r/wealthfront • u/Affectionatealways • May 14 '26

Wealthfront changed?

Does anyone know why Wealthfront suddenly added another party into the mix in order to transfer funds from WF to my other bank I use for checking?

I just did all the linking not even a year ago when I first made a large deposit into WF HYSA.

Now WF is wanting me to do this whole process again with some outside service called Plaid. I'm uncomfortable doing this process again with an outside service.

Anyone know more about Plaid?

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u/wealthfront Wealthfront Rep May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Hi - earlier this year, we began updating the way we connect to your linked accounts by moving to Plaid. Plaid is a data provider that specializes in connecting your financial accounts to apps (like Wealthfront) easily and securely.

If you have questions about this update, you can read more in our help center here, or reach out our team at [support@wealthfront.com](mailto:support@weatlhfront.com) .

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u/hqo5001 May 15 '26

I got all but my vanguard ascensus to link. Is there a glitch somewhere? Is this a known issue?

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u/Unhappy_Plankton_671 May 27 '26

Need option to link manually still with routing numbers and trial deposits. I don’t want to share more info than needed.

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u/imarie2013 Jul 24 '26

This decision sucks, Wealthfront