Plaid
Powered by the largest financial network. Built for every financial need.
Plaid is a financial data network that enables companies to build fintech products by connecting users' financial accounts to apps and services via API. It provides infrastructure for authentication, account verification, balance checks, and more across 12,000+ financial institutions in 20 countries. Plaid positions itself as the backbone for financial products ranging from payments to lending and investment apps.
Plaid provides APIs that connect end users' bank accounts to third-party applications, handling authentication and data retrieval from over 12,000 financial institutions.
developers and companies building financial or fintech applications
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- subscription
- Company
- Plaid Inc.
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