Financiera Independencia Will Hold Its 4Q13 Conference Call at 11:00 AM ET on February 21st, 20

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Financiera Independencia, S.A.B. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (BMV:FINDEP) (OTC:FNCRY), (FINDEP), 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 2013 fourth quarter conference call on Friday, February 21^st, 2014 at 11:00 am U.S. ET (10:00 am Mexico City Time). The earnings release for the fourth quarter ending December 31^st, 2013 will be issued on Thursday, February 20^th, 2014.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1 877-314-5894 (U.S./Canada) or +1 631-291-4620 (international) and entering pass code 56872996.

A replay will be available between 2:00 pm ET on February 21^st and 11:59 pm ET on February 28^th, 2014. The replay is accessible by dialing +1 855-859-2056 (U.S./Canada) or +1 404-537-3406 (international) and entering pass code 56872996.

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. (FINDEP), is a Mexican microfinance lender of personal loans to individuals and working capital loans through group lending microfinance. FINDEP 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 September 30^th, 2013, FINDEP had a total outstanding loan balance of Ps.6,808.0 million, operated 552 offices in Mexico, Brazil, and the US and had a total labor force of 11,881 people. The Company listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange on November 1, 2007, where it trades under the symbol "FINDEP". On November 30, 2009 FINDEP launched a sponsored Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program in the United States. Each ADR represents 15 shares of FINDEP common stock and trades over-the-counter (OTC). More information can be found at www.findep.mx
 

CONTACT: In Mexico
         
         Financiera Independencia
         Antonio Jorge, IRO
         +52 55 5229-0237
         ajorgeg@independencia.com.mx
         
         In the US
         
         Breakstone Group
         Susan Borinelli
         646-330-5907
         sborinelli@breakstone-group.com