Dr. Nataliia Versal has over 15 years experience in the banking industry researching and is the author of more than 30 scientific publications in this field (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8801-6351), including peer-reviewed articles, textbook chapters and conference papers (Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Turkey, and the Czech Republic). After PhD on the topic ‘Financial methods of state regulation of banking activity’ in 2002 Dr. Versal has worked as an Assistant, and then as Associate Professor at the Finance, Money Circulation, and Credit Department, since 2016 - as Associate Professor at the Insurance, Banking and Risk Management Department of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she has provided teaching activities (‘Money and Credit’, ‘Risk Management in Banking’, ‘Financial Stability and Financial Shocks’) and conducted research in the field depends on banking issues.

Her latest research has focused on financial intermediation, banking system stability and its sustainability to different shocks, the influence of instability in financial markets on banking activity.

She also has worked as an expert in finance and banking, USAID, ‘FINREP II’ (2015). Collaborating with FINREP-II’s International Financial Literacy Experts on the development of the Deposit Guarantee Fund’s financial literacy program for adults.