NYU business school adds FinTech specialization to MBA program

Posted On 27 Jun 2016

Tag: Blockchain technology, FinTech issues, FinTech specialization, MBA program, New York University’s Stern School of Business, NYU business School

Starting this fall, full- and part-time MBA students at New York University’s Stern School of Business can select FinTech as a specialization.

The move follows the offering of a business school course on bitcoin in the fall of 2014.

The business school said in a press release courses in the FinTech specialization will address a variety of subjects, among them regulation and the impact of digital currencies, mobile payments and entrepreneurial crowdfunding. A list of sample courses includes one titled “Digital Currencies, Blockchains, and the Financial Services Industry.”

Several Stern faculty members are currently researching FinTech issues, such as blockchain. This summer will see the launch of a new FinTech faculty seminar series to foster discussions about research. Faculty members will host a Design Sprint challenge, a one-day event for innovators in the New York City area to think disruptively about the future of banks. The business school will also run a FinTech conference on November 9, featuring a keynote presentation by PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, a Stern alumnus.

Logo courtesy of NYU Stern School of Business via a press release CoinReport received from PR agency RF|Binder

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Katherine Fletcher is a writer and editor based in London, Ontario, Canada. With a graduate degree in journalism, Katherine spent more than five years curating news on Canadian higher education for a marketing consultancy. Her interest in reporting on Bitcoin stems from her belief that digital currency is, and will continue to be, a disruptor in how we conceive modern currency.