ABSTRACT
The article is devoted to the prospects of creation and functioning of cooperative banks and development banks in Ukraine. The article deals with the peculiarities of cooperative banks and development banks. Scientists analyzed the views on the activities of banks and their impact on economic development. The article deals with the peculiarities of development and operation of the cooperative banks of developed countries: Germany and Poland. A three-tier model of national cooperative bank system has been suggested. The influences of developments banks operations on the national economy are defined. The main grounded differences between development banks and commercial banks are defined. The problems of creating development banks in Ukraine are analyzed.
