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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                                  CERTIFICATION

                            Section 302 Certification

I, Warren G. Lichtenstein, certify that:

1.  I  have  reviewed  this  annual  report  on  Form  10-KSB  of   WebFinancial
Corporation, a Delaware corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact  necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the  circumstances  under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based  on my  knowledge,  the  financial  statements,  and  other  financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows of the small business
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The small business  issuer's other  certifying  officer and I are responsible
for establishing and maintaining  disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and
have:

            (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
            disclosure   controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
            supervision,  to ensure that  material  information  relating to the
            small business issuer, including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is
            made  known to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
            during the period in which this report is being prepared;

            (b)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of the small  business  issuer's
            disclosure  controls and procedures and presented in this report our
            conclusions about the  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and
            procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based
            on such evaluation; and

            (c)  Disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  small  business
            issuer's  internal  control over  financial  reporting that occurred
            during the small  business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the
            small  business  issuer's  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of an
            annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
            to materially  affect,  the small business issuer's internal control
            over financial reporting; and

5. The small business  issuer's other  certifying  officer and I have disclosed,
based  on  our  most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
reporting,  to the small business  issuer's  auditors and the audit committee of
the small  business  issuer's  board of  directors  (or persons  performing  the
equivalent functions):

          (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or operation of internal  control over financial  reporting  which are
          reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect the small  business  issuer's
          ability   to  record,   process,   summarize   and  report   financial
          information; and

          (b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves  management or
          other  employees  who have a  significant  role in the small  business
          issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 31, 2005
                                           By: /s/ Warren G. Lichtenstein
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                                               Warren G. Lichtenstein
                                               Chief Executive Officer
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