CLEVELAND, March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting
March 17, KeyBank customers will be
able to use Apple Pay™ to make simple and secure payments at more
than 700,000 businesses across the United
States and select iOS™ apps.
"We're thrilled to add Apple Pay to the fast-growing range of
digital banking services we offer banking customers," said
Matthew D. Lehman, senior vice
president and head of digital banking.
Using their iPhone® 6 or iPhone® 6 Plus mobile devices running
iOS 8.1 or later, KeyBank customers can use Apple Pay™, a mobile
payments solution, to complete credit or debit card
transactions without revealing their card information. Completing a
transaction is easy; customers simply hold their iPhone 6 or iPhone
6 Plus near a contactless reader with their finger on the Touch
ID™ fingerprint sensor.
KeyBank customers can also make in-app purchases with either the
iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air® 2 or iPad mini® 3 mobile
devices. Visit Key.com for more information about KeyBank's
commitment to offering secure, easy-to-use digital banking
services.
KeyBank places a high priority on helping to protect clients'
financial assets and personal identification. Stringent security
measures are in play from the time a client adds their KeyBank
credit and debit cards to their Passbook to using Apple Pay™ to
make transactions, either with a merchant or online.
"We use a detailed identity and verification protocol whenever
we observe factors that might indicate attempted fraud when KeyBank
cards are being added to Apple Pay™," Lehman said.
He said adding Apple Pay™ to KeyBank's digital banking program
is part of a customer-focused plan that redefines the entire user
experience across all digital platforms to give KeyBank customers
the access and control they want.
"We have an ongoing commitment to identifying digital banking
solutions, such as Apple Pay™, that put our customers in control,"
Lehman said. "We are committed to helping our customers feel
confident in the decisions they make about their finances today and
decisions they make for their financial future."
Lehman added that KeyBank has seen double-digit year-over-year
growth in mobile and in online acquisition.
"It's exciting to see our customers' enthusiastic response each
time we introduce a new digital capability," he said.
About KeyCorp
Key traces its history back more than 160 years and is
headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
One of the nation's largest bank-based financial services
companies, Key has assets of approximately $94 billion. Key (NYSE:KEY) provides deposit,
lending, cash management and investment services to individuals,
small and medium-sized business under the name KeyBank National
Association. 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 about Key, visit www.key.com, or follow Key
on Twitter @KeyBank_News and @KeyBank.
Banking products and services are offered by KeyBank National
Association. Key.com is a federally registered service mark of
KeyCorp. ©2015 KeyCorp. KeyBank is Member FDIC.
Apple Pay, TouchID, and iPad mini are trademarks of Apple Inc.
iPhone and iPad Air are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. iOS is
a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other
countries and is used under license.
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