Exhibit 23.1

                                 PUBLICARD, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration  Statements on Form
S-3,  File Nos.  333-80447,  333-87597,  333-89917,  333-33788 and 333-53204 and
Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos. 33-88876, 333-43466 and 333-43468
of  PubliCARD,  Inc.  of our  report  dated  March  22,  2004,  relating  to the
consolidated  financial  statements of  PubliCARD,  Inc. as of and for the years
ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 (which report expresses an unqualified  opinion
and  includes  explanatory  paragraphs  relating  to the  Company's  ability  to
continue as a going  concern and the  application  of  procedures  performed  in
regards  to  certain  disclosures  in the 2001  financial  statements  that were
audited  by other  auditors  who have  ceased  operations  and for which we have
expressed no opinion or other form of assurance  other than with respect to such
disclosures) appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of PubliCARD, Inc. for
the year ended December 31, 2003.


/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York
March 29, 2004