Plaid, the tech firm linking fintech companies like Venmo with consumer bank accounts, rolls out its services in the UK, to eight of Britain's biggest banks (John Detrixhe/Quartz)

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Plaid, the tech firm linking fintech companies like Venmo with consumer bank accounts, rolls out its services in the UK, to eight of Britain's biggest banks  —  Plaid isn't just a pattern used by Scottish clans that goes back 3,000 or so years.  It's also the name of a technology company …