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CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT 31.2
I, Carlos J. Vázquez, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of Popular,
 
Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
 
of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
 
which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
 
this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
 
information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and
 
cash flows of the registrant as of,
and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's
 
other certifying
 
officer and I
 
are responsible for
 
establishing and maintaining
 
disclosure controls
and
 
procedures
 
(as
 
defined
 
in
 
Exchange
 
Act
 
Rules
 
13a-15(e)
 
and
 
15d-15(e))
 
and
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
 
registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls
 
and procedures, or caused such
 
disclosure controls and procedures to
 
be
designed under
 
our supervision,
 
to ensure that
 
material information
 
relating to
 
the registrant,
 
including its
consolidated
 
subsidiaries,
 
is
 
made
 
known
 
to
 
us
 
by
 
others
 
within
 
those
 
entities,
 
particularly
 
during
 
the
period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed
 
such
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting,
 
or
 
caused
 
such
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting to be designed under
 
our supervision, to provide reasonable
 
assurance regarding the reliability
 
of
financial
 
reporting
 
and
 
the
 
preparation
 
of
 
financial
 
statements
 
for
 
external
 
purposes
 
in
 
accordance
 
with
generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
the
 
registrant's
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
 
procedures
 
and
 
presented
 
in
 
this
report our
 
conclusions about
 
the effectiveness
 
of the
 
disclosure controls
 
and procedures,
 
as of
 
the end
 
of
the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
any
 
change
 
in
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting
 
that
occurred during
 
the registrant’s
 
most recent
 
fiscal quarter
 
(the registrant’s
 
fourth fiscal
 
quarter in
 
the case
of an annual report) that has materially
 
affected, or is reasonably
 
likely to materially affect, the
 
registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
 
The
 
registrant's
 
other
 
certifying
 
officer
 
and
 
I
 
have
 
disclosed,
 
based
 
on
 
our
 
most
 
recent
 
evaluation
 
of
 
internal
control
 
over
 
financial
 
reporting,
 
to
 
the
 
registrant's
 
auditors
 
and
 
the
 
audit
 
committee
 
of
 
the
 
registrant's
 
board
 
of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All
 
significant
 
deficiencies
 
and
 
material
 
weaknesses
 
in
 
the
 
design
 
or
 
operation
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
over
financial
 
reporting
 
which
 
are
 
reasonably
 
likely
 
to
 
adversely
 
affect
 
the
 
registrant’s
 
ability
 
to
 
record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud,
 
whether or
 
not material,
 
that involves
 
management or
 
other employees
 
who have
 
a significant
role in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.
Date:
 
August 9, 2022
By: /s/ Carlos J. Vázquez
Carlos J. Vázquez
Chief Financial Officer