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Plaid is a data network that powers the fintech tools millions of consumers rely on to live healthier financial lives. Plaid enables consumers to connect financial accounts at over 11,000 institutions globally to more than 2,600 apps, including Transferwise, Monzo, Cleo, and Sage.



Company Members

Mira Wijayanti
Anand Desai
Keith Grose
Zach Perret
Albert Malikov
Zak Lambert
Kat Cloud


Articles Featuring Plaid

Exclusive: Latest Open Banking data shows TPP ecosystem at a plateau

27th June 2022 | Oliver Smith

JPMorgan leads Codat $100m series C funding round

9th June 2022 | Liza Tetley

Bud nabs $80m Series B for international expansion later this year

7th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Plaid and Mollie partner to help Europe’s SMEs

1st June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Stripe’s Patrick Collison hits back at Plaid CEO’s accusations

9th May 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Plaid accuses Stripe of foul play in new open banking product launch

5th May 2022 | Liza Tetley

Regulators call for action in open finance

28th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Billionaire Plaid co-founder and wife launch bank for fintechs

22nd April 2022 | John Reynolds

We’re hiring! Freelance newsletter writer (US)

13th April 2022 | AltFi

Plaid hires Booking.com exec as first head of Europe

12th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Out now! AltFi’s Open Banking State of the Market Report 2022

29th March 2022 | Oliver Smith

Pressure builds on CMA as decision on Open Banking's future imminent

15th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Your card is about to be declined more

14th March 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

OBIE supports FCA delay on scrapping open banking’s ‘90-day’ rule

7th March 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Plaid agrees to pay US users $58m after scooping up too much data

25th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Plaid splashes out $250m on ID verification firm Cognito

21st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Introducing: The Finsight, AltFi’s US newsletter

14th January 2022 | AltFi

Which fintechs might go public in 2022?

4th January 2022 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Visa makes latest foray into fintech with Belvo investment

13th December 2021 | John Reynolds

In a boon for the open banking industry, the FCA scraps ‘90-day’ rule

30th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Yapily plants flag in Spain as it nears universal account coverage

17th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

We’re hiring! Freelance newsletter writer (US)

28th October 2021 | AltFi

Plaid launches payment programme in collaboration with Checkout.com, Square, Railsbank and others

22nd October 2021 | Aisling Finn

PensionBee reaches 100k invested customer milestone as marketing push pays dividends

21st October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Currencycloud picks Plaid to power its payment platform

21st October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Most Brits now have 2.8 fintech apps on their smartphones

13th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Open Banking: Action required to avoid UK falling behind

27th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

RIP B2C: ING to close Yolt’s consumer app and focus on open banking via Yolt Technology Services

13th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

The final frontier in open banking payments

31st August 2021 | Nick Raper

Plaid scoops new undisclosed funding amount from JP Morgan and AmEx

18th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Behind the Buzzword: What is fintech?

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

La French Tech’s Clement Boulais to lead TrueLayer’s expansion into France

4th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Embedded finance: SMEs are crying out for on-demand finance

3rd August 2021 | Richard Prime

Visa to acquire Currencycloud for £700m

22nd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

“We’re just at the start of the hockey stick”: David Beardmore on the possibilities of open banking

5th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Codat scoops $40m as it sets its sights on US expansion

2nd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

From Disruptors to Dominators: The fintechs taking over the world

28th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Fintech angels back cryptocurrency platform Ramp with $10m fundraise

15th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

What’s driving the rise of the £16bn embedded finance sector?

10th June 2021 | Keith Grose

Open banking: Nordigen raises €2.1m in a seed round

10th June 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech valuations keep tripling, is it a trend or just a coincidence?

24th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Plaid and Railsbank join forces to take digital banking to the next level

6th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on staying solo: Fintechs can go all the way

19th April 2021 | AltFi

Breaking: Plaid closes Series D funding round at $13.4bn valuation just three months after Visa deal collapsed

7th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on failed mergers: Seedrs and Crowdcube join a worrying trend

29th March 2021 | AltFi

Plaid and Codat join forces to bolster UK SME lending

11th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Codat launches in US, lands new cash from PayPal and American Express

3rd March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on entrepreneurialism: Fintech is at risk of becoming bland

22nd February 2021 | AltFi

Plaid and Atom Bank ink open banking deal for SME lending

16th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Temenos adds Tink to its marketplace as demand for B2B open banking hots up

9th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Christian Faes: “I’ve spent the 12 years telling people: Don’t worry, we’ll never have anything like 2008”

4th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

JP Morgan’s CEO says some fintechs are “monopolies” and warns of “battles” ahead

19th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Back in startup mode: Plaid's Head of UK on how pulling the plug on Visa’s $5.3bn takeover deal will help Plaid in Europe

18th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Plaid and Visa pull the plug on $5.3bn takeover deal

13th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoCardless raises $95m at near-unicorn valuation from Bain Capital

17th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Curve adds full account aggregation with the help of Plaid

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi team’s digital banking predictions for 2021

15th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Open Banking: The firms battling to win in 2021

14th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Coadec calls for “Australia-style” approach to Open Finance

24th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Covid just accelerated trends that were already happening, say Plaid and Checkout.com

20th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

How fintech is reshaping the rental market 

2nd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

5 ways to make the most out of AltFi’s Festival of Finance 2020

19th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Codat becomes a Microsoft partner to give banks easy access to SME financial data

5th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

PensionBee and Plaid team up to call for ‘open pensions’ 

2nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Remote working fintech Deel bags $30m Series B

10th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Financial infrastructure: How Covid-19 is accelerating the pace of change

26th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Visa takeover of Plaid given the green light by UK regulators

25th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Lemonade rival Hippo scores $150m Series E funding as insurtech ecosystem hots up

23rd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Cashplus celebrates 1m transactions milestone for its payment API

17th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Codat raises $10m, sets sights on US expansion

12th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the UK’s leading open banking providers

10th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Open Banking just got its own App Store

9th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Plaid celebrates 12 months in Europe with an eye towards Open Finance

8th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintechs like Plaid have a “responsibility” to delay returning to the office, says CEO Zach Perret

22nd May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 2: PensionBee, Starling Bank, Just Cashflow, Bunq and Plaid

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 1: Revolut, Freetrade, ComplyAdvantage, Innovate Finance and Nutmeg

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Plaid and Microsoft launch partnership sounding quite open finance-like

31st March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Plaid expands to the Netherlands with ING, Rabobank, and ABN Amro integrations

26th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Plaid-powered aggregator Emma lands $2.5m seed funding

6th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Visa makes latest fintech push with Banking as a Service strategic partnership folllowing Plaid deal

5th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut CEO: Fintech is “just getting started”

4th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Visa shells out $5.3bn for Silicon Valley startup

14th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech trends to look out for in 2020

9th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The international fintechs that launched in the UK in 2019

2nd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Plaid takes $250m strategic investment from Visa and Mastercard

17th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Money management app Emma just launched in the US

14th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Plaid: The $2.65bn ‘plumbing for fintechs’ lands in the UK

29th May 2019 | Oliver Smith