EVP, Consumer and Business Banking
Atlantic Union Bank
Shawn O’Brien is Executive Vice President and Consumer and Business Banking Group Executive of Atlantic Union Bank with responsibility for consumer, small business and business banking across the entire bank footprint.
Shawn is a career banker with over 25 years of experience in the finance industry, and is passionate about finding ways to make banking simpler and more valuable for every customer. Prior to Atlantic Union Bank, he was most recently Executive Vice President, Consumer Segment Group and Business Planning for BBVA Compass Bank where he was responsible for the bank’s consumer clients in branch and digital channels. He also held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility at BBVA Compass including: Deposit and Payment Products, Strategic Planning and Corporate Planning and Analysis. Shawn began his banking career at Huntington National Bank in the retail branch network and product management.
Shawn holds an MBA from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Philosophy from Miami University.
Small businesses are the fastest-growing target of financial fraud and most of them aren’t adequately—if at all—protected. This session explores the rapidly evolving fraud landscape confronting small business owners, from business email compromise and synthetic identity fraud to account takeover and payment scams. Industry leaders will examine why small businesses have become the primary target of sophisticated attackers, how treasury management solutions are emerging as a critical line of defense for visibility, and how to gain greater control over payment flows. The key for banks: moving from reactive loss management to proactive, relationship-defining protection. The discussion will address how institutions are turning their commitment to small business security—and the treasury management tools that support it—into a competitive differentiator that fosters loyalty and drives retention