Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors
HCSB Financial Corporation
Loris, South Carolina
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 of HCSB Financial Corporation of our report dated March 30, 2016, relating to our audits of the consolidated financial statements which appears in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in such Prospectus.
/s/ Elliott Davis Decosimo, LLC
Columbia, South Carolina
April 15, 2016