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PensionBee announces its integration with Plaid

By Joy Dumasia

October 28, 2021

  • API
  • BeeHive
  • Europe
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PensionBee, announces its integration with Open Banking network and payments platform Plaid to help consumers gain access to and control over all aspects of their financial lives beyond their current accounts.  

PensionBee and Plaid are taking the necessary steps to expand the remit of Open Banking to include pensions, transforming traditionally complex, paper-intensive and slow processes into instantaneous ones. In 2018, PensionBee became the first pension provider to utilise Open APIs, enabling its customers to see their live pension balance alongside their live current account balance in some of the UK’s most popular money management apps.  

PensionBee and Plaid’s new partnership will see pension contributions become easier and significantly faster. Rather than typing out card numbers or manually setting up Direct Debits, PensionBee has enabled a smooth ‘click, confirm, and carry on’ experience within its app. As a result, an estimated two-week process will be turned into an almost instant one via Plaid’s platform.  

PensionBee will also integrate with Plaid’s Open Banking network to connect their external financial accounts with their BeeHive (PensionBee’s customer dashboard). This will enable them to gain insights into growing their retirement savings based on their actions today. Using Plaid’s consumer-permissioned access to account transactions, PensionBee will also nudge customers on potential ways to maximise their contributions based on spending habits and salary increases.

Romi Savova, CEO of PensionBee, commented: “Low levels of digitisation in the pensions industry have exacerbated chronic under-saving because consumers haven’t had the right tools and information to understand their financial position and plan ahead for the future. I firmly believe that Open Banking has the potential to be hugely transformative for millions of people in the UK who struggle to stay on top of their day-to-day finances and adequately save for later life. The arrival of technologies that help us see a complete picture of our financial health, easily manage our retirement savings and make our money work better for longer is revolutionary. So we’re delighted to join forces with Plaid to make this a reality for our customers.”

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