Brandeis University launches online master’s program in financial technology

Last fall, Brandeis University launched an online master's program in financial technology.
Formal degree programs represent a new era for financial technology as a field, despite a lack of consensus on their effectiveness.

Suman Bhattacharyya | February 16, 2017

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