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July 02, 2024

2023 State of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Plaid

Our third annual State of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging blog post reviews our approach to DEIB at Plaid. Learn more.

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June 18, 2024

Introducing Plaid Layer: The future of secure instant financial experiences

Plaid Layer is a new platform for secure, instant experiences that transforms how people use financial services—starting with onboarding.

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June 18, 2024

The biggest product updates from Plaid Effects

New network-powered solutions across onboarding, credit, anti-fraud, and payments.

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June 17, 2024

A more seamless Plaid Link experience for consumers

Plaid is creating seamless and secure experiences in Link to help consumers access valuable financial services. Learn about the new Link updates.

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June 04, 2024

Introducing Consumer Report: Making better credit risk decisions with Plaid

Credit scores offer a small lens into a consumer's finances. Unlock lending opportunities with Consumer Report offered through Plaid Check.

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May 30, 2024

New solutions to help Plaid customers prepare for open banking regulation

Plaid is here to support you through this change. Today, we’re excited to share details about our open banking readiness tool kit, built to empower Plaid customers to...

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May 30, 2024

Western Union collaborates with Plaid for faster, more secure payments in Europe

Plaid is proud to announce its strategic collaboration with Western Union, a global leader in cross-border and cross-currency payments.

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May 29, 2024

Plaid's journey to a multi-cluster Elasticsearch architecture to improve reliability

Learn how our engineering team chose a new logging platform architecture and migrated our systems to improve reliability for our customers.

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May 22, 2024

Capital on Tap Partners with Plaid in the UK for Streamlined SME Underwriting

Capital on Tap, the small business credit card and spend management platform trusted by over 200,000 businesses, has expanded its partnership with Plaid to the United Kingdom. This...

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May 22, 2024

Beacon adds bank account insights to help companies strengthen fraud defense

Learn how Beacon, the anti-fraud network for fintechs, is helping companies fight fraud with bank account insights.

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May 01, 2024

Join us at Plaid Effects 2024 to discuss the future of finance

The shift to open banking brings new market opportunities to financial technology. Learn about the products shaping the future of finance at Plaid Effects.

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April 10, 2024

Transforming Top Ups: How Taptap Send is Making Transfers Even Easier

Taptap Send is a global payments platform simplifying money transfers. They have now launched with Plaid to provide a more convenient way to top up wallets.

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March 26, 2024

How Open Banking Helped Paysend Boost Transaction Volume by 125% in One Year

Paysend’s global payment ecosystem simplifies international money transfers, effortlessly connecting users across 170 countries with a simple, fixed-fee service. Partnering with Plaid they have been able to boost...

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February 09, 2024

Customer Newsletter

Learn about Plaid's latest products, feature enhancements, company events, industry news, and more.

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February 08, 2024

Welcoming Plaid’s New President, Jen Taylor

Today marks an exciting chapter for Plaid as we welcome Jen Taylor as our first President. Jen is a phenomenal product leader who joins us from Cloudflare where...

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