Osadets O. Credit unions in the financial services markets of Ukraine.

In dissertation work content of financial intermediation as a basis of functioning of credit unions is revealed in the dissertation. Based on the theoretical generalization of the essence of economic categories, such as "financial intermediation" and "financial intermediary", the author defines the category "financial intermediary". It is proved that the organizational model of financial relations in the markets plays an important role in the development of financial intermediation and activities of financial intermediaries in the country's economy. The work substantiates the relevance of methodological approach to organizational models of mixed financial relations in modern conditions. The role of credit unions in the structure of financial services markets has been determined. Attention is drawn to the fact that credit unions in Ukraine are part of the non-banking financial sector and an important subject of domestic financial services markets. The state of development and prospects of the system of state regulation of credit unions activity were evaluated. The author substantiates modern methodological approaches to reforming the existing sphere of state regulation and supervision in the direction of transfer of regulatory and supervisory functions to a separate body of regulation and supervision in the markets of financial services.