Credit institutions in Croatia can be established in several different forms, such as: banks, savings banks, building societies and electronic money institutions. Banks offer three main types of services, such as banking services, basic financial services and additional financial services. The main activities of all banks are engaged in accepting deposits and granting loans from these funds for their own account through which interest rates are getting paid. From the analysis of indicators of Croatian credit institutions, it can be concluded that the total number of credit institutions slightly decreased, while a growing number of other monetary institutions. In Croatia, also dominated by foreign banks, but their number gradually decreased. Movements of total bank assets are mainly determined by developments in net loans, which is dominated by its structure, followed by cash and deposits with the CNB, and securities and deposits. In the observed period, there was a lack of a stronger credit growth. The largest share in the structure of liabilities refers to deposits, which is the movement of the most determined movement in term deposits, which account for the largest share in total deposits. Loans and deposits have decreased, and the currency structure shows that citizens spared most in the deposits, while borrowing in the local currency.