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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-150720"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BPOP"
cik: "0000763901"
company_name: "POPULAR, INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T17:07:32.306682+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Popular Inc. appoints Javier D. Ferrer as President and CEO effective July 1, 2025

## Summary
- Javier D. Ferrer appointed as director and President & CEO of Popular, Inc., effective July 1, 2025.
- He also becomes CEO of subsidiaries Popular North America, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, and Popular Bank.
- Ferrer previously served as President and COO since May 2024, overseeing all business units and strategic planning.
- No arrangements or family relationships with other directors/executives were disclosed; ordinary course loans exist with BPPR.
- The appointment fills the CEO role following earlier succession planning; no prior CEO departure was announced in this filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-150720
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BPOP
- cik: 0000763901
- company_name: POPULAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763901/000119312525150720/0001193125-25-150720-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/763901/000119312525150720/d16853d8k.htm

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