[Logo] PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PO Box 363566 San Juan PR 00936-3566 Telephone (787) 754 9090 Consent of Independent Accountants We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 24, 2000 relating to the financial statements, which appears in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders of Popular, Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Popular, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our reports dated June 5, 2000 relating to the financial statements of Popular Finance, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan and Popular Leasing & Rental, Inc. Retirement & Savings Plan, and our report dated June 28, 2000 relating to the financial statements of Popular Mortgage, Inc. 1165(e) Plan, which appear on their respective Forms 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP San Juan, Puerto Rico January 2, 2001
Popular (BPOP) S-8Registration of securities for employees
Filed: 2 Jan 01, 12:00am