Financiera Independencia
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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 areas of both the formal and informal economy. As of December 31, 2009, Independencia had a total outstanding loan balance of Ps.4,812.3 million, operated 199 offices in 143 cities throughout 31 of Mexico's 32 federal entities and had a total labor force of 9,643 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.