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                                                                      EXHIBIT 15

                  ACKNOWLEDGMENT LETTER OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

Shareholders and Board of Directors
KeyCorp

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the following KeyCorp
Registration Statements of our review report, dated April 17, 1996, relating to
the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of KeyCorp, included in
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.

Form S-3 No. 33-5064
Form S-3 No. 33-10634
Form S-3 No. 33-39733
Form S-3 No. 33-39734
Form S-3 No. 33-51652
Form S-3 No. 33-53643
Form S-3 No. 33-56879
Form S-3 No. 33-58405

Form S-4 No. 33-31569
Form S-4 No. 33-44657
Form S-4 No. 33-51717
Form S-4 No. 33-55573
Form S-4 No. 33-57329
Form S-4 No. 33-61539

Form S-8 No. 2-97452
Form S-8 No. 33-21643
Form S-8 No. 33-42691
Form S-8 No. 33-45518
Form S-8 No. 33-46278
Form S-8 No. 33-52293
Form S-8 No. 33-54819
Form S-8 No. 33-56745
Form S-8 No. 33-56881

Form S-8 No. 33-31569 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4)
Form S-8 No. 33-31569 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4)
Form S-8 No. 33-31569 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form S-4)
Form S-8 No. 33-44657 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4)
Form S-8 No. 33-51717 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4)

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, our report is not a part
of the Registration Statements prepared or certified by accountants within the
meaning of Section 7 or 11 of the Securities Act of 1933.


                                                          /s/  Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
May 9, 1996


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