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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on  January 15, 1999

                                                    Registration No. 333-_______


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549
                                  ------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             -----------------------


                                     KEYCORP
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                      OHIO
         (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

                                   34-6542451
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                                127 PUBLIC SQUARE
                              CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

                              --------------------


           KEYCORP AMENDED AND RESTATED 1991 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                              --------------------


                                STEVEN N. BULLOCH
                               ASSISTANT SECRETARY

                                     KEYCORP
                                127 PUBLIC SQUARE
                              CLEVELAND, OHIO 44114
                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (216) 689-5109
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                 Proposed    Proposed        
 Title of                        Maximum     Maximum           Amount of
 Securities         Amount       Offering    Aggregate         Registration
 to be              to be        Price Per   Offering          Fee
 Registered         Registered   Share       Price (1)       
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<S>                <C>           <C>         <C>               <C>
 Common Shares                                               
 with a par value  10,000,000    $ 31.72     $ 317,200,000     $ 88,181.60
 of $1 each (2)                                             
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</TABLE>

(1)  As calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended (the "Securities Act"), the maximum aggregate offering price is
     based on the average of the high and low prices of KeyCorp common shares,
     with a par value of $1 each (the "Common Shares"), for January 13, 1998, as
     reported by the Midwest edition of The Wall Street Journal under New York
     Stock Exchange Composite Transactions. This figure represents the maximum
     aggregate offering price based on the number of Common Shares registered
     under this Form S-8.

(2)  Each Common Share includes an associated right to purchase one Common Share
     (the "Right"). Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of
     which has occurred, the Right is not exercisable, is evidenced by the
     certificate representing the Common Share, and will be transferred along
     with and only with the Common Share.




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                                     PART I

         INFORMATION  REQUIRED  IN  THE  SECTION  10(a)  PROSPECTUS

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this
registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") will be sent
or given to participants in the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity
Compensation Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such
documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3
of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


                                     PART II

                             INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
                           THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

      The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), are incorporated herein by reference:

            1. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997,
      Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 1998, June
      30, 1998, and September 30, 1998.

            2. Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on (a) January 21, 1998, (b)
      March 6, 1998, (c) April 17, 1998, (d) June 15, 1998, (e) July 17, 1998,
      (f) September 23, 1998, and (g) October 16, 1998.

            3. The description of (a) the Common Shares contained in the
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on July 31, 1992, as
      amended by Forms 8-A/A filed on October 15, 1993, February 25, 1994, and
      June 19, 1997, respectively, registering the KeyCorp Common Shares under
      Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
      "Exchange Act"), and (b) the Rights contained in the Registration
      Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 19, 1997, as amended by Form 8-A/A
      filed on March 6, 1998.

            4. All documents filed by KeyCorp pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
      14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this
      Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
      amendment, which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have
      been sold or which deregisters all such securities remaining unsold, shall
      be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
      and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.


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ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

                    Not  Applicable.

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

                    Not  Applicable

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

      Under Ohio law, Ohio corporations are authorized to indemnify directors,
      officers, employees, and agents ("Covered Persons") within prescribed
      limits and must indemnify them under certain circumstances. Ohio law
      permits a corporation to indemnify a Covered Person against expenses,
      judgments, fines, and settlements reasonably incurred in a nonderivative
      suit, and against expenses reasonably incurred in a derivative suit, if
      the Covered Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
      to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation. In
      addition, Ohio law permits a corporation to indemnify a Covered Person in
      a criminal action or proceeding, other than in a derivative suit, if the
      person had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

      Unless ordered by a court, no indemnification of expenses in a derivative
      suit is authorized by Ohio law if the Covered Person is ultimately
      adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of
      his or her duty to the corporation. However, if a Covered Person is
      successful on the merits or in defense on a matter, indemnification of
      expenses is mandatory. In addition, under Ohio law, a Director's expenses
      shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, provided the
      Director agrees to reasonably cooperate with the corporation and to repay
      the amounts advanced if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that
      the Director's action or failure to act was done with reckless disregard
      for the best interests of the corporation.

      Under Ohio law, a Director is not liable for monetary damages unless it is
      proved by clear and convincing evidence that the Director's action or
      failure to act was undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to
      the corporation or with reckless disregard for the best interests of the
      corporation. There is, however, no comparable provision limiting the
      liability of officers, employees, or agents of a corporation. The
      statutory right to indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and is in
      addition to any other rights granted to persons seeking indemnification.

