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                                                                   Exhibit 23(a)

                          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of MBNA Corporation and MBNA Capital D, MBNA
Capital E, MBNA Capital F and MBNA Capital G and related Prospectus for the
registration of up to $10,000,000,000 of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock,
Common Stock, Securities Warrants, Currency Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts,
Stock Purchase Units and Prepaid Stock Purchase Contracts of MBNA Corporation
and Trust Preferred Securities Guaranteed by MBNA Corporation of MBNA Capital D,
MBNA Capital E, MBNA Capital F and MBNA Capital G, and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated January 14, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of MBNA Corporation incorporated by reference
in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, as
amended by Form 10-K/A-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Baltimore, Maryland
September 13, 2000