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 third quarter 2011 conference call at 11:00 AM ET on October 26, 2011Mexico D.F., October 7, 2011. 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 2011 third quarter conference call on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 11:00 am U.S. ET (10:00 am Mexico City Time). The earnings release for the third quarter ending September 30,

2011 will be issued on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing 866-393-9621 (U.S./Canada) or 706-758-4196 (international) and entering pass code 16421351.

A replay will be available between 12:00 pm ET on October 26 and 11:59 pm ET on November 2,

2011. The replay is accessible by dialing 800-585-8367 (U.S./Canada) or 404-537-3406 (international)

and entering pass code 16421351.

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 June 30, 2011, Independencia had a total outstanding loan balance of Ps.6,742.9 million, operated 478 offices in Mexico, Brazil, and the US and had a total labor force of 10,734 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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