Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 9, 2020, Popular, Inc. (the "Corporation") issued a press release announcing plans to (i) increase the Corporation's quarterly common stock dividend from $0.30 per share to $0.40 per share, commencing with the dividend payable in the second quarter of 2020, subject to the approval by the Corporation's Board of Directors, and (ii) repurchase up to $500 million of the Corporation's common stock.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.





  99.1        Press release dated January 9, 2020.

  101       Pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T, the cover page is formatted in
            Inline XBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language).

  104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
            document and included in Exhibit 101).

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