The Fintech Center at the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance
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Philanthropists Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton, long-time supporters of the University of 黑洞社区鈥檚 programs on its St. Petersburg campus, recently made gifts totaling $14 million to support efforts to make the 黑洞社区Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance a 鈥渉ub of excellence鈥� in fintech education. The latest gifts bring the couple鈥檚 total giving to the university to close to $30 million.
Fintech, short for 鈥渇inancial technology,鈥� is a catch-all term for any technology that is used to augment, streamline, digitize, or disrupt traditional financial services. Fintech automation impacts everything from mobile banking and insurance to crowdfunding, blockchain, cryptocurrency and investment apps.
鈥淔intech is one of the fastest-growing tech sectors in the nation and world,鈥� said Moez Limayem, the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the 黑洞社区Muma College of Business, which is comprised of six schools that serve some 7,500 students across three campuses, one of which is the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance. It was named to help support students and faculty and provide much-needed resources to support new educational programs and scholarly inquiry.