EXHIBIT 23

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
Yardville National Bancorp:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in registration statements (No.
333-98076, No. 333-28193, No. 333-71741, No. 333-102932, No. 333-115891 and No.
333-131142) on Form S-8 and registration statements (No. 333-109706 and No.
333-104478) on Form S-3 of Yardville National Bancorp and subsidiaries of our
report dated March 16, 2006 with respect to the consolidated statements of
condition of Yardville National Bancorp and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2005
and 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2005, management's assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2005, which reports are incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2005
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Yardville National Bancorp.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
March 16, 2006