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                                                                      Exhibit 24








                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.



                                             /s/Malvin E. Bank
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.




                                              /s/Robert R. Broadbent
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.

                                             /s/Marjorie M. Carlson
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.

                                                      /s/Lois K. Goodman
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.

                                             /s/Marguerite B. Humphrey
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.




                                              /s/James A. Karman
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.


                                             /s/Robert M. Kaye
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.



                                              /s/Ralph D. Ketchum
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.



                                             /s/David G. Lodge
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer
and director of Metropolitan Financial Corp., an Ohio corporation, which
anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,
D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual
Report on Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Robert M. Kaye, David G.
Lodge, and Patrick W. Bevack, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place,
and stead of the undersigned, to sign and file the Annual Report on Form 10-K
and any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, with full power
and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the
acts of such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his or
her hand as of March 25, 1997.

                                             /s/David P. Miller
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