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Monte de Piedad Strike Continues as Institution Moves August Payments to January 2027

Postponing August 2026 deadlines to January 2027 signals prolonged disruption for clients.

Overview

  • The labor stoppage that began on 1 October 2025 has kept more than 300 Nacional Monte de Piedad branches closed and has no announced reopening date.
  • The institution published an extraordinary calendar that shifts contracts with August 2026 commercialization dates to January 2027 and postpones public sales of unredeemed items.
  • Nacional Monte de Piedad says pledged goods remain in its vaults but that interest will continue to accrue daily under existing contract terms.
  • Thousands of customers cannot retrieve items, including people who say they fully paid their loans, and some users are demanding a 30 percent compensation or filing complaints with Profeco or labor channels.
  • The strike has reduced a key short‑term credit source for low‑income households and could force affected families to seek costlier alternatives while mediation by the STPS has yet to produce a final agreement.