EXHIBIT 23.1

                                 PUBLICARD, INC.
                            AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


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  reports  dated  March 24,  2005,  relating  to the
consolidated financial statements of PubliCARD, Inc. as of December 31, 2004 and
2003,  and for each of the three years  ended  December  31, 2004 (which  report
expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory  paragraph relating
to the Company's  ability to continue as a going  concern) and the  consolidated
financial  statement  schedule  listed in the Index at Item 15 appearing in this
Annual  Report on Form 10-K of PubliCARD,  Inc. for the year ended  December 31,
2004.


/s/Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York
March 30, 2005