Exhibit 32.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q of Meta Financial  Group,
Inc. (the "Company") for the quarterly period ending June 30, 2005 as filed with
the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  I,
Ronald J. Walters, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,  certify, pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   the Report fully complies with the  requirements of section 13(a) or
            15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   the  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
            material respects,  the financial condition and result of operations
            of the Company.

By:  /s/ Ronald J. Walters
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Name:  Ronald J. Walters
Chief Financial Officer
August 15, 2005


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