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Interview: Alain Meier, Plaid's Head of Identity
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Interview: Alain Meier, Plaid's Head of Identity

Starting & selling Cognito, the evolving identity tech space & more

Hey all, Jason here.

Welcome back to Fintech Business Podcast. In this episode, I talk to Alain Meier, the Head of Identity at Plaid. While I imagine most readers/listeners are pretty familiar with Plaid’s core capabilities, the company moved into the identity verification space through its acquisition of Meier’s startup Cognito about a year ago.

We had a chance to talk about:

  • Alain’s experiencing starting and selling Cognito

  • Use cases for identity verification outside of financial services

  • Emerging identity tech, like mobile driver’s licenses

  • The potential and challenge of “self-sovereign” and decentralized identity

  • and more!


Special thanks to episode sponsor Navan (formerly TripActions), the end-to-end travel, expense management, and corporate card solution.

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