Finance at MIT

- from low-data contexts to politically & economically fragile markets - & the real world impact, risks, & opportunities of building financial access at the frontier. Read more here! mitfintech.com/2026-1 🧵3/3

Also on the panel are Arnoldo J. Gabaldón, Jonathan Goler, and Ettie Philitas. John Pitts, VP at Affirm, will serve as moderator. They'll explore how fintechs are extending lending to underserved populations and complex environments - 🧵2/3

Have you ever wondered what it takes to build credit where traditional systems don’t work? Tomorrow is your chance to learn more at @MITSloan FinTech's "Shape the Future of Fintech" seminar! @ProfJAParker will join a panel on "Frontier Credit: Lending in Challenging Markets"🧵1/3

Read the paper here! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

In addition, Professor Kogan, along with Professors Huang & Papanikolaou, won the 2025 Wharton Research Data Services Outstanding Paper Award in Financial Institutions for the same paper. This award was presented at the Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting last March.

Join us in congratulating Leonid Kogan, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Professor of Management and Professor of Finance, on TWO recent honors received for his paper "Tech Dollars: Technological Innovation and Exchange Rates," co-authored with Qiushi Huang & Dimitris Papanikolaou!

Congratulations to Sloan Professor Taha Choukhmane! Choukhmane and coauthors Lucas Goodman and Cormac O'Dea have been awarded the Paul A. Samuelson Award for "Efficiency in Household Decision-Making: Evidence from the Retirement Savings of US Couples." tinyurl.com/5y7wanap

Congratulations to Emil Verner – “Supervising Failing Banks,” with Sergio Correia and Stephan Luck has won the John W. Ryan Award for Most Significant Contribution to Community Banking Research from the 2025 Community Banking Research Conference. lnkd.in/e5ptQ-CB

publication day of our new book with @augustinlandier ! We make an ultra-simple point: it is not possible to think about economics separately from moral values, and it's okay. We argue that moral tradeoffs are everywhere, and they must be confronted head-on.

Congratulations to Sloan Finance Faculty Lira Mota and Kerry Siani, winners of the 2025 North America Best Paper in Corporate Finance from the Society for Financial Studies for their paper “Financially Sophisticated Firms: A Demand-Based Approach to Corporate Financing.”

Congratulations to our MBA and Sloan Fellows MBAs graduating today!

Sloan Commencement starts today! Congratulations to all our graduates!

A great event yesterday with the Consumer Finance Initiative and Golub Center for Finance and Policy – thank you to our speakers and attendees!

Join us Tuesday May 13th for discussion on Consumer Financial Protection in the US. Join us in person or register for the livestream: survey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aa…

🥳Congratulations to Senior Lecturer Mark Kritzman on receiving the 2025 James R. Vertin Award!🥳 This award recognizes individuals who have produced a body of research notable for its relevance & enduring value to investment professionals.

Please join us on March 14 at 1 PM for @MITSloanPhD's annual Doctoral Research Forum and celebratory reception. Come hear about some of the fascinating research being conducted by our doctoral candidates, and celebrate these soon-to-be PhDs! Attendance is open to all.

Larry's winning paper, "Selling Fast and Buying Slow: Heuristics and Trading Performance of Institutional Investors," was co-authored with K. Akepanidtaworn (International Monetary Fund), R. Di Mascio (Inalytics), and A. Imas (Chicago Booth). Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor of Finance Lawrence (Larry) D. W. Schmidt has won the 2024 Dimensional Fund Advisors Prize (First Prize), for the top paper published in The Journal of Finance in any area other than corporate finance. Congratulations, Larry! #smithbreedenprizewinners" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">afajof.org/prizes/#smithb…

This annual prize is given by the American Finance Association (publishers of The Journal of Finance) and sponsored by Dimensional Fund Advisors (prizes prior to 2019 were sponsored by Amundi Pioneer, Amundi Smith Breeden, and Smith Breeden and named accordingly).