Francesca Arnaboldi is Associate Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Milan, Italy. She gained her BSc and MSc in Finance from Bocconi University, her MSc in Financial Management from the University of London, CeFiMS (UK), and her PhD in Finance from the University of Bologna. Francesca has been working as a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Banking Research, Cass Business School, City University, London since 2009 and she is a member of the Research Center on Financial Studies at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. Francesca's research interests focus on financial innovation; international banking; bank competition and performance; bank corporate governance, regulation and supervision.