EXHIBIT 32

                                 CERTIFICATIONS

In connection with the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December
31, 2004 of American General Finance Corporation as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), each of, Frederick W.
Geissinger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Donald R.
Breivogel, Jr., Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted 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, as amended; and

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


                                 /s/  Frederick W. Geissinger
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                                      Frederick W. Geissinger
                                 President and Chief Executive Officer


                                 /s/  Donald R. Breivogel, Jr.
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                                      Donald R. Breivogel, Jr.
                                 Senior Vice President and
                                   Chief Financial Officer

Date:  April 7, 2005


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