People Group Archives: FinTech Faculty

Research Area: My research lies at the intersection of trust, finance, and law, with a focus on how legal structures and enforcement mechanisms shape pricing, risk, and behavior in debt markets. Courses Taught: Corporate Finance, Intermediate Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial Modeling Website & CV

Vijay Kumar Chopra joined the University of Central Florida as a Lecturer of finance in 2024 after a 25-plus year successful career on Wall Street. He was an equity portfolio manager and quantitative researcher at Deutsche Asset Management, Jacobs Levy, Bear Stearns Asset Management, Mesirow Financial and most recently at DCM Advisors. He received his […]

Dr. Cuneyt Akcora is an Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida with a joint appointment in Computer Science and the College of Business, where he is a faculty member of the FinTech Initiative and teaches and conducts research in financial AI. He is a member of the newly founded UCF AI Institute. He […]

Professor Pirinsky is a Professor at the Department of Finance in the UCF College of Business and Director of the FinTech Program. Prior to joining the department, he was a Financial Economist at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC. In addition to his regulatory work, he was a full-time faculty member at […]

Professor Singh was the Bolton-Perella Endowed Professor of Finance at Lehigh University from 2011-2015 before moving to UCF this summer. Prior to his move to Lehigh in 2011, he was a Professor of Finance at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Professor Singh was in charge of the Undergraduate Program in Finance […]

Department of Finance and Dr. P. Phillips School of Real Estate