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EXHIBIT 23(B)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-3 ("the Registration Statement") of Wells Fargo & Company ("the
Company"), relating to the registration of $10,000,000,000 of various debt and
equity securities and the related prospectus (the "Prospectus"), of our
report, dated January 18, 2000, relating 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, which report is incorporated by reference
in the Company's December 31, 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus included
in the Registration Statement.
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
September 29, 2000
