Wintrust Financial Corporation and Macatawa Bank Corporation (Macatawa) jointly announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Wintrust to acquire Macatawa in an all-stock transaction. Macatawa is the parent company of Macatawa...
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April 16, 2024, 07:18 AM
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SageSure, a leading provider of catastrophe-exposed property insurance, closed a $50 million expanded revolving credit facility with its new commercial banking partner Wintrust Financial Corporation. The funding will enable SageSure to increase...
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March 29, 2023, 07:00 AM
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Wintrust Business Credit announced plans to expand its geographic reach from a regional provider to a national ABL platform.
Since its founding in 2008, WBC has provided best-in-class asset-based lending solutions with a focus on middle-market...
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September 20, 2022, 07:05 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFC) announced Richard L. Dunbar will retire as President and CEO of Wintrust Equipment Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., effective April 15, following a 42-year career in the banking and equipment...
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April 15, 2022, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation’s board of directors has made a series of executive appointments, effective Feb. 2.Edward J. Wehmer will become Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Wehmer currently serves as President and CEO.David A. Dykstra will...
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January 30, 2020, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) celebrated its first full fiscal year of operations in 2016. Key achievements for the year include:
WCF ended 2016 with over $450MM in assets which allowed it to exceed its growth and profit targets for the...
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February 01, 2017, 07:10 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), part of Wintrust Financial, announced that David Feldser and David Heidt joined the division’s direct originations group. Feldser will be located in Charlotte, NC, focusing on direct originations in the mid-Atlantic...
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September 07, 2016, 07:12 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation announced that its subsidiary Lake Forest Bank and Trust Company has completed its previously announced acquisition of select loans and related relationships from GE Capital Franchise Finance. The loans totaled $554...
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August 22, 2016, 07:10 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), part of Wintrust Financial, announced that Olayinka “Ola” Sanusi and Ken Andreozzi joined the division’s direct originations group. Ola will be located in San Francisco focusing on direct originations in the west...
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August 16, 2016, 07:15 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation announced that the franchise finance group (“Wintrust Franchise Finance”) of its subsidiary Lake Forest Bank and Trust Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire approximately $581 million in performing loans...
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July 01, 2016, 07:12 AM
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GE has entered into separate agreements with three buyers to sell the bulk of GE Capital’s U.S. restaurant franchise financing assets. The combined transactions represent ending net investment (ENI) of approximately US$1.4 billion as of first quarter...
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June 28, 2016, 07:12 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) recently provided $18.5 million in capital lease financing on material handling and construction assets for a major provider of outsourced services to the steel industry. Proceeds from the financing were used to...
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April 07, 2016, 07:19 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Generations Bancorp, Inc. (“Generations”). Generations, headquartered in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is the parent company of Foundations Bank, a Wisconsin...
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January 15, 2016, 07:33 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) recently funded $16 million in tax and capital leases to the equipment rental industry. Proceeds from the transactions were used to acquire new excavators, wheel loaders, dozers, boom lifts and scissor lifts for...
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October 27, 2015, 07:08 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) recently provided a $10.5 million term loan to a dredging services company with operations along U.S. coastal waterways and the major U.S. river systems. The transaction is secured by towboats, barges and dump scows...
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October 22, 2015, 07:06 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) recently provided $10 million of tractor, tank truck and tank trailer financing to a major provider of logistics services, and fuel and lubricant delivery, serving a wide variety of industries. The proceeds of the...
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October 06, 2015, 07:06 AM
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