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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-12-057393
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20121107
FILED AS OF DATE:		20121107
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20121107

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Bancorp, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001295401
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		IRS NUMBER:				233016517
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		302-385-5000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		409 SILVERSIDE ROAD
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Chrystal John C
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001559369

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-51018
		FILM NUMBER:		121187716

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O JAVELIN MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CORP.
		STREET 2:		3001 OCEAN DRIVE, SUITE 201
		CITY:			VERO BEACH
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32963
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    <periodOfReport>2012-11-07</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>1</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001295401</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Bancorp, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TBBK</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001559369</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Chrystal John C</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O THE BANCORP, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>409 SILVERSIDE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WILMINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DE</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <remarks>No securities are beneificially owned.
The reporting person's appointment to the Board of Directors of The Bancorp, Inc. will become effective on January 23, 2013.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John C. Chrystal</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-11-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24.
<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FORLIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR<br>SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS<br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, <br>constitutes and appoints Nancy Rosenau, as the undersigned's true and lawful <br>attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on <br>behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:<br> <br>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 <br>(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of The <br>Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware bank holding company (the "Company"), with the United <br>States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and <br>the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the <br>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated <br>thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");<br> <br>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the <br>undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities <br>from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators <br>and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release <br>any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such <br>release of information; and<br> <br>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such <br>attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned <br>in connection with the foregoing.<br> <br>The undersigned acknowledges that:<br> <br>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such <br>attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such <br>attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;<br> <br>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on <br>behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such <br>form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, <br>in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;<br> <br>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any <br>liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of <br>the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to <br>comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the <br>undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and<br> <br>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from <br>responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the <br>Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under <br>Section 16 of the Exchange Act.<br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing <br>attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act <br>and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about <br>the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned <br>might or could do if present, with full power of substitution, hereby ratifying <br>all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall <br>lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.<br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until <br>the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to <br>the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the <br>Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered <br>to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact c/o the Company.<br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of <br>Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of October, 2012.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ John C. Chrystal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Signature<br> <br> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John C. Chrystal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Print <br>Name<br> <br> <br> <br>
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