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Plaid just lets you grant read-only access to your bank accounts to a 3rd party for verification purposes. They aren’t a payment processor like Zelle or Venmo.
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My interactions with Plaid have all been through financial institutions, not straight between me and Plaid.

Financial institutions trust Plaid, which may have been around longer than Venmo or Zelle.

Best to all!
This is what confuses me about Plaid...I don't think they have an app. So I'm guessing they're just in the background of all/most banking apps?
 

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This is what confuses me about Plaid...I don't think they have an app. So I'm guessing they're just in the background of all/most banking apps?
That's correct - you the user interact with Plaid through Rivian's app, connecting your bank account etc.
 

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Leasing Model 3 until R3X comes out, but now I have an R2 reservation as well.
I was hoping to bank a shit ton of points and pay that balance off instead.
Rivian should make a deal where you can order on Amazon and use their 5% cash back card. 🤪

Honey, why do we have 289,950 Amazon points in our account and why is there a Rivian R2 in our driveway?
 

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I purchased through a "used luxury dealer" and put the balance after my trades (10k ish) on my CC, then paid it off at month's end for the points.

It took the dealer's finance guy and sales manager a few rounds of back-and-forth before they agreed to it. I am pretty sure they weren't supposed to do it that way, but they eventually relented. 😂
 

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Hi

I'm wondering if Rivian allows for part of the purchase price to be put on a credit card?
I tried and failed. Never hurts to ask though. Best wishes, adventure on!
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