Exhibit 23.1

                          Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(No. 2-92497) on Form S-8 of Total System Services, Inc. of our report dated
April 11, 2003, relating to the statements of financial condition of the Total
System Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2002 and
2001, and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, which report
appears in the December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 11-K of the Total System
Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, included as Exhibit 99.1 to the
December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 of Total System
Services, Inc.


                                           /s/KPMG LLP




Atlanta, Georgia
April 21, 2003





                          Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Total System Services, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(No. 33-17376) on Form S-8 of Total System Services, Inc. of our report dated
April 11, 2003, relating to the statements of financial condition of the Total
System Services, Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2002 and
2001, and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, which report
appears in the December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 11-K of the Total System
Services, Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan, included as Exhibit 99.2 to the
December 31, 2002 annual report on Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1 of Total System
Services, Inc.


                                           /s/KPMG LLP


Atlanta, Georgia
April 21, 2003