Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida:
In connection with pre-effective amendment No. 1 to the Form S-4 registration statement to be filed by Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and subsidiaries (the Company), we consent to the use of our reports dated March 17, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for each of the years in thethree-year period ended December 31, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, incorporated by reference herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
Our report dated March 17, 2014, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, expresses our opinion that Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and subsidiaries did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states that a material weakness related to the lack of a control designed to provide for an effective review of the accounting for previously recordedcharge-offs, a nonroutine matter, related to a matured troubled debt restructured loan has been identified and included in management’s assessment (Item 9A(b)).
/s/ KPMG LLP
July 28, 2014
Miami, Florida
Certified Public Accountants