This week, we dive into the social, economic, and financial implications of data in a post-COVID world. As Apple and Google work to build out the government's contact tracing apps to combat pandemic, what Pandora's box are we opening without consideration? As Plaid reaches into payroll data to accelerate small business bailouts, what power do we hand to aggregators? Will dignity-preserving solutions come to market in time? The opportunity for decentralized identity and data storage is clearer than ever. Or will fear drive us to make permanent compromises?
Digital banking fintech Plaid has expanded to their first international market in Canada; they have been running in beta for...
After avoiding section 1033 of Dodd-Frank for 12 years, in October the CFPB announced proposals for action. Plaid now offers their advice.
Despite the continuing bear market, consumer interest in crypto remains high. Plaid found that increased trust could be the key to adoption.
Fintech companies continue to attract interest from traditional financial institutions and now we have a significant acquisition to start off...
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Instead of joining a major payments provider, Plaid aims to disrupt the Visa, Mastercard, and Amex payment empire. Partners like Square, Dwolla, and new arrivals to the Plaid ecosystem Checkout.com and Marqeta are members of the new program, building payment capabilities for the new age of fintech.
LendIt Fintech held the 5th annual industry awards to celebrate the top fintech influencers and innovators.
Plaid is becoming the glue that connects so much in financial services. Here is a rundown of just some of their recent developments.
In the space of a week, Petal and newly-formed spin-off, Prism Data have made two significant announcements, super charging open banking.