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Financial institutions, from fintechs and crypto platforms to banks and credit unions, use our API to offer their customers a fully regulated banking infrastructure and real-time clearing access. That way the business can grow on your own terms, and stay ahead at speed. Offer your customers FSCS-protected accounts by leveraging our banking license. We take care of the banking products so you can focus on creating the business that your customers dream of. Start processing payments faster and more securely by connecting to the payment schemes via our API. Choose the fully regulated accounts that work best for your business and your customers. With our cloud-based API, we offer banking infrastructure so financial institutions can focus on providing the best service for their customers and stay relevant in a fast-paced market. We understand the pain of dealing with legacy systems, the cost, and the risk involved in innovating in the financial services sector.

About

Plaid is a global fintech infrastructure platform that enables businesses and consumers to securely connect to financial data and services. Through APIs that connect to more than 12,000 financial institutions across 20+ countries, Plaid operates the world’s largest open banking data network. By removing the complexity of direct bank integrations, Plaid enables developers, financial institutions, and enterprises to build secure, user-friendly, and conversion-optimized financial products. Plaid powers payments, lending, identity verification, fraud prevention, and personal finance applications. Today, more than 100 million people worldwide, including half of U.S. adults, have relied on Plaid through their connections to over 7,000 apps and services.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Financial institutions and crypto platforms seeking a solution to provide their customers with banking services to manage payments

Audience

Plaid works with over 12,000 companies, from cutting-edge startups to fintechs like Venmo and SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to empower people with more choice and control over how they manage their money.

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

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Overall 4.4 / 5
ease 4.5 / 5
features 4.0 / 5
design 3.7 / 5
support 3.7 / 5

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

ClearBank
United Kingdom
clear.bank/

Company Information

Plaid
Founded: 2013
United States
plaid.com

Alternatives

Alternatives

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Finicity

Finicity

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Categories

Categories

Plaid offers a modular suite of account linking, risk, and money movement products to make bank payments more successful and scalable than ever. Plaid offers the full suite of Auth products—instant Auth with 95% coverage of U.S. bank accounts and database Auth for broader reach—along with Identity to verify account ownership. Signal, our payment risk platform, provides the choice of real-time balance checks or machine learning transaction risk scores, all delivered through a hosted rules engine with a no-code UI so risk insights can be acted on immediately. Transfer is Plaid’s multi-rail payment solution, supporting ACH, RTP, FedNow, and Request for Payment, with Signal embedded for built-in risk decisioning. This unified suite makes it easier to connect accounts, manage risk, and move money with confidence.

Plaid offers comprehensive tools to confirm identities and reduce fraud. Plaid Identity Verification (IDV) lets clients authenticate their customers through document checks, liveness detection, and data source verification. Monitor lets clients detect whether their customers are on government watchlists through sanction, PEP, and watchlist screening for anti-money laundering compliance. Plaid Protect is an AI-powered fraud intelligence platform that helps detect and stop fraud across the entire user journey—from the first interaction to the point of a transaction. Built on top of Plaid's network of a billion device connections across over 7,000 apps, Protect helps businesses prevent the toughest fraud including ATOs, first party fraud and synthetic identities.

Plaid offers comprehensive tools to confirm identities and reduce fraud. Plaid Identity Verification (IDV) lets clients authenticate their customers through document checks, liveness detection, and data source verification. Monitor lets clients detect whether their customers are on government watchlists through sanction, PEP, and watchlist screening for anti-money laundering compliance. Plaid Protect is an AI-powered fraud intelligence platform that helps detect and stop fraud across the entire user journey—from the first interaction to the point of a transaction. Built on top of Plaid's network of a billion device connections across over 7,000 apps, Protect helps businesses prevent the toughest fraud including ATOs, first party fraud and synthetic identities.

Plaid Consumer Report helps lenders harness FCRA-compliant cash flow data, offering income insights, asset verification, and real-time account activity to power more confident decisions. By leveraging Plaid’s unique network insights, lenders gain a holistic view of borrower financial stability which can be used throughout the entire lending lifecycle. With a market-ready risk score - Plaid LendScore - financial institutions can underwrite more accurately, approve more qualified borrowers, and reduce losses with smarter, data-driven assessments.

Application Development Features

Access Controls/Permissions
Code Assistance
Code Refactoring
Collaboration Tools
Compatibility Testing
Data Modeling
Debugging
Deployment Management
Graphical User Interface
Mobile Development
No-Code
Reporting/Analytics
Software Development
Source Control
Testing Management
Version Control
Web App Development

Banking Features

ATM Management
Compliance Tracking
Corporate Banking
Credit Card Management
Credit Union
Investment Banking
Multi-Branch
Online Banking
Private Banking
Retail Banking
Risk Management
Securities Management
Transaction Monitoring

Financial Services Features

Analytics
Branch Optimization
Channel Management
Compliance Management
Customer Engagement
Performance Management
Risk Management

Online Banking Features

Brokerage
Cash Management
Chat / Messaging
Credit Card Management
Electronic Statements
Fraud Detection
Loan Management
Marketing Automation
Retail Banking
Single Sign On
Transaction Monitoring

Integrations

Adyen
Aloan
Checkout.com
Everest
Finix
FlowFi
LendingWise
Meld
Modern Treasury
Onbe
PayPoint
Peach Finance
Quanta
Skyflow
Snowball Analytics
Stackreaction
Taktile
Threadkore
VGS Platform
WealthBlock

Integrations

Adyen
Aloan
Checkout.com
Everest
Finix
FlowFi
LendingWise
Meld
Modern Treasury
Onbe
PayPoint
Peach Finance
Quanta
Skyflow
Snowball Analytics
Stackreaction
Taktile
Threadkore
VGS Platform
WealthBlock
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