Utilities/Banking
Electric, Water, Gas, Banking, Property Tax, and other bill-paying.
Property Tax Discounts for 2012
Monday, January 2 2012
The San Felipe property tax (impuesto predial) bills for 2012 are now available online. Like last year, the discount is 20% if paid in January, 10% in February, 5% in March. The actual amounts to pay...
Bancomer updating debit cards to "Chip and PIN"
Monday, January 3 2011
Bancomer have begun the process of changing their VISA debit cards from magentic stripes to "Chip and PIN". They have started notifying customers that they need new debit/ATM cards. When a...
Property Tax Discounts for 2011
Tuesday, December 21 2010
The Mexicali government has proposed increased discounts for early payment of predial (property tax) for 2011. These changes are yet to be approved by the Baja California State Senate, but are likely...
Dormant Bank Accounts Will be Seized
Thursday, November 11 2010
Thanks to an alert from Ricky Lopez I've been looking into the rules for dormant bank accounts in Mexico. It is indeed something that anybody with an account that is used "only for the FM-3"...
Credit Cards in Mexico
Tuesday, November 9 2010
Most residents of countries like the USA and UK get a lot of credit card offers, and it's common to accept them with just a quick glance at the terms and conditions, which are in a standard format on...
New Rules for Exchanging Dollars for Pesos
Wednesday, June 16 2010
Today new limits were announced (DOF, in Spanish) on how many US dollars can be exchanged for pesos each month. These limits will come into force in 90 days (middle of Sepember 2010) for businesses,...
Viewing and Paying Your CESPM Water Bill Online
Tuesday, May 11 2010
A step-by-step guide for viewing and paying your San Felipe CESPM water bill online, and details of how the water charges are calculated....
Online Banking with Bancomer
Tuesday, January 12 2010
Here is a step-by-step guide to get you started with Bancomer online banking, even if you don't know Spanish......
Property Tax Discounts 2010
Friday, January 8 2010
You can get up to 14% discount on your property tax (impuesto predial) by paying it in the first quarter of the year....
CESPM Water Discount Jan/Feb 2010
Thursday, January 7 2010
In January and February 2010 you can get a discount on your water bill by paying in advance. This only applies to those who have piped (city) water from CESPM....
HSBC Fideicomiso Payments
Friday, November 27 2009
Many of the individual fideicomisos (bank trusts) used for propery purchase in San Felipe are with HSBC, especially at El Dorado. Annual fees need to be paid for each fideicomiso to keep it current....
Viewing your CFE electricity bill online
Thursday, November 12 2009
(Updated 2010-Sep-02) You can register on the CFE website to see your electricity bills. At present you cannot pay the bills directly on the website. The only place to pay online is on the online...
Transferring money to Mexico with Paypal
Wednesday, November 11 2009
If you have a peso account at Bancomer (or any Mexican bank) an alternative to wiring money into it from another country, or paying in a check, is to use Paypal for the transfer. It can work out the...
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