Founded in 1899, the Bank of Cyprus Group is the leading Cypriot banking and financial services group. In addition to retail and commercial banking, the Group’s activities include finance, factoring, investment banking, brokerage, fund management, life and general insurance. The Group currently operates through a total of 610 branches, of which 219 operate in Russia, 186 in Greece, 141 in Cyprus, 35 in Ukraine, 12 in Romania, 13 in Australia 4 in the United Kingdom and 1 in the Channel Islands. Bank of Cyprus also has 9 representative offices in Russia, Romania, Ukraine, Canada, Serbia and South Africa. The Bank of Cyprus Group employs 11.841 staff worldwide.