Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                                   AS ADDED BY
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


     In connection with the Quarterly  Report of Federal Trust  Corporation (the
"Company")  on Form 10-QSB for the period ended March 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Report"),  I, James V.  Suskiewich,
President and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.ss. 1350, as added by ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1.       The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       To my  knowledge,  the  information  contained  in  the  Report  fairly
         presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
         of  operations  of the Company as of and for the period  covered by the
         Report.






Date:  May 13, 2003                           By:  /s/ James V. Suskiewich
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                                                  James V. Suskiewich, President
                                                  and Chief Executive Officer