Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY RULE 13a-14(a) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Jeff Hilzinger, certify that: 

1.

I

have

reviewed

this

quarterly

report

on

Form

10

-

Q

of

Marlin

Business

Services

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 periods covered by this report; 

3.

Based

on

my

knowledge,

the

financial

statements,

and

other

financial

information

included

in

this

report,

fairly

pre

sent

in

all

material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods

presented in this report; 

4.

The

registran

t’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 registrant 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 registrant, including its consolidated

subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the periods 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 registrant’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 periods covered by

this report based on such evaluation; and

d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during

the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that

has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial

reporting; and

5.

The

registrant’s

other

certifying

officer(s)

and

I

have

disclosed,

based

o

n

our

most

recent

evaluation

of

internal

control

over

financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’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 registrant’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

registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

Date: April 30, 2021 

/s/

Jeff

Hilzinger

Jeff

Hilzinger

Chief

Executive

Officer

Principal Executive Officer