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I am a Professor (Assoc.) of FinTech and Banking at Sofia University, Director of CEE Centre for Digital Finance, Vice-President of FEBA Alumni Club and Director Alumni Relations of FEBA Career Center. Previously, I have held positions at Bonn University, Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Mainz. 

My research interests lie in the fields of FinTech and Digitalization, Financial Economics, Bank Resolution, Banking Regulation, Banking and Financial Stability and International Finance. My current work focuses on FinTech and Digitalization, banking regulation and measuring systemic risk in the financial system. You can find more about my research here. 

NEWS: My paper "Integration Culture of Global Banks and the Transmission of Lending Shocks" with Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Barth, Universität des Saarlandes has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Banking & Finance.

NEWS: My paper "Bank Resolution Regimes and Systemic Risk" (with Thorsten Beck and Isabel Schnabel) was cited in the latest Financial Stability Board report on the effect of reforms regarding too-big-to-fail banks.

NEWS: The paper "Bank Resolution Regimes and Systemic Risk" (with Thorsten Beck and Isabel Schnabel) is now available as CEPR Discussion Paper 14724 (Link). You can also check out our blog post on VoxEU (Link). The paper is also available on SSRN (Link).

Disclaimer: This paper should not be reported as representing the views of the European Central Bank (ECB).

NEWS: The hackathon "From Zero to FinTech" (link), organized by the Bulgarian FinTech Association and FEBA at Sofia University, and supported by the European Commission and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Bulgaria, took place between March 6 and March 14. Learn more about the event and its outcome here.