The agreement grants Plaid sole discretion to determine whether a client passes or fails compliance reviews, and authorizes Plaid to suspend, revoke, or terminate access without notice or liability if the client fails a review or does not respond to information requests within three business days.
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This provision establishes that access to Plaid Services is subject to ongoing compliance reviews at Plaid's discretion, with a three-business-day response deadline for information requests, failure of which permits immediate suspension or termination without notice or liability. Prior passage of a review does not preclude subsequent suspension.
Under this clause, Plaid may suspend or terminate a client's access to Services without notice or liability if the client fails a compliance review or does not respond to information requests within three business days, even if the client has previously passed a compliance review or received provisional access.
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Compare across platforms →"Client may be required to complete more than one Compliance Review, for instance, to enable Development Accounts or upgrade to production access, or as requested by Plaid based on changes in Client's use of the Services or increased risk factors. Client's passage or failure of any Compliance Review is in Plaid's sole discretion. If Client fails any Compliance Review or fails to provide prompt and complete responses within three business days after Plaid's requests for information (even if Client has passed a previous Compliance Review or received provisional access to the Services), Plaid may suspend, revoke, or terminate Client's access to the Services, without notice or liability to Client.Excerpt from Plaid's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Compliance review and suspension authority clauses in platform agreements engage general contract law and potentially consumer financial protection frameworks if the client is a regulated financial services provider whose access to Plaid infrastructure …
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This provision establishes that access to Plaid Services is subject to ongoing compliance reviews at Plaid's discretion, with a three-business-day response deadline for information requests, failure of which permits immediate suspension or termination without notice or liability. Prior passage of a review does not preclude subsequent suspension.
Under this clause, Plaid may suspend or terminate a client's access to Services without notice or liability if the client fails a compliance review or does not respond to information requests within three business days, even if the client has previously passed a compliance review or received provisional access.
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