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by supportengineer 320 days ago
Why go public with this? If anything, this is a contractual issue between JPMorgan and the API user. API usage terms should have been spelled out in contracts.
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Because there is value in ensuring the public knows their use of Plaid is adversely effecting the banking system. Plaid in it's original incarnation was a straight up ToS violation for most financial firms, as they used privileged credentials to scrape the User's transaction history far in excess of what would be expected or reasonable.