EXHIBIT 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Annual Report of Huntington Preferred Capital,
Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2001,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, John D. Van Fleet, Vice President of the Company (principal
financial officer), 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; and

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



                                            /s/ John D. Van Fleet
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                                            John D. Van Fleet
                                            Vice President
                                            (principal financial officer)
                                            August 19, 2002