EXHIBIT 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


      We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements listed below of our report dated January 22, 2001, relating to
the balance sheets of Official Payments Corporation as at December 31, 2000
and 1999 and the related statements of operations, stockholders' equity and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December
31, 2000, and the related schedule, which report appears in the December
31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Official Payments Corporation.

      Applicable Registration Statements:
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      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-95826)
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-38416)

                                       /s/ KPMG LLP


New York, New York
March 29, 2001