**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATIONPURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULE13A-14 AND 15D-14,

AS ADOPTEDPURSUANT TO

SECTION 302OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Norman R. Corzine, certify that:

 

1.                                       Ihave reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB of Access Anytime Bancorp, Inc.;

 

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

 

3.                                       Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the small business issuer asof, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       Thesmall business issuer’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the small businessissuer and have:

 

a)              Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known  to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

 

b)             *This item intentionally omitted;*

 

c)              Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the small business issuer’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d)             Disclosedin this report any change in the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer’s most recentfiscal quarter (the small business issuer’s fourth fiscal quarter in the caseof an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the small business issuer’s internal control over financial reporting;and

 

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

 

a)              Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the small business issuer’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the small business issuer’s internal control overfinancial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  July 29, 2005 |     | /s/ Norman R. Corzine                      |   |
|---------------------------|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------|
|                      |     | Norman  R. Corzine, Chairman of the Board, |   |
|                      |     | Chief  Executive Officer                   |   |
| * *                  | * * | *(Principal  Executive Officer)*           |   |

 

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