Summer 2025 Commercial Payments Internship - Cleveland

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Program Duration: MAY 28, 2025 - AUGUST 8, 2025

What does our Internship Program offer?

Key's Enterprise Internship is a 10.5-week program that provides meaningful work that matters, offers feedback and coaching, and creates engaging events and conversations that will spark excitement and interest in bringing one's full-time career to Key post college.

Interns are involved in a host of line of business specific projects that directly impact and benefit Key's business and strategic pillars. The program includes networking with Key teammates across all levels of the organization, a series of Learning Labs where internal and external speakers provide insight on Key's competitive landscape, financial wellness, and professional development best practices, and an assigned mentor who shares knowledge, experience, and advice.

Commercial Payments

Commercial Payments is the fastest growing business segment in KeyBank, encompassing a leading commercial card, merchant, FX, liquidity, and fintech product set across a wide array of industry verticals and client segments. Our solutions are the software and payments engine that allows businesses to tackle their unique challenges and better engage with their customers-from a mom-and-pop restaurant, all the way to a publicly traded company.

About the Commercial Payments Internship Program

As an intern, you will gain experience working on various projects and working closely with seasoned professionals. Opportunities where you may be placed include Business Development, Payments Product, Treasury Services, Merchant Services, Commercial Cards, Risk, Healthcare Payments, Foreign Exchange, and International Trade.

Job Responsibilities

• Learns and understands how KeyBank and Commercial Payments operate, including our mission, products, and the clients we serve
• Works alongside payments industry professionals, conducting analysis of financial reporting and identifying business opportunities
• Receives the training, mentorship, and engagement with senior leaders needed to learn the industry
• Collaborates with sales and product teams to deliver value to our clients through a variety of day-to-day and project work
• Conducts research as part of a capstone project that will be presented to executive leadership at the culmination of the internship
• Builds relationships in order to learn about the various departments within KeyBank and the role that each play in the overall organization

Qualifications

• Graduating with a four-year degree by May 2026 with focused coursework in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Data Sciences, Business Analytics, Information Systems, Mathematics
• Outstanding academic achievement (minimum 3.3 GPA)
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork from past work experience and/or extracurricular activities
• Bring solid analytical, problem solving, communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Professional conduct

Compensation and Benefits

This position is eligible to earn an hourly rate of $23 per hour. Compensation also includes a $2,000 Summer Internship Sign-on Bonus.

KeyBank's Campus Program Internship and Analyst positions are not eligible for employment visa sponsorship (e.g., H-1B visa). This includes, for example, situations where a candidate may have temporary work authorization while enrolled in school or upon graduation (e.g., CPT, OPT) but would need H-1B visa sponsorship within a few years of employment in order to maintain employment eligibility.

KeyCorp is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected category.

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