Julapa is a Central Bank Research Fellow at the BIS, and a Fellow member of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center. At the Philly Fed, Julapa has participated in several supervisory policy initiatives, including the Basel Retail Qualification, the CCAR Stress Testing, and more recently Fintech Supervision program. Dr. Jagtiani’s recent research has focused on fintech partnership and BaaS, AI/ML and alternative data, and cryptocurrency trading activities. She has published influential research articles in top academic journals. Julapa also leads the efforts at the Philly Fed in organizing the Annual Fintech Conferences to bring together world renowned experts to discuss fintech innovations, the future of finance, and potential policy solutions. Julapa received a PhD in Finance and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, where she held the Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship.



