EXHIBIT 99.1

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



Kenneth T. Koehler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan
Financial Corp. (the "Company") certifies in his capacity as an officer of the
Company that he has reviewed Amendment No. 1 to 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: April 30, 2003
                                          /s/ Kenneth T. Koehler
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                                          Kenneth T. Koehler,
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer