Today in the UK there are about 700 credit unions with assets exceeding 200 million pounds. Is necessary that all shareholders of the credit union were members of a single community, would know each other well enough to enjoy mutual trust. Membership in the credit union forms responsible citizens and conscientious attitude to their obligations as a norm of behavior, identify the value of a decent man's reputation in the business turnover. The supreme body of the World Council of Credit Unions is the Assembly, which elects the president and the board of directors of WOCCU. 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.