      The Amended and Restated Regulations of KeyCorp provide that KeyCorp shall
      indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the Ohio General Corporation
      Law any person made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit,
      or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative,
      by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, or
      employee of KeyCorp or of any other bank, corporation, partnership, trust,
      or other enterprise for which he or she was serving as a director,
      officer, or employee at the request of KeyCorp.

      KeyCorp is a party to Employment Agreements with certain of its executive
      officers and is also a party to Change of Control Agreements with certain
      executive officers. Generally, pursuant to



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      the Employment Agreements and, after a change of control (as defined),
      pursuant to each Change of Control Agreement, KeyCorp has agreed to (i)
      indemnify the executive officer, to the full extent permitted or
      authorized by the Ohio General Corporation Law, if the executive officer
      is made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or
      completed action, suit, or proceeding by reason of the executive officer's
      serving as an employee, officer, or director of KeyCorp and/or any of its
      subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of KeyCorp or any of its
      subsidiaries as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank,
      corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and
      (ii) advance expenses incurred by the executive officer in defending any
      action, suit, or proceeding commenced or threatened for any action or
      failure to act as an employee, officer, or director of KeyCorp or any of
      its subsidiaries. The expenses so advanced to officers and employees of
      KeyCorp shall be repaid if it is ultimately determined that such executive
      officer is not entitled to be indemnified. With respect to Directors of
      KeyCorp, the amount of expenses paid as incurred shall be repaid if it is
      determined that action or failure to act involved an act or omission
      undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury or reckless disregard
      for the best interests of KeyCorp or any of its subsidiaries.

      The indemnification provided under the Employment Agreements and each of
      the Change of Control Agreements shall continue after the executive
      officer has ceased to be an executive officer, and shall inure to the
      benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of the executive
      officer.

      Under the terms of directors' and officers' liability and reimbursement
      insurance policy, directors and officers of KeyCorp are insured against
      certain liabilities, including liabilities arising under the Securities
      Act.


ITEM 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

                    Not applicable.

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

      The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
      Index on page 8, and are incorporated herein by reference.


ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

      (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

              (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                    being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                    Statement;

                    (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
                    of the Securities Act;



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                    (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                    arising after the effective date of the Registration
                    Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
                    thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
                    a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                    Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
                    increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
                    total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
                    that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
                    high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
                    reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the SEC
                    pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
                    volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in
                    the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
                    "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                    Registration Statement;

                    (iii) to include any material information with respect to
                    the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
                    Registration Statement or any material change to such
                    information in the Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
      the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
      required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those clauses is
      contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by
      KeyCorp pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
      are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

              (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                    Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
                    deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
                    securities offered therein, and the offering of such
                    securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
                    bona fide offering thereof.

              (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                    amendment any of the securities being registered which
                    remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
      determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
      KeyCorp's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
      Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
      be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
      offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
      deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
      Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling
      persons of KeyCorp pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
      KeyCorp has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
      indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
      Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
      indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
      KeyCorp of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
      controlling person of KeyCorp in the successful defense of any action,
      suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling
      person in connection with the securities being registered, KeyCorp will,
      unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by the
      controlling precedent, submit to a court 


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      of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by
      it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
      governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, KeyCorp certifies that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
      be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
      the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on this 15th day of January, 1999.

      KEYCORP

      By:      /s/ Steven N. Bulloch
               ------------------------
               Steven N. Bulloch
               Assistant Secretary

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
      Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
      indicated.


      SIGNATURE                  TITLE                                   DATE
      --------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Robert W. Gillespie,       Chairman of the Board,                 01/14/99
                                 Chief Executive Officer,
                                 and Director;
      Henry L. Meyer III,        President,                             01/14/99
                                 Chief Operating Officer,
                                 and  Director;
      K. Brent Somers,           Senior Executive Vice President and    01/08/99
                                 Chief Financial Officer
                                 (Principal Financial Officer);
      Lee G. Irving,             Executive Vice President and           01/12/99
                                 Chief Accounting Officer
                                 (Principal Accounting Officer);
      Cecil D. Andrus,           Director;                              01/14/99
      William G. Bares,          Director;                              01/14/99
      Albert C. Bersticker,      Director;                              01/14/99
      Edward P. Campbell,        Director;                              01/14/99
      Carol A. Cartwright,       Director;                              01/14/99
      Thomas A. Commes,          Director;                              01/14/99
      Kenneth M. Curtis,         Director;                              01/14/99
      John C. Dimmer,            Director;                              01/14/99
      Stephen R. Hardis,         Director;                              01/14/99
      Henry S. Hemingway,        Director;                              01/14/99
      Charles R. Hogan,          Director;                              01/14/99


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      Douglas J. McGregor,       Director;                              01/14/99
      M. Thomas Moore,           Director;                              01/14/99
      Richard W. Pogue,          Director;                              01/14/99
      Dennis W. Sullivan,        Director;                              01/14/99
      
      
      The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, executes this Form S-8
      Registration Statement pursuant to Powers of Attorney executed by the
      above-named officers and Directors and filed with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission.



