The Mexican government doesn't use the matricula card for identification, it uses the IFE card ----I don't really see the full reason they are issuing a special card for the purposes of living in the US. If a bank wants to accept real Mexican identification cards, why wouldn't they just use what is used by them in their own country? A Mexican in Mexico does not present a matricula card at all to open a bank account there, it seems like our banks could just accept the same types of ID if they're so eager to allow these accounts.