Exhibit 23(b)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Summit Bancorp.:
We consent to the use of our report dated January 18, 2000 relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Summit Bancorp and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income,
shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999
Annual Report on Form 10- K of Summit Bancorp. incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Summit Bancorp. We also consent to the
reference to our firm under the caption "Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel".
/s/ KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
September 20, 2000
