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This authorization establishes the legal basis for Plaid's core service function—connecting user financial accounts to third-party applications. The agent designation clarifies the liability and fiduciary relationship structure between Plaid, users, and financial institutions.
Users grant Plaid permission to access their financial institution accounts and retrieve account data through this provision. The terms specify that Plaid operates under user authorization rather than under independent authority from financial institutions.
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"By using the Services, you grant Plaid the right, power, and authority to act on your behalf to access and transmit your personal and financial information from the relevant financial institution. You agree that when Plaid accesses and retrieves information from financial institutions, Plaid is acting as your agent, and not as the agent of or on behalf of the financial institution.— Excerpt from Plaid's Plaid Terms of Use
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This authorization establishes the legal basis for Plaid's core service function—connecting user financial accounts to third-party applications. The agent designation clarifies the liability and fiduciary relationship structure between Plaid, users, and financial institutions.
Users grant Plaid permission to access their financial institution accounts and retrieve account data through this provision. The terms specify that Plaid operates under user authorization rather than under independent authority from financial institutions.
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