ROSEMONT, Ill, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wintrust Financial Corporation has been named a winner of the 2021 Torch Award for Ethics by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Chicago and Northern Illinois in recognition of its fair, honest, and ethical business practices.
The BBB’s Torch Award celebrates companies that demonstrate outstanding integrity, ethics, and overall marketplace excellence. Given to just nine businesses in the Chicago metro area in 2021, Wintrust was selected as the sole winner in the “Large Company” category by a panel of independent reviewers who assessed applicants according to four categories: character, culture, customer and community.
“The Torch Award is the most prestigious award the BBB can present to a business,” said Steve J. Bernas, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois. “Torch Award winners demonstrate the highest ethical standards and trust with customers, business partners, shareholders and the
