TCF Equipment Finance ("TCFEF"), an affiliate of TCF Financial Corporation (?TCF?) (NYSE:TCB), announced today that it is has been named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in the Twin Cities metro area based on an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune.

"We're proud to be voted one of Star Tribune's Top Workplaces of 2010," said Craig Dahl, CEO of TCF Equipment Finance. "At TCF Equipment Finance, our employees are our most valuable assets. Without their passion and commitment to the business, we would not be able to fulfill our strategic imperative of being a great place to work. I want to thank them for all their efforts."

Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith said, ?I congratulate each of the companies in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces on their outstanding accomplishment. They have succeeded in creating a positive workplace for their employees during very challenging economic times.?

Produced by the same team that compiles the 19-year-old Star Tribune 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Minnesota, Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in the metro based on employee opinions about company leadership, career opportunities, workplace flexibility, compensation and benefits. The analysis included responses from over 33,000 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations. Over 1,000 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses. The Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section was published in the Star Tribune on Sunday, June 20. The report can also be found at StarTribune.com/topworkplaces.

About TCF Equipment Finance

TCF's leasing businesses have a significant investment in equipment financing with a portfolio of $3 billion in loans and leases, and was recognized for 2009 as the 29th largest equipment finance/leasing company in the U.S. and is one of the largest bank affiliated equipment finance/leasing companies in the U.S. as ranked by The Monitor. For more information about TCF Equipment Finance, please visit www.tcfef.com.

About TCF Financial Corporation

TCF is a Wayzata, Minnesota-based bank holding company with $18 billion in total assets. The company has 441 banking offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Arizona and South Dakota, providing retail and commercial banking services. TCF also conducts commercial leasing and equipment finance business in all 50 states and commercial inventory finance business in the U.S. and Canada. For more information about TCF, please visit www.tcfbank.com.

TCF Financial Corporation, Wayzata
Jason Korstange, 952-745-2755
www.tcfbank.com