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April 15, 2019

# Alto is a pharmacy for the digital age

Firas Omer

Updated on October 29, 2019

Alto empowers patient health with same-day medication delivery.

Its founders dreamt of starting a company that would make a meaningful impact in people’s daily lives. That led them to pharmacy, where they are building new technology to address the industry’s foundational challenge: coordinating communication among doctors, insurance companies, and patients.

Since 2015, Alto has experienced tremendous growth—as well as a few growing pains. To wit: sky-high credit card fees for its higher-value transactions. By integrating with Plaid Auth to enable ACH payments, Alto saves money (on average, $50 per transaction over $1000) that can be reinvested in the business and passed on to customers.

Find out how Alto uses Plaid to help patients lead happier, healthier lives.

[Read the study](/content/documents/alto-case-study.pdf)
