Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced the promotion of two Executive Vice President-level roles. Brian DeRusha has been promoted from SVP to EVP, Director of Asset Management, and Ron Horner has been elevated from SVP to EVP, General Counsel....
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March 22, 2024, 11:00 PM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., is celebrating eight years in business this month.Since its inception in 2015 with four founding employees, WCF has grown to a staff of 54, including new personnel hired in...
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April 18, 2023, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named Steve Altman as Senior Vice President of Corporate Aviation Finance. In this role, Altman will be responsible for growing direct capital lease and loan origination...
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March 20, 2023, 07:23 AM
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Equipment Finance Cares (EFC) is pleased to announce dates and locations for its 2023 events. “Equipment Finance Cares regional events continue to be well-attended and received by the equipment finance community,” said Jesse Johnson, Founder of...
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January 31, 2023, 07:19 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named Bryan Thomas, a Direct Originator for its East Region. Thomas will report to Vice President of New Business Development and East Region Manager Keith Tornichia. In...
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November 16, 2022, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced Keith Reilly has joined the company as Senior Vice President to lead the company’s sell-side syndications activities and to expand its indirect originations...
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November 02, 2022, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named equipment finance veteran Mike Mullen a Direct Originator for its East Region.Mullen will report to Vice President of New Business Development and East Region Manager...
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May 02, 2022, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., is celebrating seven years in business this month.Since its inception in 2015 with four founding employees, WCF has since grown to a staff of 50, including new personnel...
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April 21, 2022, 07:18 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named equipment finance veteran William (Bill) Allen a direct originator for its East Region. Allen will report to Keith Tornichia, Vice President of New Business...
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January 12, 2022, 07:19 AM
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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), which reports economic activity from 25 companies representing a cross section of the $900 billion equipment finance sector, showed their overall new...
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December 22, 2021, 07:23 AM
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Since its founding in April of 2015, Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., has generated more than $3 billion in funded and managed volume, leading to a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 30.5 percent.“When we...
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October 25, 2021, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced its new group supporting businesses in the aviation industry. Wintrust Commercial Finance Aviation Group will be led by new hire Michael Cole as Senior Vice President...
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June 15, 2021, 07:23 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., hired Pamela Lenamon as Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager. With more than 30 years of equipment finance experience, Lenamon will be responsible for the post-funding...
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April 20, 2021, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., is celebrating six years in business this month.Since its inception in 2015 with four founding employees, WCF has since grown to a staff of 48, including the new East...
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April 15, 2021, 07:12 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named Mike Verploegh Vice President and Business Development Manager. Verploegh will be responsible for growing direct lease and loan origination activities in Michigan and...
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January 25, 2021, 07:22 AM
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Want to hear what it takes to start and scale an equipment leasing business, then welcome to your very own front-row seat? Bob Rinaldi adds to his Leasing Avenues blog with an up-close and personal video interview with Kirk Phillips, President and...
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December 08, 2020, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced its year-to-date funded volume has exceeded $500 million.As a provider of financing and leasing for the equipment financing industry, WCF has remained dedicated...
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September 22, 2020, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced W. Keith Moore has joined the company to lead WCF’s capital markets organization. As Senior Vice President and Group Head, he will work alongside a national team...
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September 14, 2020, 07:24 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named Shane Butler and Charlie Fox as Direct Originators for its newly formed East region division, reporting to Keith Tornichia, Vice President of New Business Development...
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August 31, 2020, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., named Keith Tornichia as Vice President and Manager for its newly formed East region division. In this role, he will be responsible for growing WCF’s direct lease and loan...
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July 22, 2020, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced Thomas G. Forbes has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer. In this role, Forbes will be responsible for all originations for WCF, as...
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June 16, 2020, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., celebrated five years in business in April 2020. Since its founding in 2015, WCF has originated more than $1.8 billion in new business volume for its customers in a wide...
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May 12, 2020, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced the hire of Jeffrey Almond as Assistant Vice President of Direct Originations and Jeremy Phillips as Financial Analyst. Almond will work out of WCF’s Frisco, TX...
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April 01, 2020, 07:25 AM
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Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. announced it has closed on a $33,150,000 loan led by Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc. for a term of five years. OSG’s subsidiary, OSG 204 LLC, obtained the loan to finance...
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March 31, 2020, 07:30 AM
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National Aircraft Finance Association (NAFA) announced Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., recently joined its professional network of aviation lenders. “NAFA members form a network of aviation finance...
