… Finance … Finance … Courses Degrees & Certificates Faculty Page When you hear the word finance what comes to mind? Your paycheck? bank accounts? credit or debit cards? loans? investments? banking?... Finance is defined as the management of money and includes activities such as investing, borrowing, lending, budgeting, saving, and forecasting in a professional and … capacity. Frequently when people think of finance they think of the New York Stock Exchange which took centuries to become what it is today. In 1817 the New York Stock and Exchange Board was created, and stock and bond trading were achieved on the …