Exhibit
      31.1




CERTIFICATION




I,
      George A.
      McQuain, certify that:




1. I
      have
      reviewed this Form 10-QSB of Global Axcess Corp;




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(s) 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))   and internal
      control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange   Act Rules
      13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) 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)
      Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
      internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
      supervision, to provide reasonable  assurance regarding the
      reliability of financial reporting and  the preparation of financial
      statements for external purposes  in accordance with generally
      accepted accounting principles;




(c)
      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




(d)
      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(s) 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:
      November 14, 2006


/s/
      George A. McQuain





George
      A.
      McQuain


President and Chief
      Executive Officer