Bank of Colorado Welcomes Russian Delegation; Russian Bankers Getting a Small Taste of Life in Colorado.Business Editors DURANGO, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002 Two prominent Russian businesspeople are taking an in-depth look at banking in the United States United States Banking began in 1781 with an act of United States Congress that established the Bank of North America in Philadelphia. During the American Revolutionary War, the Bank of North America was given a monopoly on currency; prior to this time, private banks printed their -- and learning a little about life in Colorado along the way. Dmitry Pankin and Tamara Osipenko arrived in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. on June 2 for a one-month training program on bank management, sponsored in part by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID USAID United States Agency for International Development USAID Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (Spanish) ). The program began with intensive seminars in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . On June 17, Pankin and Osipenko arrived in Colorado for a three-day training session with senior-level executives at Bank of Colorado. The program is designed to provide influential bankers from the former Soviet Union the training needed to develop market-oriented financial system reform back home. Dmitry Pankin is Chairman of the Board at the JSC JSC Johnson Space Center (NASA) JSC Joint Stock Company JSC Java Studio Creator JSC Joint Steering Committee JSC Joint Standing Committee JSC Journal of Symbolic Computation JSC Joint Scientific Committee CB Saint-Petersburg Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Tamara Osipenko, Ph.D., is Vice-President, Deputy Chairman of the Board for the Russian Regional Development Bank in Moscow. The pair will travel to various Bank of Colorado locations -- including Estes Park, Fort Collins, and Durango. The Bank of Colorado has more than 20 locations throughout the state. Pankin and Osipenko will do more than study the inner workings of a successful Colorado bank network, however. Bank of Colorado executives are planning to send the two home with a small taste of Rocky Mountain life, as well. The tentative itinerary includes a trip to the mountains and a Colorado Rockies For the National Hockey League team (1976 – 1982), now known as the New Jersey Devils, see . The Colorado Rockies are a Major League Baseball team based in Denver, Colorado. They are in the West Division of the National League. baseball game. |
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