The Fintech Center at the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance
The Fintech Center at the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance in the Muma College of Business endeavors to be a leading university-based fintech center and entrepreneurial ecosystem, with a strategic focus on helping students, faculty, the business community, and fintech entrepreneurs lead with success and positive impact in the rapidly emerging and increasingly prominent fintech driven market sectors.
The Fintech Center supports the advancement of fintech knowledge and theory to educate students, while actively partnering with the business community to innovative and adapt to new fintech related financial technologies that impact business development and strategy, and promote market integration and expansion across regional, national, and global industry sectors.

FinTech|X Accelerator
The FinTech|X Accelerator is a highly specialized 90-day accelerator program exclusively
for innovative and disruptive fintech startups.
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- USF St. Pete's inaugural fintech director plans to 'break the mold' in the business world
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Kate Tiedemann, Ellen Cotton give $14M to USF for fintech program
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St. Petersburg Philanthropists Give $14 Million to Enhance USF Finance Program
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Longtime donors Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton give $14M to USF St. Pete to boost fintech education
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St. Pete School of Business receives $14 million donation for fintech center
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USFSP receives $14 million gift for fintech ‘hub of excellence’
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Muma College of Business introduces FinTech|X Accelerator Program
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- Meet the tech companies tapped for USF, Tampa Bay Wave's first fintech accelerator
- USF, Tampa Bay Wave’s inaugural fintech accelerator cohort announced
- Tampa Bay Wave and USF announce 16 fintech startups for the inaugural FinTech|X Accelerator 2022 cohort
- FinTech|X Accelerator
- USF and Tampa Bay Wave Strategic Partnership
- USF Opens New Fintech Center, Appoints Director