CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We have issued our report dated March 30, 2005, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of The Bancorp , Inc. and subsidiaries appearing in the
2004 Annual Report of the Company to its shareholders included in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 which are included in
this Amendment No. 1 of the Registration Statement and Prospectus (File No.
333-124923). We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus, and to the use of our name as it appears
under the caption "Experts."


/s/ Grant Thornton LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 19, 2005