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March 30, 2016
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
| Attention: | Eric Envall, Staff Attorney | |
| Office of Financial Services | ||
| Re: | Customers Bancorp, Inc. | |
| Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 | ||
| File No. 333-209760 | ||
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of our client, Customers Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company"), we are transmitting for filing Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-209760 ("Form S-3").
Amendment No. 2 is a "Part II only" amendment to file our opinion as Exhibit 5.1 and an updated consent of BDO as Exhibit 23.1. No changes have been made to the prospectus constituting Part I of the Form S-3 or to any portion of Part II other than as included in Amendment No. 2.
Under separate cover, the Company is submitting an acceleration request with regard to the Form S-3.
Please do not hesitate to contact me (thanley@stradley.com, or 202-292-4525) or Christopher S. Connell (cconnell@stradley.com, or 215-564-8138) if you have any questions regarding Amendment No. 2 or the acceleration request.
| Best regards, | |
| /s/ Thomas L. Hanley | |
| Thomas L. Hanley | |
| Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP |