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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): August 24, 2007


FEDERAL TRUST CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Florida
000-23449
59-2935028
(State or other jurisdiction
Commission File Number
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
Identification No.)
  

312 West First Street
  Sanford, Florida 32771
(address of principal executive offices)

(407) 323-1833
(Registrant’s telephone number, including areas code)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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ITEM 8.01.     Other Events.
 
On August 24, 2007, Federal Trust Corporation announced the filing of a joint bankruptcy petition against Transland Financial Services, Inc.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is being furnished with this Report:
99.1
Press release (solely furnished and not filed for purposes of Item 8.01).
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

Date: August 24, 2007
 
Federal Trust Corporation
 
(Registrant)
   
   
 
By:/s/ Gregory E. Smith                  
 
  Gregory E. Smith
 
  Executive Vice President and
 
  Chief Financial Officer
 
  (407) 323-1833