Fintech

Visa snaps up open-banking fintech Plaid for $5.3bn

Plaid, which opened its first London office in May and is plotting expansion into mainland Europe, wants to profit from regulators’ moves to open up banking services

The largest player in credit cards is moving further beyond the traditional card-swiping model amid the rise of newer fintech options like Venmo and Betterment.

Visa announced Monday afternoon that it plans to acquire financial-technology upstart Plaid for $5.3bn, including $4.9bn of cash consideration and the rest in retention equity and deferred equity.

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