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Credit unions offer many financial services which are the same as offered by banks often using a different terminology; common services include: share accounts (savings accounts) share draft accounts (checking accounts) credit cards share term certificates (certificates of deposit) and online banking. The largest corporate credit union in the United States is U.S. Central Credit Union of Lenexa Kansas which serves as a central clearing house for other corporate credit unions and holds approximately $45.3 billion in assets. As of October 2011 the largest American credit union was Navy Federal Credit Union serving U.S. Department of Defense employees contractors and families of servicepeople with over $45 billion USD in assets and over 3.4 million members. In the United States as of 2005 credit unions have 86 million members which is 43% of the economically active population. U.S. credit unions are not-for-profit cooperative tax-exempt organizations. All credit union locations also can be found via Google Maps. Credit Union - a nonprofit financial institution that specializes in mutual financial assistance through the provision of savings and credit services to members. In addition to the savings and loan operations credit unions of the U.S. provide some other services in the interests of its members:
1) direct debiting of funds from their accounts as payment for goods and services;
2) The issuance of credit and debit card payment systems of VISA American Express and their own cards but with a limited range of action;
3) advice on financial and tax planning;
4) provision of guarantees for the obligations of a shareholder to third parties; act as agents for insurance contracts. Until the mid XX century credit unions in the United States had little assets that do not exceed as a rule 100 thousand dollars.