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Plaid

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8 articles stable

Plaid has appeared in 8 articles since 2018-12. Coverage peaked in 2020Q1 with 2 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Visa.

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Coverage Timeline

2025-09-25
Bloomberg

JPMorgan's recent data access deal with Plaid, if extended to other aggregators, could allow Plaid to use its cost advantage to further consolidate market share

The agreement setting a price for customers' financial information stands to benefit the biggest market players.

2023-10-18
Financial Times 2 related

Plaid hires former Expedia Chief Financial Officer Eric Hart as its first CFO, a milestone in its IPO plans after a failed $5.3B sale to Visa in 2021

Start-up appoints former Expedia CFO two years after failed sale to Visa  —  US financial technology start-up Plaid has hired …

2020-01-15
Stratechery 3 related

Visa's Plaid acquisition will pay off if Visa can leverage Plaid's fintech network and make it worthwhile for banks to build out the APIs Plaid needs

Before the network, there is the job.  —  In the case of Visa, or, to be more exact, the Bank Americard that would eventually be spun …

2020-01-14
CNBC 22 related

Visa is buying Plaid, which helps popular fintech apps connect to users' bank accounts, for $5.3B

- Visa is buying Plaid in a deal worth $5.3 billion — roughly double the start-up's last private valuation.  — Plaid's API software lets start-ups connect to users' bank accounts and works with Venmo ...

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

TEXXR tracks 28 Techmeme articles mentioning Plaid, dating back to June 2016. The biggest stories include Visa is buying Plaid, which helps popular fintech apps connect to users' bank accounts,... and Visa is abandoning its $5.3B planned acquisition of fintech firm Plaid after the DOJ sued.... Frequently covered alongside Visa, fintech, Venmo, DOJ, and Bloomberg. Coverage has shifted toward funding themes and away from enterprise, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise +100pts; funding -100pts
2024Q4enterprise -100pts; safety +100pts; funding +100pts
2025Q2safety -100pts

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