UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K
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                                CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        DATE OF REPORT (date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2005


                  INTERCHANGE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                   New Jersey
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                 (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          1-10518                                      22-2553159
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 (Commission File Number)                 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

             Park 80 West/Plaza Two, Saddle Brook, N.J.    07663
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              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (201) 703-2265
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               (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                   Not Applicable
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            (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosures

     On September 15, 2005,  Interchange Financial Services Corporation issued a
press  release  announcing  that  its  subsidiary,  Interchange  Bank,  will  be
presenting at the RBC Capital Markets  Financial  Institutions  Conference to be
held  September  19-21,  2005 on Martha's  Vineyard.  A copy of that  release is
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

     The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including the attached
exhibit, is being furnished as provided in the General Instructions to Form 8-K,
to the Securities and Exchange  Commission and shall not be deemed to be "filed"
for  purposes  of Section 18 of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended,  or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section.  Furthermore
the information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed
to be incorporated.


Item 9.01. Financial Statement Exhibits

           (c)  Exhibits.

           99.1 Press Release dated September 15, 2005 of the Registrant.



                             SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: September 15, 2005         Interchange Financial Services Corporation

                                  By: /s/ Charles T. Field
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                                  Name:  Charles T. Field
                                  Title: SVP & Chief Financial Officer




                            EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBT NUMBER      DESCRIPTION
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99.1               Press Release, dated September 15, 2005, of the Registrant.