Wintrust Financial Corporation

Wintrust Financial Corporation is a financial holding company operating through 16 community bank subsidiaries and approximately 210 banking offices, primarily serving the greater Chicago metropolitan area, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida. The company operates across three core segments: Community Banking, which provides banking and financial services to individuals, small to mid-sized businesses, local governmental units, and institutional clients; Specialty Finance, which includes insurance premium financing for property & casualty and life insurance through FIRST Insurance Funding and Wintrust Life Finance, equipment leasing through Wintrust Asset Finance, accounts receivable financing through Tricom, and outsourced administrative services; and Wealth Management, which offers trust and investment services through Wintrust Private Trust Company, asset management through Great Lakes Advisors, tax-deferred like-kind exchange services through Chicago Deferred Exchange Company, and securities brokerage through Wintrust Investments. Wintrust is a significant player in niche lending markets including insurance premium finance, franchise lending, mortgage warehouse lines of credit, non-depository financial institution lending, and insurance agency lending. The company's wealth management subsidiaries manage approximately $49.7 billion in assets under administration. Wintrust Mortgage operates a nationwide mortgage banking operation originating and selling residential mortgage loans into the secondary market, servicing approximately $12.7 billion in loans for others. The company also maintains premium finance operations in Canada through First Insurance Funding of Canada. Wintrust's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker WTFC. Updated Jul 20, 2026