      By:      /s/ Steven N. Bulloch
               -------------------------
               Steven N. Bulloch
               Attorney-in-Fact
               January 15, 1999
      
      
                                     KEYCORP
                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS
      
      EXHIBIT       DESCRIPTION
      NO.
      
      4(a)          Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of KeyCorp,
                    filed as Exhibit 3(a) to Form S-4 filed on August 7, 1998,
                    and incorporated herein by reference.
      
      4(b)          Amended and Restated Regulations of KeyCorp, effective May
                    15, 1997, and filed as Exhibit 2 to Form 8-A/A filed on June
                    19, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference.

      4(c)          Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of May 15, 1997, between
                    KeyCorp and KeyBank National Association, as Rights Agent,
                    filed as Exhibit 15 to Form 8-A dated June 19, 1997, and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

     15.            Acknowledgment Letter of Ernst & Young LLP.

     23.            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

     24.            Powers of attorney pursuant to which certain officers and
                    Directors have signed this Form S-8 Registration Statement.


         KeyCorp hereby agrees to furnish the Securities and Exchange
         Commission, upon request, copies of outstanding instruments, including
         indentures which define the rights of long term debt security holders.


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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 Registration Statement
(Form S-8) of KeyCorp pertaining to the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity
Compensation Plan of our reports dated April 14, 1998, July 14, 1998, and
October 13, 1998, relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim
financial statements of KeyCorp that are included in its Forms 10-Q for the
quarters ended March 31, 1998, June 30, 1998, and September 30, 1998.

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, our reports are 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
January 14, 1999


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                                                                      Exhibit 23



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form
S-8) pertaining to the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation
Plan of our report dated January 13, 1998, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of KeyCorp incorporated by reference in its Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1997, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                         /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Cleveland, Ohio
January 14, 1999



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                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                                                      ----------

                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/  Robert W. Gillespie
                                      -------------------------------------


                                            Robert W. Gillespie
                                      -------------------------------------



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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Henry  L. Meyer III
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Henry L. Meyer III
                                      -------------------------------------



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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp 1991 Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 8, 1999.


                                      /s/ W. Brent Somers
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          W. Brent Somers
                                      -------------------------------------


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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 12, 1999.


                                      /s/ Lee G. Irving
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Lee G. Irving
                                      -------------------------------------


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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.

                                      /s/ Cecil D. Andrus
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Cecil D. Andrus
                                      -------------------------------------



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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ William G. Bares
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          William G. Bares
                                      -------------------------------------



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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Albert C. Bersticker
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Albert C. Bersticker
                                      -------------------------------------



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                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Edward P. Campbell
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Edward P. Campbell
                                      -------------------------------------




<PAGE>   9



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Carol A. Cartwright
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Carol A. Cartwright
                                     -------------------------------------


<PAGE>   10



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Thomas A. Commes
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Thomas A. Commes
                                      -------------------------------------


<PAGE>   11


                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Kenneth M. Curtis
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Kenneth M. Curtis
                                      -------------------------------------



<PAGE>   12



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ John C. Dimmer
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          John C. Dimmer
                                      -------------------------------------



<PAGE>   13



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Stephen R. Hardis
                                      -------------------------------------



                                          Stephen R. Hardis
                                      -------------------------------------



<PAGE>   14



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Henry S. Hemingway
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Henry S. Hemingway
                                      -------------------------------------



<PAGE>   15



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Charles R. Hogan
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Charles R. Hogan
                                      -------------------------------------




<PAGE>   16


                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Douglas J. McGregor
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Douglas J. McGregor
                                      -------------------------------------




<PAGE>   17



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ M. Thomas Moore
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          M. Thomas Moore
                                      -------------------------------------




<PAGE>   18



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Richard W. Pogue
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Richard W. Pogue
                                      -------------------------------------





<PAGE>   19



                                     KEYCORP

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated 1991 Equity Compensation Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, K. Brent Somers, and Thomas
C. Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of January 14, 1999.


                                      /s/ Dennis W. Sullivan
                                      -------------------------------------


                                          Dennis W. Sullivan
                                      -------------------------------------







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