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September 24, 2019, 07:07 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced the appointment of Mike Curtis as Assistant Vice President of Direct Originations. “We are excited to have Mike join our team,” said Craig Ault, National Sales...
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June 18, 2019, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced Craig Ault has joined the division as Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager.Ault has more than 30 years of direct sales experience, beginning as an...
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June 06, 2019, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced it acted as lead arranger for a $90 million term loan facility for a national transportation and logistics services firm. Proceeds from the facility, which includes a $40 million accordion feature, will be...
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May 02, 2019, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced the closing of $40 million in debt financing for one of the leading crane and construction services firms in North America. WCF holds approximately $20 million of the transaction and successfully syndicated...
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April 10, 2019, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced the origination and placement of $46 million in debt financing for one of the largest civil engineering and construction firms in the U.S. WCF holds approximately $22 million of the transaction and...
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April 09, 2019, 07:17 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., hired Mark Swearingen as a Financial Analyst. In this role, he will be responsible for transaction underwriting, documenting, and portfolio management of equipment-based...
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December 10, 2018, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced the funding of a $20 million term loan for a premier crane and rigging company with its headquarters in northern California. The funds were used to refinance...
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December 06, 2018, 07:20 AM
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Kirk S. Phillips, President and CEO of Wintrust Commercial Finance, has been selected to serve as Chairman on the Financial Institutions Business Council Steering Committee for the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA). This will be...
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December 04, 2018, 07:05 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced Andre Crompton has joined the company’s Capital Markets group, serving as Senior Vice President of Indirect Originations.Crompton will be located in WCF’s New...
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December 03, 2018, 07:35 AM
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Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), a provider of energy transportation services for crude oil and petroleum products in the U.S. Flag markets, announced two subsidiaries have closed on a financing from Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of...
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November 28, 2018, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced the recent funding of approximately $24.2 million in debt financing for an Oklahoma-based oilfield services company. WCF will hold $7.5 million of the transaction and has successfully syndicated the...
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November 08, 2018, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced Tammee Reeves and Christina Whitlock have joined the division’s operations department as Senior Operations Analysts.“Tammee and Christina have extensive experience in documentation and servicing, which...
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November 06, 2018, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., announced three internal promotions: Mallori Allen, Senior Operations Analyst; Anthony Ruggiere, Senior Financial Analyst; and Kim Lewsader, Operations Reporting...
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September 25, 2018, 07:12 AM
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HALL Group announced Wintrust Commercial Finance has leased 19,000 square feet on the eighth floor of 3201 Dallas Parkway in Frisco, TX, HALL Park’s newest office building. Wintrust will join companies already announced at the building, including...
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September 12, 2018, 07:00 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, Inc., announced the appointment of Brian Fyffe as Assistant Vice President of Direct Originations.Fyffe will be based out of WCF’s Irvine, CA, office, where he will report to...
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August 10, 2018, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., is expanding its direct origination team in the Western Region of the U.S with the addition of Armando Yepez as Senior Account Manager.Yepez joins WCF with more than five...
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August 02, 2018, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, Inc., announced the appointment of Bruce Follese as Assistant Vice President of Direct Originations. Follese will work out of WCF’s office in Irvine, CA, and will be responsible...
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July 26, 2018, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, Inc., announce the hiring of Ed Parker, Garrett Wilkins and Ignacio Solares as account managers on its direct originations team located at its Frisco, Texas, headquarters.In...
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July 18, 2018, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance Inc., hired Vicki Braches as senior transaction analyst. In this role, Braches will assist the credit department and provide oversight of documentation and funding activities....
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April 10, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, Inc., announced Robert Harris and Rob Lewis have joined the team as vice presidents of new business development.Harris will be based in Irvine, Calif., where he will be...
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April 05, 2018, 07:25 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) has approved $14.6 million in equipment financing on mobile drilling assets for a major contract driller to the West Coast mining industry. Proceeds from the financing were used to replace existing debt and fund new...
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February 07, 2018, 07:10 AM
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Wintrust Asset Finance (WAF) achieved the $1 billion milestone in total assets and booked more than $500 million in new loans and lease assets during 2017. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, WAF is an equipment-focused financing group that offers...
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January 25, 2018, 07:20 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced that Riley Nemeth has joined the division’s Asset Management Department as vice president.“I am excited to add Riley to our team here at Wintrust Commercial Finance,” said WCF’s SVP – Group Head of Asset...
