Southwest Securities, FSB is a premier financial services provider. With highly personalized and professional service, along with broad lending expertise, our goal is to help our customers grow and prosper.

As we maintain our position on the leading edge of a rapidly changing industry, you will find ongoing improvements that enhance our ability to better serve the commercial, SBA and real estate sectors that are our areas of lending expertise. We’re constantly working to attract the best talent to our organization, thus attracting clients who value personal relationships and a banker who is there for the long term. We are strong, stable and pride ourselves on delivering excellent service that far exceeds your expectations.

Biographical Information

Robert A. Chereck
Executive Chairman & President
Southwest Securities, FSB

Robert A. Chereck was elected Executive Chairman and President of Southwest Securities, FSB in 2012. He is a respected leader in the financial industry with more than four decades of experience in all areas of commercial and consumer lending.

Prior to joining Southwest Securities, FSB, Mr. Chereck was Executive Vice President, Southwest Division Manager and Dallas Regional President with Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas. He began with Wells Fargo in 1996 when the company acquired First Interstate Bank of Texas, N.A., where Mr. Chereck served as the Group Manager overseeing all of the wholesale activities of the bank. At Wells Fargo, he was Executive Vice President and Division Manager of 11 regional banking offices in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. Mr. Chereck also managed the Energy Group of Wells Fargo until 2008.

Mr. Chereck also served as President and Owner of Norwich Financial Associates, Inc., a financial services and consulting company in Dallas, and as Managing Director of Mason Best Company, a privately held merchant banking firm.

Mr. Chereck began his career with InterFirst Bank Dallas, where he served in a variety of senior-level positions, including Executive Vice President managing the Dallas Corporate Division.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and a Master of Business Administration in finance and accounting from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Chereck serves on the boards of directors of several organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Children’s Medical Center and Chairman Elect of the Dallas Citizens Council. He is Past Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber and serves on the Board’s Executive Committee. Mr. Chereck has also served three terms on the City of Dallas Housing Finance Corporation and was a member of the Downtown Dallas Association Board. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Council for the University of Texas McCombs Business School.

History

Southwest Securities, FSB was established in 1986 and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SWS Group, Inc. in 2000.  Based in Dallas, Texas, Southwest Securities, FSB conducts business nationwide and is involved in all areas of Commercial and Consumer Banking.

Together, SWS Group, Inc. and Southwest Securities, FSB constitute the largest broker/bank in the Southwest United States.  This model yields a genuine competitive advantage in the marketplace and, most importantly, yields significant benefits to our customers.  The result is what we call the Southwest Way of Banking.

With assets exceeding $1.3 billion and a management team assembled pursuant to our model, Southwest Securities, FSB is an established premier Regional Bank and a true leader in our industry.  We invite you to become a part of our story.

Relationships!

That's what we're about at Southwest Securities, FSB.  Whether you are an entrepreneur, a growing company, a mature company, or a consumer, we want to be your preferred banking partner. 

Here at Southwest Securities, FSB, we strive to maximize our relationships with our customers, our employees, our regulators and our stockholders.  Our vision is simple.  We strive to be:

• The best place to bank
• The best place to work
• The best performing bank of any bank our size

Being the best place to bank requires serving our customers on their terms in the manner that best suits each.  Being the best place to work requires recognizing that it is our employees that make the difference to our customers.  Achieving our goal of being the best performing bank of any bank our size requires never growing too fast, never growing beyond our means, and never forgetting who provides us with the opportunity to grow - our customers!

In other words, we value continuous process improvement, sustainable growth, and mutually beneficial relationships that stand the test of time.  That's the Southwest Way of Banking.  We hope our way is consistent with your way.  If it is, please come by and see us ... or better yet, call us and we'll come see you!

Our Management Team

At Southwest Securities, FSB, we have invested heavily in our future beginning with our human capital.  We believe that we have assembled one of the strongest management teams in the region and invite you to get to know us on a personal level.

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