EXHIBIT 99.2

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



Marcus Faust, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Metropolitan Financial Corp. (the "Company") certifies in his capacity as an
officer of the Company that he has reviewed the Company's annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and that to his knowledge:

         (1)      the report fully complies with the requirements of Sections
                  13(a) 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 results of
                  operations of the Company.


Date: March 25, 2003                           /s/Marcus Faust
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                                               Marcus Faust,
                                               Executive Vice President
                                               and Chief Financial Officer