I can confirm this as I currently use Plaid in a few projects. People have no idea what they are signing up for when they authorize this. It's possible to get n

I can confirm this as I currently use Plaid in a few projects. People have no idea what they are signing up for when they authorize this. It's possible to get near real time transaction data from somoene's bank account as well as monitor their account balances for any linked account essentially in perpetuity. With this data it's possible to back in to a lot of behaviors about someone's life. All of that is handed to any firm you authorize to link your bank account.