JPMorgan says fintech middlemen like Plaid are 'massively taxing' its APIs

9 PieUser 3 7/28/2025, 8:12:58 PM cnbc.com ↗

Comments (3)

supportengineer · 7h 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.
salawat · 7h ago
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.
synack · 6h ago
Maybe they should design an API that doesn't require constant polling for updates? Pubsub isn't exactly new technology.