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"Subject to the Client's compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms, Plaid hereby agrees that during the term of these Terms, the Client has the non-exclusive right to: (i) internally use the package of application programming interface materials provided by Plaid (the "API Package") solely as necessary to make an application...Excerpt from Plaid's Terms of Use
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The clause states: “Subject to the Client's compliance with the terms and conditions of these Terms, Plaid hereby agrees that during the term of these Terms, the Client has the non-exclusive right to: (i) internally use the package of application programming interface materials provided by Plaid (the "API Package") solely as necessary to …”
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