Paolo Tasca is an Italian-born economist and academic. He is currently a professor at the University College London.
Early life and education
Tasca was born in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. He earned his M.A from the University of Padua and his M.Sc. from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. In addition, he pursued his PhD studies at both the Ca' Foscari University and ETH Zurich.
Career
Tasca is a professor at the University College London. He is also the founder and incumbent executive director of the Centre for Blockchain Technology at University College London. Previously, he worked as a senior research economist at Deutsche Bundesbank.
As an advisor, Tasca has worked with multiple international organizations, including the EU Parliament.
Tasca is the author of two books, namely The FinTech Book and Banking Beyond Banks and Money. He has also worked as an editor of the Journal of Risk Finance and the Journal of Digital Banking.
Bibliography
The FinTech Book
Banking Beyond Banks and Money
The Internet of Value
References
Living people
Italian economists
Academics of University College London
Year of birth missing (living people)