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                                                                    Exhibit 23.3

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

        We consent to the reference to our firm under Item 5 "Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel" and to the use of our report dated January 28, 2000, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Keystone Financial, Inc.
(Keystone) and subsidiaries incorporated by reference in its Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, incorporated by reference in
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of M&T Bank Corporation.


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania                                Ernst & Young
February 12, 2001




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