Role
Full Professor of Financial Intermediary Economics at the University of Milan-Bicocca.
Bio
Paola Agnese Bongini graduated in Economics and Banking from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, then earned a Master of Science in Economics and Finance from the University of Warwick and a PhD from the University of Bergamo. After research and teaching experiences in Macerata and Milan-Bicocca, since 2016 she has been a full professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the University of Milan-Bicocca, where she coordinates the Business for Society PhD program.
Throughout her institutional and academic career, she has held numerous prominent positions: she was a member of the Banking and Financial Arbitrator (Milan Board), sits on the Scientific Committee of Feduf, and is an independent director of Credem Banca S.p.A. and companies of the Credem Group (Credemvita S.p.A. and Credem Euromobiliare Private Banking). She also serves on the editorial boards of international scientific journals and of the AIFIRM association.
His empirical research focuses on financial intermediation and regulation, analyzing banking business models, systemic risk, financial education, and the application of artificial intelligence and natural language processing models to market analysis and fintech.