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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


                      [FOX CHASE BANCORP, INC. LETTERHEAD]


                                  NEWS RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE:    April 1, 2008
CONTACT: Jerry Holbrook
         Chief Operating Officer
PHONE:   (215) 682-4107


                FOX CHASE BANCORP ANNOUNCES EXECUTIVE PROMOTIONS
                      BANK CONTINUES STRATEGIC GROWTH PLAN

HATBORO, PA, APRIL 1, 2008 - Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ GM:
FXCB), the holding company for Fox Chase Bank (the "Bank"), announced today that
key personnel have been promoted to focus on profitable growth opportunities,
improve customer service and better serve the communities in which the Company
operates. The following promotions have been made:

     o   Jerry Holbrook, the Company's current Chief Financial Officer, will now
         be the Company and Bank's Executive Vice President, Chief Operating
         Officer. Holbrook will assume responsibility for many of the lending,
         retail and operational areas of the Bank. This new position is being
         created in response to Fox Chase Bank's growth, current initiatives and
         long-term strategic goals.

     o   Roger Deacon, the Company's current Chief Accounting Officer, will now
         become the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the
         Company and the Bank. In this role, Deacon assumes responsibility for
         all accounting, finance and treasury functions and will focus on margin
         expansion, interest rate risk management and cost containment.

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     o   Keiron (Kerry) Lynch, the current Chief Administrative Officer has been
         promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Payments Officer. Lynch
         will focus on delivering payment solutions to business clients to help
         businesses leverage technology and payments systems for better cash
         flow management and reduced operating costs.

Thomas Petro, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated,
"With this reorganization, we align our key executives with the most significant
market opportunities for earnings growth, allowing us to accelerate our strategy
to be the leading relationship-based business bank in our market. All three of
these leaders have a proven track record of delivering business results and
exceptional client service."

Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. is the mid-tier stock holding company of Fox Chase Bank.
The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank originally established in 1867.
The Bank offers traditional banking services and products from its main office
in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and ten branch offices in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester,
Delaware and Philadelphia Counties in Pennsylvania and Atlantic and Cape May
Counties in New Jersey. For more information, please visit the Bank's website at
www.foxchasebank.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified
by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.
They often include words like "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate" and
"intend" or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "would," "should,"
"could" or "may." Statements in this release that are not strictly historical
are forward-looking and are based upon current expectations that may differ
materially from actual results. These forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those anticipated by the statements made herein. These risks and uncertainties
involve general economic trends, changes in interest rates, loss of deposits and
loan demand to other financial institutions, substantial changes in financial
markets; changes in real estate value and the real estate market, regulatory
changes, possibility of unforeseen events affecting the industry generally, the
uncertainties associated with newly developed or acquired operations, the
outcome of pending litigation, and market disruptions and other effects of
terrorist activities. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unforeseen events, except as required
under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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