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Re:How Plaid Reconciles Pending and Posted Transactions by ceejayoz on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:31PM (#20064157)
> If they can log in to your financial sites, a breach would mean the attacker would be able to as well.

As an added bonus, banks may disclaim liability because you shared your credentials with a third party.

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Re:How Plaid Reconciles Pending and Posted Transactions by jaden on Friday May 31, 2019 @09:19PM (#20066494)
That's a good (although bad for the consumer) point. Are you aware of any examples of this happening?
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Re:How Plaid Reconciles Pending and Posted Transactions by sdoering on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:38AM (#20067913)
Reading my terms of service I can see my bank explicitly having forbidden the sharing of credentials.

Not sure if there ever was a case they used this clause, though.

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