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 * Products
   
   PRODUCTS
   
   LEARN HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST OF FINANCIAL DATA
   
    * Global coverage
   
    * AuthAccount and routing numbers
    * BalanceReal-time balance checks
    * IdentityBank account-holder information
    * TransactionsUp to 24 months of categorized data
   
    * AssetsPoint-in-time snapshots of users' finances
    * IncomeIncome and employment verification
    * InvestmentsRetirement, brokerage, and crypto data
    * LiabilitiesStudent loan, credit card, and mortgage data
   
    * SignalACH Risk Assessment & Scoring
    * EnrichCleanse and categorize internal transactions
    * Identity VerificationGlobal KYC and anti-fraud
    * MonitorAML and PEP screening

 * Use cases
   
   USE CASES
   
   LEARN HOW YOU CAN MAKE THE MOST OF OUR PRODUCTS
   
    * Customer stories
   
    * Personal finances
    * Lending
    * Wealth
    * Open finance
   
    * Consumer payments
    * Digital banking
    * Business finances

 * Pricing
 * For developers
   
   FOR DEVELOPERS
   
   EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO INTEGRATE WITH PLAID AND LEARN ABOUT OUR APIS
   
   GET STARTED
   
    * Quickstart
    * API documentation
   
   RESOURCES
   
    * Libraries
    * GitHub

 * About us
   
   ABOUT US
   
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    * Blog
    * Contact
   
   PRIVACY & SECURITY
   
    * Safety
    * How we handle data
    * Legal

 * For consumers
   
   FOR CONSUMERS
   
   SAFELY CONNECT YOUR ACCOUNTS AND CONTROL ACCESS TO THEM
   
    * Trouble connecting?
    * Control access with Plaid Portal
   
   GET STARTED
   
    * How Plaid worksPlaid builds connections that enable you to securely share
      your data
    * Discover appsDiscover apps that are powered by Plaid
   
    
   
    * How we handle dataPlaid lets you securely share data from your financial
      institution with the apps you choose
    * Why is Plaid involved?Plaid powers the apps in your financial life

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   * Balance
   * Identity
   * Transactions
   * Assets
   * Income
   * Investments
   * Liabilities
   * Signal
   * Enrich
   * Identity Verification
   * Monitor
   * Global coverage
 * Use cases
   * Personal finances
   * Lending
   * Wealth
   * Open finance
   * Consumer payments
   * Digital banking
   * Business finances
   * Customer stories
 * Pricing
 * For developers
   * Quickstart
   * API documentation
   * Libraries
   * GitHub
 * About us
   * Company
   * Careers
   * Blog
   * Contact
   * Safety
   * How we handle data
   * Legal
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   * How Plaid works
   * Discover apps
   * How we handle data
   * Why is Plaid involved?
   * Trouble connecting?
   * Control access with Plaid Portal
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PLAID POWERS THE APPS IN YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE

With Plaid, you can securely connect your financial accounts to an app in
seconds

Discover apps


CONNECT EFFORTLESSLY

Plaid lets you connect your financial accounts to your apps in seconds.

SHARE YOUR DATA SECURELY

When you want to share data from your financial accounts with an app, Plaid
works to transfer your data securely.

YOU'RE IN CONTROL

We don’t share your personal information without your permission, and we don’t
sell or rent it to outside companies.


HOW PLAID WORKS

01

FIND AND TRY A NEW FINANCIAL APP

Whether you’re building a budget or sending money to a friend, there are
thousands of apps to choose from.

01

FIND AND TRY A NEW FINANCIAL APP

Whether you’re building a budget or sending money to a friend, there are
thousands of apps to choose from.

Banking
Wealth
Personal finances
Business finances
Payment
Lending
M1 Finance

Simple

Chime

Oportun
Oportun uses financial data to help you save a little bit every single day.
Pillar
Pillar uses account data to give you insights that may help you pay off your
loans faster.
Venmo
Venmo uses your account information so you can set up a way to send and receive
money.
Brigit

Wise

Betterment

Expensify

Qapital

MoneyLion

Albert

Drop

TrueBill

Current

YNAB

Varo

SoFi

Earnin

Prosper

Acorns

WorldRemit

Ellevest

Cleo

M1 Finance

Simple

Chime

Expensify

SoFi

Oportun

Pillar

Venmo

Drop

Prosper

SoFi

Wise

Betterment

YNAB


02

UNDERSTAND HOW PLAID POWERS YOUR APPS

Plaid provides tools that enable you to share your financial data with apps that
provide services to you.

Oportun
Oportun uses financial data to help you save a little bit every single day.
Pillar
Pillar uses account data to give you insights that may help you pay off your
loans faster.
Venmo
Venmo uses your account information so you can set up a way to send and receive
money.

The inclusion of certain applications on this page does not constitute or imply
an endorsement of the application by Plaid.

03

CONNECT YOUR FINANCIAL ACCOUNT USING PLAID

When you choose to connect your financial accounts to an app using Plaid, you
will be prompted to enter the username and password associated with those
accounts. Plaid then links your accounts to the app you want to use so you can
share your data.

How we handle data


04

PLAID’S TECHNOLOGY HELPS KEEP YOUR DATA SAFE

To help keep your data safe, we don’t share the username and password for your
financial institution with your apps. Once you give us permission to share your
financial data, we securely transfer it from your financial institution to the
app through our application programming interface (API).

Learn more about security


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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES-256) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)

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Secure cloud infrastructure technologies

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Security audits by researchers and financial institutions

05

CONTINUE BUILDING YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE WITH APPS POWERED BY PLAID

Money is one of the biggest sources of stress in people’s lives. We want to make
it easier for you to share your financial data with the apps you want to use.
Whether you have an account at a national bank, a local bank, a credit union, an
investment bank, or a digital bank, Plaid helps you get connected.

Why is Plaid involved?


PLAID CAN HELP YOU CONTROL ACCESS TO YOUR DATA

When you connect your financial accounts to apps with Plaid, you have control
over who you’re sharing your data with. To disconnect your financial accounts
from apps, or to delete your data from Plaid’s systems, visit Plaid Portal.

Explore Plaid Portal


PLAID DOESN’T CHARGE YOU FOR OUR SERVICES

When you connect your financial accounts to an app like Venmo or Oportun, the
app pays us a fee to enable that connection. We don’t charge you for connecting
your accounts.



RESOURCES



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DISCOVER APPS

Meet a few of the apps that are built with Plaid.

Learn more

MANAGE CONNECTIONS

See the types of data you’ve shared and manage your connections.

Learn more

WHY IS PLAID INVOLVED?

Connecting your financial accounts just got a whole lot easier.

Learn more
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 * Balance
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 * Assets
 * Income
 * Investments
 * Liabilities
 * Identity Verification
 * Monitor
 * Signal
 * Enrich
 * Global coverage
 * Pricing

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 * Use cases
 * Personal finances
 * Consumer payments
 * Lending
 * Digital banking
 * Wealth
 * Business finances
 * Open finance
 * Customer stories
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 * API documentation
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 * Business finances
 * Open finance
 * Customer stories
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Plaid Financial Ltd. is an authorised payment institution regulated by the
Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017 (Firm
Registration Number: 804718) for the provision of payment services. Plaid, B.V.
is an authorised payment institution regulated by the Dutch Central Bank under
the Dutch Financial Supervision Act for the provision of payment services
(account information services). Plaid, B.V. is included in the public register
of the Dutch Central Bank (License number: R179714) and registered at the Dutch
Chamber of Commerce (CoC number: 74716603).

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