> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tight.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Plaid

> Enable your users to sync and manage their bank connections

## Overview

Instead of having to build your own architecture to manage Plaid linkage and transactions, you can leverage Tight's
proven architecture to communicate directly with Plaid on your behalf. Once configured, Tight's Plaid integration
provides:

* A seamless UX for your users to connect and manage their bank connections
* Intuitive UX to walk your users through fixing connection issues on their own
* Webhook handling to process newly available transactions in real-time
* Automatic transaction categorization, with full double-entry accounting

## Create a Plaid Team

If you haven't done so already, Tight can introduce you to Plaid to get your team registered quickly. Once you have
access to the Plaid Dashboard, be sure to
enable [Account Select](https://plaid.com/docs/link/customization/#account-select) so that your users can select which
bank accounts to link to their accounting platform.

## Securely sharing your Plaid keys

In your Plaid Dashboard, to view your API keys, click on Team Settings -> Keys. Use
the [Configure Plaid API](/api-reference/integrations/configure-plaid) to securely share your keys.

Once complete, the Tight Embedded UI will automatically allow your users to link their bank accounts and start syncing
bank transactions.

## Connect your user's Plaid accounts

There are three primary ways to connect your users' Plaid accounts to their company in Tight:

1. Embedding Tight's [Financial Overview](/embeddable-ui/react/financial-overview), which includes all onboarding tasks, including Plaid linkage
2. Embed Tight's [Banks & Integrations](/embeddable-ui/react/banks-and-integrations) page, which includes Plaid linkage as well as any other native integrations you choose to enable
3. Or, if you already handle Plaid linkage in your UX, you can [programmatically link the user's Plaid accounts](/api-reference/integration-management/link-plaid)