First Credit Union was savings unprofitable institution, or rather credit cooperative, providing services to its members. Members of credit unions place in credit unions usually free fund balances, ie those that remain after expenses devoted to education of children, the acquisition of new properties, additional pension benefits, etc. Until the mid-XX century, credit unions in the United States had little assets that did not exceed, as a rule, 100 thousand dollars On the consumer credit market in the U.S. credit unions are on the third place after the commercial banks and finance companies and are ahead of savings institutions, not taking into account the loans on real estate.