# Professor Kathleen DeRose shares insights on Synchrony Financial's partnership with PayPal

1 Faculty News December 3, 2017 ![Stamford Advocate 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/stamfordadvocate192x144.jpg?itok=vvoCZKgc)>

Excerpt from the [Stamford Advocate](http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/business/article/Synchrony-PayPal-partnership-points-to-digital-12398475.php) -- "'We’re looking at the end of the cash era, and that means everyone in the payments stack is looking to position themselves,' said [Kathleen DeRose](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose), a clinical associate professor of finance in New York University’s business school. 'From Synchrony’s perspective, they benefit from economies of scale.'"

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