Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Fulton Financial Corporation:
We consent to the use of our report dated March 3, 2014, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Fulton Financial Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2013, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2013, which appears in the December 31, 2013 annual report onForm 10-K of the Company.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 30, 2014