully guaranteed payment technologies, has integrated with Plaid, a data network powering the digital tools that millions of people rely on to improve their financial lives, to launch Guaranteed ACH, a payment solution that enables online automated clearing house (ACH) payments and reduces fraud and fees incurred from nonsufficient funds.

/regulation

Plaid and 11:FS publish report on open finance

London, UK. 11:FS, the challenger firm defining and building truly digital financial services, and Plaid, the technology company powering digital apps and services millions of people rely on to manage their finances, have released a joint report on the transition from open banking toward open finance.

/devops

Plaid introduces Plaid Exchange

The financial ecosystem is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation due to new realities brought on by COVID-19.

/retail

Microsoft partners Plaid to turn Excel into a fintech app

Microsoft has teamed up with Plaid to let people automatically import their bank and credit card account data into a new personal finance tool called Money in Excel.