MEXICO CITY, JANUARY 26TH, 2018. CREDITO REAL, S.A.B. DE C.V., SOFOM, E.R. ("CREDITO REAL"), ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS COMPLETED THE AMORTIZATION OF ITS $1'000,000,000.00 (ONE BILLION PESOS 00/100 MXN) LONG-TERM UNSECURED NOTES WITH TICKER SYMBOL CREAL 16. THESE DEBT INSTRUMENTS WERE ISSUED ON MARCH 31ST, 2016, AND ARE DUE TODAY.

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CREDITO REAL IS A LEADING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN MEXICO, WITH PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, COSTA RICA, PANAMA AND NICARAGUA, FOCUSING ON CONSUMER LENDING WITH A DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS PLATFORM IN THE FOLLOWING MAIN LINES OF BUSINESS: PAYROLL LOANS, SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, GROUP LOANS, USED CAR LOANS AND PERSONAL LOANS THROUGH INSTACREDIT. CREDITO REAL OFFERS ITS PRODUCTS MAINLY TO LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME SEGMENTS OF THE POPULATION THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERSERVED BY OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. CREDITO REAL STOCK IS LISTED ON THE MEXICAN STOCK EXCHANGE UNDER THE TICKER SYMBOL "CREAL*". (BLOOMBERG IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS CREAL* MM).