According to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25), overall new business volume for November was $7.9 billion, up 8% year over year from new business volume in November 2020. However, volume was down 26% from $10.7 billion in October. read more
DEC 22, 2021 - 6:23 am
Since its founding in April 2015, Wintrust Commercial Finance (WCF), a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, has generated more than $3 billion in funded and managed volume, leading to a CAGR of 30.5%. read more
OCT 25, 2021 - 6:08 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance launched Wintrust Commercial Finance Aviation Group, a new group supporting businesses in the aviation industry. Wintrust Commercial Finance hired Michael Cole as senior vice president to spearhead the development of the group. read more
JUN 15, 2021 - 6:46 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, hired Pamela Lenamon as senior vice president and portfolio manager. With more than 30 years of equipment finance experience, Lenamon will be responsible for the post-funding supervision of Wintrust Commercial Finance’s portfolio. read more
APR 20, 2021 - 6:20 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, is marking its sixth year in business this month. Since its inception in 2015 with four founding employees, Wintrust Commercial Finance has grown to a staff of 48 people, including the new east region team developed in 2020. read more
APR 15, 2021 - 6:12 am
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2021, commemorating six decades of bringing equipment finance industry professionals together for networking, education, advocacy and industry information. read more
FEB 22, 2021 - 6:44 am
The Certified Lease & Finance Professional Foundation added seven new CLFPs who recently sat through the eight-hour online CLFP exam, including Katoh Hamadou Kone, head of retail and SME banking at BICICI, BNP Paribas Group, who became the first CLFP in Africa. read more
FEB 1, 2021 - 6:58 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, named Mike Verploegh vice president and business development manager. Verploegh has more than 25 years of sales experience in equipment and commercial finance, with previous stops at GE Capital and CIT. read more
JAN 25, 2021 - 6:32 am
Wintrust Asset Finance was recently listed in the Monitor Bank 50 for 2020. WAF ranked No. 26 in total assets, rising from No. 29 in the 2019 report by recording more than $1.74 billion in net assets as well as new business volume of nearly $854 million in the 2020 report. read more
DEC 23, 2020 - 6:35 am
Bob Rinaldi, president of Rinaldi Advisory Services, added a video interview with Kirk Phillips, president and CEO of Wintrust Commercial Finance, to his Leasing Avenues blog. read more
DEC 8, 2020 - 7:10 am
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association revealed the results of its business council steering committee elections, naming the members of the five committees representing key business sectors of the association membership. read more
NOV 24, 2020 - 7:14 am
According to the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation’s November 2020 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI), overall confidence in the equipment finance market is 56.1, an increase from the October index of 55.0. read more
NOV 20, 2020 - 7:32 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance’s year-to-date funded volume has exceeded $500 million. Kirk Phillips and Thomas Forbes credit the company’s achievement not only to the team’s values and hard work, but also to the customers and business partners they work with. read more
SEP 22, 2020 - 5:55 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, hired W. Keith Moore to lead WCF’s capital markets organization. Moore brings 33 years of experience to this role, most recently with BB&T (now Truist Financial) as senior vice president, head of structuring. read more
SEP 14, 2020 - 7:34 am
Wintrust Commercial Finance, a division of Wintrust Asset Finance, named Shane Butler and Charlie Fox direct originators for its newly formed East region division. Butler and Fox will be responsible for direct originations in Wintrust Commercial Finance’s direct lease and loan activities in the East region. read more
AUG 31, 2020 - 7:06 am