The functioningof a modern economyis inextricably linkedwith the credit.At present, almostany natural orlegal person, feeling the needfor financial resources andresort to the useof creditas a way tosolve their financialproblems.Asusually, credit transactionscarried out by banks. However, creditoperations canbe carried out notonly legal personsas defined inthe CivilCode and the Lawon banks,but creditcooperatives. In the traditionalbanking system,credit cooperativesof mass distributiondoes not, however, obtainin the banking systemsof foreign countries, theyhave their place. This workis devoted to theissues of legalregulation of creditcooperatives. In modern conditions,consideration of this issueisquiteimportant. This paperwill addressthe theoreticalfoundations of the creditand economiccooperation,issues of functioning ofthe housing andsavingscooperatives, andregulatory issuesof rural credit cooperatives.