[2] The group was established by Oleg Mikhasenko in Novosibirsk and was originally known as BrokerCreditService.

[3] Initially focusing on retail banking activities, by the mid-2000s it started competing with Moscow-based brokers.

[4][5] BCS launched Russia's first dark pool trading system.

[6] In 2013 the group moved its emerging market operations from Cyprus to London.

[4] In 2016 it was assigned a B− long-term credit rating by Standard & Poor's.