Stanford Lecturer Talks Socioeconomic Impact of AI
Coursera co-founder, Baidu Research chief scientist and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer Andrew Ng recently spoke at the the school’s MSx series about the socioeconomic impact artificial intelligence is slated to have in the coming decades.
Zicklin Alum Launches Fintech Communications Firm
Jessica Schaefer, former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Point72 and Point72 Ventures—the company’s venture capital extension—has formally launched her brand new fintech communications firm Bevel. Yahoo! Finance reports that the company will focus on “fintech, hedge funds, enterprise software, venture capital firms, big data, artificial intelligence (A.I.), professional services and regulatory technology.”
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Wharton Announces 2017 Graduation Speakers
The University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business has announced its 2017 graduation speakers for the EMBA and MBA programs on both the Philadelphia and San Francisco campuses.
As in the past, Wharton’s ceremony will feature an exemplary roster of graduate alumni along with renowned faculty.
MBA Insider: Wharton FinTech
It’s the year of FinTech—at least according to The Market Mogul. While the concept of FinTech has been around for more than fifty years, only in the last decade has it really begun to emerge as a prominent industry. Now, FinTech is everywhere, and more and more startups and technologies are popping across the U.S. than ever before. Continue reading…
The FinTech MBA at NYU Stern
The finance industry has historically gone hand-in-hand with MBA degrees. Even as MBAs are becoming increasingly popular in other industries, finance is still the biggest MBA job sector and accounts for 22 percent of all MBA jobs, according to the 2014/15 QS TopMBA.com ‘Jobs and Salary Trends Report.’
While finance has always been a prominent staple of business school, it’s also been a bit of an “old-school” science. In recent years, the role of technology in business increased dramatically as computers, big data and business analysts have entered the arena. These developments have opened up new sectors and industries including FinTech. Continue reading…
MIT Sloan Alum Startups Innovate In Fintech
MIT Sloan recently published an article by Kara Baskin how three fintech companies with MIT ties are disrupting traditional borrowing models for “credit cards, cars and education.”
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