Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-3 No. 333-62069;  Form S-8:  Nos.  33-60871,  333-74213,  333-74215  and
333-56066)  of Concord EFS, Inc. and in the related  Prospectuses  of our report
dated April, 4, 2001, with respect to the  supplemental  consolidated  financial
statements of Concord EFS, Inc. and subsidiaries included as Exhibit 99.3 in its
Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated April 16, 2001, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commision.

                                                            /s/Ernst & Young LLP

Memphis, Tennessee
April 11, 2001.