Vice President, BSA and AML Officer
June Hong is a Vice President and BSA and AML Officer at City First Bank, based in the Bank’s Los Angeles Corporate Office. She brings 15 plus years of banking experience in Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering compliance across California, with deep expertise in BSA and AML program governance, regulatory compliance, and financial crime risk management.
In her role, June helps safeguard the Bank and the communities it serves by strengthening controls that deter illicit activity, promoting responsible banking practices, and ensuring the Bank’s compliance framework remains effective, risk based, and regulator ready. Her work spans oversight of key financial crime risk areas such as customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, and ongoing program improvements, all with a focus on protecting customers, upholding trust, and supporting safe access to banking services.
June is CAMS certified (since 2011) and is known for building strong, well trained teams and a culture of awareness across the organization. She partners closely with leaders across the Bank to deliver practical training, clear guidance, and consistent escalation pathways so frontline and operational teams can identify and address risk confidently and quickly.
Prior to joining City First Bank, June spent nearly five years at the Bank of East Asia as a BSA and Compliance Officer, where she supported enterprise compliance initiatives and helped strengthen BSA and AML controls.
June is a proud UCLA graduate with a degree in Math, Accounting, and Management. She has lived in the greater Los Angeles area for more than two decades.