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Moving to the other side of consumer balance sheets, Plaid launches Liabilities to address debt management

  • Data firm Plaid now aggregates consumers' student loan data.
  • This enables fintechs to more easily deploy solutions that help users manage their debt.
Zack Miller | July 19, 2019
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