Stevens Center Blog

Cypher Accelerator Demo and Innovation Day 2025

A group of people, mostly dressed in black formal wear, pose for a group photo On April 4, Wharton Cypher Accelerator welcomed investors, founders, and thought leaders to the Penn Club of New York for the annual Demo and Innovation Day: a showcase of bold ideas at the intersection of FinTech, AI, and blockchain. "Wharton Cypher Accelerator unites global industry leaders with exceptional student talent…Read More

Wharton Cypher Accelerator and the 2025 Altus Cohort

A group photo of the Wharton Cypher Accelerator team, smiling toward the viewer It’s an exciting time for Wharton Cypher Accelerator, the financial technology accelerator at the Wharton School. Wharton Cypher was founded in 2021 by a team of talented research assistants working under the leadership of Professor Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at Wharton and Adjunct Professor at Penn Carey Law School. It…Read More

Finiverse Co-Founders Win “Technologist of the Year” Award

Nilé Livingston with Technologists of the Year Sindi Banaj and Maryem Bouatlaoui, co-creators of Finiverse. Nilé Livingston with Technologists of the Year Sindi Banaj and Maryem Bouatlaoui, co-creators of Finiverse. Photo by Sabina Louise Pierce Sindi Banaj and Maryem Bouatlaoui, undergrads at Wharton, were nominated for – and won – the Philadelphia Citizen's 2024 Rad Award for Technologist of the Year. The Philadelphia Citizen and…Read More

Cypher Accelerator Demo and Innovation Day

Sarah Hammer introduces the Presentation on Large Language Model Research: Evaluating Regional Bank Liquidity Risk with Machine Learning at Demo Day. On April 12, 2024, Wharton Cypher Accelerator, a collaboration powered by the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance, hosted Demo and Innovation Day at the Penn Club of New York, featuring presentations by the emerging companies in the Dominion Cohort, panel discussions, and keynote speakers. "Wharton Cypher provides a unique…Read More

Wharton Latin American Conference

On February 9 - 10, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania hosted the Wharton Latin American Conference at the Penn Museum. The Wharton Latin American Conference is the world’s largest LATAM conference organized by MBA students. The conference's mission is to establish an open and multicultural forum to generate and discuss…Read More

The Promise of Finiverse: Q&A with Alhaji Bah

Alhaji Bah helps a student at Big Picture High School navigate Finiverse. The Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance is launching an app called Finiverse that helps students figure out the true cost of higher education. Finiverse will broaden students' understanding of college debt and demonstrate the many paths they…Read More