"Overall, about one-third, or 34%, of adults under the age of 50 make no purchases in a typical week using #cash, compared with 23% of those ages 50 and older, Pew Research Center found." - in CNBC buff.ly/2CmTtbV

.Square is launching a debit card for #smallbusinesses that will allow them to spend funds from sales processed via Square POS systems as soon as the sale is made. - in Reuters buff.ly/2sx2lag

A new paper by the Fed ties decreased homeownership among young people to #studentdebt. Two main student loan-related forces behind the decline were damaged credit from falling behind on payments and inability to save for a mortgage down payment. - in @wsj buff.ly/2TO486C

Mortgage lending is one corner of #financialservices that has yet to fully embrace fintech. However, new #fintech companies and alternative financing options are beginning to proliferate and change the mortgage lifecycle. - in Tearsheet buff.ly/2supY3m

Tapping into financial account data can improve auto lending, from a streamlined application to enhanced credit decisioning. Read our blog to learn how financial account connectivity can improve #autolending. buff.ly/2sshzNK

Director of Partnerships Yelena Reznikova recently appeared on the Payments Innovation podcast to discuss how #merchants can leverage account connectivity and ACH #payments to cut costs and improve the checkout experience. Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/2FFup2X

Income fraud has become a greater worry for #lenders in recent years, but tools like our /incomes endpoint can help. With deeper insight into financial accounts, lenders can identify and verify applicants' streams of income. buff.ly/2ToYDfb

Next month's NYC Fintech Women Meetup will be hosted by CardFlight on Tuesday, February 19th. Register here to join us: buff.ly/2FZEB6X

Jean-Denis Greze (Jean-Denis Greze 💡) on banking innovation. Listen to the full episode below: softwareengineeringdaily.com/2018/12/13/pla… Plaid

PayPal, Mastercard execs see a 'huge opportunity' for #tech giants to partner with major #banks - in CNBC buff.ly/2MvAqRe

"Having digital access to a potential borrower’s checking account helps #lenders in their decision-making and provides more actionable data than traditional #creditscoring, Kevin Moss of SoFi says." - in WardsAuto buff.ly/2Mxmfev

“Venture capital-backed #fintech companies raised a record $39.57 billion from investors globally in 2018, up 120% from the previous year, according to research by CB Insights.” - in Reuters buff.ly/2MC6Xp1

Tomorrow, we'll be at #T32019! Stop by Booth #504 to chat with our team, or watch Chris Aronis on stage on Friday at 10:30 am discussing how #accountaggregation can be a powerful tool for customer acquisition. buff.ly/2RpjQmY

Policymakers warn that the housing crisis isn’t a problem technology can solve. Yet it’s intriguing to think what might happen if investors threw money more directly at this goal. nyti.ms/2DEsqun

We're at #T32019! Don't miss Chris Aronis' presentation on Friday at 10:30 am about how #accountaggregation can power customer acquisition. buff.ly/2RpjQmY

“In 2018, U.S. #banks reported 24,454 suspected cases of financial elder abuse, a 12% increase over 2017, according to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, which is a unit of the Treasury Department.” buff.ly/2WvY5Ws

Coming up at 10:30am at #T32019 - Chris Aronis of Quovo on Account Aggregation as a Customer Acquisition Tool and Clive Cholerton of @UnitedCapital on how Staying Connected is Staying Relevant

We're thrilled to be part of a #Fintech50 company!

Join #whartonfintech's Jeff Leathers for a #podcast with Lowell Putnam, co-founder & CEO of Quovo. Quovo is a financial data platform that provides connectivity and insights for millions of consumer accounts and is recently acquired by Plaid. bit.ly/2SfPRTH

“Plaid makes it dead simple for developers to integrate financial services data into their applications." - in @businessinsider buff.ly/2DZO6BD