Accounting, Economics & Finance
Sharing stories related to our industry expertise in accounting, economics, and finance.

Profile in Leadership: Cyrus Taraporevala, MBA ’90, president and CEO of State Street Global Advisors
A servant leader imbued with a mission: creating value for clients

Startup Snapshot: Two Cornellians, One Dream
Gerhard Grueter, MBA ’02, and Jurgen Gebhard, MBA ’03: Co-founders and managing directors, Lawson Conner Services Limited

Building skillsets with the Fintech Intensive
Arshi Ahmed, One-Year MBA ’18 talks about her exploration into the fintech world–a journey she says is a perfect addition to her existing skillsets.

Quick Q & A: Jawad Addoum
Father, basketball fan, and passionate about finance—learn a little more about Jawad Addoum, assistant professor of finance at the Dyson School.

Cornell alumnus makes immediate impact with gift to benefit NYC intensives
Richard G. Schneider ’70 supports Johnson’s newest curriculum initiative, the New York City intensives at Cornell Tech, with a substantial gift.

Fintech is disrupting the disruptors, and we’re ready for it
The disruptors are being disrupted and new types of partnerships between traditional players and new-age fintechs are being created.

MBA Q&A: Why the future is fintech
Fintech. To some, it’s a term that sounds unfamiliar. To the MBA students within Cornell Tech’s classrooms, however, it’s widely considered to be the future of the finance industry.

Inside Cornell’s MBA fintech intensive
Learn more about what the new MBA fintech intensive and how it’s designed to blend hard science and collaborative projects with startups and institutional players within New York.

What is fintech? Lessons from seven weeks in NYC
Threading together takeaways from various speakers, including Citi Ventures, EY, Point72, Betterment, SoFi, and Capital One, Zoelle Mallenbaum, Two-Year MBA ’18 gets a better understanding of fintech.