Plaid | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
Plaid is a data network that powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. It enables companies...
Plaid is a data network that powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. It enables companies to build fintech solutions by facilitating the connection between users' financial accounts and various apps and services. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, Plaid works with thousands of companies, including major banks and fintech apps like Venmo and SoFi, covering over 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe.
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Headquarters
San Francisco , California
Size
501-1000 employees
Industry
Software Development
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🛍️ Plaid Product and Pricing News
- Plaid now allows customizing the link_token lifetime when using Hosted Link.
- Plaid has introduced a new billing model for Identity Match, which is now charged on a per-request flat-fee basis.
- Plaid now connects directly to over 2,000 European financial institutions, enhancing its coverage and growth potential in Europe.
- Landlord Studio acts as an agent of Plaid Financial Ltd. in the UK, providing regulated account information services under the Financial Conduct Authority.
- A lawsuit accuses Plaid of unauthorized data harvesting by logging into users' bank accounts multiple times daily and exploiting the data for marketing and sales purposes.
- Plaid is hosting a customer and partner event in London on November 23.
- Plaid executives are participating in the fintech community event 'This Week in Fintech' to gain insights and collaborate with other industry leaders.
- Plaid is assisting thousands of community banks and credit unions in transitioning to API and accessing top open banking products, according to John Pitts, Head of Policy at Plaid.
👔 Plaid CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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CLO l Board Director l Former CFPB Dep Director[email protected]
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Co-Founder[email protected]
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Co-Founder / CEO[email protected]
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Chief People Officer[email protected]
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Chief Strategy Officer[email protected]
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Chief Financial Officer[email protected]
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Chief of Staff[email protected]
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President[email protected]
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COO[email protected]
⚔️ Plaid Alternatives and Competitors
- MX |
- Finicity |
- Envestnet Yodlee |
- Aeropay |
- Finix |
- Nymbus |
- Bud |
- Solaris |
- Druo |
- Ndgit |
- ASA |
- Bond |
- Fabrick |
- TrueLayer |
- Stripe Connect |
- Galileo Financial Technologies |
- Akoya |
- Synapse |
- N26 |
- Codat |
- Xignite |
- Varo Bank
💼 Plaid Hiring and Layoffs
- Shawn Aguilar has left Plaid, where he served as Marketing Operations Lead in the United States, to join Workiva as Director of Marketing Automation.
- Plaid is currently hiring for the Pricing and Packaging position in the United States.
- Plaid is currently hiring a Commercial Lead in the United States (Remote).
- Plaid is currently hiring for the position of Privacy & Regulatory Counsel in the United States.
- Sarah Shaffer has joined Plaid's Growth Marketing Team to focus on building the company's SEO strategy.
- Christopher Yachouh has left Plaid as an Enterprise Account Executive in the United States to join Airwallex as an Associate Director, Enterprise Sales.
- Megha Singhania has joined Plaid as an Integrations Operations Engineer.
🤖 Plaid Developer, Integration and Automation News
- Plaid migrated from hosted MySQL to TiDB, with Principal Engineer Zander Hill leading the project.
- Plaid partnered with Alex H. Johnson at Fintech Takes to explain the new open banking landscape.
- On November 11, 2024, Plaid and AWS discussed advancing open banking and pay by bank in the U.S. with Brian Dammeir, Plaid's head of payments, highlighting the evolving consumer expectations.