Exhibit 23.1


                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
2-92497) on Form S-8 of Total System Services, Inc. of our report dated March
12, 2004, relating to the statements of financial condition of the Total System
Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2003 and 2002,
and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears
in the December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 11-K of the Total System
Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, included as Exhibit 99.1 to the
December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 of Total System
Services, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Atlanta, Georgia
April 5, 2004



                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No.
33-17376) on Form S-8 of Total System Services, Inc. of our report dated March
12, 2004, relating to the statements of financial condition of the Total System
Services, Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2003 and 2002,
and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for each of
the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2003, which report appears
in the December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 11-K of the Total System
Services, Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan, included as Exhibit 99.2 to the
December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 of Total System
Services, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP


Atlanta, Georgia
April 5, 2004