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Matt Oppenheimer

From a mall booth to a $3B fintech: Matt Oppenheimer’s startup lessons from a 15-year journey with Remitly

We spoke with the longtime Remitly leader who helped grow a three-person Techstars Seattle startup into one of the world’s leading remittance platforms. Read More

Remitly CEO Matt Oppenheimer steps down, hands reins of fintech company to former Amazon exec

Veteran tech and finance executive Sebastian Gunningham will replace Oppenheimer as CEO of the Seattle-based company. Read More

A world away in the heart of Seattle: Remitly’s new HQ provides more room to collaborate — and grow

It was only a three-block move across downtown Seattle, but it feels like a world away. Remitly, the digital remittance… Read More

‘We don’t want to be left behind’: Tech leaders bullish about generative AI amid the hype

The hype around generative AI is persisting among tech leaders despite uncertainty about its value and impact on the bottom… Read More

Remitly revenue climbs 69% to $121M in first earnings report as public company

Seattle-based financial services company Remitly issued its first earnings report since its initial public offering, reporting revenue of $121.2 million… Read More

Podcast

‘They proved me wrong.’ Investor who passed on Seattle startup Remitly analyzes its upcoming IPO

Jason Stoffer was still early in his career at venture capital firm Maveron in 2012 when he declined an opportunity… Read More

First job lessons: Seattle tech startup CEOs on what they learned from car washing, delivery, and more

As summer approaches, many high schoolers and college students are off to their first jobs and professional internships across the… Read More

Podcast

‘Racism is a pandemic,’ and this is how the tech industry can be part of the ‘vaccine’

“Racism is a pandemic. Whether it’s tech, or whether it’s any other form of business, we have the need for… Read More

Tech Moves: Longtime Amazon leader Greg Hart joins Compass; Icertis and Avanade hire execs

Amazon veteran Greg Hart, a former technical advisor to Jeff Bezos, is joining Compass as its new chief product officer.… Read More

Rising Pacific Northwest startups show that financial technology is about more than payments

Seattle-area startups are building fintech offerings centered around communities like churches, schools and foreign workers. Church fundraising tech startup Subsplash… Read More

Fresh off $135M round, Remitly CEO and early investor dish on startup journey and offer advice

Before it served more than one million customers, before it helped process $6 billion in remittances last year, and before… Read More

GeekWire Awards 2019: Big Tech CEO of the Year finalists use leadership to fuel big growth

Seattle is an evolving city, so it makes sense for the GeekWire Awards to evolve, too. That’s especially evident as… Read More

Vote for CEO of the Year: These top tech execs are driving change through creative leadership

They are the captains of the ship, the leaders who set the course and — when danger looms — know… Read More

Remitly launches social media campaign highlighting immigrant stories in the face of Trump’s crackdown

Remitly has something to say about the current immigration climate in the United States. The Seattle startup, which makes it… Read More

Remitly CEO: Donald Trump’s plan to block remittances from U.S. to Mexico is ‘ridiculous’

The promise to build a massive border wall and send Mexico the bill is a key tenet of Donald Trump’s campaign.… Read More

Money transfer startup Remitly lands $12M line of credit, doubles its Seattle office space

Remitly has new digs and more funding to help continue building out its money transfer platform. The Seattle-based startup today announced… Read More

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