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EXHIBIT 23.2
[LETTERHEAD OF KPMG LLP]
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Dime Bancorp, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 of Dime Bancorp, Inc., of our report dated January 20, 2000, except for note
23 and note 28, which are as of March 23, 2000, relating to the consolidated
statements of financial condition of Dime Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1999 and 1998, and the related consolidated statements of income,
changes in stockholders' equity, cash flows and comprehensive income 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/A of Dime Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
October 27, 2000
