# Professor Vasant Dhar explains the benefits of the Bank of Ireland's partnership with WorldFirst, a financial technology firm

1 Faculty News October 17, 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/Bank-of-Ireland-sees-potential-in-new-U-S-12285172.php) -- "'You’re getting information about what is flowing from one party to another, where that is taking place and how often people transact,' [Dhar](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar) said. 'That has tremendous value. You can figure out what else you can sell as a service. At the end of the day, the real value is not in the technology; it’s in the data.'"

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