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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.
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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.
Remitly is featured alongside 5 other players in the money transfer space, where Forbes compares and contrasts how each company has been impacted by the pandemic. For most, including Remitly, we saw huge growth in remittances being sent since earlier this year.
In 2018, Safaricom unveiled MPesa Global to enable Kenyan MPesa subscribers to send and/or receive cash from overseas. Remitly is honored to be one of the trusted services that these subscribers use to send remittances.
Excited that, according to the Digital Remittance Market Report, Remitly is on the list of Key Players within the Asia Pacific Digital Remittance Market!
Do you follow Gerry Isabelle's Instagram account "@DominicanAbroad"? If not, you should go follow her right now! Isabelle partners with certain brands to create content, but only if what they provide aligns with her mission and her community's interests. This just happens to include partnering with Remilty!
Tune in tomorrow for Geekwire's 2020 Summit, where our CEO, Matt Oppenheimer, kicks it off with a conversation with executives from Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Convoy Inc, and OfferUp on how organizations can embrace civic responsibility, particularly during these tumultuous times.
