Plaid

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A financial technology company that powers the backend of financial apps like Personal Capital, allowing secure connection to bank accounts without sharing login credentials directly with the app.

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Y Combinator

A technology platform used by ZeroDown to securely connect customer bank accounts for income and savings verification during the qualification process.

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A financial technology startup whose acquisition by Visa was blocked, leading to it raising more money and becoming a successful independent company, increasing competition in financial payments.

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Y Combinator

A data aggregation platform that enables startups to access financial data, a service that is currently being adjudicated regarding bank access fees and terms of service.

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Y Combinator

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TBPN

A financial technology company that powers apps for spending, saving, borrowing, and investing, securely connecting bank accounts.

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Latent Space

A financial technology company. A tool named Attain Finance uses Plaid to securely access financial data for personal finance agents on Dreamer.

How to Make Claude Code Your AI Engineering Team

Y Combinator

Plaid connects to banks and is mentioned in the context of why existing solutions aren't fully solving the 1099 aggregation problem.