Data Science for Finance

(listed as FIN 377)

This class pairs nicely with my research.

FinTech Minor Capstone

(listed as FIN 388)

Find out more about the FinTech Minor here!

Summary: Students analyze the lending behaviors of Bank of the West (BOW) in Arizona and California using the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) loan-level data and Census tract demographic information for 2021. The analysis aims to help BMO Harris (which recently acquired Bank of the West) understand if BOW’s lending falls short of BMO Harris’s goal to serve underserved communities and steps BMO Harris can take to address any shortcomings.

Methods: Spatial analysis, regression models, and an experiment with OpenAI’s ChatGPT API to assess the impact of demographic information on loan decisions.

Links:

The website contains the report report, a summary, presentation slides, and interactive maps.
The initial project description
Syllabus

Authors: Ellie Degeorges, Victoria Genco, Isaac Grodin, Anna Harvey, Juan Mozos Nieto, Matthew Romano, Sebastian Stoneham, Thomas Scaringella, Xiaozhe Zhang

Data Science for Finance

Syllabus and Textbook

Github Org

Amazing students and projects

FinTech Minor Capstone

Title: Predicting and Modeling Income Stability in Credit Decisions

Authors: AUSTIN LEOPOLD, CHRIS PENTO, RAFIQ SITABKHAN

Downloads: Report here and slides here.

Title: Banking the Cannabis Industry: Current Challenges and Potential Solutions

Authors: TUCKER AGLIO, HA DAO, JACOB KAPLAN, GRIFFIN MIDDLETON, JORDAN WEINTRAUB

Downloads: Report here and slides here.

Title: Friction reduction in municipal bond market through blockchain technology

Authors: ANDREW CARAGHER, COLE EVANS, RYAN MALLOY, CORY POE, AARON ROTEM, LINDSAY SHAGRIN, TECH TANASARNSOPAPORN, ZHIJIAN YANG, DEAN ZIMBERG

Downloads: Report here and slides here.

Previous courses

International Corporate Finance | Virginia Tech

Asset Valuation and Corporate Governance | Virginia Tech

International Corporate Finance | Maryland