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 Quarterly Report of Huntington Preferred
Capital Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2002,
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. ss. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to ss.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