EX-23 5 dex23.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

 

(1) Form S-8 Nos. 333-125588, 333-101883, 333-90180, 333-90182, 333-66368, 33-47234, 33-48578, 33-82826, 33-87338, 33-90992, 33-62921, 33-98724, 33-99882, 333-09017, 333-09031, 333-28857, 333-68689, 333-81691, 333-85715, 333-90719 and 333-93703 of First Data Corporation;

 

(2) Form S-3 No. 333-120214 of First Data Corporation; and

 

(3) Form S-4 Nos. 333-15497 and 333-105432 of First Data Corporation;

 

of our reports dated February 21, 2007, with respect to (i) the consolidated financial statements and schedule of First Data Corporation and (ii) First Data Corporation management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of First Data Corporation, included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of First Data Corporation.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Denver, Colorado

February 21, 2007