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Find a checking account that checks all your boxes. An easy way to set up automatic savings: Check, Overdraft protection from a linked savings account with no transfer fee¹: Check. Access to 1,100 branches and more than 40,000 ATMs nationwide: Check. Compare our checking accounts and open yours online in minutes.

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No monthly maintenance fee, no minimum balance
Paper checks and every digital feature

Rates & Fees

Schedule an Appointment

$0

Monthly Maintenance Fee
No
Interest Bearing

Interest bearing
Discounts on checks

Rates & Fees

Schedule an Appointment

$18³

Waivable Monthly Maintenance Fee
Yes

Interest Bearing

Relationship rates and discounts
Automatic daily sweeps to savings

Rates & Fees

Schedule an Appointment

$25³

Waivable Monthly Maintenance Fee
Yes
Interest Bearing

Premium management and investing services
Relationship rates and discounts

Rates & Fees

Schedule an Appointment

$50³

Waivable Monthly Maintenance Fee
Yes
Interest Bearing

No monthly maintenance fees, no minimum balance

Rates & Fees

Schedule an Appointment

$0

Monthly Maintenance Fee
No
Interest Bearing

Why Bank With Key

EasyUp
Save a little, every timeyou make a debit card purchases with EasyUp automatic savings
KeyBank Debit Mastercard
Enjoy chip security, Tap & Go technology and all benefits of Mastercard
Secure online & mobile banking
Deposit checks in the mobile app, pay bills, send money to friends and family and more²
Convenient locations
Visit us at any one of our 1,000 branches and 40,000 KeyBank ATMs and Allpoint ATMs nationwide when you use your KeyBank Debit Mastercard
Overdraft Protection
Link your eligible checking and savings accounts to automatically cover overdrafts without a transfer fee when you have available funds in your savings account.
Mobile check deposit
Use the mobile app and the camera on your smartphone or tablet to deposit checks directly into your account²
Account alerts
Set custom alerts so you can receive text or email updates about the account information that's important to you⁴

Online Banking

do all your banking securely online. it’s easy to start.

Checking

see all the fees, so you can avoid them.

Financial Wellness

a 30-minute chat with a banker can help you reach your goals.

This service is not available with KeyBank Hassle-Free Account^®.

Subject to terms and conditions in Service Agreement.

To avoid Maintenance Service Charges...

To avoid the $18 monthly maintenance fee for Key Advantage Checking^® Account, meet any of the following requirements:
1. Any combination of balances from your KeyBank checking, savings deposit, certificates of deposit, retirement deposits, investment* (including annuity balances reflected on your KIS account statement) and credit accounts was $10,000.00 or more.
2. You have a KeyBank originated mortgage and you have automatic payment deducted via ACH deducting $500.00 or more from your Key Advantage Checking account during a statement cycle. If your mortgage automatic payment deduction plan should be discontinued, you may be subject to the combined balance requirements to avoid the monthly maintenance fee.
3. You are a Key@Work^® program member and you have direct deposits totaling $1000.00 or more credited to your Key Advantage Checking account during a statement cycle. If you leave your current employer and direct deposits are discontinued, you may be subject to the combined balance requirement to avoid the monthly maintenance fee until direct deposits are reinstated by your new employer.
As a Key Privilege client, you can avoid the $25 monthly maintenance fee if:
1. You maintain a combined balance of $25,000 or more in any combination of deposit, investment* and credit accounts.
2. You have a mortgage originated through KeyBank and you have an automatic payment deduction plan via ACH deducting $500 or more from your Key Privilege Checking Account during a statement cycle. If your mortgage automatic payment deduction plan should be discontinued, you may be subject to the combined balance requirements to avoid the maintenance fees.
3. You are a Key@Work program member and you have direct deposits totaling at least $2,500.00 credited to this Account during a statement period. If you leave your current employer and direct deposits stop, you may be subject to the combined balance requirement to avoid the monthly maintenance fee until direct deposits are reinstated.
To avoid the $50 monthly maintenance fee for Key Privilege Select Checking^® Account, you must maintain a minimum of $100,000 in combined relationship balances (sweep investment, deposits and investment* [including annuity balances reflected on your KIS account statement]) each statement cycle OR be a Key@Work program member and have a total of at least $5,000 in direct deposits each statement cycle credited to this Account.

Investment products are offered through Key Investment Services LLC (KIS), member FINRA/SIPC and SEC-registered investment advisor. Insurance products are offered through KeyCorp Insurance Agency USA, Inc. (KIA). KIS and KIA are affiliated with KeyBank National Association (KeyBank).

Investment and insurance products made available through KIS and KIA are:

NOT FDIC INSURED • NOT BANK GUARANTEED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NOT A DEPOSIT • NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCY

KIS, KIA and KeyBank are separate entities, and when you buy or sell securities and insurance products you are doing business with KIS and/or KIA, and not KeyBank.

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