EXHIBIT 23
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

The Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements
noted below on Forms S-3, S-4 and S-8 of Wells Fargo & Company of our report
dated January 16, 2001, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Wells
Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, which report is incorporated by reference in the
December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Wells Fargo & Company.



Registration
Statement Number         Form           Description
- ----------------         ----           -----------
                                  
333-09489                S-3            Wells Fargo Direct Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan
333-79493                S-3            Universal Shelf 1999
333-47336                S-3            Universal Shelf 2000
333-53219                S-4            Acquisition Registration Statement
333-55272                S-4            SCI Financial Group, Inc.
033-57904                S-4/S-8        Financial Concepts Bancorp, Inc.
333-02485                S-4/S-8        Benson Financial Corporation
333-63247                S-4/S-8        Former Wells Fargo & Company
333-96511                S-4/S-8        Ragen MacKenzie Group Incorporated
333-37862                S-4/S-8        First Security Corporation
333-45384                S-4/S-8        Brenton Banks, Inc. and Brenton Bank
033-42198                S-8            1985 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
033-50309                S-8            1985 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
033-65007                S-8            Stock Direct Purchase Plan
333-12423                S-8            Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
333-62877                S-8            Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan
333-74655                S-8            PartnerShares Plan
333-79777                S-8            401(k) Plan
333-33800                S-8            1999 Directors Stock Option Plan
333-52600                S-8            Wells Fargo Financial Thrift and Profit Sharing Plan
333-54354                S-8            Deferred Compensation Plan and 1999 Deferral Plan for Directors



/s/ KPMG LLP

San Francisco, California
March 16, 2001