Jim Cunha is the Executive Vice President and Interim Chief Administrative Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, responsible for day to day administration of the Bank. He is also a member of the Boston Fed’s Executive Committee.

Jim oversees the Boston Fed’s contributions toward supporting a secure, reliable, and accessible U.S. payments system. He is responsible for Boston’s Cash Services and Wholesale Payments operations. Jim is also spearheading the Boston Fed’s efforts to study, explore, and engage with distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, to determine applicability, potential benefits, and risks for internal and external uses. He is specifically focused on the evolution of the technology and its potential impact on the financial services sector. He is responsible for the Bank’s digital currency research efforts.

Jim has worked at the Boston Fed since 1984. He holds a bachelor’s in accounting and philosophy from Northeastern University and a bachelor’s in computer science from Rhode Island College.