Today in the UK there are about 700 credit unions with assets exceeding 200 million pounds. Credit unions attract people in the first place by the opportunity to get cash loan (credit) - quickly and relatively inexpensively. Important specifics of creating a credit union - an initiative order of organization: people do not receive any instructions, orders or regulations, the unification into a credit union occurs by their will and decision. A potential new member of a credit union must submit a recommendation of shareholders in which the referee becomes a warrant of a future member of the credit union.