OFG Bancorp (OFG) 10-Q 2021 Q3 Quarterly report

1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

(18 U.S.C. §1350)

In connection with OFG Bancorp’squarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, as filedwith the

Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”),I, José Rafael Fernández, Chief Executive Officer of OFG

Bancorp, hereby certify,pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. §1350),that:

(1)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial conditionand results of

operations of OFG Bancorp.

In witness whereof, I execute this certification in San Juan, Puerto Rico,this 5th day of November 2021.

By:/s/ José Rafael Fernández

José Rafael Fernández

Chief Executive Officer