![]() ![]() ![]() Kathleen DeRose, clinical associate professor in finance and academic director of Stern’s new fintech program, declares that fintech is “remaking finance.” The sector, she says, is now mainstream - and graduate business education helped make it that way, and will continue to do so. Fintech venture funding has “reached new highs in the tens of billions,” Stern says, “capping a decade of investment that has reshaped the financial services industry.” By 2019, dozens of VC-backed fintech companies had achieved more than $150B in net worth by the end of 2021, cryptocurrencies overall had reached $3 trillion in valuation. The B-school’s pioneering work has matched the growth of the industry. The Stern School also introduced an annual Fintech Conference beginning in 2016, convening “top fintech academics, leading fintech investors, innovative fintech startups, and forward-looking financial institutions,” it says in its announcement. together with NYU Law, Stern was the first business school to offer a cryptocurrency MBA course in 2014, the first to offer a dedicated Fintech MBA specialization in 2016, followed by the establishment of a dedicated fintech interdisciplinary initiative in the school’s Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation in 2017. It’s not hyperbole to say that fintech continues to revolutionize finance - and that the Stern School, located in the world’s financial capital, was ahead of the curve in preparing its students. Kathleen DeRose: ‘Fintech is remaking finance’ “Students interested in the thriving fintech field will benefit from Stern’s legacy in fintech education led by world-renowned faculty experts, our deep ties to the fintech industry in New York City and around the world, as well as our experience in offering flexible modalities of learning.” STERN: AHEAD OF THE FINTECH CURVE “With the transformation of the global financial system, technology is now the language of business, and today’s finance leaders need to be fluent translators in order to drive change,” Stern Dean Raghu Sundaram says. It’s a degree, the school says, for those with a passion for fintech’s continued transformation of financial services. Stern’s Master of Science in Fintech, announced today (March 28), is a global, one-year, part-time, modular, specialized master’s for working professionals in tech or finance who want to hone their skills or transition to fintech leadership positions. Beginning next spring, Stern will become the highest-ranked B-school to offer a specialized master’s degree in the subject. Members of our faculty are leaders in their disciplines having authored some of the most popular textbooks in the field and some of the most widely cited research articles.NYU Stern School of Business has been at the forefront of education in financial technology for the better part of the last decade. Some of our faculty serve as government advisers, consultants to leading firms and major government agencies, journal editors, trustees and directors of corporate and nonprofit firms. Our faculty have won numerous prestigious awards for teaching and research, including Professor Robert Engle, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics. The Department of Finance is home to a world-renowned faculty. All finance courses apply economic analysis, accounting, and quantitative methods to the financial questions encountered. The second category focuses on macrofinance issues: financial markets and the international financial system. One category focuses on microfinance issues: corporation finance and investments. The curriculum provides an integral part of the education for students seeking finance positions in financial institutions, industry, government or nonprofit institutions.Ĭourses in finance are divided into two broad categories. MBA Program Overview The Department of Finance curriculum provides an understanding of the finance decision-making process and insights into how financial markets function. ![]()
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