Do You Know the Money-Laundering Vulnerabilities in Your Credit Card Portfolio?

Ms. Dang is an Advanced Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, specializing in Audit (CAMS-Audit), having published a whitepaper, “Financial Inclusion, Developing Economies, and Effective Implementation of the Risk-Based Approach in AML/CTF: The Need for Legislative and Regulatory Leadership to Motivate Private Sector Commitment & the Role of Audit.” She conducted numerous AML trainings around Asia Pacific, including for central banks, financial institutions, and universities. A frequent speaker in APAC, US and Europe, Ms. Dang was the Program Chair for all ACAMS-APAC training events, including the three Annual AML and Financial Crime Conferences (APAC, Indian Subcontinent and Australasia), and annual symposia held in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Macau and Seoul.

Ms. Dang has over 25 years’ experience in banking and finance. She was a Bank Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Manager with Barclays Capital’s Investment Banking Division in Singapore, Director of Business Development at Citibank’s Global Consumer Banking Group in Singapore. In her positions as Director of Business Development, Asia/Pacific, for Thomson Financial, and General Manager of Thomson Financial Publishing, based in Hong Kong, she also developed the first-ever financial-markets news portal for the APAC region, “Thomson Capital Markets Asia“ (TCMAsia.com), launched in 2001.

Ms. Dang holds educational degrees from the US, with a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from Amherst College and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Innessa Levina is Vice President, AML Compliance at Mastercard, where she is responsible for managing the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program, global payment AML advisory, and evaluation of risk for new payment products and services offered by Mastercard. Innessa is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a seasoned financial industry professional with over 20 years’ experience in compliance, risk management, payments and banking. Prior to Mastercard, Innessa worked at People’s United Bank as Head of SAR/FIU; ICS Risk Advisors (FIS Company) and Plante & Moran PLLC as a Subject Matter Expert in AML/BSA and other compliance matters; and financial institutions such as Bank of America, ABN AMRO, and Comerica Bank.

Innessa holds a Master of Business Administration degree with concentration in International Business, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management Development and Organization. Innessa has been serving the ACAMS Connecticut Chapter as Co-Chair since 2014.

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Kyle Rizzo leads Mastercard’s Financial Intelligence Unit where he is responsible managing their transaction monitoring program, ensuring that Mastercard stays up to date with the latest AML rules and typologies, ensuring adherence to US regulatory processes, and maintaining the overall safety and security of Mastercard’s payment network. Kyle is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and has over 12 years of experience in compliance, data analytics, process improvement, and payments/banking. Prior to Mastercard, Kyle worked at Citibank as was responsible for the oversight of their cash management services and related investigations.

Kyle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, with honors, from Lindenwood University and has been a certified ACAMs member since 2020.

Bill is a Senior Compliance Officer with Goldman Sachs where he is the head of Consumer Financial Crimes Compliance Investigations with oversight of all investigations and SAR reporting across all consumer products. Bill is a subject matter expert in suspicious activity reporting & money laundering, fraud, and elder financial exploitation investigations.

Prior to his role with Goldman Sachs, Bill was a Social Worker in Arizona where he managed the Public Health Department's interactions with the criminal and civil Courts, law enforcement, crisis teams, and mental health hospitals. Bill also served as an intelligence analyst in the Arizona Army National Guard.

Bill is the Chairman of the Salt Lake County Library Board of Directors, a member of the Arizona State University Leadership Council, and a member of the Utah State Bar.

Bill earned a J.D. from the University of Utah and an M.S.W. with an emphasis is Policy, Administration and Community Practice from Arizona State University.