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Is Plaid cheap at $5.3 billion for $500 billion Visa? +20 key Fintech developments
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Is Plaid cheap at $5.3 billion for $500…

Jan 20, 2020
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Is Plaid cheap at $5.3 billion for $500 billion Visa? +20 key Fintech developments
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Hi Fintech futurists -- In the long take this week, I dig deeply into the $5.3 billion acquisition of data aggregator Plaid by $500 billion payments network Visa. We examine why this deal is worth 25-50x revenue, while Yodlee's sale to Envestnet was priced much lower. We also look at how Plaid could be an existential threat to Visa, and why paying 1% of marketcap to protect 200 million accounts may be a good bet. Broader implications for product manufacturers across payments, investments, and banking also emerge -- the middle is getting carved out, and infrastructure providers like Visa or BlackRock are moving closer to the consumer.

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