## Description When reading the [[Plaid]] API and [Documentation - Plaid](https://plaid.com/docs/quickstart/), they came up with their own lexicon to define different objects and actions. ## Vocabulary ### Item A *Plaid Item* is a *login at a financial institution*. Personally I have accounts with a lot of financial institutions, so I would have many *Items*. For example, if I have an account with [[SoFi]] and I have a [[checking account]] and a [[savings account]], then [[Plaid]] would show that I have one *Item* for both financial account. ### Product Any HTTP/REST resource provided by the [[Plaid]] API. Includes - Assets - Auth - Balance - Enrich - Identity - Identity Match - Identity Verification - Income - Investment - Liabilities - Monitor - Payment Initiation - Signal - Transactions - Recurring Transactions - Transactions Refresh ### Transaction Just a standard financial transaction at an institution ### Link *Link* is a client-side components that users will use to link their accounts to [[Plaid]]. Linking their accounts to [[Plaid]] allows my app to access their account data.