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 South Florida鈥檚 programs on its St. Petersburg campus, recently made gifts totaling $14 million to support efforts to make the USF 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, who served as dean of the Muma College of Business at the time of the Fintech Center's dedication. The Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance, one of the six schools within the college, was named in honor of Kate and Ellen's support students and faculty through much-needed resources to support new educational programs and scholarly inquiry.