Exhibit 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4, No. 333-00000) and related Proxy Statement and
Prospectus of Concord EFS, Inc. and subsidiaries, for the registration of
2,382,000 shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated February 19, 2002, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Concord EFS, Inc. and subsidiaries incorporated by
reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2001,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                     /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Memphis, Tennessee
March 15, 2002