EXHIBIT 23.1b
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Bank United Corp.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements Nos.
333-19237, 333-37645, 333-75937, and 333-83797 on Form S-3, Registration
Statement No. 333-42765 on Form S-8 of Bank United Corp. and its subsidiaries
and Registration Statement No. 333-47308 on Form S-4 of Washington Mutual, Inc.
of our report dated October 23, 2000, relating to the consolidated statements of
financial condition of Bank United Corp. and subsidiaries as of September 30,
2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, which report
appears in the September 30, 2000, annual report of Form 10-K of Bank United
Corp. Our report contains an explanatory paragraph, which states that we also
audited the combination of the accompanying consolidated financial statements
for the year ended September 30, 1998, after restatement for the 1999 pooling of
interests. Insofar as our report relates to the amounts included for Bank United
Corp. and subsidiaries for the year ended September 30, 1998, prior to the
restatement for the pooling of interests, it is based solely on the report of
Deloitte & Touche LLP. Insofar as our report relates to the amounts included for
Texas Central Bancshares, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998, it is based
solely on the report of Payne Falkner Smith & Jones P.C.
KPMG LLP
Houston, Texas
December 14, 2000