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October 19, 2017, 07:15 AM
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John Benoit, vice president of new business development for Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), has been selected to lead the business development efforts for WCF’s newly formed Marine Finance Group.
“John’s in depth knowledge and experience in the...
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July 21, 2017, 07:30 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) named Justin Piot as vice president, new business development. In this role, Piot will be responsible for growing WCF’s direct lease and loan origination activities. Piot has more than a decade of experience...
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July 20, 2017, 07:13 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a part of Wintrust Financial, announced that Brian Derusha has joined the division’s Asset Management Department as senior vice president.“Many of us at Wintrust Commercial Finance have worked with Brian in previous...
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May 05, 2017, 07:10 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced that Justin Clark has joined the company’s Capital Markets team as Vice President. Clark, who will report to Tom Forbes, Senior Vice President of Capital Markets, will be located in WCF’s Frisco...
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March 28, 2017, 07:20 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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Kirk Phillips, President and CEO of Wintrust Commercial Finance has been re-elected to serve a two-year term on the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Financial Institutions Business Council Steering Committee. The Financial Institutions...
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November 16, 2016, 07:09 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance, through one of its key capital markets partners, recently closed $10.0MM in Split-TRAC leases for cement mixers with a leading producer of ready-mix cement and aggregates. The proceeds of the financing were used to...
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October 18, 2016, 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 Commercial Finance (WCF), part of Wintrust Financial, announced that Erik Weiting Hsu has joined the Legal Department. Erik will be located in Frisco, Texas.“We’re very excited that Erik has joined the Wintrust team,” said Ron Horner, Senior...
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August 26, 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 Commercial Finance, through its Capital Markets team and in coordination with two of its valued syndication partners, recently closed $11MM in leases for distribution equipment with a leading supplier of building and specialty materials. The...
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July 05, 2016, 07:22 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance, through one of its key syndication partners, recently closed a $10.6MM trailer lease with a national provider of leasing and logistics services to the transportation industry. The proceeds of the lease were used to...
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June 21, 2016, 07:19 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced that Brian de la Houssaye has joined the company’s direct originations group, as senior vice president – business development. He will be located in WCF’s Frisco headquarters, focusing on direct...
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April 15, 2016, 07:41 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) will celebrate its one-year anniversary this month. Since its inception in April 2015, WCF has approved more than $450 million in new business originations. “We are very pleased to mark this milestone for our team,”...
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April 12, 2016, 07:15 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 Commercial Finance (WCF) announced that Stephen C. Cusick has joined the company’s capital markets group, as senior vice president. Cusick will be located in WCF’s Los Angeles office and will focus on indirect originations. He joins a...
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January 20, 2016, 07:16 AM
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Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) announced that it has purchased a $108 million portfolio of seasoned loans, leases and municipal debt. The portfolio is secured by a variety of railcars, commercial helicopters, convenience stores, offshore remotely...
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November 05, 2015, 07:11 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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Ivory Consulting Corporation announced that Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Financial Corporation, selected Ivory’s flagship product, SuperTRUMP, to support its growth as a new provider of highly sophisticated loan and lease...
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August 18, 2015, 07:00 AM
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Joe Gensor and Ryan Berlage have joined Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) as senior vice presidents - credit. Both will work from the group’s Frisco, Texas headquarters. Berlage and Gensor will both be responsible for transaction underwriting...
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July 14, 2015, 07:14 AM
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Tom Forbes and Derek Marcello have joined Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) as senior vice president-capital markets, and senior vice president-asset management, respectively. Both will work from the group’s Frisco, Texas headquarters.Forbes joins...
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June 29, 2015, 07:05 AM
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Ron Horner and Lisa McNeme have joined Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) as senior vice president-general counsel, and vice president-operations, respectively. Both will work from the group’s Frisco, Texas headquarters.Horner joins WCF from AIG...
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June 19, 2015, 07:21 AM
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Joseph F. Thompson joined Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF) team as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Wintrust Commercial Finance is part of Wintrust Financial Corporation’s recently expanded lease and equipment finance operation....
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May 15, 2015, 07:04 AM
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Wintrust Financial Corporation ("Wintrust") has expanded its lease and equipment finance operation capability with the addition of Wintrust Commercial Finance, an equipment-focused financing group located in Texas. The group will provide highly...
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April 21, 2015, 07:03 AM
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