# Professor David Yermack comments on the growing popularity of financial technology (fintech) courses at business schools

1 Faculty News March 15, 2016 ![BusinessBecause logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/BusinessBecause_logo.jpg?itok=HoBjU3u5)>

Excerpt from [BusinessBecause](http://www.businessbecause.com/news/making-the-headlines/3862/blockchain-at-heart-of-bschool-fintech-deals) -- "[David Yermack](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack), chair of the finance department at NYU Stern, said the fintech curriculum will have to be taught at every business school. 'Students and employers will demand it,' he said."

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