Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

December 21, 2000

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

Published on December 21, 2000



EXHIBIT 23.1


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Deluxe Corporation


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Deluxe Corporation on Form S-8 of our report dated January 26,
2000, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Deluxe Corporation for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1999.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 18, 2000