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The main benefit of credit unions is the transparency accountability governance for shareholders. CUNA (Credit Union National Association) which has a place of location in Washington D.C. and Madison Wisconsin is the premier national trade association serving America's credit unions. A credit union's policies governing interest rates and other matters are set by a volunteer Board of Directors elected by and from the membership itself. All credit union locations also can be found via Google Maps. Credit unions search service is absolutely free of charge. 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.