Exhibit 23
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
People’s United Financial, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (No. 333-226342, No. 333-218928, No. 333-195996, No. 333-176163, No. 333-163873, No. 333-142119, and No. 333-140865) on Form S-8 and in the registration statements (No. 333-213710, No. 333-184753 and No. 333-172201) on Form S-3 of People’s United Financial, Inc. of our reports dated March 1, 2019, with respect to the consolidated statements of condition of People’s United Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which reports appear in the December 31, 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K of People’s United Financial, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
March 1, 2019
