EXHIBIT 23(c)

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Wells Fargo & Company:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") of Wells Fargo & Company (the "Company")
relating to the registration of $1,500,000,000 of various debt and equity
securities and the related prospectus (the "Prospectus"), of our report dated
January 16, 2001, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Wells Fargo
& Company and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, which report is incorporated by reference in the
Company's December 31, 2000 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus included in the
Registration Statement.


/s/ KPMG LLP


San Francisco, California
August 8, 2001