Taking a decision to join a credit union, citizens create an organization through which they participate in the shared savings by mutual crediting and joint (collective) use of personal savings. Principles of cooperative democracy and interaction were adequate to the purposes for which people joined credit unions. The main activities of credit unions, aimed at the organization of mutual aid and social support of citizens is not intended to profit. Credit union is created by a group of members who pursue a common interest. Agreeing to make regular contributions, they create a fund from which can borrow money for investments and replenishment of working capital at favorable interest rates. Credit unions historically formed as a special form of social support, initially taken upon themselves the social mission of protecting the interests of citizens in the field of financial services. Income received by the credit union shall be distributed among the shareholders or spent for the depreciation of services, that is, are the most effective means of meeting the needs of shareholders.
The main activities of credit unions, aimed at the organization of mutual aid and social support of citizens is not intended to profit. Credit union is created by a group of members who pursue a common interest. Agreeing to make regular contributions, they create a fund from which can borrow money for investments and replenishment of working capital at favorable interest rates. Principles of cooperative democracy and interaction were adequate to the purposes for which people joined credit unions.