The goal of the submitted thesis: „The financial crisis and credit unions” is to assess the impact of the financial crisis on the financial results of the credit unions in comparison with the impact on the banking sector in the Czech Republic. Introduction of this thesis deals with theory about business of credit unions and banks. There is mentioned characterization of financial crisis as well. The second part of work focus on the econometric analysis of impacts of financial crisis on subjects under the scope and on the description of selected book entries and indicators. The end of the thesis summarizes the findings of analysis.