Sarah Hammer, Executive Director at the Wharton School – Accelerating Fintech and Leading Through Crisis

Miguel Armaza sits down with Sarah Hammer, Executive Director and Professor at the Wharton School. Sarah has a long history of leading multiple fintech and financial institutions at Wharton, in the private sector, and also in the public sector.

Additionally, Sarah leads the Cypher accelerator, Wharton’s fully-remote and non-dilutive accelerator program built to launch the world’s leading technology startups. So, if you’re starting to build a fintech company anywhere in the world, be sure to apply by December 17th. Some of the program mentors include Mark Cuban, Tim Draper, and Charles Birnbaum.

• Wharton’s Cypher accelerator and the types of companies they are looking to support
• Lessons from leading the PA Department of Banking and Securities throughout the Silicon Valley banking crisis 
• Potential applications, uses, and impact of GenAI in the financial world … and a lot more!

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