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Small Business Checking Accounts

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Choose an account built to work with your cash flow strategy, and gain access to the digital tools and resources you’ll need at every stage of your business’s growth.

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KeyBank Basic Business Checking

Ideal for growing businesses with low to moderate transaction volume

  • 200 combined transactions included per month1
  • $5 waivable monthly service fee2
Rates & Fees
  • No

    Interest Bearing
  • No

    Discounts on Wire Transfers3
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KeyBank Business Interest Checking®

Ideal for businesses looking to earn monthly interest

  • 100 combined transactions included per month1
  • $15 waivable monthly service fee2
Rates & Fees
  • Yes

    Interest Bearing
  • No

    Discounts on Wire Transfers3
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Key Business Reward Checking®

Our most popular checking account

  • 500 combined transactions included per month1
  • $25 waivable monthly service fee2
Rates & Fees
  • No

    Interest Bearing
  • Yes

    Discounts on Wire Transfers3

Please read our Small Business Agreements and Disclosures. If you opened your deposit account online within the past 90 days, you may also review the original agreements and disclosures provided to you.

Minimum opening deposit of $25 is required.

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Transactions exceeding the monthly included transactions will be charged a fee in accordance with the Deposit Account Disclosures.

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KeyBank Basic Business Checking

The monthly Maintenance Service Charge of $5 for the KeyBank Basic account can be avoided if any of the following balance requirements are met during the monthly statement period as follows:

  • The Average Ledger Balance in your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account was $1,000.00 or more during the monthly statement period; or
  • The total of the following was $10,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of business checking (excluding certain business accounts opened for the benefit of others), business savings, and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balance of all commercial loans and lines of credit including your Business Cash Reserve credit account(s) (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account statement cycle date.

Additionally, if you are the sole owner of your business, the list of account balances that may be combined to avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account includes all of the above business accounts and certain of your personal accounts as outlined below. You may avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account if the following balance requirement is met:

  • The total of the following was $10,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of personal and business checking, personal and business savings, and personal and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balances of your standard consumer loan/line of credit balances (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your KeyBank Basic Business Checking account statement cycle date. See account opening disclosures for more information.
  • As used herein, “sole owner” means a natural person doing business as a sole proprietor and excludes separate legal entities such as corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and not-for-profit enterprises.

    Standard consumer loan and line products including credit cards with KeyBank NA. Certain non-standard loans and lines of credit may not be included.

KeyBank Business Interest Checking

The monthly Maintenance Service of $15 for the KeyBank Basic Interest checking account can be avoided if any of the following balance requirements are met during the monthly statement period as follows:

  • The Daily Ledger Balance in your KeyBank Business Interest Checking Account was $5000.00 or more during the monthly statement period; or
  • The total of the following was $15,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of business checking (excluding certain business accounts opened for the benefit of others), business savings and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balance of all commercial loans and lines of credit including your Business Cash Reserve credit account(s) (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account statement cycle date.

Additionally, if you are the sole owner of your business, the list of account balances that may be combined to avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account includes all of the above business accounts and certain of your personal accounts as outlined below. You may avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account if the following balance requirement is met:

  • The total of the following was $15,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of personal and business checking, personal and business savings, and personal and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balances of your standard consumer loan/line of credit balances (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your KeyBank Business Interest Checking account statement cycle date.
  • As used herein, “sole owner” means a natural person doing business as a sole proprietor and excludes separate legal entities such as corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and not-for-profit enterprises.

    Standard consumer loan and line products including credit cards with KeyBank NA. Certain non-standard loans and lines of credit may not be included.

Key Business Reward Checking

The monthly Maintance Service charge is waived for the first two months that the account is open.

Beginning in the third month, the monthly Maintenance Service of $25 for the Busines Rewards Checking account can be avoided if any of the following balance requirements are met during the monthly statement period as follows:

  • The Average Ledger Balance in your Key Business Reward Checking account was $7,500.00 or more during the monthly statement period; or
  • The total of the following was $20,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of business checking (excluding certain business accounts opened for the benefit of others), business savings, and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your Key Business Reward Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balance of all commercial loans and lines of credit including your Business Cash Reserve credit account(s) (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your Key Business Reward Checking account statement cycle date; or
  • Subscribe to Key Merchant Services.

Additionally, if you are the sole owner of your business, the list of account balances that may be combined to avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your Key Business Reward Checking Account includes all of the above business accounts and certain of your personal accounts as outlined below. You may avoid the monthly Maintenance Service Charge on your Key Business Reward Checking account if the following balance requirement is met:

  • The total of the following was $20,000.00 or more: 1) the combined cycle-to-date Average Ledger Balance in any combination of personal and business checking, personal and business savings, and personal and business certificates of deposit accounts within two business days prior to your Key Business Reward Checking account statement cycle date; and/or 2) the outstanding balances of your standard consumer loan/line of credit balances (excluding balances past due 60 days or more) as of no more than five business days prior to your Key Business Reward Checking account statement cycle date. See account opening disclosures for more information.
  • As used herein, “sole owner” means a natural person doing business as a sole proprietor and excludes separate legal entities such as corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and not-for-profit enterprises.

    Standard consumer loan and line products including credit cards with KeyBank NA. Certain non-standard loans and lines of credit may not be included.

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For Key Business Rewards Checking account customers, there is no charge for domestic incoming wires, and up to three free domestic outgoing phone or branch initiated wires per monthly statement period. The charge for each domestic outgoing phone or branch wire in excess of three per statement cycle is $30.00.

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888-KEY4BIZ (539-4249)

Dial 711 for TTY/TRS

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