In Mexico

Financiera Independencia

Vicente Gutierrez

+52 (55) 5229 0291 vgutierrez@independencia.com.mx

In the US

Breakstone Group

Susan Borinelli

646-330-5907 sborinelli@breakstone-group.com

Financiera Independencia will hold its first quarter 2012 conference call at 11:00 AM EDT on April 27, 2012 Mexico D.F., April 11, 2012. Financiera Independencia, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (BMV: FINDEP; OTC: FNCRY), (Independencia), a leading Mexican microfinance lender of personal loans to lower income segment individuals and working capital loans through group lending microfinance, will hold its fiscal 2012 first quarter conference call on Friday, April 27, 2012 at 11:00 am U.S. EDT (10:00 am Mexico City Time). The earnings release for the first quarter ending March 31, 2012 will be issued on Thursday, April 26, 2012.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing 866-393-9621 (U.S./Canada) or 706-758-4196 (international) and entering pass code 69425086.
A replay will be available between 2:00 pm EDT on April 27 and 11:59 pm EDT on May 4, 2012. The replay is accessible by dialing (855) 859-2056 (U.S./Canada) or 404-537-3406 (international) and entering pass code 69425086.
A simultaneous webcast of the conference call will be available at http://www.findep.mx

About Financiera Independencia:

Financiera Independencia, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (Independencia), is a Mexican microfinance lender of personal loans to individuals and working capital loans through group lending microfinance. Independencia provides microcredit loans on an unsecured basis to individuals in the low-income segments in Mexico in urban and rural areas of both the formal and informal economy. As of December 31, 2011, Independencia had a total outstanding loan balance of Ps.7,347.7 million, operated 509 offices in Mexico, Brazil, and the US and had a total labor force of 11,947 people. The Company listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange on November 1, 2007, where it trades under the symbol "FINDEP". On November 30, 2009

Independencia launched a sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program in the United States. Each ADR represents 15 shares of Independencia common stock and trades over-the-counter (OTC). More information can be found at www.findep.mx

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