EXHIBIT 23.5


                     CONSENT OF BURKE CAPITAL GROUP L.L.C.
                (FORMERLY BROWN, BURKE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.L.C.)

                                               December 31, 2002


Board of Directors
United Financial Holdings, Inc.
333 Third Avenue North, Suite 200
St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Members of the Board:

We hereby consent to the inclusion of our opinion letter to the Board of
Directors of United Financial Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") as an Appendix to
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus relating to the proposed merger of the Company
with and into Synovus Financial Corporation. contained in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
the date hereof, and to the references to our firm and such opinion in such
Proxy Statement/Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or the rules and regulations of
the Security and Exchange Commission thereunder (the "Regulations"), nor do we
admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration
Statement within the meaning of the term "experts" as used in the Act or the
Regulations.

Very Truly Yours,

/s/ Brown, Burke Capital Partners, L.L.C.

Brown, Burke Capital Partners, L.L.C.