Deyan Radev, PhD is an Associate Professor of Fintech and Banking at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) at Sofia University. He has BSc in Economics from FEBA, MBA from the University of Konstanz, Germany and a PhD in Economics from Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.

Before joining FEBA at Sofia University in 2020, Dr. Radev has had 15 years of prior international experience at renowned Western universities such as Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Bonn, and international organizations such as the European Central Bank (ECB). His systemic risk indicators are in daily operational use at the ECB.

His research on credit and systemic risk, and banking regulation has been presented at the ECB, Federal Reserve Board, Bank of England, Deutsche Bundesbank, Bank for International Settlements, and others. At FEBA, he teaches courses in fintech, empirical finance and banking regulation. Since December 2022, Dr. Radev has been the founding director of the CEE Centre for Digital Finance.