EXHIBIT 23(i)

                        INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Unity Bancorp, Inc.:

We consent to inclusion in the registration statement on Form S-4, pertaining to
the exchange offer of Series A Preferred Stock, of Unity Bancorp, Inc. of our
report dated February 28, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Unity Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity,
and cash flows for the years then ended, and to the reference to our firm under
the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


                                                    /s/ KPMG LLP
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                                                        KPMG LLP

Short Hills, New Jersey
June 25, 2001