In this video series-1, MicroSave discusses the Credit unions that play a pivotal role in providing access to financial services to the base of the pyramid. The credit union movement is based on savings mobilisation as the foundation of microfinance. Here, MicroSave looks at the lessons from one of the most successful credit union systems of the world, namely the credit unions of the Central American country of Guatemala. Managers, staff and clients of UPA share what is so special about their cooperative.