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Modern credit union history dates to 1852 when Franz Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch consolidated the learning from two pilot projects one in Eilenburg and the other in Delitzsch in Germany into what are generally recognized as the first credit unions in the world. The main benefit of credit unions is the transparency accountability governance for shareholders. Credit unions differ from banks and other financial institutions in that the members who have accounts in the credit union are the owners of the credit union and they elect their board of directors in a democratic one-person-one-vote system regardless of the amount of money invested in the credit union. Get addresses maps and business hours for ATMs and credit union locations. Until the mid XX century credit unions in the United States had little assets that do not exceed as a rule 100 thousand dollars. Credit unions search service is absolutely free of charge. All credit union locations also can be found via Google Maps. Normally only a member of a credit union may deposit money with the credit union or borrow money from it.