EXHIBIT 23.1

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



American Card Technology, Inc.

     We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of 
this Registration Statement of our report (which contains an explanatory 
paragraph regarding uncertainties about the Company continuing as a going 
concern) dated March 10, 1998, relating to the financial statements of 
American Card Technology, Inc. which is contained in that Prospectus.

     We also consent to the reference to us under the captions "Experts" and 
"Selected Financial Data" in the Prospectus.



                                                              /s/ BDO Seidman
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                                                             BDO Seidman, LLP


New York, New York
May 1, 1998