A growing number of business schools, including Fisher, are incorporating the fast-growing field of financial technology (fintech) into their course and degree offerings. Learn more about Fintech microcredential.

Researchers, practitioners, experts and students gathered for the second annual Fintech @ Ohio State and Beyond Conference to deepen their understanding of the technology that supports modern-day business. The event also included news of the launch of Fisher's new Fintech Micro-Credential, its latest step in non-degree graduate offerings.

The Fintech Micro-Credential is a pioneering graduate non-degree offering from Fisher that provides professionals with introductory knowledge of the financial technology that shapes nearly every facet of business today.

Fintech lenders are ‘relying heavily’ on credit scores to determine loan pricing, according to a study co-authored by Itzhak Ben-David, the Neil Klatskin Chair in Finance and Real Estate, and his colleagues.

From personal philanthropy, to sustainable bitcoin mining to increasing financial literacy among teenagers, check out the ideas pitched to real venture capitalists, data analytics experts and serial entrepreneurs as part of the Student Fintech Innovation Competition.

The future of business is in financial technology (fintech). See how Fisher and partners in the community and across the university are working together to establish Ohio State as a leader in fintech research, education and practice.

Thanks to a generous gift from Fintech71, The Ohio State University will offer the first in a university-wide effort to boost the region's FinTech ecosystem through the FinTech @ Ohio State and Beyond conference. The virtual event will be held October 27-28.