Exhibit 23 (a)

                       INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Post-Effective Amendment 
No. 1 to the Registration Statement (No. 333-10469) on Form S-3 of our report 
dated January 19, 1998 with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Wells 
Fargo & Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, 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, 
1997, which report appears in the December 31, 1997 annual report incorporated 
by reference in the 1997 Form 10-K of Wells Fargo & Company, and to the 
references to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Registration 
Statement.

                                KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

San Franciso, California
September 16, 1998