CONDUSEF
Mexico's financial-consumer protection agency.
CONDUSEF (Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros) is Mexico's dedicated agency for financial-consumer protection, publishing the CAT methodology, maintaining the public "Buró de Entidades Financieras" registry lookup tool, and handling formal complaints against lenders.
Checking a lender against CONDUSEF's public registry before borrowing is one of the most useful verification steps available to a Mexican consumer, or a foreign resident unfamiliar with the market.