KeyBank National Association Closes Acquisition of HelloWallet® From Morningstar, Inc.

CLEVELAND, July 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced it has closed the acquisition of HelloWallet®, an industry-leading personal finance software platform, from Morningstar, Inc. The strategic acquisition means KeyBank can do even more to support clients' financial wellness, including business clients that offer employees Key@Work, KeyBank's comprehensive workplace program.

The HelloWallet platform provides clients with tools that can help them make more confident financial decisions. The platform provides KeyBank with a deep understanding of each individual client's financial circumstances and goals that drive every interaction with clients.

"Adding the talented HelloWallet team to KeyBank enables us to do even more to help more clients," said Dennis Devine, co-president, KeyBank Community Bank and head of Key Consumer and Business Banking segment.

"We've seen the difference our financial wellness initiative makes every day for our retail bank clients, helping them understand their finances and enabling them to make more confident financial decisions. We believe financial wellness can make the same difference for our business client's employees, and we will make financial wellness the centerpiece of our already strong Key@Work program," he said.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. KeyBank was advised by KeyBanc Capital Markets.

About KeyCorp:

KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $134.5 billion at March 31, 2017. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, insurance, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of more than 1,200 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications, and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.

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