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If you're looking to learn more about Remitly and our CEO, Matt Oppenheimer - check out this full interview that highlights why Matt started Remitly, the company's focus on culture, and how we have navigated this pandemic.
Check out this map, drawn up by Remitly, which looked at search data from Google for 100 countries, and revealed which country each population would most like to relocate to for a fresh start. We created a ranking by looking at average monthly search volumes for phrases commonly associated with a move abroad and the most-searched-for locations within the 100 countries. The results...a fascinating reworked world map reveals that it's Canada that's the runaway winner.
Remitly, along with other tech companies in and around Seattle, is committing to the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) in creating an “Anti-racism in Tech Pact” to guide organizations in combating inequity by overhauling current hiring practices and enacting meaningful change in the workplace over the next five years to more accurately reflect the populations in which they operate.
Winners of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2020 are out now, and Remitly's Passbook (our banking product for immigrants) earned a spot on the list! We are honored and will continue to fight for financial inclusion for all!
Tonight our CEO, Matt Oppenheimer, is joining an all-star line-up of politically-savvy Seattle leaders as they discuss the outcomes of this historic election and how they might affect you, your work, and your community.
Have you checked out our careers page lately? We have added a lot of exciting opportunities at Remitely - take a look and if you are interested, apply and be apart of something BIG...to tirelessly deliver on our promise to immigrants sending money across the world and having financial peace of mind.
In a Seattle Times article written by our CEO, Matt Oppenheimer, he highlights that "as immigration policy wars rage on in Washington, D.C., and the global economy struggles to weather the COVID-19 storm, we must begin to ask ourselves what would happen if we shifted the narrative from blaming immigrants to respecting their integral contributions to our society. What would happen if we embraced diversity and financial inclusion as opposed to fearing and rejecting them?" Read more on how we can "join together in correcting stigmas about immigrants and resetting broken systems that continue to hinder the many benefits immigration brings to our society".
While you might not be able to read the entire article (if you don't have a subscription to the Puget Sound Business Journal), our CEO Matt Oppenheimer discusses how Remitly has been supporting its employees throughout election season (via activation guides and workshops). At Remitly, we serve immigrant communities through digital remittances. While the company isn't endorsing a candidate in the race, it should be noted that we have taken strong stances on policies that impact immigrants. “We’re focused more on issues and encouraging folks to have their voices heard,” said Oppenheimer, who has testified before Congress about immigration policies.
Check out some resume tips for candidates applying to Product Manager opportunities, which features a few tips from our very own Senior PM on Product Delivery, Mona Agarwal.
While remittances did fall sharply in April, they quickly rebounded, and even climbed in some Latin American countries during the first six months of the year. This article recognizes that there are still barriers to digitizing remittances. Undocumented migrants are less likely to have bank accounts, for example. With Remitly, we are trying to work around these obstacles - hence, the launch of Passbook earlier this year, a new bank aimed at immigrants, which allows them to use a wider range of picture IDs to sign up than other banks do.
