Plaid has improved its categorization recall rate for payroll transactions to 92% by introducing a platform that considers an item's entire history instead of single transactions in isolation. The company also updated its Consent pane branding feature, allowing users to incorporate their own branding quickly via the dashboard. Plaid is hosting an OAuth migrations workshop on August 25th and a Tech Talk on August 31st, focusing on frictionless account validation and integration best practices. Additionally, Plaid has partnered with Accenture to explore embedded finance and its potential impact on the future of finance.