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Despite the pandemic, Pacific Northwest tech companies have continued to raise cash at unprecedented levels. Remitly is one of those companies - we are continuing to hire more employees throughout the last part of 2020 and are optimistic in our ability to grow even stronger in the fintech space.
Learn more about how Remitly is helping to provide an economic buffer to people. Ultimately, remittances have the potential to reduce civil unrest and political instability.
While Remitly's vision is to transform the lives of our immigrant customers, many of our employees have their own immigration journeys and were customers even before they started working at the company. In this article, Sayena shares her own immigrant experience and how her journey helps shape her work on Remitly's Passbook team.
We are extremely honored to be on this new and exciting list of Fortune's Impact 20 which focuses on companies making measurable progress addressing social issues as part of their core strategy.
Thrilled to be recognized by siliconrepublic as one of 7 fintech start-ups, and one of the most exciting players, worth keeping an eye on.
For the 114,000 Ghanaians living in the UK or the thousands of others living outside of Ghana that send money back to family or friends at home, feeling connected with loved ones is so important right now. The use of Remitly has risen because of how quick, easy and convenient it is to send money - not to mention the fact that customers don't need to queue for hours at a time to send money physically, in this COVID-19 era.
Our very own Crystal Yan, a senior product manager on our New Initiatives team, is slated to speak on a panel next month for Button's online event. She, along with others, will be discussing some of the challenges of their work in relation to ethics, bias, and responsible design.
With all of the growth Remitly has seen over the past few months, we are now serving over 3 million customers! As a company, we always take pause to celebrate, but as our CEO always says "We're just getting started."
Did you know that Remitly utilizes the Spotify model for organizing its product, engineering, and design teams? By enabling the use of "squads" and "units", it has enabled these employees to move fast, ship software quickly, and do so all with minimum pain and overhead.
As our new team in Cork is gearing up to move into their permanent office space, this is all happening because 1 year ago the company was granted a payments license to recruit staff in Ireland. The Cork office is hiring and the team is looking for talented individuals within the compliance, risk, and investigative space.