Ed O’Neill is currently Director of Payments Protection and Risk Management for Discover where he leads the emerging payments protection, data security compliance, data compromise investigation, business risk and internal controls and regulatory reporting and risk management functions.

Ed has over 15 years of financial services and risk management experience and has held various positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Discover and PULSE. Prior to re-joining Discover in July 2018, Ed was most recently Vice President of Secure Payments at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago where he helped lead the development and implementation of the Federal Reserve’s payment security strategy to reduce fraud risk and advance the safety, security and resiliency of the U.S. payment system.

Ed holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees from Loyola University of Chicago and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Ed represents Discover on the PCI Security Standards Council, LLC as a member of the Executive Committee.