Cinco de cada 100 personas que cuentan con tarjeta de crédito presenta algún atraso en sus pagos, según indican cifras del Banco de México (Banxico). Ante ello, debes tener presente que sanear tu situación financiera en caso de que sufras algún imprevisto es una tarea a la que debes dar prioridad.

* Cuenta con 36 oficinas de atención a nivel nacional, que brindan un servicio estandarizado e integral en cada una de ellas.

* Tiene un Centro de Atención Telefónica (CAT), que en un horario de 8:00 a 18:00 horas, te proporciona una atención personal ante cualquier duda, aclaración o consulta que puedas tener. Marca al 01800 999 80 80 en el interior del país o al 53 400 999 en la Ciudad de México.

* Cuenta con una página de internet, (www.condusef.gob.mx) con diversa información, estudios, análisis y datos relevantes sobre los principales productos y servicios financieros que operan en el mercado mexicano. Asimismo, cuenta con diversas herramientas automatizadas para consultar.

While not everyone might have connected all these brands to the same parent company, certainly regular visitors to the Caribbean and Mexico would notice the rapid pace of their expansion. Secrets now has nine locations including the enormous Silversands Resort, chic new Secrets Huatulco (exterior plaza below) and Secrets Marquis los Cabos, which is a renovation and rebrand of an iconic Los Cabos property.

KB Home, the Los Angeles-based homebuilder that targets first-time buyers, this week reported a decline in quarterly profit and gross margins weaker than the company forecast earlier. At the same time, the Los Angeles-based builder said net orders increased 38 percent in the fourth quarter from the same three months last year.

Sales of new U.S. homes rose in November to a seven-month high, adding to evidence of stabilization in the housing market. Purchases of single-family properties increased 1.6 percent to a 315,000 annual pace, figures from the Commerce Department showed today in Washington. The gain pushed the number of new homes on the market to a record low.

Purchases climbed 4 percent to a 4.42 million annual pace, the most since January, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday in Washington. The group revised down figures going back to 2007 by an average 14 percent, putting them more in line with other measures of demand.

Kids under 18 have accounted for a significant portion of Hispanic growth, and a large chunk of them are 5 and under: In California and Texas alone 90% of new births can claim Latino heritage. I like to call them the "Dora Generation," after the popular Nickelodeon cartoon character Dora the Explorer.

Just days after the U.S. Census revealed that the population of Hispanics living in the United States has exceeded 50 million people, Publicar, S.A., the largest directory publisher in Latin America and Virginia-based YaSabe, Inc., announced today a deal to provide local search for U.S. Hispanics at PaginasAmarillas.com. Users that come to PaginasAmarillas.com from the United States can search for products and services in Spanish or English and find local businesses that offer what they need. As part of the deal, YaSabe will operate the U.S. website and offer local businesses and National brands an assortment of digital advertising products and services.

YaSabe will also sell pan-regional advertising to global brands interested in reaching consumers in Latin America and the United States.

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