Photo: Press Releases, Tatarstan
TASS, July 1. Recently, various media sources have been discussing whether Ak Bars Bank (Russian Federation) is part of a company called Ak Bars Holding and whether this company (Ak Bars Holding) can determine the bank's policy and can control decision-making processes at Ak Bars Bank.
At this point, Ak Bars Bank would like to officially assure its valued investors, customers and business partners that the Bank is not a subsidiary, dependent or affiliated company of Ak Bars Holding.
Ak bars (the snow leopard itself) is depicted on the emblem of the Republic of Tatarstan and in Tatarstan many companies, associations and organizations use this historical symbol as part of their corporate name. The snow leopard was also chosen as a corporate symbol by a bank many years ago. This name is a kind of national symbol in the republic, the king of the cultural code for the people who live here.
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