Open Payments Pathways - The Goal

The goal of the effort is to get participants (students and readers) actively engaged with open payments, develop the skills and competencies in FinTech, network with others in the community, and land a position at one of the employers in the space.

The program supports skill development, networking, and collaboration – not part-time employment, internships, or grants. The pathways program is meant to support those who want to help achieve the goals of digital financial inclusion and are seeking a paid role.

In today’s competitive job market, a narrow focus, a supportive team, and intentional learning can offer an advantage to the applicant. While resumes and social media are helpful, the best strategy continues to be who you know and who knows you. The Open Payways Program is meant to connect students with employers with the skills and knowledge for impact.

Beyond Interledger, other groups support digital financial inclusion and open payments. Below are just a few to get started - no specific order:

• Element - https://element.io/
• Mozilla - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
• Cloud Native Computing Foundation - https://www.cncf.io/ (Supporting projects - https://www.cncf.io/projects/)
• Block - https://block.xyz/
• Interledger - https://interledger.org/
• Mojaloop - https://mojaloop.io/
• Thistaworks - https://www.thitsaworks.com/
• Ant Global - https://www.antglobal.com/
• Infitx - https://www.infitx.com/
• Accion - https://accion.org
• Digital Alliance Impact - https://dial.global/
• Digital Public Goods - https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/
• GSMA - https://www.gsma.com/
• Aptivate - http://www.aptivate.org/

The good news is that most seem to be hiring :)

If you are someone you know is looking for a new role, I encourage you to share the list above. Positions range from technical to non-technical, supervisory to non-supervisory, volunteer to career, and entry to senior level.

Here's the second post challenge:

• Consider how you could fit in with the open payments, open web, and digital financial inclusion ecosystem.
• Review some of the sites above and look for areas of interest. What are the experiences the firms want from an employee?
• Perhaps create a mindmap or visualization of how each organization is positioned to succeed