Hunterdon County’s highly educated workforce and strategic location within close proximity to Wall Street have helped to make Hunterdon County a top choice for financial services and insurance companies. Now with one of the world’s most extensive fiber optics networks, the fastest internet speeds and reliable broadband connectivity it’s also becoming an attractive location for businesses in the Financial Technology (FinTech) industry. The steady stream of talent graduating from the region’s colleges and universities, including Princeton University, Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson, Stevens Institute of Technology and more provides companies with graduates who have business or financial degrees each year. In fact, Stevens was the first university in the nation to develop a PhD program in the highly specialized field of Financial Engineering. Today, its Financial Systems Center (FSC) and the Hanlon Financial Systems Lab are teaching graduate students the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the evolving demands of the FinTech industry.