Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
Latest NewsAdam�Neff is an experienced entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience in the social and mobile technology sector.� He has founded four venture-backed companies and served on the executive team at Tuenti Technologies, a prominent Spanish social communications platform that was acquired by Telefonica in 2010 for $100MM.Adam�is currently the founder and CEO of Ledge, Inc., a mobile finance platform that facilitates friendly personal lending through Venmo.��Adam�grew up in Los Angeles, attended Occidental College ('05), and received his MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business ('09).�
I am responsible for small business underwriting for Retail, Wealth and Commercial with loan requests up to $5,000,000.I have been with BBVA Compass Bank since 2006.I have been in banking since 1982,'My background was in accounts receivable / lending with SouthTrust Bank.I have worked in a number of sales, RM and backroom support functions.Graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham with a BS and MBA.
John R. Eckert is the Director of Operational Risk and Core Policy at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).In this role, Mr. Eckert oversees the development of policy guidance covering corporate and risk governance, operational risk management, and general safety and soundness areas of examination focus. The Operational Risk and Core Policy Unit is also the focal point for the OCC's core supervision policy platforms that govern how the OCC supervises national banks and thrifts. He assumed these responsibilities in May 2013.Prior to this assignment, Mr. Eckert served on a large bank resident examination team responsible for corporate governance and operational risk.He coordinated Basel II oversight and was directly involved with evaluating the bank’s implementation of the operational risk advanced approaches.He joined the OCC in 1986 with community bank management, corporate credit, and public accounting experience. Commissioned as National Bank Examiner in 1988, his supervision background covers the Community, Midsize, and Large Bank Supervision spectrum.Mr. Eckert holds a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Millikin University.
Anjan Mukherjee currently serves in the U. S. Department of the Treasury as Counselor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions. Anjan oversees the Office of Financial Institutions Policy, the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection, and the Federal Insurance Office.�Prior to joining the Treasury, Mr. Mukherjee was a Senior Managing Director in the private equity area of Blackstone, an investment management firm, where he had responsibility for the pharma & life sciences, chemicals, aerospace & defense and transportation & logistics sectors.� Mr. Mukherjee previously held positions at Thomas H. Lee Company, Morgan Stanley and the U.S. Department of Education prior to joining Blackstone in 2001.� In 2008, he was part of President Barack Obama’s Transition Team, focusing on matters of economics and international trade.�Mr. Mukherjee received his BA from Harvard University and MBA from Harvard Business School.����
Dana Bowers is CEO, Founder and Board Member with Venminder. Dana has been an entrepreneur and leader in the financial industry for more than 30 years. Through Venminder, Dana designed an entire new approach to vendor management by creating a state of the art software and integrated services solution that allows financial institutions to answer the ever growing challenges and regulatory demand for Vendor Management compliance.Prior to Venminder, Dana founded and led the team as CEO at iPay Technologies. Under Dana’s leadership, iPay grew from a start-up in 2001 to the one of largest, independent bill pay providers in the United States. �When the company was sold to Jack Henry and Associates in 2010, iPay had a 40% market share, millions of subscribers and moved billions of dollars annually.�This hands on operating experience in a high profile/high risk “vendor” business gave Dana a unique perspective into the challenges financial institutions face on a daily basis. �Whether it’s negotiating a financial technology contract, sitting across from examiners to answer tough questions regarding safety and soundness or protecting confidential customer data she has sat in her customer’s chair.� Following the sale of iPay to Jack Henry, Dana recognized the opportunity to use her experience and assist financial institutions with managing their critical vendor relationships.� The team at Venminder was formed with the vision and goal to create a best in class outsource vendor management solution, Venminder.Throughout Dana’s career, her proven leadership and talent has been recognized by many. �In 2009, she was awarded the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award for the South Central Ohio/Kentucky region in the Technology category.Dana is on the board of advisors for the University of Louisville College of Business and serves as a board member for Associates in Pediatric Therapy, a Kentucky based company. Dana earned her bachelors degree in Business Management from Embry Riddle University.
Mr. Hallett has more than 30 years of merger and acquisition experience. He is a Managing Director in the Lazard Middle Market Industrials Group and leads its Transportation, Logistics & Distribution group.Mr. Hallett serves on the Advisory Boards of Marquette Capital Partners, a provider of mezzanine financing, and Solar Plastics, Inc., a rotational molder of a wide range of plastic products. He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Automobile Association (AAA) Minneapolis and serves on its Executive Committee, Audit Committee (Chair) and Finance & Investment Committee. He is a member of the St. Thomas Academy Board of Trustees and serves on its Finance and Investments Committee. Mr. Hallett is a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions Committee of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section.Before beginning his career in investment banking in 1994, Mr. Hallett was a partner at Lindquist & Vennum, a Minneapolis-based law firm, where he spent approximately 10 years. He provided clients with legal counsel in the areas of corporate and tax law, including mergers and acquisitions.He holds a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law, a J.D. from� Gonzaga University School of Law and a B.S. in Accounting from� University of Wyoming
Matt is the Director of Operations and Interim President/CEO for the National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA). Prior to joining the NCFTA management team in March, 2015, Matt spent over 26 years as a special agent in the United States Secret Service. During his career, Matt led criminal investigations in Pittsburgh, New York City, and Washington, DC where he also held several high profile positions to include the Presidential Protection Detail, Investigative Fellow for the United States Senate, and was a founding member of the Department of Homeland Security.From 2004 until 2015, Matt served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service Pittsburgh Field Office where he oversaw domestic and international field investigations involving a multitude of criminal violations including; counterfeit currency, money laundering, mortgage fraud, and cutting edge cyber related offenses. Matt is also a certified law enforcement instructor, having taught at the International Law Enforcement Academies in Bangkok, Thailand, Budapest, Hungary, and San Salvador, El Salvador.The National Cyber-Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA) is a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation which provides a neutral, collaborative environment for industry, government, and academia to share, analyze, mitigate, and neutralize emerging cyber threats. Through strategic global alliances and partnerships with subject matter experts (SME’s) in the public, private, and academic sectors, the NCFTA enables real time, cross industry information sharing that enhances defenses, influences investigative strategies, and seeks to identify and ultimately disrupt cyber criminal organizations.
Dave Mooney is President and CEO of Alliant Credit Union, based in Chicago. With over $8 Billion in assets and members throughout the country, Alliant is the 8th largest credit union in the U.S. A perennial industry leader in financial return to members, Alliant was named by NerdWallet as a top credit union in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Pacific, and Southeast Regions in 2014 and by GoBankingRates as the top credit union for online services, and recognized by the Center for Companies That Care for exemplary workplace practices and community involvement.Dave’s career in financial services includes experience across a range of business lines, markets and functions at leading financial companies. Prior to being appointed to Alliant’s top leadership position in 2003, he held a number of executive level and management roles at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and its predecessors Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank. Dave serves on the boards of directors of Credit Union 24 (a credit union owned payments services provider), the National Credit Union Foundation, Operation HOPE, Inc., and NADAP (a workforce development agency). He previously served on the board of Members Development Company (a credit union R&D consortium), the Filene Research Institute Research Council, and as the credit union industry liaison to the Banking Industry Technology Secretariat (BITS).He holds a B.A. in Economics from Boston College.
Bryan Yurcan is a senior writer with American Banker, with a focus on financial technology. Prior to American Banker, Bryan served as an editor with Bank Systems & Technology for nearly four years, as well as holding various other editorial roles for B2B tech and business publications. Bryan has been a guest speaker at bank technology industry conferences and has been quoted on the subject in numerous publications, including the Providence Business Journal and Columbus Dispatch.


