| Key Receives 'Outstanding' Rating for Community Reinvestment Act ...
(CSRwire) For the fifth consecutive rating period, KeyBank National Association has received an "outstanding" rating for its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) lending practices from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). This is the top rating on a four- category scale by the bank regulatory agency. The OCC cited that fewer than 10 percent of all bank-based financial services companies reviewed in the last two years received "outstanding" ratings. An even lower percentage of large, multi-state banks received the top rating, according to the OCC. This is the first rating period in which the OCC reviewed KeyBank as a single, nationwide banking unit. "I couldn't be more pleased that the OCC has recognized Key's commitment to the Community Reinvestment Act," said Jack Kopnisky, Retail Banking president.
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