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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
of Wells Fargo & Company
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the proxy statement-prospectus
included in this Amendment No. 1 to registration statement on Form S-4 of Wells
Fargo & Company related to the acquisition of Brenton Banks, Inc. and Brenton
Bank of our report dated January 18, 2000, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheet of Wells Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999
and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the proxy statement-prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
October 17, 2000
