FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Soriano Lidio   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol POPULAR INC [BPOP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) P.O. BOX 362708 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/25/2019 (Street) SAN JUAN, PR 00918 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share 01/27/2019   M   6,531 A (1) 66,533.581 (2) D   Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share 01/27/2019   F   1,787 D $ 53.48 64,746.581 D   Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share 01/27/2019   F   508 D $ 53.48 64,238.581 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units (3)

$ 0 (3)

01/25/2019

A

6,531

(4)

(4)

Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share

6,531 (3)

$ 0 (3)

6,531

D

Restricted Stock Units

(1)

01/27/2019

M

6,531

(5)

(5)

Common Stock Par Value $0.01 per share

6,531

$ 0

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Soriano Lidio P.O. BOX 362708 SAN JUAN, PR 00918			Executive Vice President

Signatures

Marie Reyes-Rodriguez, Attorney-in-fact		01/29/2019
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Restricted Stock Units convert into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock.
(2)	Includes 1,137.459 shares acquired since Mr. Soriano's last Form 4, pursuant to reinvestment of dividends paid by the Corporation in transactions exempt from Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act.
(3)	Reflects performance-based vesting of performance share units granted to the reporting person on January 27, 2016 and accrued dividend equivalents thereunder converted into restricted stock units ("RSUs"), in each case, subject to continued time-based vesting conditions.
(4)	The underlying RSUs remain subject to continued time-based vesting conditions through January 27, 2019. Upon vesting, restricted stock units are converted into an equivalent number of shares of Common Stock that are distributed to the reporting person.
(5)	On January 25, 2019, 6,531 performance share units granted to the reporting person on January 27, 2016 were converted into restricted stock units upon their performance-based vesting. The restricted stock units remained subject to continued time-based vesting conditions through January 27, 2019

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