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William and Janice Terry Professor of Finance and Business Analytics Sanjiv Das was featured in a piece about his talk at the inaugural Gabelli School of Business FinTech Conference held at Fordham University. As the keynote speaker of the conference, Das suggests artificial intelligence’s growth by saying that at least five percent of economic transactions will be handled through this form in the near future. Throughout his talk, Das provides insight on how FinTech has gained influence over various areas such as personal and consumer finance. Additionally, the article states how Das cited game changers which include data, mathematical innovations, etc.

An excerpt from the article:

“The banks are saying, ‘what can we do with modern technology to actually monetize the data that we have?’” said Das at the March 16 conference that focused on blockchain, cryptocurrency, machine learning, textual analysis, risk management, and regulation. “The prognosis is that any bank that doesn’t become a technology company is probably at risk.”

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