Wintrust Commercial Finance is celebrating 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,” said Kirk Phillips, WCF president and CEO. “We want to thank all of our customers, both direct and institutional, as well as our parent, Wintrust, for placing their trust and confidence in this team. We remain committed to building a best in class equipment finance and leasing business that provides superior customer service and dependable risk adjusted returns.”

WCF is an equipment-focused financing group, headquartered in Frisco, TX, offering loan and lease products to commercial companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. Focus industries include transportation, construction, manufacturing, energy services and aviation. WCF is a business unit of Wintrust Financial.