Inside Remitly’s Vision for Global Growth at Its First Investor Day

What Remitly’s First Investor Day Signals About the Company’s Global Momentum

Ringing the bell at a stock exchange signals more than the financial markets closing for the day. For the person ringing the bell, it’s often their first time stepping out onto the international stage. 

But when the Remitly team rang the closing bell on December 9, 2025 at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, they were right at home. 

Ringing a stock exchange bell is seen as an honor, especially in the fintech world. Many tech leaders are given the opportunity to do so after expanding internationally, taking a company public or launching an important product. 

The Remitly platform already reaches a global audience, but the team was given the Nasdaq honor after holding their first Investor Day, which was an opportunity to bring leaders from across the company together to share their upcoming vision for 2026 and announce the launch of Remitly Business, one of five recently launched products. 

“Over the past year, our platform has become our growth engine, driving the velocity of our innovation,” Chief Product and Technology Officer Ankur Sinha said during Investor Day. 

“Over the past year, our platform has become our growth engine, driving the velocity of our innovation."

Five product releases in the last 12 months is impressive, and Sinha said that’s thanks in large part to increased developer output, which has improved by 36 percent in the last year. 

Another milestone? Remitly’s quarterly active user growth, which has grown from 1.9 million active users in 2020 to 9 million today. And they’re just getting started.

Why Remitly’s Mission Matters to Millions of Global Users

Remitly’s growth has impressive figures behind it, but the company’s impact is far more tangible when there are user stories to back them up. At Investor Day, Remitly leaders shared how a U.S-based user named Brisa sends money home to family in Mexico and Guatemala. 

During the presentation, Chief Business Officer Pankaj Sharma noted: “Many of us in this room may not have personally experienced the challenges of sending money across borders, the uncertainty, the lack of transparency, the emotional weight of hoping it gets there on time and the vulnerability of having to enter your personal details into an app, trusting that your most sensitive information will be protected. And that’s the lived reality of millions of people globally, and that’s the problem we exist to solve.” 

Remitly’s Vision for 2026: Expanding Beyond Money Transfers

For Co-Founder and CEO Matt Oppenheimer, the vision for 2026 is clear.

“​​To transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders,”he said in a press release. 

And what will power their ability to transform lives? New products like Remitly One and Remitly Business, which will expand what Remitly offers beyond basic money transfers and offer a tailored payment platform for companies and entrepreneurs, respectively.

Sinha said Remitly leaders anticipate Remitly Business to be a “gamechanger” for small businesses around the world.

“There are around 80 million small businesses worldwide, yet most are underserved by legacy banks and fintechs, which focus a lot more on medium and large enterprises,” Sinha said. “The overall experience is that many of these existing solutions felt bloated for small businesses. They just wanted to onboard, make their payments and keep growing.” 

Enter, Remitly Business, which Sinha said will allow small businesses to experience the same ease that individual users have when sending money through the Remitly platform. 

“Our customer promise for these small businesses is super clear: Make these cross-border payouts feel as easy as a domestic transfer,” Sinha said. “This isn’t a future vision for small businesses. This is happening now.”

The excitement of these new products was palpable at Investor Day, where Oppenheimer said that by 2028, Remitly leaders expect to hit between $2.6 and $3 billion in revenue. Oppenheimer’s confidence was echoed by Remitly’s CFO in a recent press release.

“Remitly’s financial model is built on a foundation of durable growth and compelling unit economics,” CFO Vikas Mehta said. “Our new product portfolio creates meaningful opportunities for future growth, and we are committed to expanding margins through rigorous operating discipline while investing in innovation.”

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