Wintrust hasn’t always been a financial services company with nearly $15 billion in assets. In fact, almost 20 years ago we started by opening a single community bank in a Chicago suburb. Just as your business has grown, so has ours.
An Idea
The idea of opening an old-fashioned community bank began in early 1991. At that time, many of the banks had become owned and operated by giant corporations with headquarters in other cities, other states, even other countries. That meant these banks were now charging fees for things that used to be free. They even started to charge for talking to a teller. Major corporations and large “preferred” customers took priority over local businesses and most local residents. Employees didn’t know their customers, and the customers didn’t even recognize the employees. What happened then, seems to be happening now.
The local neighborhood bank with friendly personal service has almost become a thing of the past.
TRUE COMMUNITY BANKING
People want the kind of bank that will service them for life – where parents can take their kids to learn about banking and saving, and maybe even meet the bank’s president. They want a bank where older kids can get help all the way through college; where all of a family’s financial events, from the household checking account to trust and estate planning, will be as important to the bank as they are to the family. The bank should become an important part of the community, help it solve its problems and plan for its future.
As it turns out, local residents wanted a community bank like ours.
WHAT WE’VE BECOME
Wintrust has grown into a consortium of community banks and financial services providers. Throughout the area, more than 85 Wintrust
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