# Cooperative Savings

Cooperative savings are groups owned and operated by and for their members/contributors, using pooled funds for the interest and benefits of its member. On Xend Finance, you can be part of a cooperative savings cycle by depositing the amount for one or more stakes. In cooperative savings, one stake might be worth $10, so to contribute in that particular cooperative cycle, you can get a stake for $10, two stakes for $20, and so on. This differs from the Esusu cycle where there is a fixed deposit amount every member/contributor in the cycle has to deposit.

## Cooperative Savings Features

Just as in Esusu cycles, a Cooperative savings cycle has to be created as part of a group. Here is how to create a group.

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### **Create a Cooperative Savings cycle**

Click “Open”

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Click “Create Cooperative Savings Cycle”

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Enter required predefined rules

Click “Create Cooperative”

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MetaMask notification pops up

Click “Confirm”

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**The notification “you have joined cycle successfully” pops up**

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### **Join a Cooperative Savings cycle**

**Below the Cooperative group created;**

* Click “Open”

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* Click “Join Cooperative Cycle”

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**MetaMask notification page pops up.**

* Click “Confirm”

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**Notification; “You have joined cooperative cycle successfully” pops up.**


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