I want to fund my Exodus Wallet. I USED to go from my bank to COINBASE (CB) to EXODUS. But now CB uses
PLAID and I'm just wary of giving PLAID my bank online
credentials (so I guess one question: is my concern
unwarranted?)

Note: I live in the USA.
Also, we are talking about small amounts of funds that would be
in Exodus only briefly

As an alternative: I can buy BTC in my PayPal account.
Can I then xfer funds to Coinbase or even better directly
to Exodus using their generated BTC address? Looking
for someone who has actually DONE IT. Any issues?

Mel